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Brian PJ Cronin

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Environmental Reporter for The Highlands Current: An award-winning, non-profit, independent newspaper in New York's Hudson Valley. (https://highlandscurrent.org/author/bcronin/) Also teaching journalism at Marist University. He/Him.

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 15h

The City of Beacon and an anti-hunger organization headquartered in Fishkill are at odds after the city removed the nonprofit agency’s two community refrigerators.

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Community Fridges Spark Clash

Beacon orders removal from two locations

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 31m

The question for governors like @governorferguson.bsky.social is: when the AI boom deflates or goes utterly bust, what will that leave us with: new renewables and transmission we can use to modernize our economy, or fossil fuel extensions/expansions, soaring electricity prices, & zero jobs?

Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 1h

“I had previously assumed a 10-year depreciation curve, which I now recognize as quite unrealistic...Based on my conversations over the past month, the physical data centers last for three to ten years, at most.” futurism.com/future-socie...

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 1h

The specifics of the RIFs I’ve seen in group chats have been staggering. Bracing & reminding myself these are specifically intended to cause fear & distress.

Please share URLs for any good trackers you seen as they emerge. (I want more than OMB’s version) fedscoop.com/trump-federa...

Table of how many federal employees have been laid off in the latest RIF (Reduction in Force). This is from an OMB legal filing from Oct 10. For each agency, it lists number of fired employees, RIF notice date, and whether the administrations has recalled any of those employees to do work. Total headcount is 4,100 across 8 agencies. Treasury (1446) and HHS (1200) are the most affected. EPA (30) had the fewest layoffs this time.

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 1h

I have taught college for seven years and have never ever ever seen a single student with blue hair so I’m not sure what Richard Petty here is on about.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 10h

Legally, you can not say a baseball game has gone on “too long” until you have a backup outfielder pitching to an emergency catcher

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 11h

“The Fourthteenth Amendment clearly states that….” yeah ok stop right there, I heard this one when I was at summer camp, they find out her beehive hairdo was filled with spiders

Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 11h

“25th Amendment” lmao slenderman ass law

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 11h

Oh man, remember the Emoluments Clause? They really had us going there, I legit thought it was real for like DECADES

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 11h

Weird how the Hatch Act never actually existed

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 14h

Ran into antifa outside a rest stop on the Thruway

It’s a trash can in the shape of a big ‘ol frog…..OR IS IT ANTIFA?!?!?!

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 23h

The humanities grad school papers on this dynamic are gonna go on forever.

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 1d

Right Said Fred Make Their Case to Replace Bad Bunny

Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 1d

Dude you have one song

Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣🤣😢🤣 www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

Lee Greenwood makes his case to replace Bad Bunny

The Outrage Machine has been on overdrive lately, as it relates to the NFL's decision to tap Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl LX halftime show.

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 1d

Embrace the Potato Dinner

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 1d

I am halfway through the second song, which is an hour and fourteen minutes long, and losing my goddamned mind (complimentary)

Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 1d

The new Necks album just dropped. It's only got four songs on it, yet is over three hours long.

It's the Sickos meme, but he's staring at the new (three hour long!) Necks album.

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 1d

My prediction for tomorrow morning is that they award the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously to Pope Francis and the President responds by immediately bombing a country that 75% of Americans cannot find on a map.

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 1d

During COVID when my wife was working on a farm we ended up with their old grain grinder and I regret to announce that if you grind wheat berries to make your own whole wheat flour for sourdough you can absolutely tell the difference and now we are *those people.*

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 1d

Like if you used AI to replace Orion Kerkering with Óliver Pérez circa 2008 and said "Remember this Mets game?" I probably would have fell for it.

Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 1d

As a Mets fan I am not supposed to feel bad for the Phillies but I absolutely do because MAN that is a 100% Mets way to lose an elimination game.

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 1d

goddddddddddd

Orion Kerkering is bent over in disbelief after making an error that allowed the winning run to score and ended the Phillies season

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 1d

This place has the juice.

‪Brendel‬
‪@brendelbored.bsky.social‬
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Truly some goofy ass endings to sports lately

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‪ghostly gwen howerton‬
‪@kissphoria.bsky.social‬
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Orion Kerkering looks like he wants to die poor guy

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‪Tom Scocca‬
‪@tomscocca.bsky.social‬
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Jesus that was like a brainstorming session for finding the worst possible way to lose

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‪ghostly gwen howerton‬
‪@kissphoria.bsky.social‬
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what a fucking heartbreaker man

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‪Josh Zembik‬
‪@jzembik.bsky.social‬
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Lol Phillies holy shit

‪Will Bunch‬
‪@willbunch.bsky.social‬
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What a fitting ending

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‪Emily Bell‬
‪@emilybell.bsky.social‬
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Ugh the Dodgers

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Okay this is a good headline

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Mother Jones has substantially more paid subscribers than Bari Weiss’ Free Press, so perhaps someone should put us in charge of a TV network.

Nice little TV network you got there

How easily has Trump rolled corporate media? So much more easily than he probably expected.

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 1d

There goes that Nobel Peace Prize

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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