Brendan Hasenstab
@pierrepont.bsky.social
Professional writer, semi-pro gourmand, market nerd, music snob, and weather obsessive! Contributing editor with @the-signal.bsky.social.
It is also going to get colder as the day progresses, so factor that in if you have plans that are out and about in NYC:
December 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It is also going to get colder as the day progresses, so factor that in if you have plans that are out and about in NYC:
I can report snow in Brooklyn, but the street is plowed. Nice work, NYC Department of Sanitation!
December 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I can report snow in Brooklyn, but the street is plowed. Nice work, NYC Department of Sanitation!
Merry Torchmas, as they say. Toasty weather moves east just in time for the holiday. Not temps, just 850mb anomalies. Still, I'll take it! 🔥
December 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Merry Torchmas, as they say. Toasty weather moves east just in time for the holiday. Not temps, just 850mb anomalies. Still, I'll take it! 🔥
For all the boo birds out there calling a market top, I present a real measure of whether an AI Bubble is building from the folks at Bespoke:
December 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
For all the boo birds out there calling a market top, I present a real measure of whether an AI Bubble is building from the folks at Bespoke:
Watch out for frozen corner puddles and black ice this morning, NYC.
December 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Watch out for frozen corner puddles and black ice this morning, NYC.
Winter is coming:
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Winter is coming:
No matter what Pitchfork says, don’t sleep on what I consider to be Talk Talk’s finest album:
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
No matter what Pitchfork says, don’t sleep on what I consider to be Talk Talk’s finest album:
NWS thinks those close to the ocean might see zero, zilch, zip. Orange and Rockland Counties are the bullseye here:
December 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
NWS thinks those close to the ocean might see zero, zilch, zip. Orange and Rockland Counties are the bullseye here:
It s just about to start raining in NYC, so take an umbrella if you have anywhere to go today:
November 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It s just about to start raining in NYC, so take an umbrella if you have anywhere to go today:
Our Sunday afternoon rain is pretty easy to see on matrix radar. NWS says rain after 10AM or so:
November 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Our Sunday afternoon rain is pretty easy to see on matrix radar. NWS says rain after 10AM or so:
A coastal low, that moves over the 40n/70w benchmark? Eesh.
November 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A coastal low, that moves over the 40n/70w benchmark? Eesh.
Sam Sifton is doing the work so that we may all get something good on the table later today:
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Sam Sifton is doing the work so that we may all get something good on the table later today:
Our evening weather entertainment is almost here, NYC:
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Our evening weather entertainment is almost here, NYC:
Not every bit of amazing technology comes from Silicon Valley:
November 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Not every bit of amazing technology comes from Silicon Valley:
Expect a bit of rain to fall on us, overnight, NYC:
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Expect a bit of rain to fall on us, overnight, NYC:
Only one album on my listening stack today, and it is this 1989 classic spiffed up for its 20th a few years back. Farewell, Mani! 👋
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Only one album on my listening stack today, and it is this 1989 classic spiffed up for its 20th a few years back. Farewell, Mani! 👋
How you know Sam Sifton is *really* writing The Morning, for the NYT:
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
How you know Sam Sifton is *really* writing The Morning, for the NYT:
Same week they killed it, I got a 2025 penny in change. Going to keep it for sure.
November 18, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Same week they killed it, I got a 2025 penny in change. Going to keep it for sure.
Sometimes good things even fit in the mailbox!
November 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Sometimes good things even fit in the mailbox!
With the time change, New York City will now be dark before 5:30PM in the evenings. And it will get worse between now and the December solstice, on the 21st. #hellodarkness
November 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
With the time change, New York City will now be dark before 5:30PM in the evenings. And it will get worse between now and the December solstice, on the 21st. #hellodarkness
Can’t argue with Disintegration at all, but offer one other classic:
November 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Can’t argue with Disintegration at all, but offer one other classic:
Powerwash for the Five Boroughs.
October 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Powerwash for the Five Boroughs.