Brian PJ Cronin

The most valuable outlets in the world going forward are going to be the ones that try to help people understand the world we’re all living in.

Clippy, history’s greatest monster

I see you’re about to post a divisive hot take on a website filled with angry and depressed people who are constantly being traumatized by The Horrors, would you like me to knock you unconscious instead?

We have always been at war with Venezuela I mean Greenland I mean Iran I mean Spain. Spain? *puts finger to earpiece* Ok. Spain. We have always been at war with Spain.

Incredible.

Congestion Pricing Wins in Court After Lengthy Battle With Trump

BREAKING: A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that New York’s congestion pricing toll is legal and may continue, handing a major victory to the state in its defense of the first-in-the-nation traffic reduction plan, which the Trump administration had tried for more than a year to kill.

How to Push New York Utilities Into the Future: A Q&A With Jigar Shah The energy expert discusses his vision for a more flexible grid — and what’s standing in the way.

Over his more than two decades as a clean energy entrepreneur and commentator, Jigar Shah has established himself as one of the most prominent voices calling for a more decentralized, flexible grid.

He sat down with New York Focus for a Q&A:
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The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of Meowth.

Nintendo released Animal Crossing right before covid and are now releasing a cozy post-apocalyptic Pokemon game in which humans are gone and their cities are rubble and the Pokemon build a new society with no battling, just helping your friends, and man talk about having your finger on the pulse

Look at Professor Fancypants Egghead the Third over here calling things by their Latin name.

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"H.I.V. medications suppress the virus to undetectable levels, eliminating the chance of spreading it to others. Interrupting treatment may lead to an increase in new infections and in AIDS cases."

One more for the list of Horrific Diseases We Decided To Bring Back For Some Reason.

States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment

“Tens of thousands of Americans are losing access to treatment for H.I.V. as nearly 20 states impose restrictions on assistance programs and several others weigh such changes.”

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Things can’t spiral out of control if they were never in control in the first place

Opinion | The Glorious Birds We Saved

Finally wrote about the miracle of the whooping cranes. I cling to every miracle these days. Holding close every wondrous scrap of unexpected glory is the only way I get through a day in this country anymore. Gift link via @nytopinion: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/o...

i wasn't going to do this joke because it feels far too obvious but the Hoothoot in the tree in the bottom left and Tangrowth drawing indeterminate shapes on the ground kind of sold it for me

Putting an unfair amount of pressure on the new Terry Tempest Williams book coming out tomorrow to Fix Everything

This app is not a bastion of verified videos right now. The content aggregators are sharing old clips, AI clips, misattributed clips, etc.

We all have to be mindful of what we share. Doing our best to evaluate what we boost and always erring on the side of caution as non-Middle East experts.

People say local journalism is dead but in today’s staff meeting we had a spirited 20 minute debate about a specific local groundhog.

That 21% approval rating for the invasion of Iran is the ceiling, not the floor. Real potential to hit “New Coke” and “Making The Gas Pumps Play Commercials” levels of popularity.

"The president did not let the bombing of Iran upend his schedule, including his plans to attend a fund-raising dinner to support MAGA Inc., a pro-Trump super PAC."

Hey why is he raising money for his own super PAC when he can't run for office again

It is.

Opinion | Trump and Netanyahu Are Doing the Free World a Favor

Yep.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/o...

I hate that I was able to accurately guess who this was

This is the Final Boss Level of the "Imagine if Obama Said This" hypotheticals.

Charges Filed in Route 9 Eviction Former tenant accused of grand larceny, fraud

A Philipstown man accused of causing the popular owners of a dry cleaner and Cambodian restaurant on Route 9 to lose their property to foreclosure has been indicted in Putnam County on grand larceny and fraud charges.

They bombed a girls’ school.

reporter here. this will never change.

"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness and let other people clean up the mess they had made" is what comes to mind here.

Also you just did this two months ago have you still not had time to build an actual room with walls like the kind actual grown ups have classified briefings in or are you still stuck using the space there that the bride hangs out in before the wedding so the groom doesn't see her