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Patrick LaForge
@palafo.bsky.social
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Writer. Zen meditator. Traveler. Cyclist. New Yorker. Ex-NYT editor. I talk to strangers. I have friends everywhere. http://palafo.org. Signal: Palafo.38
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They have published hundreds of Epstein stories and will continue, I am sure. And other investigations… see today, top of A1
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Selective reading. They publish thousands of stories. Here are some today at the top of A1
November 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Interesting take from the Bulwark’s @timmiller.bsky.social over on X.
A tweet sorry https://x.com/timodc/status/1987873415680733352?s=46
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Current mood
Frozen TV screen image with subtitle “screaming” (that’s a baby gorn)
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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I’d like to thank the voters
Swarm app screen shot of my avatar with a little crown and the message: congrats! you just became the mayor of Chelsea
November 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Earlier…
Black and white cat next to black and white plush orca pillow
November 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Orcamouflage #cat
A black and white cat (Audrey) poses next to a similarly patterned plush orca
November 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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And maybe it's been there a while and I missed it, but I'm also happy to see The Times added a BlueSky share tool to articles...
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Strike a blow for poetry — order now.
Scan the code in the image to order a new book of poetry
October 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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They are desperately trying to meet an impossible quota— and failing. This shakeup probably means even less respect for laws. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
The Department of Homeland Security says that it has deported more than 400,000 people since Mr. Trump took office, and that it expects to deport 600,000 in total by the end of Mr. Trump’s first year in office. Still, those numbers are slightly misleading. The Trump administration counts people who are turned back at the border and other ports of entry as “deportations,” even though they have never lived inside the United States. Earlier this year, Stephen Miller, Mr. Trump’s deputy chief of staff, met with senior ICE leaders in Washington and discussed ways to pick up the pace of enforcement. Soon after, he appeared on Fox News and said the agency would try to hit a goal of 3,000 arrests a day. The number of arrests shot up after the comments, to more than 2,000 a day. But the arrest numbers have since declined, and ICE has not been able to hit the 3,000 daily arrest figure floated by Mr. Miller. Since the summer, the agency has typically arrested more than 1,000 people a day. Immigration arrests conducted by ICE are particularly time intensive. In the past, the agency has taken pride in conducting more targeted operations, going after specific people, rather than huge sweeps that cause panic inside communities and lead to bystanders being picked up, as well. As part of that effort, ICE officials spend extensive time and resources to surveil and arrest migrants, making it difficult to hit the sky-high numbers sought by the White House and Mr. Miller. “The Trump administration continues to be focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country,” said Tricia McLaughlin, a Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman. “As for personnel, there have been no changes, and we have nothing to announce.” ICE officials declined to comment. More than 60,000 migrants are currently in ICE custody, according to agency data, a dramatic increase.
October 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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His son was a Jan. 6 rioter.
October 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro — Hunter S. Thompson
NYC Protester in inflated pink animal costume with sign — Amphifa — amphibians against fascism
October 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Standards editors working overtime out there
October 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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It’s a family affair spotify.link/HBjlIkVizXb
Spinning vinyl
October 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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A classic
Sly & the Family Stone record with US flag cover
October 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Fox News can’t spell Venezuela. Spotted in Midtown Manhattan by @elrosenberglaforge.bsky.social
Fox News ticker typo in Midtown Manhattan: “Vanezuela & first with—“
October 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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“I love hiking and I love fighting and I love lifting weights and I like beer and hamburgers, but I also want people to have fucking health care” www.wired.com/story/as-the...
October 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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NYT: "A meandering address"
Trump has always been a rambler, of course, but the lack of coherence in his public speaking has become more notable compared to just 15 to 20 months ago.
"In a meandering address at the U.N., President Trump rebuked global institutions and complained about a litany of topics."
September 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Neither maga nor antifa, just another in a long line of disturbed shooters who wanted to make something happen with a gun www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/m...
…was the shooter a “leftist,” as Mr. Kirk’s allies and fans have so definitively insisted? His mother told investigators that his political views had recently moved to the left. That doesn’t mean, though, that his act can be mapped cleanly onto the familiar left-right axis of 20th-century politics. He was not registered with any party. He did not bother voting in the 2024 election. He rarely seemed to surface from the deep end of the internet, where he learned a language that included antifascist slogans divorced from coherent ideology. Politics, it seems, existed alongside video games as a source for a strange swirl of signifiers. He etched some of these allusions into his bullet casings. In the earliest days after the shooting, as people on the left and the right tried to pin the blame on their enemies, his messages were written in a way that taunted those who would try to break the code for their own ends, political or investigative. In another text, he explained those engravings “were mostly a big meme.”
September 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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NYT on Trump lawsuit:
A spokesman for The Times responded: “This lawsuit has no merit. It lacks any legitimate legal claims and instead is an attempt to stifle and discourage independent reporting. The New York Times will not be deterred by intimidation tactics. We will continue to pursue the facts without fear or favor and stand up for journalists’ First Amendment right to ask questions on behalf of the American people.”
September 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Buy some poetry. All profits go to cat food. Don’t let Audrey and Max go hungry! www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/the-e...
September 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Clip from Mitchell and Webb: have you noticed that our caps have actually got little pictures of skulls on them?
September 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Am I here to do your reading for you? Have a free link www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
September 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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The top of the print page, set in early afternoon, included strong pieces on Trump’s war on windmills, blue states allied against Trump vaccine policy and a dive on the Venezuela military strike, all more important than a ruling that might get overturned
September 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Worth a listen. “Dictators are weird as hell.” overcast.fm/+ABI_q9C_TWI
Podcast description Podcast description - click on show notes at link
August 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM