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Patrick LaForge
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Writer. Zen meditator. Traveler. Cyclist. New Yorker. Ex-NYT editor. I talk to strangers. I have friends everywhere.

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@hotdogsladies @siracusa The hive reminds me a lot of an eager to please LLM personified with access to all living human knowledge, good and bad … I enjoyed hearing from Carol’s fans comparing her to Shakespeare … but does the hive entity really appreciate literature or anything on its own? […]
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mstdn.social
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
August 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
It reminds me of film strips in junior high school in the 1970s. “Pittsburgh — city of steel!”
March 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
@briankrebs I am already retired so I have been steadily rebalancing over the last 2-3 months. More value / small cap / bonds / gold. I used to be 90 percent broad market index / growth / large cap but that basically means owning a lot of the so-called magnificent seven tech stocks that are […]
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mstdn.social
March 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
My own disclosure: I am retired and living off investments. I can’t be bought. I will not be returning to mainstream journalism. My opinions represent the views of my employer, me.
November 25, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Ben Dreyfuss disclosed that he earned a couple of thousand dollars from Elon Musk’s X for posting through the election … I admire the transparency. Others should follow suit.
November 25, 2024 at 5:28 PM