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Rob Liguori
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Where the ordure hits the spinny metal thing. Research editor at the NYT (i.e., a fact checker). Former criminal defense attorney. Lover of facts, sailor of oceans, player of instruments. In a long-term relationship with the truth. Rhode Islander for life.
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Mr. Boston (1937) thinks you’re wrong.
A page of martini recipes from the 1937 Mr. Boston bar book. None contain vodka.
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Approved.
Col. Robert Gould Shaw of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, in full dress uniform.
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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NO THANK YOU
Photo of my Apple Watch with the Noise app open. The meter reads 95dB - Loud.
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Apologies for bringing it up, sir, but did you call a penalty on yourself for this obvious foul?
President Nixon bowling at the White House bowling alley. The walls are heavily patterned. Nixon is mid throw, having just released the ball from his right hand. His face wear an expression of great focus.
October 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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I feel attacked but also, this is an idea I can get behind.
An Onion headline: Judge Orders Columbus Statue Removed and Melted Down Into Pinkie Rings For Local Italians
October 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Daily Dottie:
Dottie, a fawn pit bull, stands in the churning surf at the shore in Watch Hill.
October 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Proof.
The setting: under a wedding tent, on a wooden dance floor. There is a wedding cake on a table to the left. The band and the wedding party, some of whom are doubled over in laughter, are behind the bride and groom, who are in the foreground, facing each other, in fully-inflated orange dinosaur costumes. The bride is the one holding the bouquet.
October 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Dottie the pit bull, sleeping peacefully on the couch, in a beam of sunlight.
October 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Hail and farewell, Jane Goodall. It says a lot about her character that she absolutely loved this particular Far Side cartoon.
A one panel "The Far Side" cartoon by Gary Larson. A male and female ape are sitting on a tree branch. The female, who is wearing cateye glasses, has a small object in her hand that she has just picked off of her husband. The caption reads: "Well, well -- another blond hair...Conducting a little more 'research' with that Jane Goodall tramp?"
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Looking for something else entirely, I found this letter from a reader to the Philadelphia Daily News in May of 1985, just after Bonz- er, Reagan went to Bitburg.
A letter to the editor in the Philadelphia Daily News, May 29, 1985: Bury the Holocaust Before It Buries Us The Holocaust will be a tragedy in the eyes and hearts of the world. But it is dead, so please bury it. Not only did the Jewish people suffer in the Holocaust, millions of others suffered losses, with barbaric and inhuman treatment. And many other countries lost people at the hands of Hitler. Germany is our ally today. The President did not go to Bitburg to honor dead SS troops, but as a symbol of reconciliation between the United States and West Germany for the 40th anniversary of the end of World War II. All peoples of the world have suffered since the beginning of time. Who suffered more than Our Lord, Jesus Christ? But at the end of his life, He said "Forgive Them, Father, for they know not what they If the Lord can forgive, why can't we humans forgive? We should all pray that there will never be another Holocaust in this world, of any kind. And perhaps He will hear our prayers, and let all people live in peace. Let the Holocaust of 40 years ago, in Germaay, die. Bury it before it buries all of us. Mrs. Dorothy Steffan Philadelphia
September 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Mets fans, here is a photo of Juan Soto demolishing a baseball into the upper deck. (Ball is a white blur in the upper right corner.
A photo from behind home plate at Citi Field. Juan Soto is swinging through a pitch that he has just crushed into the upper deck.
September 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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“At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.”
Statue of Abraham Lincoln, Union Square NYC.
September 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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…and not a single brain cell was engaged.
Dottie the fawn-colored pit bull, lying on a grey couch with a throw pillow on top of her head, wearing a blank expression.
September 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Come to my house and you’ll have Hasselback. From tonight:
Dinner plate with a piece of grilled sirloin, yellow wax beans with basil pesto, and two small Yukon gold potatoes, Hasselback style.
September 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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"Don't whiz on the electric fence!"
Cover art for a fictional game from the Ren & Stimpy universe called "Don't Whiz on the Electric Fence." Shows a wholesome mid-American family around a game table, with junior standing on his chair and slyly miming like he's about to take a whiz.
September 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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This is the tallest waterfall on the planet.
Photograph of Awosting Falls in Minnewaska State Park. It is not the tallest waterfall on the planet but it is featured in an episode of Severance.
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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“If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it. A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts it will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” ― Roald Dahl, The Twits
August 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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For some reason I immediately thought of this Rhodesian Army recruitment poster.
Rhodesian Army recruitment poster from the 1970s. Features a drawing of a soldier in fatigues and carrying an assault rifle, with giant overlay text in red that reads: “BE A MAN AMONG MEN.”
August 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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A tin of Charles Chips, with the lid off and chips piled above the rim.
August 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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An FBI pal came to visit and brought gifts. My friends know me.
A beer bottle and coffee mug sitting on an oak kitchen table. The bottle has a coozie shaped like a flak jacket with the letters “FBI” in yellow. The mug is black, with a photo rendering of James Comey over the hashtag #comeyshomies.
August 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Playing a wind instrument really makes a person look ridiculous, face-wise.
A photo of two horn players on a gig. Me on the left, blowing into a saxophone with my face all scrunched up, and Mark Berney on the right, playing a trumpet. Mark looks a lot cooler than I do.
August 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Friends, if you can, grow a garden. There is nothing more rewarding than being able to shop for dinner at your own home.
Small harvest from my garden for dinner. There are sprigs of green basil, a handful of yellow wax beans, a cucumber, and a bowl of Yukon gold potatoes, all on top of my dark speckled granite counter.
August 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Farewell, sweet prince of darkness.
A portrait of Ozzy Osbourne, wearing a black jacket and gesturing menacingly towards the camera, mouth agape.
July 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Tonight’s office.
A low bandstand on a beach. View is from the saxophone position looking out on the sand and sunbathers, with a cloudy sky with a strip of blue at the horizon.
July 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Osprey having a fish lunch, from my afternoon walk out to Napatree Point.
An osprey nest set against a cloudy blue-grey sky. The nest is a wooden box set on top of an old telephone pole. On the right sits a single osprey with a half-eaten fish in its claws.
July 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM