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Patrick LaForge

@palafo.bsky.social
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 19h
Ok then www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
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Actress Selma Blair Is Arrested in Assault on Flight Attendants
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Ocean of the Americas huh www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
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Video: Trump Suggests Renaming an Ocean
After signing executive orders renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America and, later, Lake Ontario as Lake America, President Trump said Saturday at a rally in Clarksville, Tenn., that he had ...
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
they should invent intermittent fasting. but for posting
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trump’s goons are now going after the media for NOT covering him. 😕🤷🏼 We are so far off the cliff. 🇺🇸 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/b...
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fionnulamac.bsky.social @fionnulamac.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Today’s Business Post front page. What on earth are our politicians doing?
Headline: Four tech giants use one-fifth of Ireland’s electricity
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The movie “Primetime” was fascinating and disturbing but the documentary “Predators” was wilder. Chris Hansen is still out there doing entrapment stings, and he even has imitators like this guy, Skeet.
YouTube host looking at an accused predator offscreen. Subtitle on screen: "and you've just been skeeted"
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Do Your Research @doyourresearch1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
If unidentified men with guns drawn approached my car with my 5 yo in it, I'd speed away as well I don't care if they said they were ICE, we read stories of ICE impersonators robbing people all the time If they aren't going to wear ID, this is what'll happen abcnews.com/US/person-sh...
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New surveillance footage shows ICE confrontation in NYC street before shooting
Surveillance footage obtained by ABC News shows the confrontation between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers and a man in Manhattan minutes before he was shot.
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bushwickdaily.bsky.social @bushwickdaily.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“One thing all New Yorkers can agree on is that neither ICE nor DHS get to decide who is a New Yorker and who is not. Fuck outta here,” NY-13 Democratic nominee Darializa Avila Chevalier wrote. Mayor Mamdani and Brooklyn’s elected officials stand with Marble Hill. Read more at bushwickdaily.com
Darializa Avila Chevalier, Democratic nominee, NY-13. Screenshot of her post on X, 11:27 p.m., Oct. 9, 2026: “One thing all New Yorkers can agree on is that neither ICE nor DHS get to decide who is a New Yorker and who is not. Fuck outta here” It quotes a Homeland Security post: “CLAIM: A New Yorker was shot by ICE agents in Marble Hill. FACT: This “New Yorker” is a criminal illegal alien from the Dominican Republic.”Darializa Avila Chevalier, Thursday, hours after the shooting. Screenshot of her post on X: “This afternoon, ICE shot and hospitalized someone in Marble Hill, in my district. There is no reforming a terrorizing, unaccountable militia. Our neighbors are not targets. Abolish ICE NOW. Not one more life should be harmed to its guns or its prisons.”Mayor Zohran Mamdani on X, Friday, 2:12 p.m., Oct. 9, 2026: “Immigrant New Yorkers belong here. ICE does not. If you or someone you love needs help, call our free, confidential Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 1-800-354-0365 or dial 311 and say “Immigration Legal.” Help is here in your native language, no matter your immigration status. For more information: nyc.gov/knowyourrights”Quote slide, Assemblywoman Maritza Davila, Bushwick and Williamsburg: “Immigrants are our neighbors, coworkers, friends, and family.” On Instagram, Friday. Background: her statement graphic, via Instagram @assemblywomandavila.
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I’m putting all my money into Alta Vista and Ask Jeeves. I also hear automobiles will change the world…. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
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List of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States - Wikipedia
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AI is now the biggest investment in all of US history as a percentage of GDP. Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down. "AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago. We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out.
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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 05/10/2026
She’ll be a full Trump supporter by next year nypost.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Exclusive | Star Dem-backer Debra Messing endorses GOP’s Bruce Blakeman for NY governor: ‘What we need’
Enter stage right.
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is good stuff
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Semper Supra @sempersupra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Nothing more than the words of a political activist attempting to support his purely ideological project.
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We are nothing. You too, Sam
Friedrich’s oil painting Monk by the Sea. A tiny figure is barely visible facing a vast ocean
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Definitely not! Also, Altman is more like the Monk by the Sea, a speck barely visible in front of a vast chaotic force of nature that he cannot hope to fathom or control
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Friedrich painting itself is awesomely beautiful in person. I saw it at a Metroplitan Museum exhibition a while back.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Things Get Messy in Georgia After Election Board Director Writes Letter to Todd Blanche talkingpointsmemo.com/the-brief/th...
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Things Get Messy in Georgia After Election Board Director Writes Letter to Todd Blanche
Georgia Election Board Employee Allegedly Goes Rogue, Requests Federal Intervention Last week,...
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A nonfiction book written in, let’s say, the year 1795, is most likely still around in a library somewhere and every other work it referred to is probably accessible in some archive as well. A nonfiction book written in 2007 probably cites a bunch of urls that are dead or rotted beyond recognition.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/10/2026
Children living safely with families are being picked up by ICE and referred to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which places them in shelters or foster care. These shelters were designed for new arrivals, not settled kids—and the children are struggling badly.
motherjones.com
“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
this is fine www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Lab worker ‘possibly’ dies of plague in Siberia, prompting quarantine measures
Precautions in place in several hospitals in eastern Russia amid uncertainty over death of Darya Shipilova
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The case and how it was mishandled is horrifying. Cornell has been letting the abusive Greek system culture fester for decades. There have been bad cases like this going back to at least the early 1980s.
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yeah I just finished the book, and I knew most of this stuff, but seeing it all in one place is breathtaking. These people are chaotic.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
For all of the Mamdani team's brilliance with social media, this is the most basic thing in the political playbook: Do good things for your constituents, then tell them about it. It shouldn't be as startling as it is! It's the job!
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ejrfoto @ejrfoto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Herman "Out of context" Melville had to have known how quotable that book would be. He had to.
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 03/10/2026
I remind everyone, again, that they tried year-round daylight saving time and stopped it because it got bunch of kids got killed in just a few weeks
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Kevin @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A24 accidentally and unwillingly becoming one of the biggest entertainment conglomerates in America by being the only people who are aware that highbrow liberals spend more money than anyone else
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Big Golf pulls out a Big Gun
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thread below: www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Riot police clash with students as education protests rage in France
About 735 schools have faced disruption as violent protests over standards and lack of teachers continue.
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Woke Rove www.sacurrent.com/news/politic...
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Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'
The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee.
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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Happy anniversary to this, the greatest Facebook comment I’ve ever received.
Darlene

Antifa calls themselves anti fascists, they are cowards that want sharia law in the USA, they call patriots nazi and call each other Conrad
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The petty-ass bullshit this administration inflicts on people just trying to live their livea is truly something to behold
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
These two lawsuits brought by Renee Nicole Good’s family are exceptionally well-written and legally compelling. Well worth the read, I promise. I break down both complaints in this episode: youtu.be/2kU7_-Yt-Ig?...
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Trump HIT With TWO NEW LAWSUITS Over DEADLY ICE SHOOTING!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Chembu🌺🧶♿ - Ko-Fi shop Updated. Checkout please! @chembarathi.northsky.social · 03/10/2026
Unborn ones, take nothing for granted. Not nectar, not thirst. May your lives be uneclipsed, your failures be passing. May you have your portions of beauty, of grief, in a garden whose plants and birds I cannot imagine. - Jane Hirshfield #Poetry 💙📚👀
I speak with the future. by Jane Hirshfield

We sit on our skeletons' bones. We hear with our skeletons' bones. We speak of beauty by moving our jaws and our teeth.

The original meaning of Paradise: a place, a walled garden. Our lives, our stories, this hour inside one. A staircase from Piranesi. A hummingbird drinking.

Outside it, vanishing species and rivers. Outside it, Nanjing, Ninevah, Dresden.

Outside it, Gaza, Sudan, Myanmar, Kyiv. Here.

The world starts and ends, starts, ends, ends again, restarts.

A kalpa is brief, and wall-less.

Unborn ones, take nothing for granted.

Not nectar, not thirst.

May your lives be uneclipsed, your failures be passing.

May you have your portions of beauty, of grief, in a garden whose plants and birds I cannot imagine.
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 03/10/2026
New copypasta just dropped
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#earlyvote morning update 10/3: at least 1,131,615 people have voted in the 2026 general election 🥳 election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2...
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UF Election Lab: 2026 General Election Early Vote Statistics
Live national and state-by-state early voting statistics for the 2026 general election.
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ahab is Ahab, man
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 02/10/2026
Drill, baby, bill.
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
More women have been dying from pregnancy complications since Roe v. Wade was overturned. thegepi.org/maternal-mor...
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Maternal Mortality in the United States After Abortion Bans - Gender Equity Policy Institute (GEPI)
Mothers Living in Abortion Ban States at Significantly Higher Risk of Death During Pregnancy and Childbirth
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/10/2026
The company behind the $TRUMP memecoin said it is planning a third gala next month for top holders, as the president’s and his family’s ventures to cash in on virtual assets have turned him from hero to scourge among some crypto investors.
washingtonpost.com
Trump memecoin plans another gala amid backlash to self-enrichment
The latest event will take place next month at the president’s golf club in Northern Virginia.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
CNN on the last jobs report before the midterms: "It came in cold -- surprisingly cold. Job growth weaker than expected, unemployment unexpectedly went up, and paychecks aren't keeping up with prices. This was disappointing all around."
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
when i wrote this piece i knew it would be evergreen. so as yet another bad jobs report comes in: Why are Republicans so bad at the economy? www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
dailykos.com
Why are Republicans so bad at the economy?
Studies reveal Republican tax cuts favor the wealthy but hurt growth; learn how economic data supports alternatives.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wage growth just keeps slowing. And yes, wages are rising slower than prices, and no, that's not how economic growth is meant to work.
Line chart titled "Nominal wage growth is slowing" showing year-over-year growth in average hourly earnings of private-sector workers. Wage growth has declined steadily from a peak of 5.9% in early 2022 to 3.0% in September 2026, the slowest rate in the series. This nearly 3 percentage point drop over four and a half years indicates significantly cooler labor market conditions, with the deceleration accelerating in recent months as growth fell from the 3.7-3.9% range in 2025 to the low 3% range currently.
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Ivan Pereira @ivanper4.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Do you think the president should apologize to you?” Hearn was asked. “Yes,” Hearn said. “Do you think he will?” “You know, if pigs fly, maybe,” Hearn said.
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'Victory for democracy': Former Olympian David Hearn speaks out after Reflecting Pool vandalism case permanently dismissed
Former U.S. Olympian David Hearn says he is “relieved” after a Washington, D.C. judge permanently dismissed the vandalism case against him.
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Gas prices remain at all time highs, even with a slight dip, after setting a record in September gasprices.aaa.com/national-ave...
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AAA Fuel Prices
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It’s the economy, stupid. It’s the stupid economy. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
nytimes.com
Jobs Report Live Updates: Growth Cools and Unemployment Rises to 4.2%
U.S. employers added 29,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate rose to 4.2 percent, as inflation has maintained pressure on markets and raised costs.
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Donald Trump appears in the Epstein files thousands of times. A judge has ordered the Justice Department to fast track release of those records www.lawcommentary.com/articles/eps...
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Judge Orders DOJ to Fast-Track Epstein Files Mentioning Trump and Mar-a-Lago | Law Commentary
A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to fast-track requests for Jeffrey Epstein investigative records that mention President Donald Trump or Mar-a-Lago, along with communications showing...
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It has about 8 months since Trump decided to go to war with Iran. About 9,000 U.S. troops are being moved into the region. apnews.com/article/iran...
apnews.com
Third aircraft carrier and thousands of troops head to Mideast as Trump weighs new Iran strikes
The U.S. military is moving roughly 9,000 troops aboard a group of ships to the Middle East.
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It’s been roughly nine months since Renee Good and Alex Pretti were executed by U.S. government agents on the streets of Minneapolis.
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