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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I know this is the least of the @nytimes.com's problems. But c'mon. NYers wait ON line, not IN line. Just pretend like you're still a part of the city.

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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

So sad to hear of Sam Neill's passing. One of my favorite actors of all time. He was never in a film that wasn't improved by his presence. I loved that he named his beloved farm animals after his friends. Below is his favorite pig, Angelia Houston. He also had a cow named Helena Bonham Carter.

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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Let’s focus on what unites us.

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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Heartbroken to hear about Rob Reiner and Michelle Singer's deaths. When I first moved to NYC in 1988, I came out of my dorm and ran into a movie crew - including Reiner, Crystal, Ryan -- filming When Harry Met Sally. That's NYU's Main Bldg in the background.

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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

This is from an article in the NYT today. "Throw a spanner" is such a Briticism. I am not sure I've ever seen it in an American newspaper, much less an article in the sports section.

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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I am not sure you followed his argument, echoed in the BBC piece below. A few humorous quips aside, the interlude was so pro-AI it would make a CompSci prof blush. The "interlude" at our show was 15+ mins long & almost ruined the show, IMO. Petinaud and Blanchard were saving graces.

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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

There’s still time for those of you on UB’s campus. Talk at 11:30 in Capen 107.

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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

This is Enzo, a 3-year-old Bernadoodle, and Carmela, a six-month-old wolfhound(?). She is more insistent on togetherness than he is, but he now gets anxious if she's out and delights when she returns.

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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

The Times is getting desperate with the clickbait headlines.

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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

I took this snap of my favorite Ruscha piece at the MoMA show a few years ago and have been unsuccessful finding its name, year, or permanent location. I would love a print. Any ideas? (I unsuccessfully tried reverse image search.)

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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Woot woot! Look what arrived on my desk!! Congratulations @richardivanjobs.bsky.social

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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Without having watched a single complete college game this year, I confidently present my final four selections: Iowa State, St John's, Houston, with Wisconsin winning it all. You read it here first. @richardivanjobs.bsky.social -- who ya got? #GoBadgers

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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Here's Enzo with his favorite leaf.

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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

It's impossible to write a parody of Maureen Dowd.

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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

If Friedman was the (ignored) shot, Dowd of course is the (disregarded) chaser.

Maureen Dowd column screenshot "Trump Has Everyone Just Where He Wants Them."

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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I almost did it. I almost hate-clicked on the Tom Friedman column. But I decided I have limited bandwidth for things that I know will infuriate me. Stay safe out there, friends.

Screenshot of Tom Friedman's column "President Trump, You Can Remke the Middle East if You Dare"

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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Although descended from wolves that terrorized the forests of Europe, our bernadoodle is terrified of this 3 ft high snowman and refuses to go into the backyard.

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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

For my Rutgers people, this is what the grease truck parking lot looks like now:

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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Wanted to get away from the grimness of the week and decided to start a novel I’ve had on my nightstand for a while and been meaning to read. Maybe I won’t be getting away from the grimness after all.

Epigram from Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song quoting Bertolt Brecht.

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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 04/04/2024

Honestly, Taylor Ham, fried egg, and cheese on a poppy seed hard roll with salt, pepper, and ketchup is as close to heaven as one can get at breakfast.

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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 06/02/2024

A Japanese guitar?! I thought foreign things broke his dear ol' dad's heart? If only the still manufactured acoustic guitars in an American town named Nazareth. Oh wait... they do.

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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 14/01/2024

Thunder snow has arrived in Buffalo. Good decision to postpone the Bills game; visibility near zero when Bills fans would normally be headed to the game to start drinking.