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Rob Liguori

@robxlii.bsky.social
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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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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 18h
Austin Wells giveth, Austin Wells taketh away. Whatever happened to “don’t make the first or third out at third base, especially when it’s the 8th and you’re down a run and don’t have a single hit”?
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In the wake of the storm, the hummingbirds have flown, the bumblebees are slowly dying, the sky is the color of concrete and I'm trying like hell to stave off the autumnal gloom.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As a Penn State fan I always root against the Hawkeyes...but maybe not today.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Obscure music connection/revelation: the intro to Donald Fagen's "The Goodbye Look" is a direct ripoff of "Chega de Saudade" by Antonio Carlos Jobim. You're welcome.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Out of context fact-checking sentences: "He was actually looking for an older bitch who was approaching retirement age..."
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hail and farewell to The Mighty Sparrow, the king of calypso. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ2_...
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Mighty Sparrow - Jean & Dinah
YouTube video by CanchozI
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Mentalwards Relaxing in Theater
Alt: Salvatore “Totò” Di Vita watching all of the kissing scenes that the projectionist Alfredo left behind for him, from the end of Cinema Paradiso.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Drake “Drake Maye?” Maye
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy Nuclear Armageddon Narrowly Avoided Day.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fo’c’s’le.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I had a small hand in this story, which is about the intersection of capitalism, development, technology, and an indigenous tribe, in ways that may surprise you. It's an excellent read, imo. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/m...
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They Kept Outsiders Away for 500 Years. Their World Is About to Change. (Gift Article)
My father dedicated his life to studying the Guna people of Panama, and they may soon allow unprecedented development through their land. I went on a trek through the jungle to find out why.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
John Coltrane was given to this world 100 years ago today, and we still don't fully understand why but we are eternally grateful.
An image from the church of St. John Coltrane, done in the style of a Christian icon, with Trane wearing a green, holding his tenor in his left hand with fire coming from the bell and a red sash around the outside. In his right hand he holds a scroll that reads "Let us sing all songs to God. Let us pursue Him in the righteous path. Yes it is true; Seek and ye shall find." 

There is a halo around his head.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Image of an Apple ][c computer, a rather flattish design for its time.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’m going on the record: this ATC disruption is an act of sabotage by Amtrak, a clever ploy to force Americans to use the train system. Your move, ship captains.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Research note that I will not share with a writer or editor: "It feels as though everyone just learned this term and is using it like a toddler who has discovered his penis."
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Paging @radiofreetom.bsky.social: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/16/m...
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He was an MIT grad with dreams of stardom. His 1976 debut album with Boston resuscitated rock music. - The Boston Globe
Five decades later, the band’s inaugural record continues to influence rockers. But it almost wasn't made.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Death Dragging an Old Man to His Tomb, by Stefano della Bella, 1648
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Well I’m sittin here playing solitaire With my pearl-handled deck The county won’t give me no more methadone And they cut off your welfare check
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Well I didn’t think *that* would work.
A wordle board with the first guess filled in. That guess is SHART. 

The S is green. The HART is grey.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
tell me about it
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Apropos of nothing, the proper spelling is "bestiality."
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My dad, who is simply the best man I’ve ever known, turns 87 today. Still sharp as a tack. I’m a lucky guy to have been raised by such an exceptional father.
My dad, an olive-complected man with a full head of white hair, wearing a navy polo and sitting at a dinner table with a bowl of pasta and glass of wine in front of him. He is, typically, in the middle of telling a story.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Twoinonedayigami!
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Firstweekigami!
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11 remembrances aren't really my thing, but the Concert for New York City provided two of the most poignant moments. These, and the deeply moving poem by Wiszlawa Syzmborska that follows, are how I choose to commemorate that awful day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=afif...
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David⚡️Bowie - America (Simon & Garfunkel cover)
YouTube video by Иллитерати
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Happy birthday, Mickey Hart!
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Just got push polled again, this time on behalf of the GOP candidate for governor, Ryan Fazio. My politics expertise doesn’t extend to polling. Does this crap even work?
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Grew out my hair. Bought a fast car, and a vintage car. Playing music obsessively. Laser-focused on an early retirement so I can sail around the world. Yes, I know this makes me sound like an insufferable prick.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Pfft, seen it. (Please let this come back into regular rotation.)
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Western Michigan just got jobbed as hard as I’ve ever seen a team get jobbed. That was shameful.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I have lived in lots of places but my language marks me as a Rhode Islander through and through.
Map of the U.S., showing the regional dialects that are closest to mine in red/orange and the furthest away in blues and yellows. My speech is most like that of a -- surprise -- Rhode Islander.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Why on earth was I just served this ad? (cw: death...?)
An ad for "Frigid Fluid Company," which apparently sells different embalming fluids. The photo shows five bottles of different-colored fluids, labeled:

Standard
Frigid Rigid
35 Plus
Tissue Guard 32
Natural Tone

The ad copy says:

ARTERIAL FLUIDS
Whether you need a basic formula for routine cases or a more advanced formula for challenging situations
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Just as I will decline cookies every time I'm given the option, I will also click every single goddamned X for every one of your dumb website's pestilent pop-up dialogs.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We switched cell service from Verizon to T-Mobile and I gotta say I'm not real happy with either company right now. Trying to port numbers over requires more tech support than any AI could possibly give, and yet -- it's all AI.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Just got the coolest piece of Americana in the mail. Zane Kesey, son of Ken Kesey, found a bunch of leftover original acid test “ID cards” and I managed to snag one. I’m delighted. Merry, you might even say.
A yellowing paper ID card with a black and white classic drawing of Uncle Sam and the words “CAN YOU PASS THE ACID TEST?”
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Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Ooh brilliant essay on Cusk by Parul Sehgal: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/m...
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Rachel Cusk Tried to Caricature Natalie Portman. She Only Caricatured Herself.
Her latest novel appears to savage a celebrity. But Cusk has, once again, managed to turn herself into the victim.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
all of this Lake America business reminds me of that Lincoln anecdote— how many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? four! calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
extremely good FOIA denial i just got
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I am getting push polled right now by some sort of GOP organization, on behalf of a *state senate* candidate in Connecticut. This reeks of desperation.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I suspected a delivery driver had been turning around on my front lawn, and I just witnessed an Amazon truck do a three-pointer fully from the grass. I complained to Amazon because that person needs to understand what happens when you drive a truck over a septic system, and how costly it can get.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Happy National Dog Day from me and Alice the Dogcow!
Alice the black and white pit bull lying stretched out on a patioAlice the Dogcow lying on a flagstone next to the grass. Her pink tongue is hanging out and she appears to be smiling
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Hail and farewell, Tim Curry. Another massive talent gone.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton invested the royalties she earned for writing ‘I Will Always Love You’ in Nashville’s Black community www.washingtonpost.com/arts-enterta... "This is the house that Whitney built" - DP 🥺🙏
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 25/08/2026
In a world full of Trumps and MAGA, be a Dolly.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly and her family (including her adorable parents) doing "In the Pines" on her TV show. vimeo.com/123437343
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Dolly! show #124 - In The Pines with Family
Dolly Parton stars in "Dolly,"show #124, alongside her parents and siblings singing - In The Pines
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton did more for women, literacy, the less fortunate, country music, and god knows what else, and she did it all while fingerpicking in acrylic nails. What an American badass. We should honor her with a holiday.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
My favorite Dolly song, one of my favorite songs ever. There is so much joy in these two minutes and forty-five seconds. Hail and farewell. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyRq...
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