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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 · 1h
Aquinas was such a stiff. I prefer the much pithier "A little foolishness now and then is relished by the wisest men."
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 3h
This will be the thing that gets me onto a boat, permanently.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 22h
An old TV ad for Grecian Formula, a mild hair dye, featuring a plain white bottle with a blue cap and blue lettering reading “Grecian Formula 16……”
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I see my job as that of a mechanic: pop the hood, get underneath everything, and test stuff to make sure it's not broken. So I'm good at seeing the guts of a story. And lately I've noticed the hallmarks of LLM research queries in some writers' output. An observation, not a judgment -- yet.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Every good journalist knows this part of the law, as well as every good attorney. Shame about our elected representative here though.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Huh?
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
First of all, I'm always going to call out misogyny. Second, Gillis is an incredibly popular entertainer and this was said on an incredibly popular, institutional TV show. I've got zero tolerance for this bullshit.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Online record of my status as an attorney. It says:

Attorney Detail Report
as of 10/13/2026
Registration Number
4537122
Name
ROBERT ANDREW LIGUORI
Business Name
Not on File
Business Address
Not on File

Business Phone
Not on File
Email
Not on File
Date Admitted
10/01/2007
Appellate Division Department of Admission
1st
Law School
FORDHAM
Registration Status
Currently registered
Next Registration
Dec 2027
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Hi, lawyer here. I can call myself that because I sat for and passed the bar exam and was admitted and sworn to the bar in the state of NY. (I also actively practiced for a few years.) If you only have a juris doctorate and have never passed a bar exam and been sworn in, you are not a lawyer.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/a...
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Dan Levy Condemns Shane Gillis’s ‘S.N.L.’ Monologue (Gift Article)
“I’m speechless that something like that can exist on live national television,” the actor Dan Levy said on Instagram in a reaction to the comic’s jokes about women.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Women wearing shorts at the gym are not "whores," but people who see them and think that are definitely misogynists.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
To me the most interesting thing about Trey playing the mini kit isn’t his drumming but what everyone else is doing around him. #phish
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
That’s so kind of you! Please don’t go crazy though.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Ooh, where can one procure such an item? Google was of little help.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Maybe I’m a sentimental old guy but the line “it’s love, it’s love, it always was, and it is and it always will be love” gets me right in the feels, every time.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ha I totally forgot and thought you set the line at 0.5 for Tweezers. This is also why I don’t gamble!
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Dammit! This is why I don’t gamble.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I’ll take the under on both.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hail and farewell.
Iconic image of Bears coach Mike Ditka in his classic BEARS sweater vest under a tan sport coat. He is wearing amber-colored aviators and his brown hair is slicked back. This is one cool mother.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
RIP to @radiofreetom.bsky.social's mentions... www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
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Nobel Peace Prize Live Updates: Navi Pillay, Human Rights Lawyer, Wins (Gift Article)
Ms. Pillay has served as a judge in her native South Africa and on international courts investigating war crimes. She led a U.N. panel that determined that Israel had committed genocide against Palest...
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The venue looks nice - how’s the sound?
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I saw Charlie's post on Facebook. This sucks so much. Just the absolute worst.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I never watched it but friends who have share your opinion.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ooh. I was not around for the original run but I can imagine that must’ve been disappointing.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Walking Dead.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So toxic that I would warn the worms away from his corpse if I could.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sudden Sam? Geez.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sorry for your loss. And fuck cancer; it’s how I lost my mom as well.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Tony Plush!
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Adoption is the greatest thing one human can do for another, in my opinion. What a blessing. (What a cutie pie.)
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I see that serial child molester Denny Hastert is dead.
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Jeremy Clarkson Oh No Anyway Meme
Alt: Jeremy Clarkson Oh No Anyway Meme
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sesame Street’s Count von Count, dramatically wrapped in his green cape
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Truly one of the most inexplicable baserunning errors I’ve ever seen.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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 · 02/10/2026
My man looks like Stoner Kevin Millar.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
(Or we’re in the revenge business, and if so, count me the fuck out.)
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The moral argument aside, there’s also the simple logic that modern punishment is designed to serve two goals, deterrence and rehabilitation, and execution accomplishes neither.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🐇🐇🐇
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If I Only Had a Brain, but Fishman's never sung it right, so probably I will be disappointed.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cursed tiramisu.
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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
Whoa!
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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
From your lips to Tommy John's ears.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ryan was an anomalous pitcher in nearly every way; I hope Misiorowski continues to follow that path but I fear he'll wind up like so many others.
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sir, forgive my pessimism, but given the long history of what throwing a baseball at high velocity does to one's anatomy, surely this boy's arm is going to fall apart at some point, no?
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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_...
youtube.com
Mighty Sparrow - Jean & Dinah
YouTube video by CanchozI
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