Patrick LaForge
@palafo.bsky.social
Writer. Zen meditator. Traveler. Cyclist. New Yorker. Ex-NYT editor. I talk to strangers. I have friends everywhere. http://palafo.org. Signal: Palafo.38
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I could murder a pizza right now www.bespokepost.com/store/marcel...
Marcellin Pizza Axe | Bespoke Post
A serious slice cutter
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November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I could murder a pizza right now www.bespokepost.com/store/marcel...
RFK Jr.’s excruciatingly awful sex poem for Olivia Nuzzi is before the paywall jump. www.telos.news/p/part-2-she...
Part 2: She Did It Again
If you are new to this series, start here.
www.telos.news
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
RFK Jr.’s excruciatingly awful sex poem for Olivia Nuzzi is before the paywall jump. www.telos.news/p/part-2-she...
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this is the most 8:30 PM a 6:15 PM has felt in a long time
November 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
this is the most 8:30 PM a 6:15 PM has felt in a long time
Hey, Kash Patel has a girlfriend www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Patel Under Scrutiny for Use of SWAT Teams to Protect His Girlfriend
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Hey, Kash Patel has a girlfriend www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
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Enrollment by international students from China dropped by 3 percent, from India by 4 percent, and enrollment from students from Mexico has flatlined. Here are the likely consequences for Texas' education and economy:
The High Cost of Targeting International Students in Texas
The Trump administration’s bans and airport detentions are derailing the academic dreams of students who carry out important research—and sometimes pay hefty tuition—to attend Texas institutions.
www.texasobserver.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Enrollment by international students from China dropped by 3 percent, from India by 4 percent, and enrollment from students from Mexico has flatlined. Here are the likely consequences for Texas' education and economy:
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Mark Kelly: "They're tying themselves in knots trying to explain why what they're doing with regard to these drug boats is legal. It's questionable at best. One of our biggest allies, the UK, recently stopped sharing intelligence with us in the Caribbean because they question whether this is legal."
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Mark Kelly: "They're tying themselves in knots trying to explain why what they're doing with regard to these drug boats is legal. It's questionable at best. One of our biggest allies, the UK, recently stopped sharing intelligence with us in the Caribbean because they question whether this is legal."
It’s right there in the name of
An accident during a live circus stunt in Italy involving motorcycles circling a metal sphere left a young performer dead and another gravely injured, according to statements from the circus and local reports.
Motorcyclist Dies in ‘Globe of Death’ Circus Accident in Italy
Christián Quezada Vasquez died after losing control during a stunt in which motorcyclists ride around a spherical cage, the circus company said.
nyti.ms
November 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It’s right there in the name of
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The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
I need to make this into a playlist
what is the franklin’s tower of house music
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I need to make this into a playlist
Psychic powers are sinus-based
what if the new stranger things season includes eleven raising her hand at the bad guys and screaming and bleeding from her nose. that'd be crazy.
November 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Psychic powers are sinus-based
X is a fantasy universe built by malevolent AI bot farms, and has been for a long time
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
X is a fantasy universe built by malevolent AI bot farms, and has been for a long time
Plenty of liberals are taking Elon’s money
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Plenty of liberals are taking Elon’s money
I can’t deny he looks better this way
November 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I can’t deny he looks better this way
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“Eleven years ago, Paul Lundy was dying a slow, workingman’s death under fluorescent light.” How learning to fix typewriters saved his life. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“Eleven years ago, Paul Lundy was dying a slow, workingman’s death under fluorescent light.” How learning to fix typewriters saved his life. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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swift work
COMMENTARY: Donald Trump has dismantled a global order built over decades — one that brought Americans unprecedented prosperity, security and freedom, writes Ivo Daalder, a former US ambassador to NATO.
🔗 politi.co/3LKSnOB
🔗 politi.co/3LKSnOB
November 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
swift work
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November 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Sometimes this website is worth every dollar I pay for it
November 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Sometimes this website is worth every dollar I pay for it
But I need a Vogue. Duck, kitty
November 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
But I need a Vogue. Duck, kitty
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The teenager told officers he was a U.S. citizen, but an officer broke the car’s driver’s side window and detained him. In a video, the boy can be heard telling an officer that he is a citizen, to which the officer replies, “Get out of the car” and “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The teenager told officers he was a U.S. citizen, but an officer broke the car’s driver’s side window and detained him. In a video, the boy can be heard telling an officer that he is a citizen, to which the officer replies, “Get out of the car” and “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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The idea that we can know things about the social world and collective beliefs by measuring activity on social media got turned in to a propaganda vehicle for fascism.
November 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The idea that we can know things about the social world and collective beliefs by measuring activity on social media got turned in to a propaganda vehicle for fascism.
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Wrote about this several months ago. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Wrote about this several months ago. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
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Worth it, it's far better than every cinematic Star War made since 1980
www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...
www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...
Disney Spent More On ‘Andor’ Than Any Of Its ‘Star Wars’ Movies
Disney has revealed it spent $60.5 million on Star Wars streaming series Andor in 2024, giving the show a total cost of $705.5 million - far higher than the spending on any of the movies in the saga.
www.forbes.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Worth it, it's far better than every cinematic Star War made since 1980
www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...
www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...
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Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
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Vicente Ventura Aguilar (44) vanished after the 10/7 LA immigration raid. 6 weeks later, no one knows where he is. A witness says he had a medical emergency at a detention facility. DHS says they never detained him.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
An L.A. man was detained in an immigration raid. No one knows where he is
A witness told his brother and attorneys that the 44-year-old Mexican immigrant, who doesn't have lawful immigration status, was taken into custody by immigration authorities on Oct. 7 in south-centra...
www.latimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Vicente Ventura Aguilar (44) vanished after the 10/7 LA immigration raid. 6 weeks later, no one knows where he is. A witness says he had a medical emergency at a detention facility. DHS says they never detained him.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
the last 24 hours on X, summed up: