Patrick Tine
@patricktine.bsky.social
Rapid response reporter for the Times Union in Albany, NY. Former planning editor at Spectrum News. Once Upstate New York okayest art critic.
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the administration wants to frame this (bizarrely) as law enforcement. but if law enforcement conducted a raid for a suspect and killed 40 people, including an unknown number of unarmed civilians, it would be treated as a clear disaster like Waco.
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At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.
At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.
January 3, 2026 at 11:32 PM
the administration wants to frame this (bizarrely) as law enforcement. but if law enforcement conducted a raid for a suspect and killed 40 people, including an unknown number of unarmed civilians, it would be treated as a clear disaster like Waco.
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Moving out of the city and up into the Hudson Valley was so good for me and my wife. We have great nature trails, quaint shops, and now we live 5 minutes from the kidnapped leader of a sovereign nation
Captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has just landed at New York Stewart International Airport in Orange County. Now in U.S. custody, Maduro is expected to face charges in federal court.
January 3, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Moving out of the city and up into the Hudson Valley was so good for me and my wife. We have great nature trails, quaint shops, and now we live 5 minutes from the kidnapped leader of a sovereign nation
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“It’s kind of like a big, oversized lawnmower,” a Capital District YMCA Zamboni driver said.
Capital Region ice rinks are looking for Zamboni drivers. Here's what it takes to be one
“It’s kind of like a big, oversized lawnmower,” a Capital District YMCA Zamboni driver said.
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December 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
“It’s kind of like a big, oversized lawnmower,” a Capital District YMCA Zamboni driver said.
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Afghans have become the latest targets of Trump’s immigration crackdown at the end of a year with a record number of ICE arrests.
Afghans escaped the Taliban. Now they fear ICE in New York.
Afghans have become the latest targets of Trump’s immigration crackdown at the end of a year with a record number of ICE arrests.
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December 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Afghans have become the latest targets of Trump’s immigration crackdown at the end of a year with a record number of ICE arrests.
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Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
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“.. We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said .. as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.”
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December 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“.. We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said .. as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.”
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Since 2021, data investigations editor Matt Rocheleau has worked on some of the Times Union’s most impactful journalism. For more than three years, he’s done that work while dealing with the onset of ALS. Read his story:
‘What did I do to deserve this?’ Editor Matt Rocheleau on his life and journey with ALS
Hearst Newspapers’ editor Matt Rocheleau describes his journey living with an incurable, debilitating, terminal disease.
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December 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Since 2021, data investigations editor Matt Rocheleau has worked on some of the Times Union’s most impactful journalism. For more than three years, he’s done that work while dealing with the onset of ALS. Read his story:
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All 9 episodes of the newest @timesunion.com true crime podcast "The Girl in the Pond" are now available! Perfect binge for a holiday road trip 🎧 open.spotify.com/show/5kAgqv7...
Trailer: The Girl in the Pond
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December 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
All 9 episodes of the newest @timesunion.com true crime podcast "The Girl in the Pond" are now available! Perfect binge for a holiday road trip 🎧 open.spotify.com/show/5kAgqv7...
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NewsNation, Nexstar's right-wing "unbiased and neutral" news network, is now doing sponcon for Qatar
December 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM
NewsNation, Nexstar's right-wing "unbiased and neutral" news network, is now doing sponcon for Qatar
The fire on Western Ave that killed 2 people occurred in a building that had not had a residential occupancy permit for almost five years. The codes dept. said the city never brought legal proceedings against the landlord: www.timesunion.com/news/article...
Official: Building in fatal fire did not have occupancy permit
City Buildings Director Richard LaJoy said owner of 241 Western Ave. had been referred for prosecution in 2021 but city lawyers did not act.
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December 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The fire on Western Ave that killed 2 people occurred in a building that had not had a residential occupancy permit for almost five years. The codes dept. said the city never brought legal proceedings against the landlord: www.timesunion.com/news/article...
Shoutout to the Hyde Park Marriott which has a channel playing the Ken Burns Roosevelt documentary on loop 24/7.
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Shoutout to the Hyde Park Marriott which has a channel playing the Ken Burns Roosevelt documentary on loop 24/7.
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This doesn’t happen without Maria’s intrepid reporting on this policy change, which USCIS tried to keep quiet.
BREAKING: USCIS is reinstating halted naturalization ceremonies in several New York counties, per U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler. The move comes days after a @timesunion.com report revealed abrupt cancellations in at least seven counties. www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
USCIS reverses course, reinstates halted naturalization ceremonies across New York
The move comes days after the Times Union revealed abrupt cancellations in at least seven counties, sparking bipartisan criticism and demands for answers.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This doesn’t happen without Maria’s intrepid reporting on this policy change, which USCIS tried to keep quiet.
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you hit mid november and all of a sudden the angle of the sun at 2:30PM on a weekday becomes an act of violence
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
you hit mid november and all of a sudden the angle of the sun at 2:30PM on a weekday becomes an act of violence
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Breaking late on Monday: a man has died mysteriously in upstate New York after “striking” two state police troopers with his vehicle.
More when I know it.
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More when I know it.
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Driver dies after striking two state troopers in Cairo
The troopers, assigned to the State Police Catskill barracks, suffered non-life-threatening injuries during a Route 23 traffic stop.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Breaking late on Monday: a man has died mysteriously in upstate New York after “striking” two state police troopers with his vehicle.
More when I know it.
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More when I know it.
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
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The late Glenn Burke, who hit .340 for the Spokane Indians in 1972, was born on this day in 1952. A talented outfielder for the Dodgers and A's, Burke was the first openly gay player in MLB and is also credited with inventing the high five. He tragically died from AIDS-related complications in 1995.
November 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The late Glenn Burke, who hit .340 for the Spokane Indians in 1972, was born on this day in 1952. A talented outfielder for the Dodgers and A's, Burke was the first openly gay player in MLB and is also credited with inventing the high five. He tragically died from AIDS-related complications in 1995.
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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Really wild how all these Harvard scientists and mathematics guys constantly talked about how Jeffrey Epstein was this brilliant, "misunderstood" man and then you read his emails and he's clearly a barely literate lecher, extremely easy to understand
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Really wild how all these Harvard scientists and mathematics guys constantly talked about how Jeffrey Epstein was this brilliant, "misunderstood" man and then you read his emails and he's clearly a barely literate lecher, extremely easy to understand
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Inbox immediately filled up with DG horror stories after this went online
The entire six-member team at a Dollar General in Duanesburg allegedly walked off the job last week, citing poor work conditions.
Entire team at upstate store decides to ‘part ways’ with Dollar General
The entire six-member team at a Dollar General in Duanesburg allegedly walked off the job last week, citing poor work conditions.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Inbox immediately filled up with DG horror stories after this went online
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“Unfettered” is out today, I read it and am working on a follow-up story/book review.
Of note: Buzz Bissinger is not mentioned at all, nor is he credited on the copyright page/acknowledgments.
Of note: Buzz Bissinger is not mentioned at all, nor is he credited on the copyright page/acknowledgments.
For @defector.com, I tried to figure out what's going on with John Fetterman's political memoir, ghostwritten by Buzz Bissinger
It may not shock you to learn that Fetterman and Bissinger haven't gotten along (to put it politely), according to my sources
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It may not shock you to learn that Fetterman and Bissinger haven't gotten along (to put it politely), according to my sources
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Nobody Wants To Talk About John Fetterman And Buzz Bissinger's Pricey Memoir Project | Defector
In January 2024, Semafor media reporter Max Tani published a small scoop: Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman and writer Buzz Bissinger (most famous for authoring Friday Night Lights) were working tog...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“Unfettered” is out today, I read it and am working on a follow-up story/book review.
Of note: Buzz Bissinger is not mentioned at all, nor is he credited on the copyright page/acknowledgments.
Of note: Buzz Bissinger is not mentioned at all, nor is he credited on the copyright page/acknowledgments.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Perfect Albany evening celebrating the celebrated William Kennedy. A true honor being present to hear him read.
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Perfect Albany evening celebrating the celebrated William Kennedy. A true honor being present to hear him read.
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I've seen enough: The city of Albany — chartered in 1686, the capital of New York since 1797 — has elected its first Black mayor, Dorcey Applyrs. Photo by the Times Union's Lori Van Buren.
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I've seen enough: The city of Albany — chartered in 1686, the capital of New York since 1797 — has elected its first Black mayor, Dorcey Applyrs. Photo by the Times Union's Lori Van Buren.
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this will be the sagrada familia of sports documentaries
an architectural marvel that will never be truly finished
an architectural marvel that will never be truly finished
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
this will be the sagrada familia of sports documentaries
an architectural marvel that will never be truly finished
an architectural marvel that will never be truly finished