Rob Liguori
@robxlii.bsky.social
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
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· Jun 1
Ok, here we go, Rob’s FAQ-THIS (frequently asked questions that he invents spontaneously)*
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Or the laws of armed conflict. Or the Geneva conventions. You cannot kill people who have been rendered hors de combat in a military action.
Decent answer, but this is why CNN needs experts on the law of the sea on, instead of the usual political commentators. They could easily explain why this violates maritime rules.
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
November 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Or the laws of armed conflict. Or the Geneva conventions. You cannot kill people who have been rendered hors de combat in a military action.
Woke up in Oxford, England about 22.5 hours ago and made it all the way back home in time to play a really fun gig.
At least I think I did. I haven’t slept and I flew across an ocean, so even odds that I’m hallucinating.
At least I think I did. I haven’t slept and I flew across an ocean, so even odds that I’m hallucinating.
November 29, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Woke up in Oxford, England about 22.5 hours ago and made it all the way back home in time to play a really fun gig.
At least I think I did. I haven’t slept and I flew across an ocean, so even odds that I’m hallucinating.
At least I think I did. I haven’t slept and I flew across an ocean, so even odds that I’m hallucinating.
This one’s for @radiofreetom.bsky.social: boarding a plane with jeans, sneakers, and…wine gums.
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This one’s for @radiofreetom.bsky.social: boarding a plane with jeans, sneakers, and…wine gums.
Every festival is invented, you absolute bellends. At least our Thanksgiving celebrates something nice, and not, say, a failed plot by a daft idiot to blow up a government building.
The economist out here making me feel defensively patriotic today
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Every festival is invented, you absolute bellends. At least our Thanksgiving celebrates something nice, and not, say, a failed plot by a daft idiot to blow up a government building.
The best damn city in the world.
They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The best damn city in the world.
Its 4:30 am, I can’t sleep, and I’m trying to cleanse my brain of what I’ve just now decided to call “The Double Z Situation” by revisiting the Teddy Perkins/Benny Hope episode of Atlanta. Not sure any of this is a good idea.
November 27, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Its 4:30 am, I can’t sleep, and I’m trying to cleanse my brain of what I’ve just now decided to call “The Double Z Situation” by revisiting the Teddy Perkins/Benny Hope episode of Atlanta. Not sure any of this is a good idea.
Gonna need this sign for my home.
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Gonna need this sign for my home.
This is the first I’m hearing about plug-in solar and I immediately want it.
Today, in Utah, homeowners *or renters* can simply buy a solar panel at Costco, take it home, and plug it in to a wall socket, like an appliance. It just sits there & trims about 15-20% off a residential power bill. If you move to another apt., you can take it with you.
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This is the first I’m hearing about plug-in solar and I immediately want it.
Spent the day at Westminster Abbey and saw some cool things. My only complaint is that the British don’t know how to edit themselves - each inscription, and there are hundreds of them, is a small novel. Pics to follow.
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Spent the day at Westminster Abbey and saw some cool things. My only complaint is that the British don’t know how to edit themselves - each inscription, and there are hundreds of them, is a small novel. Pics to follow.
Don’t know about this platform but I for one would rather piss on my mother’s grave than use AI. Do not even attempt to change my mind.
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Don’t know about this platform but I for one would rather piss on my mother’s grave than use AI. Do not even attempt to change my mind.
Lovely Indian tonight at Dishoom, just aces.
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Lovely Indian tonight at Dishoom, just aces.
Jimmy Cliff’s The Harder They Come (film and soundtrack) was THE Rosetta Stone for bringing Jamaican music to America. His influence in that regard alone is immeasurable. Hail and farewell.
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Jimmy Cliff’s The Harder They Come (film and soundtrack) was THE Rosetta Stone for bringing Jamaican music to America. His influence in that regard alone is immeasurable. Hail and farewell.
Just got to Heathrow and already I’m like cousin Avi.
a man with a mustache is saying anything to declare yeah don t go to england
Alt: Dennis Farina as Avi from the movie Snatch. A customs agent is asking “anything to declare?” “Yeah, don t go to England.”
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November 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Just got to Heathrow and already I’m like cousin Avi.
Can someone explain to my why #Delta won’t sell a ticketed passenger an upgrade to business class, even when there are unsold seats? Gate agent said that there are no upgrades closer than 24 hours from departure.
Sincerely, a guy in row 51
Sincerely, a guy in row 51
November 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Can someone explain to my why #Delta won’t sell a ticketed passenger an upgrade to business class, even when there are unsold seats? Gate agent said that there are no upgrades closer than 24 hours from departure.
Sincerely, a guy in row 51
Sincerely, a guy in row 51
Dear Santa, all I want for Christmas this year is resale tickets to Radiohead at O2. #ineedamiracle
November 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Dear Santa, all I want for Christmas this year is resale tickets to Radiohead at O2. #ineedamiracle
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I am a river. You are my canyon. I mean to flow through you. I mean to subdue and tame you. My Love.
November 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I am a river. You are my canyon. I mean to flow through you. I mean to subdue and tame you. My Love.
Please enjoy a photo of my lovely wife Nature Girl having a conversation with a nine-point buck in my dad’s backyard today.
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Please enjoy a photo of my lovely wife Nature Girl having a conversation with a nine-point buck in my dad’s backyard today.
Thanks due to the judge and the security officer, who took the morally and legally correct course of action. #RhodeIsland
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Thanks due to the judge and the security officer, who took the morally and legally correct course of action. #RhodeIsland
Regarding the corrupted indictment of Comey. I agree.
/6 Also, it is the obligation of every lawyer who takes their oath and the Constitution seriously to shun from legal society every single AUSA and DoJ lawyer participating in this. Strike their names from every book and tablet, every pylon and obelisk, every monument of the rule of law.
November 19, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Regarding the corrupted indictment of Comey. I agree.
More Todd Snider, singing his tribute to John Prine. I’m still processing things over here. youtu.be/HoGAoJ3qIZk?...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
More Todd Snider, singing his tribute to John Prine. I’m still processing things over here. youtu.be/HoGAoJ3qIZk?...
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So here’s what apparently happened: they tried to indict Comey on the last day of the statute with a three-count indictment. The grand jury rejected one. Rather than cross it out or indicate on the indictment that only two of the three counts were voted upon, Halligan creates…/1
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
So here’s what apparently happened: they tried to indict Comey on the last day of the statute with a three-count indictment. The grand jury rejected one. Rather than cross it out or indicate on the indictment that only two of the three counts were voted upon, Halligan creates…/1
This is malpractice or malfeasance to an extent that could result in someone being disbarred. The grand jury never saw the final indictment? I've never even heard of such a thing. It strains the imagination.
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This is malpractice or malfeasance to an extent that could result in someone being disbarred. The grand jury never saw the final indictment? I've never even heard of such a thing. It strains the imagination.
In our recent story on the crisis at DOJ, a prosecutor in the D.C. metro area confirmed that colleagues recommended against indicting Comey. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
In our recent story on the crisis at DOJ, a prosecutor in the D.C. metro area confirmed that colleagues recommended against indicting Comey. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Just want to lay down this marker, as someone who knows a free press is essential to the American experiment:
This is an abhorrent remark by the president, worthy of the strongest condemnation. It is a perverse thing for any patriot to say, let alone the ostensible leader of the free world.
This is an abhorrent remark by the president, worthy of the strongest condemnation. It is a perverse thing for any patriot to say, let alone the ostensible leader of the free world.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Just want to lay down this marker, as someone who knows a free press is essential to the American experiment:
This is an abhorrent remark by the president, worthy of the strongest condemnation. It is a perverse thing for any patriot to say, let alone the ostensible leader of the free world.
This is an abhorrent remark by the president, worthy of the strongest condemnation. It is a perverse thing for any patriot to say, let alone the ostensible leader of the free world.