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.
You may remember we said goodbye to our beloved pup Dottie a few months ago. Well, we have a new dog in our lives: meet Alice! Alice is 19 months old, and came from a shelter in Atlanta. We think she's a pittie/Frenchie mix. AI thinks she's a sphynx cat. Apple Computer thinks she's a dogcow. #moof
Currently annoyed at our stylebook -- a not-uncommon occurrence -- because it mandates that we use the term "Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive" on first reference to the road on the east side of Manhattan.
A lovely remembrance from the former president on the day Nolan Ryan treated Ryan Ventura like a roped calf.
Richard M. Nixon@dicknixon.bsky.social · yesterdayAnniversary of Ryan vs. Ventura. I think it's appropriate to frame as a boxing match. You have to remember that by '93 Ryan was an excellent control pitcher. He still had the heat but he cut his walks by a lot. Generally he put the ball where he wanted. This included coming inside.
Clay Travis should read up on Brian Scalabrine. www.basketballnetwork.net/old-school/w...
“I’m way closer to LeBron than you are to me” – when Brian Scalabrine destroyed amateurs in the Scallenge
White Mamba may not have been a star in the NBA, but he's clearly better than most basketball players outside the Association.
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Sonicscrewdriv4@sonicscrewdriv4.bsky.social · 2d agoWhat sort of delusional BS is this??? www.mediaite.com/media/news/c...
I saw yesterday that some right-wing outlets were running stories about me, which I’m used to. But this time I’m going to say something about it, because these were framed to imply that I was aligned with their own transphobia. ⬇️
First time I ever noticed Page using a key weight to hold down a drone on one synth while he played the baby grand. #Phish
Happy birthday, August West. Eternally grateful for the music.
For the music nerds: Trey has been playing a lot of whole tone scale motifs tonight. #Phish
Noted jazz legend Buddy Guy. There he is, smiling and thinking about playing jazz.
I absolutely love the implications in this bottle copy. 1. “FOR PETS ONLY (DOGS & HORSES)”: there are no other animals kept as pets but those two species. 2. “NOT FOR CATS”: Cats are *explicitly* not pets.
As @joshsternberg.com so accurately notes, in this run of MSG “nostalgia” shows, #Phish is playing with the ethos of “if you could go back to when you were 25 with the knowledge you have now.” If this is nostalgia give me more of it.
it's this kind of whimsy and humor and intelligence that people who shit on phish don't get, and why i typically don't engage w/folks who shit on the band. the band had power issues and came back playing a song by a band whose name is taken for electric current!
Hey MSG, who told you to put a beef patty inside a bun? Rasclaat people…
I have zero regrets about moving back to my hometown after 17 years in NYC, but man, this city is just amazing. The most incredible metropolis on the planet as far as I’m concerned.
I am never ever ever going to see The Lizards, am I. Dammit. #Phish
That was a four song second set. They are definitely going to get weird with Fee.
Phish@phish.com · 3w agoENCORE: Fee
And once again I will almost certainly not get a Lizards on this tour! My most common not seen (h/t @zzyzx.bsky.social ).
Phish@phish.com · 3w agoThe Lizards
#Phish folk: for those on couch tour at the moment, do you get as unreasonably pumped as I do when Keith Mansfield’s “Funky Fanfare” kicks in?
Frank Flowers. Or Joe Flowers. Either way pretty awesome.
kim@kimmymonte.bsky.social · 3w agoyour baseball pitcher name is your grandfather’s first name and the last thing you bought i’ll go first mine’s Dominic Sandals
we have a responsibility to do this for each other. it’s beautiful.
Susan Rinkunas@susanrinkunas.com · 3w agoOverheard from a group of four guys on the subway: “Yo, why are you doomscrolling? You’re with the bros”
1/ Guy who killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero called his ex wife to get her to vouch for his character. Readers, she did not: archive.md/L8BuD Quite the opposite.
Married this amazing lady ten years ago today. Best thing I’ve ever done.
