Patrick LaForge

Editor, breaking/trending news, The New York Times.

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Last Notes

2024-07-26 21:44:40

Breaking news. After 27 years at The New York Times, this is my last day on the payroll. Everyone leaves the newsroom sooner or later. No exceptions. The only question is whether you get to choose when and how. I'm choosing to leave at the top of my game. It's not exactly a retirement, but it is definitely a big step back. I plan to do some writing and traveling, and I might edit on the side

2024-07-18 13:10:39

Forensic video. Second by second, minute by minute, bullet by bullet. An amazing piece of visual journalism. https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000009576871/trump-shooting-assassination-attempt.html

2024-07-14 02:40:34

It's always a good idea to think and pause before you post, but never more so than in situations like this https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/us/politics/trump-rally-disinformation-x-social-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7E0.TXOv.cf0BS5hljeSj

2024-06-18 13:18:14

What has Chicago done since the extraordinary mass bird deaths of last October? Could it happen again? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/us/birds-mass-death-chicago-migration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0k0.XIB5._RTccAD6tT6G

2024-05-15 18:45:26

I turned off my Threads profile here. It was too confusing, and it also disabled some features on Threads itself, oddly

2024-05-11 20:25:05

The end of an era! https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/11/business/chuck-e-cheese-animatronic-band.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rE0.C5rg.TcOE56-Dh0ON

2024-04-24 02:40:18

I experienced something called Moh’s surgery yesterday and, while it is no doubt a medical miracle, I wish we knew more about sunscreen in the 1970s. What I, a pale child, remember: burning red as a lobster while my parents poured cold iced tea on my back as a home remedy.

2024-04-11 20:58:03

A welcome change
https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/254/585/130/278/429/original/a4e7d151da6543e4.png

2024-04-05 20:43:52

Facebook and Threads flat out won’t let me post this link https://kansasreflector.com/2024/04/04/when-facebook-fails-local-media-matters-even-more-for-our-planets-future/

2024-04-05 13:41:26

Not good https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/climate/ocean-temperature-hurricane-forecast.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&ugrp=c&pvid=4A4F0ACC-509B-4A57-BB9B-B9215C62DC73&sgrp=c-cb

2024-04-04 00:51:21

A doctor stuck a tube into my nostrils today. One of them is a deviant.

2024-03-25 20:02:49

This is over. https://lawandcrime.com/supreme-court/scotus-refuses-to-take-up-nick-sandmanns-libel-case-against-nyt-abc-and-cbs-over-native-american-activists-sensory-impressions-of-march-for-life-encounter/

2024-02-16 18:08:21

Who doesn't love a lost guitar story? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/16/arts/music/paul-mccartney-bass-guitar-found.html?unlocked_article_code=1.V00.fywo.viM2-L9p1Drw

2024-01-18 17:44:21

I need some new music.

2024-01-08 23:32:27

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@npub1vy0…xrg5 I have read Joko Beck, and know about Ordinary Mind but have never been there. Quite a few zendos in NYC. I sit at a small one, Still Mind Zendo near Union Square. I've been to Fire Lotus in Brooklyn and a few others.

2024-01-06 22:51:17

Would you read a book by a “very online” breaking news editor at The New York Times who practices Zen meditation? If so, what would you want to know? #zen #meditation #buddhism #zazen #nyt

2024-01-01 17:47:19

Some days when I am clicking among the many apps I miss TiVo + cable TV https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/29/business/streaming-advertising-2024-netflix-amazon-prime.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KU0.PDcU.7x7DzUeYqnMR&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

2024-01-01 17:42:01

I am still not sure why so many readers were into the original story, but here is how the reporter figured this out https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/29/insider/home-alone-mccallister-family-wealth.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KU0.UJFH.4HH8g9ufDD3k&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

2023-12-15 14:36:21

I'm very curious to see how Threads and Mastodon will interact, whenever Meta federates. In essence, I will have two presences on Mastodon, and I'm not sure if it will make sense to merge them, or if that's possible. I imagine I'll have more functionality here on mstdn.social

2023-12-08 14:19:00

A Timeline of Hunter Biden’s Life and Legal Troubles https://www.nytimes.com/article/hunter-biden-legal-troubles-timeline.html?smid=tw-share

2023-11-30 17:22:59

moose news https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/us/moose-minnesota-rutt.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CU0.BH8Z.Kh0yAZVw4AID

2023-11-29 15:08:38

The police are losing their minds over the iPhone NameDrop feature. It is not worth the panic. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/technology/namedrop-apple-iphone-police.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CE0.OUph._3Uzi44fDKbZ

2023-11-18 19:41:24

I enjoyed Ep1 of the new animated Scott Pilgrim so much I made a family member watch the movie. Even better than I remembered. So many great lines whip by. And those songs.

2023-11-16 02:06:42

If they made this now, it would be a podcast. A great one!
https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/111/417/777/716/019/605/original/0a18e4fe321f5251.png

2023-11-13 13:22:25

I just realized I have a backlog of nearly 900 hours of podcasts and it may be time to do some pruning or declare “Overcast bankruptcy” — even listening at 3X speed will not get me through this. In the days of radio, if you missed a show, you missed a show. Modern problems.

2023-11-12 22:48:06

Lake City ammunition, once intended for war, has also cut a criminal path across towns and cities in nearly all parts of the USA https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/us/army-ammunition-factory-shootings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

2023-10-26 15:20:36

No https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/style/candy-corn-history-halloween.html

2023-10-25 16:09:24

Or perhaps the ongoing drama in Congress is more your speed -- (no paywall) -- https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/25/us/house-speaker-vote-mike-johnson?unlocked_article_code=1.5Uw.dLbd.TtuxSbMUt-sb&smid=url-share

2023-10-25 16:05:52

OK, non-subscribers of the NYT, what's a story you want to read free today? I've got some gift links left from my home subscription. (Yes, I pay to eat my company's own dog food, as the saying goes. I have never understood that saying.) Here's the hurricane coverage for a start: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/25/world/hurricane-otis-acapulco?unlocked_article_code=1.5Uw.Yqlo.oj6qHohStwHx&smid=url-share

2023-10-24 18:57:35

Oh, wow https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/us/alaska-airlines-off-duty-pilot-arraignment.html

2023-10-23 13:19:12

Here's the note from top editors of The Times about Gaza coverage, particularly the early reports about the hospital strike (no paywall) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/23/pageoneplus/editors-note-gaza-hospital-coverage.html?unlocked_article_code=1.40w.RysS.SiqjTSK0AQ0Z&smid=url-share

2023-10-21 18:40:37

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@npub1xzm…eykm @npub15c8…fal0 Hi guys, the head of our audience team is @npub1f8j…7kzn and @npub1czg…qh2r is her deputy for external platforms. I know they are observing all the so-called Twitter "alternatives" -- and I realize that is not quite the way to think of Mastodon, which is its own thing. There are also resource implications for anything we do. [Personally, I've encountered a lot of resistance here to our subscription business model.]

2023-10-17 15:00:15

He spent more than 16 years for a crime he didn't commit. On Monday, he was pulled over for speeding, and a deputy shot him dead. It's under investigation. No paywall. https://nyti.ms/45B0O3g

2023-10-10 13:52:03

Video explainer: How Hamas massacre in Sderot unfolded https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000009124862/palestinian-gunmen-killing-sderot.html

2023-10-09 14:05:57

Live coverage of the war. (Subscriber "gift" link) https://nyti.ms/45s0ELk

2023-10-07 00:23:16

I would be willing to pay someone to briefly explain daily whatever stupid thing Elon did that day to make people finally quit Twitter and come to these other platforms. This is my way of asking someone to summarize what today's final straw was, because I went over there and it looked the same (horrible)

2023-10-07 00:13:46

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@npub178r…qekt Yeah, I agree, they're making a mistake. I mean, I might read a few free articles and go this is worth a buck a month. That is actually OUR model. But it's more than a buck.

2023-10-06 03:57:54

Mastodon is the only site where a user is guaranteed to gripe about a paywalled article every time. Folks, ads are dead. Subscriptions pay for the journalism and feed our families. A trial sub is cheap. I give away a lot of free links. You can read many with an email (regi-wall is not a paywall). It is easy to get around with research. You do you. Just don’t reply with a complaint or a paywall evasion. It’s kind of rude. I may block you. Move on. Read something else. It’s a big old internet.

2023-10-06 02:10:51

Shakespeare may have strutted and fretted here https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/05/world/europe/william-shakespeare-stage-uk.html

2023-10-01 05:38:55

This was supposed to be the new world https://youtu.be/YbEhts7g-4U?si=knynPuIcBt8qQlzs

2023-09-30 22:35:15

In a stunning turnabout, the House on Saturday approved a stopgap plan to avert a government shutdown that was less than 12 hours away as a coalition of Republicans and Democrats backed a last-ditch proposal hastily put forward by Speaker Kevin McCarthy. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/09/30/us/government-shutdown-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

2023-09-29 21:36:37

Uh oh https://nyti.ms/3tmjqX2

2023-09-23 14:48:01

I am getting ratio’d on Threads for saying it kind of sucks there. Ok, that was a bit combative. Most replies say they find Mastodon “too hard” and they get less engagement. Not my experience here. But with 100 plus million users I fear it will be the Xitter replacement — and May swamp the Fediverse AOL on Usenet Endless September style if they ever do fully integrate as an instance

2023-09-21 19:17:49

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@npub1c9n…5q09 hm not seeing that anywhere on site

2023-09-21 18:43:25

Who will replace Mike Bloomberg? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/climate/bloomberg-succession-plan.html

2023-09-13 15:37:21

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@npub1k6f…jp0a Huh. It's not actually a gift link, despite the pic. Some kind of glitch, sometimes happens if the codes are stripped from URL. I'll edit the post, belatedly. Thx

2023-09-13 02:53:00

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@npub1k6f…jp0a hm might just be registration wall, no $

2023-09-12 02:37:51

The truth is out there https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/09/us/politics/jfk-assassination-witness-paul-landis.html

2023-09-09 15:09:41

It’s good to know Mastodon has as many self-important, arrogant trolls as X. Makes me feel at home. Blocking tools here are so much more effective though

2023-09-09 15:07:59

Ongoing live coverage of deadly quake in Morocco https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/09/09/world/morocco-earthquake-marrakesh?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

2023-09-07 21:14:49

Hershey subsidiary is yanking a spicy chip that a teen's family think caused his death https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/07/us/paqui-one-chip-challenge-removed.html?unlocked_article_code=KXHjASD8TvFAR3je7qz74-cnrMm7XhT-DZb8arabj34JJrk0YmSTzpgi0EOElaPFl8vGsDAh3Yz5XWp1TglQvTWqJKQF8v4Z04y3CEQQngRttk9vZbC46HjGHxs2QYmBJhrXzpFR8AOFkmCrcS8IJAdV-IuQpbt4ywGtO-2i0kpzQlmH8PfDbVhewwbOXiaSynj2-Xho_z6poJ55yhRYXYiMLCb8Uqi-jC3RpH-fKCjRFLKUQPTFqNkDUoDft7QaxLANh0uULbAutbzKJs1BLbNEioZBVJV4asa2mfXnP68wquoiQFHjdi_uujYuyynSjvjLGvQ1LOoSG55pQ1Xv0n0m2OA&smid=tw-share

2023-08-29 21:36:21

U.N.C. Graduate Student Is Charged in Fatal Shooting of Professor https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/29/us/unc-chapel-hill-shooting-gunman-charges.html?smid=tw-share

2023-08-27 13:12:35

A white gunman wearing a tactical vest barged into a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday and fatally shot three Black people in an attack that the authorities said they were investigating as a hate crime. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/26/us/dollar-general-shooting-jacksonville-florida.html

2023-08-26 21:42:36

An Arizona woman said she was kidnapped by a fake Uber driver. The authorities found her after she slipped a note to a customer at a gas station
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/26/us/arizona-uber-kidnapped-note.html

2023-08-09 03:31:04

Gift link to this blockbuster scoop https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/us/politics/trump-indictment-fake-electors-memo.html?unlocked_article_code=SU9qvQvf6zJ8QBMMn5eNelCTJTC-GzHp35IMv-HMLmRMUti4Kp9EdjFlAGGNLmPlzDXpMnqkvjkvSuiOLSvQ60XJjtvWIVFWoy1rl3OlWYzHrAgpYqDuEmyNTj-ME5QC98p57TSh9Zl29wz9iEA2N1udKzi8FUwKLM9V-5OOTXD3nEsz7Lds7XOIhqbzkusBQDXTbH4iA6AC6x5bg4b6Dmw-PLUC-3AcZaKDkdb-_4BJ0AgMLMB6UrpClHMjYmY89CFWW3B44OoNphMjNmFsjCTQSd21gdqy4nwA44yCsrEpOnPJu_TYCo3Ijq9cqoEPxnihciVxHVkN28KbSo_wRBRmORIAWiAxepL9D0ID5cE5&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

2023-08-01 13:40:44

Senator Menendez, the 69-year-old Democratic chairman of the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, is under investigation by the Justice Department for the second time in less than a decade. And this time, his wife is also in prosecutors’ cross hairs. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/nyregion/nadine-menendez-federal-investigation.html

2023-07-22 16:03:21

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(free gift link - no paywall)

2023-07-22 13:00:56

As a breaking news editor for The Times, I am rarely far from a screen or free from the pings of devices. My life is filled with headlines, social media posts, Slack chats and news alerts. Unplugging for a weeklong silent retreat is both thrilling and scary, like stepping off a 100-foot pole into the unknown. But so worth it. https://mstdn.social/@palafo/110754114148655309

2023-07-21 16:52:24

I am become pizza, the eraser of workout gains

2023-07-10 04:02:48

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@npub1vy0…xrg5 If Zuck keeps his promise to federate

2023-07-08 23:31:54

Data: follower counts, time on platform
Twitter 35,500 (15 years)
Facebook 13,539 (16 years)
Mastodon 6,800 (9 months)
Post.news 1,498 (8 months)
Instagram 547 (11 years)
Bluesky 239 (3 weeks)
Threads 211 (3 days)

2023-07-05 23:11:46

This story is wild https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/nyregion/de-blasio-marriage-chirlane-mccray.html

2023-07-05 23:11:04

Fireworks measurably hurt US air quality https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/us/air-quality-index-fireworks-weather.html

2023-06-04 14:02:34

Headed to a weeklong silent #meditation retreat. Been doing these for close to a decade. Total reset. Antidote for digital
poisoning. See you on the other side. #zen

2023-04-30 17:24:31

Update on my insane plan to buy a print version of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition. I have instead decided to dive into Simon Winchester’s books about the OED for a while. This decision has also briefly restored marital harmony (“where would we put it” etc).

2023-04-28 04:17:24

I lost 500-600 followers here recently and while I don’t care, I am wondering if I missed some big drama, like an instance getting blocked or people hating my employer or my country or, uh, me. (I was busy and away, not posting, so it is odd.) Just wondering.