newspaper reporter. tim.balk@nytimes.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/timbalk.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/timbalk.bsky.social/post/3m2ucenq6ys2r"It's better to wear out than rust out." https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/10/sister-jean-dolores-schmidt-loyola-chaplain-dies/10 Oct 2025 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:sxffod2cwu2mkpymcmn6jx3j/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ucenq6ys2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/timbalk.bsky.social/post/3lsdtoyhgjs2sZohran Mamdani started his Primary Day with a brief speech at 5:40 a.m. at the Astoria Park in Queens. “It’s only fitting that I begin the final day of this primary the way that so many New Yorkers do: up early and hungry for a better future for this city,” he said.24 Jun 2025 10:01 +0000at://did:plc:sxffod2cwu2mkpymcmn6jx3j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsdtoyhgjs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/timbalk.bsky.social/post/3lkw5c567os2m"Extraordinary and dangerous powers": the history of the law invoked by Trump to summarily deport Venezuelans https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/us/politics/trump-alien-enemies-act-history.html21 Mar 2025 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:sxffod2cwu2mkpymcmn6jx3j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkw5c567os2m