I've been on this website for more than 12 years and posted damn near 30K items. At least for now, I'm leaving. Here's my envoi; hope to see at least some of you elsewhere.

I wrote this column about Twitter a year ago. It all came true, alas.

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The Milton man initially charged with kidnapping a 9-year-old at Moreau Lake State Park has been indicted on nine charges including predatory sexual assault against a child.

RT @TUcitydesk: One of the former lead organizers admits the only way Albany’s Free School worked was to skirt tax laws and live on almost….

RT @JakeSherman: This clip has *really* gotten under the skin of people in @SpeakerJohnson's orbit. One Johnson aide mused that @chiproyt….

Stefanik’s complaint to Judicial Conduct had no impact on the Appellate Division decision-making — that’s some textbook post hoc ergo propter hoc stuff right there.

RT @therealjsolo: After years of activism and alterations, the Clean Slate Act -- which is estimated to assist 1-in-10 New Yorkers -- was s….

RT @MarkSingelais: “There’s something going on where there’s a disconnection. We need to fix that, and we will fix that." -Siena freshman g….

Great conversation — thanks to Libby Post for memorializing it on video.

Like Lake — a former denizen of Upstate America — the congresswoman has shared abundant falsehoods about the 2020 election:

A notable award of $9.25M from jurors ends a civil case regarding a prisoner's death in Dannemora.

RT @PaulGrondahl: Come hear a couple of recovering journos and journeymen wordsmiths swap war stories Monday at noon in the Electric City.….

From @SallyBuzbee's editor's note: " . (T)here is public value in illuminating the profound and repeated devastation left by tragedies that are often covered as isolated news events but rarely considered as part of a broader pattern of violence."

RT @Timodc: Did not realize that the Senate hearing throwdown was over this tweet mocking Mullin for standing on a platform to feel taller….

Windham's attempt to rebrand as a "mountain club" with fancy amenities and a $175K lifetime membership (plus, uhh, fees TBD) is drawing criticism from the proles. @OHudsonValley reports.

cc: @lindayaX.

Great panel discussion on preserving local news as a bulwark of democracy, with @Sulliview @gaufre @JuteNYPA @VinciguerraMark; thanks to the full house who showed up at the @timesunion's Hearst Media Center. Pics by @willwaldron.

It's not too late to sign up for the 1 p.m. Wednesday discussion on my favorite subject, "Protecting Democracy Through Local Journalism" — with @Sulliview. Register here:

RT @Sulliview: I’m happy to be doing this event in Albany tomorrow in support of local journalism. (Thanks to @timesunion for this q&a, in….