Patrick Schmiedt
@pschmiedt.bsky.social
Journalism professor and student media adviser, Citrus College. Microfilm enthusiast.
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When Texas seceded from the US in 1861, it issued a proclamation declaring that Blacks "were rightfully held and regarded as an inferior and dependent race." Could one even mention this fact in a history class at Texas A&M under these new guidelines?
“Texas A&M University System regents voted Thursday to limit how instructors may discuss matters like gender identity and race ideology in classrooms, tightening the rules in a conservative state where debates over academic freedom have flared for months.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
When Texas seceded from the US in 1861, it issued a proclamation declaring that Blacks "were rightfully held and regarded as an inferior and dependent race." Could one even mention this fact in a history class at Texas A&M under these new guidelines?
I still can’t believe that Beavis and Butt-head never reacted to “Enter Sandman.” What a missed opportunity. BTW new episode @tpforyourearholes.com ⬇️⬇️⬇️
What do naked cartwheels, kittens and obesity have in common? They're all subjects of music videos that we WISH Beavis and Butt-head had reacted to! In our newest episode, we highlight 10 such missed opportunities. New episode available wherever you get your podcasts!
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I still can’t believe that Beavis and Butt-head never reacted to “Enter Sandman.” What a missed opportunity. BTW new episode @tpforyourearholes.com ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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epstein in dozens of pieces of written documentation: the presidential candidate my best friend loves coming over to my house for the young girls i rent
reporters: we are getting closer to busting this thing wide open
reporters: we are getting closer to busting this thing wide open
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
epstein in dozens of pieces of written documentation: the presidential candidate my best friend loves coming over to my house for the young girls i rent
reporters: we are getting closer to busting this thing wide open
reporters: we are getting closer to busting this thing wide open
I will be in Laramie on Nov. 22 ahead of UW’s game with Nevada. Stop by the tailgate at the Indoor Practice Facility from 8:30-11:30 a.m. for your chance to buy (or potentially win!) a signed copy of “Poke Pioneers.” It will be great to see you there! pokepioneers.com
Poke Pioneers - Poke Pioneers
With an official starting date of Feb. 22, 1894, Wyoming Cowboy football is less than four years younger than the state itself. The identity of the universit...
pokepioneers.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I will be in Laramie on Nov. 22 ahead of UW’s game with Nevada. Stop by the tailgate at the Indoor Practice Facility from 8:30-11:30 a.m. for your chance to buy (or potentially win!) a signed copy of “Poke Pioneers.” It will be great to see you there! pokepioneers.com
A quick journalism ethics lesson, straight from my left shoulder.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
A quick journalism ethics lesson, straight from my left shoulder.
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Grateful to @defector.com for publishing a print version of my Replay Booth episode on a 61-year-old Mets mystery and for commissioning an illustration of Mr. Met with a pipe and magnifying glass defector.com/wilbur-huckl...
Wilbur Huckle For President: Solving A 61-Year-Old Mets Mystery | Defector
Earlier this year, on a cold Sunday in January, I walked into an antique store in a Washington D.C. suburb. When I go to a shop like this one, I’m not looking for chairs or lamps. My interests are a l...
defector.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Grateful to @defector.com for publishing a print version of my Replay Booth episode on a 61-year-old Mets mystery and for commissioning an illustration of Mr. Met with a pipe and magnifying glass defector.com/wilbur-huckl...
Maybe our best work ever.
Everything from “Sit your ass down, Lars!” to “Check out the nads on that pig!” has come from one area of Beavis and Butt-head – the music video reactions. We each compiled a list of our 10 favorites. Full episode available wherever you get your podcasts!
November 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Maybe our best work ever.
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Enjoy a compilation of me and @pschmiedt.bsky.social reenacting some of our favorite #BeavisandButthead music video reactions.
Everything from “Sit your ass down, Lars!” to “Check out the nads on that pig!” has come from one area of Beavis and Butt-head – the music video reactions. We each compiled a list of our 10 favorites. Full episode available wherever you get your podcasts!
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Enjoy a compilation of me and @pschmiedt.bsky.social reenacting some of our favorite #BeavisandButthead music video reactions.
One of the most interesting Pokes I found in this research was a guy by the name of George Mabee. Boxed in one of the preliminary fights before the Dempsey-Tunney “long count” fight… but had other dubious claims that inflated his boxing experience to a bunch of unanswered questions. #pokepioneers
New book: “Poke Pioneers” by former Wyoming sports reporter Patrick Schmiedt (that's me) brings to life the history of numerous all-but-forgotten Cowboy football players, coaches and moments from the UW football teams prior to World War II.
November 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
One of the most interesting Pokes I found in this research was a guy by the name of George Mabee. Boxed in one of the preliminary fights before the Dempsey-Tunney “long count” fight… but had other dubious claims that inflated his boxing experience to a bunch of unanswered questions. #pokepioneers
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Cheney is best known as the divisive and powerful 9/11-era vice president. Raised in Casper, he was also a devoted husband, avid outdoorsman and close advisor to his daughter, Liz Cheney.
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Dick Cheney, Wyoming oilman and former vice president, dies at 84 - WyoFile
The divisive and powerful 9/11-era vice president was also a devoted husband, avid outdoorsman and close advisor to his daughter, Liz Cheney.
wyofile.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Cheney is best known as the divisive and powerful 9/11-era vice president. Raised in Casper, he was also a devoted husband, avid outdoorsman and close advisor to his daughter, Liz Cheney.
wyofile.com/dick-cheney-...
wyofile.com/dick-cheney-...
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney, widely viewed as the primary architect of America’s post-9/11 wars, died Monday at 84 from pneumonia and cardiac complications.
https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2025-11-04/dick-cheney-dead?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2025-11-04/dick-cheney-dead?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, widely viewed as the primary architect of America’s post-9/11 wars, died Monday at 84 from pneumonia and cardiac complications.
https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2025-11-04/dick-cheney-dead?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2025-11-04/dick-cheney-dead?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
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After Game 5 vs. After Game 7
It's almost as if sports commentary is an exercise of post-facto rationalizations!
It's almost as if sports commentary is an exercise of post-facto rationalizations!
November 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
After Game 5 vs. After Game 7
It's almost as if sports commentary is an exercise of post-facto rationalizations!
It's almost as if sports commentary is an exercise of post-facto rationalizations!
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That's the hardest I've seen Will Smith hit since —
November 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
That's the hardest I've seen Will Smith hit since —
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Interesting paper! When you ask people about the most important issue "facing the country," they often say immigration. But when you ask them about issues facing them personally, it doesn't crack the top 10.
This indicates that voters are reacting to media narratives, not their own experience.
This indicates that voters are reacting to media narratives, not their own experience.
October 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Interesting paper! When you ask people about the most important issue "facing the country," they often say immigration. But when you ask them about issues facing them personally, it doesn't crack the top 10.
This indicates that voters are reacting to media narratives, not their own experience.
This indicates that voters are reacting to media narratives, not their own experience.
Many of us have milestones we hit in our early adulthood: career, stability, residence, love. Did Beavis or Butt-head achieve any of those? Oh, and did Beavis and Butt-head ever score? We explore in the latest T.P. For Your Earholes, available wherever you get your podcasts.
October 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Many of us have milestones we hit in our early adulthood: career, stability, residence, love. Did Beavis or Butt-head achieve any of those? Oh, and did Beavis and Butt-head ever score? We explore in the latest T.P. For Your Earholes, available wherever you get your podcasts.
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So many own goals.
Once again: higher ed is one of our most successful exports. We export more higher ed to China than soybeans. And yet Trump and the mini-Trumps are deliberately destroying the quality of our product
Once again: higher ed is one of our most successful exports. We export more higher ed to China than soybeans. And yet Trump and the mini-Trumps are deliberately destroying the quality of our product
October 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
So many own goals.
Once again: higher ed is one of our most successful exports. We export more higher ed to China than soybeans. And yet Trump and the mini-Trumps are deliberately destroying the quality of our product
Once again: higher ed is one of our most successful exports. We export more higher ed to China than soybeans. And yet Trump and the mini-Trumps are deliberately destroying the quality of our product
ICYMI: I did the thing
New book: “Poke Pioneers” by former Wyoming sports reporter Patrick Schmiedt (that's me) brings to life the history of numerous all-but-forgotten Cowboy football players, coaches and moments from the UW football teams prior to World War II.
October 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
ICYMI: I did the thing
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My husband "accidentally" wrote a book last winter, meaning he did a bunch of research on early Wyoming Cowboys history and realized he had some fantastic stories about the people who played on these early teams. And now you can read all about it!
Congrats @pschmiedt.bsky.social. Proud of you. ❤️
Congrats @pschmiedt.bsky.social. Proud of you. ❤️
New book: “Poke Pioneers” by former Wyoming sports reporter Patrick Schmiedt (that's me) brings to life the history of numerous all-but-forgotten Cowboy football players, coaches and moments from the UW football teams prior to World War II.
October 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
My husband "accidentally" wrote a book last winter, meaning he did a bunch of research on early Wyoming Cowboys history and realized he had some fantastic stories about the people who played on these early teams. And now you can read all about it!
Congrats @pschmiedt.bsky.social. Proud of you. ❤️
Congrats @pschmiedt.bsky.social. Proud of you. ❤️
New book: “Poke Pioneers” by former Wyoming sports reporter Patrick Schmiedt (that's me) brings to life the history of numerous all-but-forgotten Cowboy football players, coaches and moments from the UW football teams prior to World War II.
October 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
New book: “Poke Pioneers” by former Wyoming sports reporter Patrick Schmiedt (that's me) brings to life the history of numerous all-but-forgotten Cowboy football players, coaches and moments from the UW football teams prior to World War II.
The spot in the contiguous U.S. furthest from a Big Four sports team is here in eastern Montana. From here, it's 475 miles from Denver, Calgary and Winnipeg. The location is about 18 miles northwest of Miles City on a Bureau of Land Management parcel. Where I want to be whenever the Dodgers play.
October 28, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The spot in the contiguous U.S. furthest from a Big Four sports team is here in eastern Montana. From here, it's 475 miles from Denver, Calgary and Winnipeg. The location is about 18 miles northwest of Miles City on a Bureau of Land Management parcel. Where I want to be whenever the Dodgers play.
Damn this chart hurts my heart
October 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Damn this chart hurts my heart
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50+ years ago, University of Florida told the student newspaper it couldn't print something. Editor arrested. Abortion law struck down. It resonates now. Today, the Independent Florida Alligator is still in print. That's the First Amendment legacy of Ron Sachs.
www.freedomforum.org/1a-in-action...
www.freedomforum.org/1a-in-action...
1A in Action: Ron Sachs and His Historic Fight for Press Freedom on College Campuses
As part of our 1A in Action series, we highlight Ron Sachs, who challenged a Florida state law in his fight for student press freedom.
www.freedomforum.org
October 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
50+ years ago, University of Florida told the student newspaper it couldn't print something. Editor arrested. Abortion law struck down. It resonates now. Today, the Independent Florida Alligator is still in print. That's the First Amendment legacy of Ron Sachs.
www.freedomforum.org/1a-in-action...
www.freedomforum.org/1a-in-action...
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Great thread of local front pages that went big with No Kings
I scrolled through the @1stforall.bsky.social's gallery of print front pages for local coverage of "No Kings" protests. Here are some of the standout papers, starting with the Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction, Colorado:
October 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Great thread of local front pages that went big with No Kings
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"They're decrying the country that allows them to engage in this activity."
The government doesn't "allow" you to express yourself. It isn't charitably granting you permission to speak. That's not how rights work.
It's the other way around: the government is restricted from limiting your rights.
The government doesn't "allow" you to express yourself. It isn't charitably granting you permission to speak. That's not how rights work.
It's the other way around: the government is restricted from limiting your rights.
Mike Johnson: "The last time I checked, Americans have more freedom right now to express themselves and speak their minds after Republicans took over ... it is the Republicans who restored your right to share and speak your mind."
October 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"They're decrying the country that allows them to engage in this activity."
The government doesn't "allow" you to express yourself. It isn't charitably granting you permission to speak. That's not how rights work.
It's the other way around: the government is restricted from limiting your rights.
The government doesn't "allow" you to express yourself. It isn't charitably granting you permission to speak. That's not how rights work.
It's the other way around: the government is restricted from limiting your rights.
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Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick. No valid law actually requires this, and the First Amendment would protect expression that deviates regardless. Any admin should resign rather than pushing this.
A Texas public university administrator's notes for a meeting with faculty.
"No daylight": faculty "cannot discuss or teach anything regarding transgender - only male and female." They must "scrub" syllabi for "transgender items."
And keep everything out of writing: "Don't email; talk directly."
"No daylight": faculty "cannot discuss or teach anything regarding transgender - only male and female." They must "scrub" syllabi for "transgender items."
And keep everything out of writing: "Don't email; talk directly."
October 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick. No valid law actually requires this, and the First Amendment would protect expression that deviates regardless. Any admin should resign rather than pushing this.