Lori Schmidt
@lorischmidt.dispatch.com
Twitter refugee. (Thanks, Alex!) Columbus Dispatch assistant sports editor, who's covered the Buckeyes, CBJ, NFL & more. Pickerington Tiger, Ohio grad, basketball official. Hatters Gonna Hat.
If you have not checked out The Blue Report, I highly recommend it. It shares the most clicked on links from BlueSky. In the last hour, the top 10 includes:
1) Earth to Democrats: Do NOT compromise on your shutdown demand
3) Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
And here are links 5-8:
1) Earth to Democrats: Do NOT compromise on your shutdown demand
3) Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
And here are links 5-8:
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 AM
If you have not checked out The Blue Report, I highly recommend it. It shares the most clicked on links from BlueSky. In the last hour, the top 10 includes:
1) Earth to Democrats: Do NOT compromise on your shutdown demand
3) Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
And here are links 5-8:
1) Earth to Democrats: Do NOT compromise on your shutdown demand
3) Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
And here are links 5-8:
Get Brutus an NIL deal now.
November 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Get Brutus an NIL deal now.
No kidding. Guy is kind of a beefcake now.
October 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
No kidding. Guy is kind of a beefcake now.
It's about time we got rid of bearded military men. What a sign of lack of discipline, of softness, of incompetence facial hair is.
September 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It's about time we got rid of bearded military men. What a sign of lack of discipline, of softness, of incompetence facial hair is.
I see why it's artificial. It's the intelligence part I don't yet get.
September 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I see why it's artificial. It's the intelligence part I don't yet get.
The disconnect is what gets me: That they don't think they know a trans person and believe that the trans community is 20% of the population. It would be like saying they have never met an Hispanic American.
September 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The disconnect is what gets me: That they don't think they know a trans person and believe that the trans community is 20% of the population. It would be like saying they have never met an Hispanic American.
If this is it, I want to thank you for introducing this majestic wonder into my life.
September 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
If this is it, I want to thank you for introducing this majestic wonder into my life.
I am sometimes tempted to do a "journalism for non-journalists" series. One lesson? Question any report that cites "officials." The term is ambigous enough to mean almost anything. Like here: Are these White House staffers? Fed board members? Economists?
September 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I am sometimes tempted to do a "journalism for non-journalists" series. One lesson? Question any report that cites "officials." The term is ambigous enough to mean almost anything. Like here: Are these White House staffers? Fed board members? Economists?
BlueSky is undefeated.
August 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
BlueSky is undefeated.
It shouldn't be a surprise. The Dispatch notes when and where stories use AI.
August 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It shouldn't be a surprise. The Dispatch notes when and where stories use AI.
I am really hoping these are related, but I am wagering that they are not.
July 31, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I am really hoping these are related, but I am wagering that they are not.
The Wall Street Journal editorial board telling President Trump how to "end the Epstein follies" by simply explaining what's in the records feels so, so, so much to me like Mark Antony telling Romans that Brutus was "an honorable man."
July 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The Wall Street Journal editorial board telling President Trump how to "end the Epstein follies" by simply explaining what's in the records feels so, so, so much to me like Mark Antony telling Romans that Brutus was "an honorable man."
I can never quite remember the definition of irony but I think this might be it.
July 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I can never quite remember the definition of irony but I think this might be it.
Prior to FEMA's founding, disaster relief was largely left to the states and a patchwork of federal agencies. Here, according to FEMA's "Publication 1" is how that ended.
July 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Prior to FEMA's founding, disaster relief was largely left to the states and a patchwork of federal agencies. Here, according to FEMA's "Publication 1" is how that ended.
Oh, my gosh. There's a cat at the Fairfield Area Humane Society that looks so much like Henrietta Pussycat from "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," I can't get over it. Her name is Genevieve, if you're looking for an adoptable kitten. ws.petango.com/webservices/...
July 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Oh, my gosh. There's a cat at the Fairfield Area Humane Society that looks so much like Henrietta Pussycat from "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," I can't get over it. Her name is Genevieve, if you're looking for an adoptable kitten. ws.petango.com/webservices/...
Presented without comment from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
June 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Presented without comment from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
I mean, I literally work with someone who asked that question – albeit back in 2018. This was the answer then. (Basically it's that companies were making a show of compliance.) Our industry has issues! I won't dispute it. But I don't think journalists are interested in "not giving away the game."
June 21, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I mean, I literally work with someone who asked that question – albeit back in 2018. This was the answer then. (Basically it's that companies were making a show of compliance.) Our industry has issues! I won't dispute it. But I don't think journalists are interested in "not giving away the game."
"AI can generate a larger volume of CREATIVE ideas than any human, but those ideas ARE TOO MUCH ALIKE."
June 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"AI can generate a larger volume of CREATIVE ideas than any human, but those ideas ARE TOO MUCH ALIKE."
Bernie Moreno's only tweet on the matter since the murders in Minnesota. Moreno's office numbers:
In Washington D.C. (202) 224-2315
In Columbus (614) 469-2083
In Washington D.C. (202) 224-2315
In Columbus (614) 469-2083
June 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Bernie Moreno's only tweet on the matter since the murders in Minnesota. Moreno's office numbers:
In Washington D.C. (202) 224-2315
In Columbus (614) 469-2083
In Washington D.C. (202) 224-2315
In Columbus (614) 469-2083
My favorite moment? A puppy leans out the window in Pickerington. Protestors chant: "Good dog! Good dog! Good dog!"
June 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
My favorite moment? A puppy leans out the window in Pickerington. Protestors chant: "Good dog! Good dog! Good dog!"
OK. So it doesn't look like the event was held in 2023. In fact, if Wikipedia can be believed, the previous iteration was 2019, when Mr. Canada wore this.
May 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
OK. So it doesn't look like the event was held in 2023. In fact, if Wikipedia can be believed, the previous iteration was 2019, when Mr. Canada wore this.
Mr. Bangladesh, all. Sadly, no. YMCA was not playing when he entered.
May 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Mr. Bangladesh, all. Sadly, no. YMCA was not playing when he entered.
Oh, my gosh. The Canadian tuxedo in question, which I looked up...for, uh, research purposes.
May 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Oh, my gosh. The Canadian tuxedo in question, which I looked up...for, uh, research purposes.