Patrick Schmiedt
@pschmiedt.bsky.social
Journalism professor and student media adviser, Citrus College. Microfilm enthusiast.
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
If you’re in Laramie today, stop by the IPF before 11:30 a.m. for your chance to buy (or win, if you can do well in the “Pick a Poke” game) a copy of “Poke Pioneers,” my book about the fascinating first 50 years of Wyoming Cowboy football!
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If you’re in Laramie today, stop by the IPF before 11:30 a.m. for your chance to buy (or win, if you can do well in the “Pick a Poke” game) a copy of “Poke Pioneers,” my book about the fascinating first 50 years of Wyoming Cowboy football!
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November 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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They have a point…
It's time. We need the complete Beavis and Butt-head series available to us. Legally. Our newest episode, out today, is our appeal to Mike Judge. At long last, let's get the full series, in a physical form, so we can buy it and support it. Available wherever you get your podcasts!
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
They have a point…
Exactly 100 years ago today (Nov. 19, 1925), the nation's first night high school football game was played in Midwest, Wyoming. Here's my video from this summer saluting a tradition that's now officially a century old! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTSN...
How a small Wyoming high school changed football forever (Black Gold, Bright Lights)
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November 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Exactly 100 years ago today (Nov. 19, 1925), the nation's first night high school football game was played in Midwest, Wyoming. Here's my video from this summer saluting a tradition that's now officially a century old! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTSN...
Getting excited to head back to Laramie this weekend. Especially since it’s going to be sunny and above freezing. My book: pokepioneers.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Getting excited to head back to Laramie this weekend. Especially since it’s going to be sunny and above freezing. My book: pokepioneers.com
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It takes a long time to get detailed precinct-level data for a presidential election. We're now at 99 percent complete.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2024 Election (Gift Article)
See how your neighborhood voted on our interactive, precinct-level results map of the presidential election.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It takes a long time to get detailed precinct-level data for a presidential election. We're now at 99 percent complete.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“Distinguish news from advertising and shun hybrids that blur the lines between the two. Prominently label sponsored content.” — @spj-posts.bsky.social Code of Ethics
“Hell yeah we can add affiliate links to the winners! Ka-ching!” — @nytimes.com, presumably
“Hell yeah we can add affiliate links to the winners! Ka-ching!” — @nytimes.com, presumably
Wirecutter’s journalists blind-tasted more than 70 kinds of plain salted potato chips — kettle-fried, classic thin-and-crispy, and rippled and ridged — to find the best. The results were genuinely surprising.
The Best Potato Chips
We tasted 71 different potato chips and chose the very best plain, kettle-style, and rippled chips for crunching, lunching, snacking, and dipping.
nyti.ms
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
“Distinguish news from advertising and shun hybrids that blur the lines between the two. Prominently label sponsored content.” — @spj-posts.bsky.social Code of Ethics
“Hell yeah we can add affiliate links to the winners! Ka-ching!” — @nytimes.com, presumably
“Hell yeah we can add affiliate links to the winners! Ka-ching!” — @nytimes.com, presumably
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Congrats and thanks to @aaup.org —this is a big victory that will help protect universities across the country.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Congrats and thanks to @aaup.org —this is a big victory that will help protect universities across the country.
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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...
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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.
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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