Patty Rasmussen
@prashiya.bsky.social
Freelance Writer | Journalist
I love to go a wandering…
I love to go a wandering…
I’m getting over a bad bout of the flu. I have T1 diabetes and a compromised immune system. I was vaxxed, but we all know it’s bad out there. This is my 2nd dance w/the flu this season. Take my advice: Mask up. If you haven’t gotten the vaxx, get it. It could make it easier if you do catch it. 😷✌🏼
January 10, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I’m getting over a bad bout of the flu. I have T1 diabetes and a compromised immune system. I was vaxxed, but we all know it’s bad out there. This is my 2nd dance w/the flu this season. Take my advice: Mask up. If you haven’t gotten the vaxx, get it. It could make it easier if you do catch it. 😷✌🏼
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In times like these, writer @martinkuz.bsky.social urges Americans to summon their “inner Ukrainian,” to resist tyranny and to remember community. A great read.
In times like these, writer @martinkuz.bsky.social urges Americans to summon their “inner Ukrainian,” to resist tyranny and to remember community. A great read.
Seeking America's inner Ukrainian
After a fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis, Ukraine's resistance to Russia offers a lesson for Americans under siege from homegrown tyranny
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January 9, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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In times like these, writer @martinkuz.bsky.social urges Americans to summon their “inner Ukrainian,” to resist tyranny and to remember community. A great read.
In times like these, writer @martinkuz.bsky.social urges Americans to summon their “inner Ukrainian,” to resist tyranny and to remember community. A great read.
Since everyone seems to want to talk about human rights and how important they are, here’s a Q&A I did with Jill Savitt, Pres and CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta.
www.georgiatrend.com/2025/12/31/c...
www.georgiatrend.com/2025/12/31/c...
Catching up with... Jill Savitt - Georgia Trend Magazine
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights is an immersive museum and center in Downtown Atlanta that honors and explores the history of domestic civil rights and global human rights. The Center i...
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January 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Since everyone seems to want to talk about human rights and how important they are, here’s a Q&A I did with Jill Savitt, Pres and CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta.
www.georgiatrend.com/2025/12/31/c...
www.georgiatrend.com/2025/12/31/c...
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While recovering from heart failure, Jeff Galloway learned that decades of using the run-walk-run method he popularized likely helped save his life. Now, he's determined to complete one more marathon.
50 Years Ago, He Was an Olympian. At 80, He’s Just as Happy to Finish Last.
Jeff Galloway, who popularized the run-walk-run method, is determined to complete one more marathon.
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January 2, 2026 at 5:40 PM
While recovering from heart failure, Jeff Galloway learned that decades of using the run-walk-run method he popularized likely helped save his life. Now, he's determined to complete one more marathon.
My top 5 Robert Redford movies
5.Barefoot in the Park
4.The Sting
3.Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
2.All is Lost
1. The Natural
Honorable mention:
Jeremiah Johnson
Three Days of the Condor
5.Barefoot in the Park
4.The Sting
3.Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
2.All is Lost
1. The Natural
Honorable mention:
Jeremiah Johnson
Three Days of the Condor
September 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
My top 5 Robert Redford movies
5.Barefoot in the Park
4.The Sting
3.Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
2.All is Lost
1. The Natural
Honorable mention:
Jeremiah Johnson
Three Days of the Condor
5.Barefoot in the Park
4.The Sting
3.Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
2.All is Lost
1. The Natural
Honorable mention:
Jeremiah Johnson
Three Days of the Condor
Man, this is good. Forget Prime Day. Find an indie bookstore and pick up a good read. 📖#takealookitsinabook
July 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Man, this is good. Forget Prime Day. Find an indie bookstore and pick up a good read. 📖#takealookitsinabook
Beautiful🥰
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Beautiful🥰
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Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
Quite simply, this president is off his flaming rocker. Trump Praises Military, and His Return to Office, in Memorial Day Remarks www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/u...
Trump Praises Military, and His Return to Office, in Memorial Day Remarks
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May 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Quite simply, this president is off his flaming rocker. Trump Praises Military, and His Return to Office, in Memorial Day Remarks www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/u...
Do read and listen but prepare to be infuriated. www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Video: Opinion | How Groupthink Protected Biden and Re-elected Trump
Was there a Joe Biden cover-up? Jake Tapper examines the people and institutions that made the former president’s re-election campaign possible.
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May 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Do read and listen but prepare to be infuriated. www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Today I almost used the phrase “Hope is not a strategy” in my writing. I try so hard not to be cynical but it’s hard these days. Then I saw this. Glad I didn’t use that adage. I’m going to stay hopeful.
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May 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Today I almost used the phrase “Hope is not a strategy” in my writing. I try so hard not to be cynical but it’s hard these days. Then I saw this. Glad I didn’t use that adage. I’m going to stay hopeful.
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Fear has a way of being contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
April 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Fear has a way of being contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
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Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine.
This you?
This you?
February 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine.
This you?
This you?
Zelensky, please just leave the Oval Office. Just walk out. He's not worth it.
February 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Zelensky, please just leave the Oval Office. Just walk out. He's not worth it.
I'm really hoping Zelensky shows up in Washington tomorrow just to tell the president to his face that he has no intention at all of signing any agreement to share Ukraine's mineral wealth. I trust Zelensky knows that the president is a bad-faith actor, not deserving of any trust whatsoever.
February 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I'm really hoping Zelensky shows up in Washington tomorrow just to tell the president to his face that he has no intention at all of signing any agreement to share Ukraine's mineral wealth. I trust Zelensky knows that the president is a bad-faith actor, not deserving of any trust whatsoever.
I’m going on record as one American who is well aware that the current President of the U.S. is spouting lies about the war in Ukraine. Truth is truth no matter how often you repeat lies. 🇺🇦
Trump Flips the Script on the Ukraine War, Blaming Zelensky Not Putin www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
Trump Flips the Script on the Ukraine War, Blaming Zelensky Not Putin www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
Trump Flips the Script on the Ukraine War, Blaming Zelensky Not Putin
As he seeks to negotiate a peace deal with Moscow, President Trump is rewriting the history of Russia’s invasion of its neighbor.
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February 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I’m going on record as one American who is well aware that the current President of the U.S. is spouting lies about the war in Ukraine. Truth is truth no matter how often you repeat lies. 🇺🇦
Trump Flips the Script on the Ukraine War, Blaming Zelensky Not Putin www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
Trump Flips the Script on the Ukraine War, Blaming Zelensky Not Putin www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
Hey @itsajwillingham.bsky.social! Don’t be nervous. (Although, tbh, I rarely post anything either). A newsletter reader☀️
February 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Hey @itsajwillingham.bsky.social! Don’t be nervous. (Although, tbh, I rarely post anything either). A newsletter reader☀️
My grandson’s basketball team re: today’s tournament, said this morning, “I’m kind of nervous.” I channeled every manager, coach & athlete I ever interviewed during my sports writing days &told him not to underestimate his competition. Play the game in front of him. They’re currently leading 56-0. 🫣
February 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
My grandson’s basketball team re: today’s tournament, said this morning, “I’m kind of nervous.” I channeled every manager, coach & athlete I ever interviewed during my sports writing days &told him not to underestimate his competition. Play the game in front of him. They’re currently leading 56-0. 🫣
I grew up going to DoD schools, some of the best schools in many of the communities we lived in, with outstanding teachers. The new defense secretary should brush up on the meaning of E Pluribus Unum if he thinks diversity harms unity in the military and in our nation.
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Trump DEI crackdown targets books in Pentagon schools
As the Trump DEI purge widens, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered restrictions on what books DOD schools can teach, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post.
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February 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I grew up going to DoD schools, some of the best schools in many of the communities we lived in, with outstanding teachers. The new defense secretary should brush up on the meaning of E Pluribus Unum if he thinks diversity harms unity in the military and in our nation.
wapo.st/3WRYF1H
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Quote of the Day:
“Get of your ass and do something”
My dad
“Get of your ass and do something”
My dad
February 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Quote of the Day:
“Get of your ass and do something”
My dad
“Get of your ass and do something”
My dad
Unpopular post alert:
The idea that anyone would cheer, applaud, “like,” or defend the murder of another human being is puzzling to me. I thought the people on this platform were different. (News flash to self: they’re not).
& the excuse, “but his company caused the death of others” doesn’t work.
The idea that anyone would cheer, applaud, “like,” or defend the murder of another human being is puzzling to me. I thought the people on this platform were different. (News flash to self: they’re not).
& the excuse, “but his company caused the death of others” doesn’t work.
December 6, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Unpopular post alert:
The idea that anyone would cheer, applaud, “like,” or defend the murder of another human being is puzzling to me. I thought the people on this platform were different. (News flash to self: they’re not).
& the excuse, “but his company caused the death of others” doesn’t work.
The idea that anyone would cheer, applaud, “like,” or defend the murder of another human being is puzzling to me. I thought the people on this platform were different. (News flash to self: they’re not).
& the excuse, “but his company caused the death of others” doesn’t work.
@drmoore.bsky.social I thought your Top Ten Books List was 👍 I will use it to guide my future reading. I'm currently reading Louise Penny's latest mystery, The Grey Wolf. It resonates frighteningly with our times. I'm not done, and I'm told there's a twist.😬
December 4, 2024 at 4:32 PM
@drmoore.bsky.social I thought your Top Ten Books List was 👍 I will use it to guide my future reading. I'm currently reading Louise Penny's latest mystery, The Grey Wolf. It resonates frighteningly with our times. I'm not done, and I'm told there's a twist.😬
Hey Wednesday, what’s up?
December 4, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Hey Wednesday, what’s up?