Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Whatcha doin' tonight? It's not too late to sign up!🕡EST, on Zoom, $10, learn something new! See you there! ⬇️ 000
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Please join me & an outstanding panel on Thurs 5/21 for a discussion of #creatorjournalism. Hear from @martinkuz.bsky.social & @hornish.bsky.social about how they built & engage w/their audience, & from @lizkellynelson.com co-founder of Project C who will discuss her work supporting media creators. 001
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 22/03/2026I can’t be the only person to see this photo and to think of “Waiting for Guffman.”media.tenor.coma man with a beard wears a white shirt that says dmtn on itALT: a man with a beard wears a white shirt that says dmtn on it 000
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Who are these guys? My dad, who was a manly guy without the posing, had a saying I think is appropriate here: “Get off your ass and do something.” 000
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Why is the @nytimes.com posting this when @nytwirecutter.bsky.social recommends a $10 bottle of face wash? www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...nytimes.comWashing Your Face Is a Daily Chore. These 8 Cleansers Make It a Delight.Cleansing is a key step to skin care. We lathered, rinsed, repeated our way through 41 contenders to find these eight overachieving picks. 000
Reposted by Patty RasmussenMartin Kuz @martinkuz.bsky.social · 13/03/2026In Trump, Netanyahu has found a powerful stooge to abet him, a fellow far-right traveler who happens to command the world’s most potent military. As a bonus, the U.S. president has promoted the mirage of regime change — an aspiration that Israeli officials privately dismiss as “wishful thinking.”martinkuz.substack.comSowing generational furyPutin learned the hard way that his war, rather than turn Ukrainians against Kyiv, seeded lasting hatred for Russia. Netanyahu and Trump missed the memo. 012
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 03/03/2026His beard and robes will cover the nasty rash on his neck the New York Times reported.🤢 0190
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 27/02/2026I can’t even watch this movie anymore because it reminds me too much of all the people, elders, in my life who are gone now. What a gorgeous, heartbreaking film. It resonates with so many families of immigrants, no matter where they came from. 030
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 25/02/2026This is a brilliant idea. I have a note in my calendar to cancel my @nytimes.com subscription in May bc they won’t extend the lower sub rate I’ve had any longer. I can’t afford what they’re planning to charge. For crying out loud! Give me a senior discount! A longtime subscriber discount! Something! 010
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 24/02/2026I’m the daughter/mother/sister of soldiers. I know how ppl rally, then forget. Don’t turn away from Ukraine. They are fighting for their existence. They are showing US how this is done & it’s a lesson we had better learn. open.substack.com/pub/martinku...open.substack.comFour years of war, four years of lossThe collective absence of Ukraine's fallen troops looms as a constant presence entering the fifth year of Russia's invasion 111
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 21/02/2026It would also help if priests (including Pope Leo) would try very hard to avoid homily voice and cadence, that da-dada-da-da rhythm, which has a mind-numbing effect and keeps the words from getting anywhere near the brain. I speak from years of experience in the pews. 000
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 21/02/2026No disrespect to the athletes that participate, but don’t get me started on the Olympics. Ugh. I don’t even watch them. Stuff like this is why. Write on, Martin. Right on. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 012
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 14/02/2026open.substack.com/pub/martinku... Don’t just pass this first-person reporting by because that’s “yesterday’s news.” The goons might be leaving Minneapolis but headed to your city next. DHS bought a warehouse for human beings in a town about 12 miles from where I live.open.substack.com‘No one is coming to save us’ICE broke its teeth on Minneapolis, where the people – like Ukrainians – realize that resistance can’t be outsourced 011
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Where is that grocery store? I want to shop there. Our prices are as high as ever. 020
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 04/02/2026It’s astonishing that someone with the resources that Bezos has couldn’t have brought together a management team that could successfully manage The Washington Post. It’s as if he intended to run it into the ground. 000
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Gee whiz. Just watch mediocre crime drama. Bad guy’ll cut off fingers or gouge out eyeballs for corneal transplants to use the biometrics. 000
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Catherine O'Hara was a comedic genius. Timing, physicality, wit. She had it all. We love this audition piece from Waiting for Guffman: youtu.be/fggXs7oIP7Q?...youtu.beMidnight at the Oasis - Waiting for Guffman HDYouTube video by artfilm33 000
Reposted by Patty RasmussenLorna Simes @lornasimes.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Tonight’s Global Heartbeat on NCPR is a Robert Burns special — music celebrating Scotland’s national poet and his enduring legacy. Hope you’ll tune in. 9pm ET. www.ncpr.orgncpr.orgNCPR: North Country Public RadioMember-supported public radio for the North Country serving communities in the Adirondacks, the St. Lawrence Valley, the Champlain Valley, the Thousand Islands, Jefferson County, Lewis County and the ... 031
Reposted by Patty RasmussenMartin Kuz @martinkuz.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Residents in Minneapolis are standing together to stop a despot who rivals Russia’s. They know Trump will not change. We must link arms with them if we want to defend freedom in America. The time is now.martinkuz.substack.comThe time is nowAfter another fatal ICE shooting in Minnesota, blue states – like the rest of the world – must recognize that the only way to fight American tyranny is to act together 132
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Please read my buddy Ray Glier's post about an inspiring 'Geezer Jock' runner in Ukraine. We should all be so bold. geezerjocknews.com/blogs/news/p...geezerjocknews.comPutin's Purpose Is To Make Him Run And Hide. Mykola's Purpose Is To Run And Live.Mykola Sagaidakovsky, 66, runs on the beach in Odessa, Ukraine. The war criminal Putin will not drive Ukrainians into bunkers 24/7. Like Mykola, they live with purpose. Please read more. By Ray Glier ... 010
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 13/01/2026The Delaware, because either way we went when we crossed it, we were almost to our cousins’ house. Runner up, the PeeDee and Little PeeDee for giggling purposes. 000
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Survive? We can’t AFFORD it! Don’t forget all the renovation changes. This guy and his henchman burn through money like they have a printing press in the garage. 000
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 10/01/2026I’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. 😷✌🏼 121
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 09/01/2026open.substack.com/pub/martinku... 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.open.substack.comSeeking America's inner UkrainianAfter a fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis, Ukraine's resistance to Russia offers a lesson for Americans under siege from homegrown tyranny 111
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Since 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...georgiatrend.comCatching up with... Jill Savitt - Georgia Trend MagazineThe 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... 001
Reposted by Patty RasmussenThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/01/2026While 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.nyti.ms50 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. 611014
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Have you gone anywhere in weeks?! The last picture I saw there was a large frozen cat on your lap. 100
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Did you look in the pocket of your brown corduroy jacket? 110
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Agree. In her 60 mins interview she refused to take real responsibility for her own hateful language-specific instances- and how it contributed to the current climate. I get it, accepting your faults is hard, but she was almost there then pulled back & blamed Leslie stahl for asking hard questions. 020
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 09/12/2025I interviewed a pecan farmer earlier this year who told me he doesn’t want a govt handout, he wants his overseas markets back. The markets that the Trump tariffs destroyed. 000
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 16/09/2025My 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 010
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Good grief? Have any of these people ever watched Hitchcock films?media.tenor.coma man is sitting in a chair holding a camera .ALT: a man is sitting in a chair holding a camera . 000
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 26/07/2025That’s cuckoo. (Not that it’s news to you. The other thing. The long “o.” I’m calling BS.) 000
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Man, this is good. Forget Prime Day. Find an indie bookstore and pick up a good read. 📖#takealookitsinabook 000
Reposted by Patty RasmussenProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Harriet 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 1517315726166
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Quite 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...nytimes.comTrump Praises Military, and His Return to Office, in Memorial Day Remarks 000
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Do read and listen but prepare to be infuriated. www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...nytimes.comVideo: Opinion | How Groupthink Protected Biden and Re-elected TrumpWas there a Joe Biden cover-up? Jake Tapper examines the people and institutions that made the former president’s re-election campaign possible. 000
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Today 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. www.instagram.com/reel/DJk1iWD... 000
Reposted by Patty RasmussenKamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 07/04/2025Fear has a way of being contagious. But courage is also contagious. 37545068711854
Patty Rasmussen @prashiya.bsky.social · 02/04/2025citizensandscholars.org/spring-2025-...citizensandscholars.orgSpring 2025 Higher Education Media Fellows - Institute for Citizens & ScholarsThe Institute for Citizens & Scholars announces its seventh class of journalists named to the Higher Education Media Fellowship, supported by ECMC Foundation. 000