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Patrick Schmiedt @pschmiedt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If you, too, have Pantera as well as a John Denver/Muppets collab in your top albums, let’s connect.

Patrick Schmiedt @pschmiedt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Some really good points in this thread that should give journalists something to consider. Monday’s class will bring these up as my students navigate through some difficult storytelling this semester.

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suhauna hussain @suhauna.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Gov. Newsom signed AB 2222, which would create refundable tax credits for California’s struggling journalism organizations, into law yesterday. Hard to overstate what a boon this is. It’s the biggest such package for newsrooms in the U.S. to date www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Patrick Schmiedt @pschmiedt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

W. T. And I cannot stress this enough: ACTUAL. F.

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Constant Screaming @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Disliking cats is disliking things that you can't control and that's a bad thing

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

From the people who told you that straight white male privilege doesn’t exist…

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Patrick Schmiedt @pschmiedt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I play a game with @npr.org on the morning commute where I listen until I hear the word “Trump,” then I change the station. Record is two seconds.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

OpenAI and Microsoft admitted LLMs are predatory tech built on “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said AI has created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...

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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft

"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."

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Six Dettmar @sixdettmar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’M AT THE URGENT CARE I’M AT THE TACO BELL I’M AT THE COMBINATION URGENT CARE AND TACO BELL

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Patrick Schmiedt @pschmiedt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Still want to work with you re: tearing down the goalposts, a multi-part series a la charging the mound. DMs open…

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I’m so angry that I have to admit that both the Trump DOJ and fucking OpenAI are right in this case. The NYT and every other major news outlet depends on fair use. If the NYT wins this case it will eviscerate fair use. Copyright maximalism won’t save us from AI harms. It will bake them in

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Patrick Schmiedt @pschmiedt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It only took until part 11 of this series for me to have an existential crisis. For your viewing pleasure, that crisis in real time IS the part 11 video: youtube.com/shorts/SztHw...

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LSU’s loss to Millsaps in 1900 raises all kinds of questions. Deep ones. #cfbembarrassing

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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 01/09/2026

And it is cool as hell, folks

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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

There are very few universal truths, but one is that at no time in history have the book banners or book burners ever been the good guys.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

No news coverage on MLB.com, naturally. Their Padres beat writer hasn't tweeted about it either.

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Patrick Schmiedt @pschmiedt.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Dropping by a @citruscollege.bsky.social Board of Trustees meeting… with some sweet union swag.

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

“I was asked not to mention the Times at all. I’m choosing not to honor that norm, b/c silence abt how accountability journalism gets suppressed is itself a form of suppression.” Read the back story of how @nytimes.com and @thebulwark.com killed @adambonica.bsky.social’s piece. What a mf badass.

data4democracy.substack.com

With Fear and Favor

Institutions don’t have courage. They have incentives.

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Patrick Schmiedt @pschmiedt.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

After a lifetime of perfect eyesight, I have now joined the ranks of the glasses-wearers (at least when I am reading or looking at a screen). My dreams of being a fighter pilot are officially over, but it’s worth it to be able to read books and papers and emails and such.

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Patrick Schmiedt @pschmiedt.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Pineapple. Banana peppers. Kalamata olives. Put this on your next three-topping pizza and thank me later.

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Patrick Schmiedt @pschmiedt.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I made a video. Not sure if great, or the greatest. Behold: Call Al at the Office (or, Jim and Pam's wedding, the Andy Bernard cut). (May be blocked some places, copyright, etc.) youtu.be/68wQfvJp0fs

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Call Al at the Office (or, Jim and Pam's wedding, the Andy Bernard cut)

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Patrick Schmiedt @pschmiedt.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This cool lady does cool stuff. 🫶

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 07/08/2026

What do you call it when LA police shoot 10,000 (!) rounds at protests and press covering them? "It's inexcusable," says @adamrose.bsky.social. "It is wholesale violence against overwhelmingly innocent, peaceful civilians... (the lawsuit was) driven by the grotesque violence" by law enforcement.

calonews.com

Violence against journalists during protests paints larger picture of press freedom in the US

Journalists covering 2025 immigration protests in the U.S. frequently faced violence and intimidation from law enforcement, despite existing legal protections designed to safeguard their work.

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A+ caption work, @nytimes.com

caption reads: "Post Malone, at rear, on Sesame Street with Elmo, Abby Cadabby and Tango."

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Patrick Schmiedt @pschmiedt.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The old internet was a different place. I miss it.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Trump has denied most disaster requests from Democratic-led states

A graph showing Presidential approval rates for disaster requests from Democratic-led states and Republican-led states

Source: POLITICO's E&E News analysis of FEMA records

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Damon Kiesow @kiesow.net · 30/07/2026

Zuck has been telegraphing this since before the last election. The real lesson is that as a social media platform you either die young or live long enough for your CEO to go full fascist.

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Patrick Schmiedt @pschmiedt.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

sometimes wikipedia just says "come on, man"

A screenshot of a Wikipedia page that says, Climate
Kalawao County features a tropical climate, because it is in Hawai'i.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 27/07/2026

So, what happens if I'm a parent and I know that my kid needs highly paid teachers, a library full of books with diverse characters, trans-inclusive bathrooms and extracurriculars, and a curriculum unpacking topics like systemic racism, colonial oppression, economic inequality, and climate change?

Facebook post from the U.S. Department of Education, saying "Parents know best" with a picture of a cartoon White, two-parent, heteronormative family, featuring a dad in a tie and sweater vest and a mom in a dress and pearls.

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Patrick Schmiedt @pschmiedt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Free, now. Join the Patreon anyway. These folks deserve it.

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Brutal photo caption from The Guardian: “Gianni Infantino carefully explains to Donald Trump that he is not part of the Spanish national team.”

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Patrick Schmiedt @pschmiedt.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The fact that we’ve had 10-plus years of Trump the politician and we are STILL having this conversation shows just how behind journalists (and particularly the TV kind) have been in adapting their practices to fit a changing reality. This should be a no-brainer by now.

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LAL @lindli.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Our local newspaper, The Portland Press Herald, has lifted their paywall on coverage of the ICE shooting of a man in Biddeford, Maine this morning. They have excellent reporters and will have much more accurate information than natl news as we learn more: www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/s...

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Live updates: King calls for transparent investigation after Biddeford man killed in ICE-involved shooting

Protests are growing after a man identified as a 26-year-old from Colombia was fatally shot. Immigration advocates say he was authorized to work in the U.S.

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