If you live in Davis County, Utah, go to burrn.org and check whether your signature is listed. If it is and you don’t support gerrymandering, take steps to remove it according to the instructions at that website.

Somebody should check in with UT Sen. Mike Lee, see if he’s doing ok. See if he needs someone to talk to or something.

A moment I often think about is how when Romney, a Mormon, was eyeing a presidential run, his advisors organized a meeting with evangelical leaders in 2006. Jerry Falwell and Franklin Graham then grilled him on the Trinity & the Nicene Creed. Just imagine Trump being grilled about the Nicene Creed.

Ardis Parshall was an OG Mormon on the Internet. The same generosity she described in 1997 carried forward into 2017 at least as she was more than willing to share resources when I reached out to her about a tangential piece of research. In her honor, I will keep-a-pitchin-in

There’s a gofundme to help pay for funeral and headstone costs, keeping her blog alive and functional, and to support the Ardis E. Parshall Award at the Mormon History Association. Consider donating? www.gofundme.com/f/honor-ardi...

Folks, a number of you have learned that historian Ardis Parshall has died. There's a GoFund me to support burial costs and keep her website online www.gofundme.com/f/honor-ardi...

If I didn't have to work, I'd go for a drive past Snoqualmie Falls into North Bend at 11:30.

There is a GoFundMe set up to help preserve @keepapitchinin.bsky.social blog in perpetuity. Please consider donating! gofund.me/974932748

The Mormon history world lost one of our absolute best recently. Ardis Parshall was a dogged researcher--one of the best the LDS tradition ever produced--and a fiercely loyal friend. She influenced so much, and her legacy should prompt us to be even better. www.sltrib.com/religion/202...

I only really knew Ardis Parshall tangentially through social media posts and interactions from those I follow that knew her better. While I am enjoying getting to know more about her through the remembrances that others are posting, I am deeply saddened that it took her passing for this to happen.

This will largely be meaningless here, but I need to share it anyway. Ardis Parshall was a relentless researcher in Mormon history. She lacked the degrees to break into the academy, but she nurtured almost everybody from my generation of Mormon Studies scholars. 1/

In Memory of Ardis Parshall This morning I opened Facebook and, to my surprise and enormous sadness, learned that Ardis Parshall had passed away. For those who are unfamiliar with her, Ardis was, among other things, the founder and principal blogger at Keepapitchinin, a delightful blog full of…

This post from Ardis, a recap of one of her Gospel Doctrine lessons, is probably the most influential and personal one for me. keepapitchinin.org/2011/06/26/a...

The discourse!

Incredible stuff happening on Housing Bluesky.

I saw someone repost this and scrolled past. Do not make the same mistake. Click through and see what an excellent post this is.

I deleted a post I made earlier quoting this. I could see from the responses I was getting I didn't do a good enough job setting the context. The same parent I mentioned last year in the quoted post made a FB post recently critical of the Church. It was 100% valid criticism.

Weeping for the loss of my friend, blessed to have been allowed to call her my friend.

Ardis was one of my fave friends I made through bloggernacle/Mormon twitter and then later IRL. Leaving twitter and starting working a few years ago meant a lot of these connections fell off. Just found out she passed away. I’ve been crying on and off. Life is a thief.

Devastated to learn that Ardis Parshall @keepapitchinin.bsky.social has passed away. Truly a giant in our community, and one of the absolute best human beings. I'm heartbroken.

Ballerina Farm's back in the news, for raw milk problems this time. The reporting has been a little sparse on details with exactly what happened. So since I have some professional food safety experience, I went through the reporting to fill in some of the blanks. youtu.be/mdOyeNCkC0I

Mormons everywhere yelling WHITE HORSE PROPHECY WHITE HORSE PROPHECY THE CONSTITUTION IS HANGING OUT ON THREADS

I feel like there is a way to tell the age of someone by what they do when they receive an annoying email. I need someone to research this and post findings.

What a great day, rallying for trans rights on the steps of our state capitol in the pouring rain 🏳️‍⚧️ #fightlikeamother

peter, james, john, and the rest of the fellas

I've reviewed over 50 Sticky Toffee Puddings over the last 6 years, but how did we get here?

Oh my GOD King County Public Health is just wilding out for Valentines Day (and a lovely one).

My face when I think about Clark Gilbert becoming a Q12 but then realizing he wouldn’t be leading CES anymore.

I AM SO SORRY

BREAKING: Clark C. Gilbert, known for his crackdown on BYU professors, has been elevated to the LDS Church’s Quorum of the Twelve.

I see that Del Parson "Jesus the Christ" painting meaning that the people are betting on whether Mormon Jesus will return this year. Since I've already seen a rainbow this year, we know the answer is no.

Anything visual that was “worse” than an exposed nipple wouldn’t need to be “investigated” because everyone would have seen it, so what they’re saying here is that they consider Spanish more obscene than nipples.

I don't really want the Bundys in the national divorce, but points for consistency, I guess?

These people are lunatic sovcit losers who make my church look bad, but I will certainly welcome any criticism leveled at Trump.

People raised Mormon have so much capacity for radicalization, in my experience, because their teachings are communitarian, but their community is insular.

I have a white guy buddy who - in the space of ten years - went from conservative practicing Mormon to sharing Ibram X Kendi posts on Facebook, and that gives me a slice of hope.

masking is not an extreme measure; it’s like, level zero of measures. it’s the easiest possible option

This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.

My coach told me that the way not to kick people in the nuts is to look at their nuts, and then decide not to kick them. Some white people need to look at racism, and then say, no I am not doing racisms.

bluesky not listed bc numbers don't go that high

"All the journalists are still on Twitter" kinda explains a lot

This is what I see when I get a document my boss worked on and I find and replace all the double spaces with single spaces after periods and other punctuation marks.

I see things like this and wonder why anyone would want a grass yard. Even at a house with kids playing in the yard I'd rather have the option on the right for kids to discover insects, watch birds, see plants change/grow, play make believe, etc. ... and go to a park to kick/throw a ball.

A BEAUTIFUL landscape conversion presented in an appropriations committee by Utah Water Ways (the state's water conservation education program). They announced plans to re-landscape the Governor's mansion in 2026. #utpol #Utah

Wow if only there were people who know how to do dairy that they could have talked to like, literally anyone who works in dairy

I signed, as a BYU alum and former staff member and a Minnesotan currently living under siege. This is disgusting and tone deaf and a low bar even for an institution in which I thought I had already lost all faith. They allow this because they agree with the narrative. The apostles are on the board.

Distinctly remember, a few years ago, Ferguson organizers who were VERY MUCH ALIVE saying "Please stop saying the cops killed us all." "All it does is drive paranoia and KEEP PEOPLE FROM HELPING US."

Can confirm

Hey, everybody! As an alumnus & former contingent faculty of BYU, I signed this statement of concern regarding BYU hosting CBP—an agency that openly flouts the US Constitution & the rule of law—at their career fair tomorrow. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Look I'm just saying if I was a billionaire who had more money than I could spend in my lifetime and I owned a newspaper I would just give it money, as much money as it needed, to go do journalism. I wouldn't need the newspaper to make money, I would just spend the money.