'Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content.' 1/3

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So the LDS church wanted Mormon Stories to add a disclaimer to the beginning of every episode stating that they are not affiliated with the church. I'm pretty sure FAIR, Ward Radio, Stick of Joseph, Jacob Hansen, and others don't do this. So should I take it that they ARE affiliated with the church?

Not a dime of taxpayer money or govt contracts should go to Palantir.

I've clearly been too distracted because I entirely missed that my favorite Mormon conspiracy conference was this past weekend. Tag yourself. I am: "Got Pain? Nature's FIERCE Relief: Combat Venom Peptide"

These pictures warm my cold jaded heart. What I wouldn't give to have more leaders like these.

This is the greatest piece of Mormon scripture art I've ever seen.

The first on official records, but I very much doubt the first in reality.

The new LDS missionary ad strategy has me wondering. If you call one of those numbers scratched into the bathroom stall, "For a good time call: 801-867-5309" do you just get the missionaries?

Two of Rep. Trevor Lee's former bosses say he's a con man. Lee allegedly: ✅ Committed check fraud in 2013 ✅ Borrowed $93K from an employer he was secretly undercutting ✅ Offered to leverage his Capitol seat to wipe out the debt Read more: utahpolitics.news/two-of-rep-t...

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

Ah yes, the Pope should stay out of politics. It's not like he's the *checks notes* absolute monarch of a sovereign nation.

Can't speak out against the Iran War when your premillennialist eschatology requires big Middle East wars for Christ to return.

If you're going to call yourself a "global faith leader" then you have an obligation to lead out on global issues. Pope Leo XIV is showing how it's done. Dallin Oaks & c. could learn a thing or two.

Recovery crew opening the hatch and welcoming the Artemis II crew home after a nearly 700,000-mile journey. Video: Reid Wiseman

Where’s Pam Bondi?

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JD has been “Catholic” for five mins and thinks he’s the boss of the pope.

Leo: "The message of the church, the message of the gospel -- blessed are the peacemakers. I do not look at my role as being political. I don't want to get into a debate with him. I don't think the message of the gospel is meant to be abused in the way that some people are doing."

It's popular to portray Marco Rubio as this guy who had a conscience but put it aside in the calculus of power and is now realizing he made a terrible, irredeemable mistake. Y'all are giving this man far too much credit. He didn't sell out. He showed his true colors. All of them did.

Now that’s what they call a deus ex machina.

So what exactly does a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz accomplish? I thought the problem was getting oil tankers through. Now we're stopping them altogether. It's OK when we're the ones doing it, I guess? I'm sure all the other nations of the world will be thrilled when we tell them.

Hungarian voters turned out in the greatest numbers since the 1990s to turn away from Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's right-wing populist Fidesz party, putting an end to Orbán's 16 years in power. n.pr/421W9b7

🎶3 Nephites changed my tire🎶 #ShutYourMouth

This is a fun rabbit hole to dive down. I wrote an article about how Mormon computational stylometry apologetics has roots that trace back to BYU scientists using tools they originally developed for the statistical analysis of nuclear war attack plans. hightokolob.substack.com/p/wordprint-...

Social media apps as Lord of the Rings characters, a thread: Twitter: Twitter is Gollum. Began as a normal halfling. Overexposure to evil left it thin and stretched and bitter.

This administration is so far off the rails we're literally slipping back into the dark ages.

Not to be a trope, but I cannot express this in any other way than to point out how similar this tactic is to what the Church of Scientology does on social media all the time. Attractive people and a generic positive psychology feel-good message. Except they at least put their name to it in the end.

So in other words, they're presenting an intentionally vague version of themselves designed to bamboozle people into taking lessons from the missionaries? Purposeful lies of omission don't seem very "honest in all that you do."

The LDS Church's record number of converts in 2025 is positive for the faith, but those rolls do not fully reflect reality of membership in the pews.

Thou shalt not sanewash. Thou shalt not neglect to tell readers when a FEMA official has the same spiritual beliefs as two serial killers: open.substack.com/pub/leahsott...

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How it feels doing literally any task right now.

Anyone who defends and supports Trump is an unsafe person to be around.

Tell me again how the reason we're bombing Iran is because we need to prevent the emergence of a rogue nuclear power that's emboldened into unchecked aggression against sovereign nations in the Middle East.

“Let those who have weapons lay them down. Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace. Not a peace pursued by force, but through dialogue. Not with the desire to dominate the other, but to encounter them.” — Pope Leo XIV

if Trump dies on Mormon General Conference/Easter weekend I will attend one (1) sacrament meeting

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Honestly as soon as the GOP runs a candidate who at least pretends to be nice LDS voters will hop right back in the boat even if the GOP continues its nativist blood and soil policies.

Regression toward the mean, anyone?

Passover isn't a Christ-centered holiday so kindly knock it the fuck off.

New Age practices such as energy healing are finding their way into mainstream religions such as Mormonism and Catholicism — much to the chagrin of faith leaders.

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BREAKING: We're challenging President Trump's executive order that aims to restrict mail-in voting. Once again, the president is trying to seize power he doesn't have at the expense of our democracy.

Jean Bingham talks about being called into a meeting to discuss possible changes to the temple language and claims that 1) the previous language wasn't sexist, only perceived as such, and 2) the doctrine didn't change. This is a sycophantic game of smoke and mirrors of the highest order.

On January 1, 2025, a Cybertruck exploded in front of Trump Hotel in Las Vegas. It was weird, and it seemed like everyone quickly forgot about it. But I couldn’t. My latest feature for @highcountrynews.org is out now. www.hcn.org/issues/58-4/...

LDS apologists created andposted this on TikTok as if they genuinely believe this is a good look. I am at loss for words.

And the church continues to grow primarily through baptisms in the global south. If you know much about the political leanings on social issues in most of these areas, you can make a pretty educated guess which way the church will likely turn on things like women's ordination, queer inclusion, etc.

A Latter-day Saint religion professor notes that liberal members are leaving the faith in ever greater numbers, threatening the long-term health of the global church.

Thinking about how kids used to want to be astronauts when they grow up and then Katie Perry went to space.