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🔗 linkblog: From 'terror threat' to 'civilizational threat,' top Republicans escalate anti-Muslim rhetoric
Cannot overstate how gross this is.
🔗 linkblog: BYU professor's novel 'A Short Stay in Hell' explodes in popularity — 17 years later
This book deserves all the honors, and if it gets made into a movie(?!), I would be thrilled.
🔗 linkblog: In his first encyclical, Pope Leo XIV says AI must serve humanity, not the powerful few
I think I like this pope.
🔗 linkblog: A Mormon drag queen in the Queen City
Beautiful interview with some enraging stories along the way.
🔗 linkblog: America can’t look away from MLK’s warnings about power
Some very important reminders in here.
🔗 linkblog: At least seven faith leaders arrested at Broadview ICE facility protest
What a terrible time we’re living in. Good for these clergy, and let us all remember that they aren’t even seeing the worst of the inhumanity currently so popular.
🔗 linkblog: The LDS historical department just published an 1886 polygamy revelation
This is a big story, and I’m surprised it hasn’t gotten more news, even if it is a recent development.
🔗 linkblog: The best way to honor Melissa Inouye’s memory is to be a kind and persistent badass'
Jana Riess is one of my favorite Mormons, and Melissa was another. This is a great combination of the two.
🔗 linkblog: LDS leaders announce new Mormon temple for Cincinnati'
I’m no longer a practicing Latter-day Saint, but having grown up near Cincinnati, this is still something I’ll be paying attention to! Jana’s take is (unsurprisingly) a thoughtful and good one.
🔗 linkblog: Kirtland Temple purchased by LDS church for $192.5 million'
I have my own (complicated) thoughts to share on this later, but more than anyone else, I’ve wanted to hear from David Howlett (and, okay, Lach Mackay). Appreciate Jana’s coverage here.
🔗 linkblog: The 'Mormon Moment' 10 years later: Why Joanna Brooks and Mitch Mayne left the public eye'
A great column from Jana. It’s hard to believe that it’s been ten years—or that I’ve changed so much in my own Mormonism over that time.
🔗 linkblog: Bing has a testimony of the Book of Mormon! And other adventures with AI chatbots.'
This is one of the most amazing things I’ve read on generative AI.
🔗 linkblog: How Mormons are addressing sex abuse: Too little, too late'
Appreciate Jana’s perspective on this horrible story.
🔗 linkblog: Mormon founder Joseph Smith's photo discovered by descendant after nearly 180 years'
Whoa. Big news here. My feelings about Joseph Jr. are complicated, but it’s very cool to see a possible photograph of him.
🔗 linkblog: 'Under the Banner of Heaven' raises the question: Are Mormons dangerous?'
I suspect that there is nothing as damning in Mormon history as Mormons’ failure to own up to that history, and Jana’s writing here captures that nicely.