Keepapitchinin
@keepapitchinin.bsky.social
Ardis E. Parshall - 17 years blogging, 8300+ posts. Century of Black Mormons contributor. Mormon History Association has endowed its Public History Award in my name. Returning history/opinion columnist at the Salt Lake Tribune
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Have just scrolled through eight screens of Blue Sky and don't have the slightest idea what ANY of the posts refer to.
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Have just scrolled through eight screens of Blue Sky and don't have the slightest idea what ANY of the posts refer to.
The Children's Friend, October 1955
October 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The Children's Friend, October 1955
I really shouldn't have attempted it--it was too much physically--but I wasn't going to miss it. I made it all the way up Salt Lake City's Capitol Hill, with the assistance of so many kind strangers who lent me their arms or pulled me up after I sat on curbs to recover.
No Kings. A lot of love.
No Kings. A lot of love.
October 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I really shouldn't have attempted it--it was too much physically--but I wasn't going to miss it. I made it all the way up Salt Lake City's Capitol Hill, with the assistance of so many kind strangers who lent me their arms or pulled me up after I sat on curbs to recover.
No Kings. A lot of love.
No Kings. A lot of love.
The last letter written by Gov. Brigham Young ti Chief Wakara of the Ute Nation (1855), seeking peace between the warring peoples, arrived at Wakara's camp on the day he died. The letter was thrown into Wakara's grave, and its contents lost for all these years.
October 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The last letter written by Gov. Brigham Young ti Chief Wakara of the Ute Nation (1855), seeking peace between the warring peoples, arrived at Wakara's camp on the day he died. The letter was thrown into Wakara's grave, and its contents lost for all these years.
Tylenol has nothing to do with autism.
But we should check out the Epstein files in case there's anything there about autism. Better safe than sorry!
But we should check out the Epstein files in case there's anything there about autism. Better safe than sorry!
September 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Tylenol has nothing to do with autism.
But we should check out the Epstein files in case there's anything there about autism. Better safe than sorry!
But we should check out the Epstein files in case there's anything there about autism. Better safe than sorry!
The LDS clerks who marked church membership records with "colored man," as here, almost certainly intended it as discrimination, yet those notations opened the way for them to be remembered and honored by Century of Black Mormons.
exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/century-of...
exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/century-of...
September 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The LDS clerks who marked church membership records with "colored man," as here, almost certainly intended it as discrimination, yet those notations opened the way for them to be remembered and honored by Century of Black Mormons.
exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/century-of...
exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/century-of...
My mother on Antifa duty, 1944.
September 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
My mother on Antifa duty, 1944.
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A dear friend of mine who's a multimedia artist has finally, after much encouragement, opened an Etsy shop featuring his jewelry designs and art pieces. He's hoping to make a few small sales so he can get some reviews of his shop.
www.etsy.com/shop/marplebot
www.etsy.com/shop/marplebot
September 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A dear friend of mine who's a multimedia artist has finally, after much encouragement, opened an Etsy shop featuring his jewelry designs and art pieces. He's hoping to make a few small sales so he can get some reviews of his shop.
www.etsy.com/shop/marplebot
www.etsy.com/shop/marplebot
Obama's IQ + Trump's IQ = Obama's IQ
September 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Obama's IQ + Trump's IQ = Obama's IQ
I'm seeing so much online indignation about "Why can that old guy/fat woman/diabetic get the Covid booster when I can't??" that I wonder if human contrariness might actually spur a lot of people to get the booster just because somebody told them they couldn't!
September 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I'm seeing so much online indignation about "Why can that old guy/fat woman/diabetic get the Covid booster when I can't??" that I wonder if human contrariness might actually spur a lot of people to get the booster just because somebody told them they couldn't!
I have a piece in the Salt Lake Tribune at the end of this month telling a significant story using an important "missing" (never published) letter from Brigham Young to a great Ute chief. If Native American history, and the history of slavery, are important to you, you'll want to read it.
September 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I have a piece in the Salt Lake Tribune at the end of this month telling a significant story using an important "missing" (never published) letter from Brigham Young to a great Ute chief. If Native American history, and the history of slavery, are important to you, you'll want to read it.
I learned a very long time ago the errors anyone falls into by tarring an entire class with the worst traits of one truly evil member of that class. It’s shocking to see a scholar I have greatly admired fall into that trap, and double down after the most mild of challenges.
August 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I learned a very long time ago the errors anyone falls into by tarring an entire class with the worst traits of one truly evil member of that class. It’s shocking to see a scholar I have greatly admired fall into that trap, and double down after the most mild of challenges.
Another year, another published volume in _On This Day: The Armenian Church Synaxarion_ / Edward G. Mathews Jr. One more volume (December) to come next year!
August 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Another year, another published volume in _On This Day: The Armenian Church Synaxarion_ / Edward G. Mathews Jr. One more volume (December) to come next year!
Actually, slavery WAS that bad.
August 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Actually, slavery WAS that bad.
_A Light in the Northern Sea: Denmark’s Incredible Rescue of Their Jewish Citizens During WWII_ / Tim Brady
A newly published history, which undoubtedly speaks to our day, too.
A newly published history, which undoubtedly speaks to our day, too.
August 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
_A Light in the Northern Sea: Denmark’s Incredible Rescue of Their Jewish Citizens During WWII_ / Tim Brady
A newly published history, which undoubtedly speaks to our day, too.
A newly published history, which undoubtedly speaks to our day, too.
_Judeophobia and the New Testament: Texts and Contexts_ / Sarah E. Rollens, et al., eds.
July 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
_Judeophobia and the New Testament: Texts and Contexts_ / Sarah E. Rollens, et al., eds.
I remember a Relief Society (LDS women's organization) lesson where the teacher went on at great length faulting Joseph Smith for actions the Nauvoo city government had taken in 1844 to destroy a newspaper, and how unconstitutional and anti-American he was. Really weird for a church lesson,
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And a reminder (or lesson for those who don’t know): the Bill of Rights, as adopted in 1791, restricts only the *federal govt. It is only through the 1868 14th Amdt’s liberty/due process clause that the Bill of Rights restricts the *states.
July 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I remember a Relief Society (LDS women's organization) lesson where the teacher went on at great length faulting Joseph Smith for actions the Nauvoo city government had taken in 1844 to destroy a newspaper, and how unconstitutional and anti-American he was. Really weird for a church lesson,
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This baby-name website says “Sedatious” is a unisex name meaning “calm or tranquil.” It represents someone who is “peaceful, composed and serene.”
Hunh. That *does* fit President Obama ...
www.nameslook.com/sedatious
Hunh. That *does* fit President Obama ...
www.nameslook.com/sedatious
www.nameslook.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This baby-name website says “Sedatious” is a unisex name meaning “calm or tranquil.” It represents someone who is “peaceful, composed and serene.”
Hunh. That *does* fit President Obama ...
www.nameslook.com/sedatious
Hunh. That *does* fit President Obama ...
www.nameslook.com/sedatious
Twenty years after that unforgettable day, I embroidered this wall hanging, with words by the great filker Leslie Fish.
HOPE EYRIE / Leslie Fish
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HOPE EYRIE / Leslie Fish
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July 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Twenty years after that unforgettable day, I embroidered this wall hanging, with words by the great filker Leslie Fish.
HOPE EYRIE / Leslie Fish
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HOPE EYRIE / Leslie Fish
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_Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America_ / Karin Wulf
July 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
_Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America_ / Karin Wulf
Utah's limp dishrag of a senator, John Curtis, queried Threads a couple of days ago for suggestions on decorating his Senate conference room. 100% of the comments, seemingly uniformly from Utahns, rightfully beat the bejeezus out of him for focusing on such nonsense during These Times.
July 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Utah's limp dishrag of a senator, John Curtis, queried Threads a couple of days ago for suggestions on decorating his Senate conference room. 100% of the comments, seemingly uniformly from Utahns, rightfully beat the bejeezus out of him for focusing on such nonsense during These Times.
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1) it was always fascism and fascism was the right word to use
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
July 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
1) it was always fascism and fascism was the right word to use
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
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i will be muting anyone using alligator auschwitz or alligator alcatraz. nah. not doing it.
July 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
i will be muting anyone using alligator auschwitz or alligator alcatraz. nah. not doing it.
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Utahns: Prolific writer of the West, Wallace Stegner, wrote his famous “Wilderness Letter” in 1969, essentially saving wilderness lands from further exploitation. It needs to go viral once again! @keepapitchinin.bsky.social @sltrib.com @benjaminepark.bsky.social
psych.utah.edu/_resources/d...
psych.utah.edu/_resources/d...
psych.utah.edu
June 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Utahns: Prolific writer of the West, Wallace Stegner, wrote his famous “Wilderness Letter” in 1969, essentially saving wilderness lands from further exploitation. It needs to go viral once again! @keepapitchinin.bsky.social @sltrib.com @benjaminepark.bsky.social
psych.utah.edu/_resources/d...
psych.utah.edu/_resources/d...
June 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM