Dr Nathan
@nathan.butnotdetroit.com
He/Him. Physics PhD. Patent agent. Bibliophile. Utahn. Negotiating with religion and history.
I mostly post (and occasionally vent) about US politics, Utah politics, Mormonism, and occasionally patent law.
Profile pic by @mae-bee-cringe.bsky.social
I mostly post (and occasionally vent) about US politics, Utah politics, Mormonism, and occasionally patent law.
Profile pic by @mae-bee-cringe.bsky.social
@golikehellmachine.com @peark.es @proptermalone.bsky.social @ed3d.net @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social does "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" count as a Thanksgiving song?
November 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
@golikehellmachine.com @peark.es @proptermalone.bsky.social @ed3d.net @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social does "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" count as a Thanksgiving song?
SHE'S NARRATING THE AUDIOBOOK HERSELF.
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
SHE'S NARRATING THE AUDIOBOOK HERSELF.
"oh, you think you're a real poor person? Name three European sports cars you can't afford."
These fucking ghouls.
These fucking ghouls.
These incredible fucking assholes.
These application processes are already so deeply burdensome and frustrating.
They are trying to starve people.
These application processes are already so deeply burdensome and frustrating.
They are trying to starve people.
SNAP benefits update: Trump admin says ‘everyone’ will have to reapply
Agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins told Newsmax on Thursday the plan is to “have everyone reapply for their benefits."
www.newsweek.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"oh, you think you're a real poor person? Name three European sports cars you can't afford."
These fucking ghouls.
These fucking ghouls.
This is an amazing feature. Wish I'd known about it sooner, would have saved so many headaches in building my new homelab server over the past month.
(The real lifesaver was a Comet KVM, which saved me from having to keep it near a keyboard and monitor each time the network card name changed.)
(The real lifesaver was a Comet KVM, which saved me from having to keep it near a keyboard and monitor each time the network card name changed.)
Networking Pinning in PVE 9. Keeping network adapter names from changes with hardware changes
YouTube video by ElectronicsWizardry
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is an amazing feature. Wish I'd known about it sooner, would have saved so many headaches in building my new homelab server over the past month.
(The real lifesaver was a Comet KVM, which saved me from having to keep it near a keyboard and monitor each time the network card name changed.)
(The real lifesaver was a Comet KVM, which saved me from having to keep it near a keyboard and monitor each time the network card name changed.)
Utah has its very own "In re Gondor" suit filed last month. Reporting by @utahpoliticalwatch.news
The docket: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71644...
Cc @questauthority.bsky.social @kathryntewson.bsky.social
The docket: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71644...
Cc @questauthority.bsky.social @kathryntewson.bsky.social
Utah GOP fringe lawsuit seeks to oust Cox, Curtis, Brown
A small cadre of Utah GOP dissidents filed a federal suit alleging racketeering and election fraud, aiming to remove statewide winners and seat convention picks over signature‑gathering candidates.
www.utahpoliticalwatch.news
November 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Utah has its very own "In re Gondor" suit filed last month. Reporting by @utahpoliticalwatch.news
The docket: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71644...
Cc @questauthority.bsky.social @kathryntewson.bsky.social
The docket: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71644...
Cc @questauthority.bsky.social @kathryntewson.bsky.social
Formula is expensive, but it saves lives.
Reach out if you need help paying for formula.
Reach out if you need help paying for formula.
btw if wic gets cut and you’re short on formula, do not water down your baby’s formula.
ask for help and trust people will show up to make sure your baby stays fed.
let me know and i’ll make sure of it.
ask for help and trust people will show up to make sure your baby stays fed.
let me know and i’ll make sure of it.
October 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Formula is expensive, but it saves lives.
Reach out if you need help paying for formula.
Reach out if you need help paying for formula.
Based on reviewing the timelines for previous transitions, I think we're right on track for Dallin Oaks to be ordained Prophet of the LDS/Mormon church today.
Thanks to @maclements.bsky.social @jblainefoster.bsky.social and others for helpful info!
Thanks to @maclements.bsky.social @jblainefoster.bsky.social and others for helpful info!
From the mormon community on Reddit: Reorganizing the First Presidency
Explore this post and more from the mormon community
www.reddit.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Based on reviewing the timelines for previous transitions, I think we're right on track for Dallin Oaks to be ordained Prophet of the LDS/Mormon church today.
Thanks to @maclements.bsky.social @jblainefoster.bsky.social and others for helpful info!
Thanks to @maclements.bsky.social @jblainefoster.bsky.social and others for helpful info!
@benjaminepark.bsky.social Q: my understanding is that the new LDS president is ordained in the SL Temple, either in the Q15 meeting room or Holy of Holies. Where might Oaks be ordained? Is another temple similarly equipped? I'm guessing this will occur tomorrow, if tradition holds.
October 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM
@benjaminepark.bsky.social Q: my understanding is that the new LDS president is ordained in the SL Temple, either in the Q15 meeting room or Holy of Holies. Where might Oaks be ordained? Is another temple similarly equipped? I'm guessing this will occur tomorrow, if tradition holds.
I hope Jason Mendoza saw that one, wherever he is on the Jeremy Bearimy.
October 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I hope Jason Mendoza saw that one, wherever he is on the Jeremy Bearimy.
This won't convince anyone that believes in cryptids like the chupacabra and meritocracy, but come on. These people are attacking the arc of the moral universe with sledgehammers to bend it away from justice.
Trust the evidence of your eyes and ears
Corporate boards hire white men at fastest rate in years amid Trump's DEI purge www.axios.com/2025/09/26/t...
Corporate boards hire white men at fastest rate in years amid Trump's DEI purge www.axios.com/2025/09/26/t...
Corporate boards hire white men at fastest rate in years amid Trump's DEI purge
At S&P 500 companies this year, white men made up a majority of new directors for the first time since 2017.
www.axios.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This won't convince anyone that believes in cryptids like the chupacabra and meritocracy, but come on. These people are attacking the arc of the moral universe with sledgehammers to bend it away from justice.
I have never watched Jimmy Kimmel, but you can bet I watched tonight.
As I was saying…
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
youtu.be
September 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I have never watched Jimmy Kimmel, but you can bet I watched tonight.
I am not a physician, and certainly not Trump's physician.
I had Bell's palsy for almost a week last year, and I am in my 30s. It went away with a short course of Prednisone.
I am also not a wannabe fascist dictator who is so insecure he can never admit to any human frailty.
I had Bell's palsy for almost a week last year, and I am in my 30s. It went away with a short course of Prednisone.
I am also not a wannabe fascist dictator who is so insecure he can never admit to any human frailty.
The right side of Trump's face was drooping during a 9/11 commemoration today (Getty)
September 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I am not a physician, and certainly not Trump's physician.
I had Bell's palsy for almost a week last year, and I am in my 30s. It went away with a short course of Prednisone.
I am also not a wannabe fascist dictator who is so insecure he can never admit to any human frailty.
I had Bell's palsy for almost a week last year, and I am in my 30s. It went away with a short course of Prednisone.
I am also not a wannabe fascist dictator who is so insecure he can never admit to any human frailty.
They keep asking me to leave a 5 star review, but since everyone (just me) on my (self-hosted) podcast app is already subscribed, I'll review it here.
This podcast has been my favorite find this year. Frank, fun discussions about the news of the week.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This podcast has been my favorite find this year. Frank, fun discussions about the news of the week.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
New Normal Men, featuring my friend Lucy who indoctrinates us all as Swifties. Also: @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social learns about sewage, @ed3d.net rejects the concept of swimming, and @proptermalone.bsky.social gives us a report from Washington, DC.
Normal Men
Normal Men is four guys talking about the news. We want to help explain what's happening in the world around us and have some laughs along the way. And we think you might enjoy hearing what we have to...
peark.es
August 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
They keep asking me to leave a 5 star review, but since everyone (just me) on my (self-hosted) podcast app is already subscribed, I'll review it here.
This podcast has been my favorite find this year. Frank, fun discussions about the news of the week.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This podcast has been my favorite find this year. Frank, fun discussions about the news of the week.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Reposted by Dr Nathan
Transformative work of the day, someone out there NEEDS this edition:
August 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Transformative work of the day, someone out there NEEDS this edition:
Reposted by Dr Nathan
THIS IS IT! In just a few days, the campaign for Who's A Good Boy? comes to a close! If we hit our flex goal of $15,000 in time, we’ll be adding a ten card bonus pack to every copy of the game!
CAMPAIGN HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/its...
CAMPAIGN HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/its...
July 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
THIS IS IT! In just a few days, the campaign for Who's A Good Boy? comes to a close! If we hit our flex goal of $15,000 in time, we’ll be adding a ten card bonus pack to every copy of the game!
CAMPAIGN HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/its...
CAMPAIGN HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/its...
Reposted by Dr Nathan
coke and chick fil a, i swear to god it’s the closest another american region has come to replicating silicon valley for making people believe in objectively mediocre shit
pepsi has glass bottles too, people just don’t buy them because they’ve been brainwashed by Big Atlanta Brands
July 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
coke and chick fil a, i swear to god it’s the closest another american region has come to replicating silicon valley for making people believe in objectively mediocre shit
With this jacket color, it really hit me how much Kristi Noem looks like Demi and Jessi from Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.
July 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
With this jacket color, it really hit me how much Kristi Noem looks like Demi and Jessi from Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.
Thunderstorm rolling in. My 6yo started singing "Thunder". I asked him if he likes Imagine Dragons. His reply: "Yes! I'm a tarantudragon. It's a mix between a tarantula and a dragon!"
July 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Thunderstorm rolling in. My 6yo started singing "Thunder". I asked him if he likes Imagine Dragons. His reply: "Yes! I'm a tarantudragon. It's a mix between a tarantula and a dragon!"
I suspect there's one particular word Smith would like to say to Jeffries...
Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith's response to Jeffries: "What we just heard can be defined in one word:
a bunch of hogwash."
a bunch of hogwash."
July 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I suspect there's one particular word Smith would like to say to Jeffries...
An appeal to my Mormon kindred. The "celestial smile" is not a great look.
Here's the bind:
1) "lose the undershirt" is a non-starter
2) white button downs, while not mandatory, are still culturally the signal of orthodoxy
Here's the bind:
1) "lose the undershirt" is a non-starter
2) white button downs, while not mandatory, are still culturally the signal of orthodoxy
if your collared shirt is so thin that people can see your undershirt through it, lose the undershirt or wear a thicker button down
May 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
An appeal to my Mormon kindred. The "celestial smile" is not a great look.
Here's the bind:
1) "lose the undershirt" is a non-starter
2) white button downs, while not mandatory, are still culturally the signal of orthodoxy
Here's the bind:
1) "lose the undershirt" is a non-starter
2) white button downs, while not mandatory, are still culturally the signal of orthodoxy
I got the chance to meet @maklelan.bsky.social this week at a book signing in SLC with King's English Bookshop. Great Q&A, tons of folks there. If you haven't, I recommend you check out his book THE BIBLE SAYS SO: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
May 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I got the chance to meet @maklelan.bsky.social this week at a book signing in SLC with King's English Bookshop. Great Q&A, tons of folks there. If you haven't, I recommend you check out his book THE BIBLE SAYS SO: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
@lizdye.bsky.social I got your "caps for sale" reference, even if @andrewtorrez.bsky.social didn't. My kids love that book.
May 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
@lizdye.bsky.social I got your "caps for sale" reference, even if @andrewtorrez.bsky.social didn't. My kids love that book.
"Michael." - @notalawyer.bsky.social
"Peter." - @michaelhobbes.bsky.social
"What do you know about Congresswoman Nancy Mace?"
"All I know is, she voted for gay marriage twice, so she's alright in my book."
* @ifbookspod.bsky.social intro plays*
"Peter." - @michaelhobbes.bsky.social
"What do you know about Congresswoman Nancy Mace?"
"All I know is, she voted for gay marriage twice, so she's alright in my book."
* @ifbookspod.bsky.social intro plays*
genuinely want someone to do a reported profile on nancy mace because she seems to be deteriorating in public
The shocking, filthy exchange took a turn after the politician alluded that he was gay.
April 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"Michael." - @notalawyer.bsky.social
"Peter." - @michaelhobbes.bsky.social
"What do you know about Congresswoman Nancy Mace?"
"All I know is, she voted for gay marriage twice, so she's alright in my book."
* @ifbookspod.bsky.social intro plays*
"Peter." - @michaelhobbes.bsky.social
"What do you know about Congresswoman Nancy Mace?"
"All I know is, she voted for gay marriage twice, so she's alright in my book."
* @ifbookspod.bsky.social intro plays*