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Mx. Luna Corbden 🐸
@corbden.defcon.social.ap.brid.gy
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I write things. Known for my book on religious manipulation for #exmormons, Recovering Agency. Some fiction. Many other interests. 4% puns, 7% dad jokes. Absent minded […]

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Oh yeah I took this.

#silentsunday
An empty field with a gentle hill beyond, covered in evergreens. Fog rises from their midst into the clouds, while a silver power line cuts across the scene.
November 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Wow the LDS Church is going full woke with their latest diversity-hire Apostle! Elder Gérald Caussé is *French*, this marking now *two* token Europeans among the Twelve, along with Uchtdorf Classic, who is from Germany.

Here Caussé is standing with some […]

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The new guy with super-white hair, bushy black eyebrows, and extra-flat-white-latte skin faces two Black men who have their faces mostly turned away, all in front of what looks like maybe a lawn and a wall surrounding a garden? To keep out the "undesirables"? idk! Everyone looks like they're having a great time for the Lawrd. Caption: (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Gérald Caussé, center, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in 2022. Caussé was named the faith's newest apostle The last photo of the LDS Apostolic lineup taken in 2024, twelve extremely white, extremely old men in suits, with the German white guy as the diversity poster child sitting in front. This photo is available for purchase as Deseret Books outlets, or wherever the True Gospel is sold. Source: https://www.ldsdaily.com/church-lds/a-new-group-photo-of-the-quorum-of-the-twelve-apostles-is-now-available/
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Look at this little knapweed bloom I found. In November. Under a pile of yard debris that has been there since midsummer.

This is why these guys are noxious. They are the life that finds a way.

(The pile is now in compost.)

#compostodon
#composttherich
#yardtales #rewilding
A delicate purple bloom with thin tendrils, about the size of a US quarter. It is coming up among pale green young grass (also noxious and determined) and half-rotted pine needles and cones. The same bloom at a different angle, to show what's left of the pile it came from.
November 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
corbden.defcon.social.ap.brid.gy
Oh, Utah.
The beginning of a Salt Lake Tribune article. This century-old Sugar House home is SLC's newest nonalcoholic speakeasy. Here's where to find it. At this cozy Utah speakeasy, flavor is a well- honed craft. Each drink is meticulously curated, a sensory delight that's as much a work of art for your tastebuds as it is for your eyes. And it all goes down without the burn of booze. Take 1833 Craft's most popular drink, "The LBGT" - a vivacious play on a classic gin and tonic, with hints of lavender and juniper. It only takes one sip to realize how refreshing it is. "The gins are easier," co-owner and bartender Matthew LaPlante explains as he mixes the drink which uses the nonalcoholic spirit Dhos
November 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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I'll leave this thread on one final note. The photo, from the article, tells its own 2,000 word short story.

(That's the recently-deceased prophet standing behind you-know-who.)

🧵

#exmo #exmormon #religioustrauma
Doland Trump pushes a shopping cart full of food at the LDS church's Welfare Square in 2017 (according to the caption). He has a derpy amused expression on his face as he points awkwardly at the food and while his extra-long red tie licks at the cart hungrily. A old Mormon woman in a red dress smiles at him. Behind the earthly president, God's President Nelson appears to be cackling maniacally at some secret joke shared between him and Satan, while predominantly white men in suits are gathered all around the spectacle. Behind everyone, there is a poster on the wall of a Black family in Africa, with the caption "Where We Work."
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Oh look everybody, cancel your plans, the experts are finally going to explain to us nobodies why we're so worried about the economy.

#uspol
A CNN Headline: A collective angst over the economy is taking root. Experts explain why. CNN Business
October 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Make Ape Grape Again
A giant cartoon purple ape riding on top of a rainbow truck driven by a dog, from the 60s show The Grape Ape. The truck say "The Great Grape Ape." A close-up off the Grape Ape. He is wearing a green baseball cap, a green shirt, and a bowtie. He has a puzzled expression.
October 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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[Spider]

She's not huge, but she's quite a bit bigger than the spiders I normally let live indoors. But she's really pretty and made a lovely web. And she matches my interior color scheme. And I don't feel like deciding what to do about her.
A spider in an invisible web near the ceiling. Closer you can see she's orange and grey with fancy patterns.
October 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
corbden.defcon.social.ap.brid.gy
Pretty 80s chick for Halloween.

#caturday #catsofmastodon
Midnight black cat sitting with a fuzzy purple dangling cat toy with colorful curly ribbons on her head. Midnight is sitting taller, looking confident and coy with her rockin hair accessory. Now she looks away in profile, posing with eyes closed, to show the purple dangly draped down her neck like a mohawk. Now with eyes closed, she looks down, the dangly curled behind her ear in a mohawk/earring combo.
October 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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sudogest make me a sandwich
A label for a drug called SudoGest. Label contents as follows for completion, but it's not really part of the joke. *Compare to the active ingredient in Sudafed® Congestion FOR PHARMACY USE ONLY. NOT FOR RETAIL SALE. Non-Drowsy SudoGest NASAL DECONGESTANT Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride 30 mg Relieves Nasal and Sinus Congestion due to Colds or Hay Fever Without Drowsiness 100 TABLETS
October 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Each of these words in the episode title (except for the preposition) means something else now.
A still from Newhart S5E22 entitled "Harris Ankles PIV for Web Post." The frame doesn't matter, but it's character Michael Harris standing in a swanky New York office while a secretary closes the door.
October 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Midnight has finally learned the warming power of being *under* the blanket!

It takes her so long to trust in new things.

(wait, wait, forgot the picture.)
A black cat is curled up with her back under the duvet, her head upside down, and her back feet sticking out.
October 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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@moira
A snap from This Is Spinal Tap. The producer guy sits in front of a tiny stonehenge talking to a band member off camera. "The print was in inches, not metric!"
October 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Wait so they're harmless until someone with ADHD does them??????
HUFFPOST 6 Seemingly Harmless Eating Behaviors That Are Actually Linked To ADHD
October 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
corbden.defcon.social.ap.brid.gy
idk if I have a take here, but this sure is an interesting picture.

(I do have takes but I'm having trouble processing.)

https://pocatellochubbuckobserver.com/2025/10/10/idaho-dept-of-labor-rising-cost-of-living-limits-labor-force-availability
A screenshot from the linked article. (Idaho Department of Labor Press Release, October 9, 2025) Idaho's economy has grown rapidly over the past decade, yet the benefits of growth have not been evenly distributed. While Idaho's poverty rate is the 15th lowest in the nation at 10.6% 1 and unemployment remains low, many Idahoans continue to struggle with the rising cost of living. Median home prices in Idaho have more than doubled since 2016, and rents have risen at one of the fastest rates in the nation? Combined with higher costs for essentials such as food, child care and transportation, even full-time workers often find themselves increasingly burdened by the rising cost of living. Poverty and rising costs of living have significant impacts on the labor force, from high mortgage rates constraining labor mobility to the rising cost of raising@ family depressing the birthrate. A survey done by the United Nations Sexual and Reproduction Health Agency found that more than half of their respondents said, "Economic issues were a barrier to having as many children as they wanted." • This demographic trend carries long-term risks to the labor force as shrinking birthrates will reduce workforce growth in the future. Education is an important piece of the puzzle. In Idaho, the poverty rate for individuals who did not graduate high school is 19.1%, compared with 11.7% with a high school diploma or equivalent or 4.4% with a bachelor's degree or higher.10 Limited education and training restricts access to higher-paying occupations which makes the challenges of affordability even harder for those who are struggling. Education and training are one of the most powerful ways to get out of the cycle of poverty and increase Seth.Harrington@labor.idaho.gov, regional economist Idaho Department of Labor There is an image below that of a white family, the father in the center with his arms wrapped around his wife and a daughter, looking across a wheat field and the sunset. They are all wrapped in the US flag. The wording is: 2026 IDAHO FREEDOM AND FAMILY AGENDA THE NEXT CHAPTER IN IDAHO'S CONSERVATIVE REVIVAL idahofreedom.org/agenda IDAHO FREEDOM FOUNDATION IDAHO FREEDOM ACTION
October 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Ok so an unamed friend of mine organized an LED throwie event at the Seattle Art Museum. LED throwies are a kind of non-destructive street art that was popular in the heady Geek Decade. You take a watch battery and tape it to a rare earth magnet and an LED […]

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The Hammering Man statue on a downtown street in Seattle. It is a flat black silhouette of a man with a hammer. The arm moves up and down. There are no lights on him here. There happens to be a motorcycle parked in the foreground of the image.
October 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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I see what you did there, Atlantic.

#uspol
Headline: The Atlantic The next week of the government shutdown could be a turning point for many Americans
October 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Thesauruses are little neural maps of the collective unconscious. They can show us now human minds have connected certain concepts, but also they reveal connections that are otherwise hidden to the conscious.

It's one reason I replace common words in phrases […]

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Noun A person appointed to act or speak for another or others spokesperson spokesman spokeswoman agent officer official delegate mouthpiece publicist frontman public relations officer press agent press officer public relations consultant spin doctor publicity agent PR consultant PR officer PRO speaker mouth deputy messenger voice propagandist envoy point man point person prophet talker [more>
October 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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🤦‍♂️

#exmo #exmormon #religioustrauma #uspol
Story from Salt Lake Tribune: After Michigan attack, some Latter-day Saints ask: Why can’t we take guns to church? Ever since the deadly attack on a congregation in Michigan, some social media users identifying as Latter-day Saints have been questioning or criticizing the faith’s 2019 policy banning guns from church property except for law enforcement. According to the website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, worshippers are advised, in the case of an active shooter, to run and/or hide. If neither is an option, it states, “use anything available as a weapon and fight to stop the assailant.” This reflects standard guidance often cited by security experts. Posting a screenshot of the church’s webpage on social media, Utah libertarian Connor Boyack wrote, “I guess that means throwing a hymnal at the shooter?” Some posters, meanwhile, stated that they planned to flout the church’s ban on firearms in chapels.
October 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Spot the fash.

(I was too chicken to call them out but I couldn't let it go.)
A post and a reply on Mastodon. I've disguised the ID of the second user. Max Leibman @maxleibman@beige.party Hold your fire, scolds. People coming here (or coming back) from Bluesky now are doing so for the right reasons. Giving them the HO welcome or I-told-you-so's is exactly why they were there and not here in the first place. @maxleibman okay but what if - hear me out - i don't care if they use fedi? if they held values that aligned with mine, and that i'd want to see more of on fedi, they wouldn't have left it for bsky in the first place Oct 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM G
October 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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TOO BAD WITH THAT PROPHET OF YOURS THERE WAS NO WAY TO SEE THIS COMING

#exmo #exmormon #religioustrauma #utpol #climatechange #climateemergency
A headline with a photo of kids walking through a colorfully-lit passageway made of ice. (Source: Salt Lake Tribune) With Utah too warm for Ice Castles, what could that mean for the 2034 Winter Olympics? Citing several unusually warm Utah winters in recent years, the interactive winter installation Ice Castles announced it will not be returning to Utah to create its frozen structures this winter. The decision, according to an Ice Castles spokesperson, follows several warm winters at Soldier Hollow Nordic Center in Midway. That’s the same location where several events are planned during the 2034 Olympics and Paralympics.
October 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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[insert witty meme reference]

#alt4me
October 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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😭
A list of synonyms from WordHippo. Verb To lubricate, coat, or impregnate with oil greases oils slicks waxes smears anoints lards loosens lubes smooths moisturises’* moisturizes” creams makes tallows smears with oil makes slippery makes smooth covers with oil rubs with oil oils the wheels coats applies oil pomades butters makes oily smears with grease cleanses
September 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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@ai6yr Wow that looks exactly like the TI game I had as a kid!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpiner_(video_game)
A very low res snap from a TI 99/4A video game, Alpiner. A flat human figure clings to the side of a flat mountain with ledges and clefts. There is a tree next to him and stats below.
September 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
corbden.defcon.social.ap.brid.gy
Here are more photos. I chose the original set very quickly.

#yardtales
A mama wild turkey surrounded by four hlaf grown babies. A closer view of three babies without mama, wings outstretched and cleaning their feathers with their beaks.
September 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM