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
This is from the 2010 Handbook 1 and, indeed, it was previously just Melchizedek priesthood holders that would merit a stake disciplinary council.
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 AM
This is from the 2010 Handbook 1 and, indeed, it was previously just Melchizedek priesthood holders that would merit a stake disciplinary council.
SHE'S NARRATING THE AUDIOBOOK HERSELF.
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
SHE'S NARRATING THE AUDIOBOOK HERSELF.
With inputs like this, what could go wrong?
October 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
With inputs like this, what could go wrong?
Whoever wrote the contract document is clearly a Tesla fanboy, though. "We need to test our missiles on them because CTs are so tough and resilient, the enemy will surely start using them." Plus the completely unnecessary complimenting of its unique design.🙄
August 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Whoever wrote the contract document is clearly a Tesla fanboy, though. "We need to test our missiles on them because CTs are so tough and resilient, the enemy will surely start using them." Plus the completely unnecessary complimenting of its unique design.🙄
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.
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-...
I wrote my Utah state senator, Jerry Stevenson, asking what the state lege plans to do if the federal Dept of Education is shuttered and federal funding is cut off. Below is my question, helpfully bolded, and his response. I wouldn't call it an "answer".
April 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I wrote my Utah state senator, Jerry Stevenson, asking what the state lege plans to do if the federal Dept of Education is shuttered and federal funding is cut off. Below is my question, helpfully bolded, and his response. I wouldn't call it an "answer".
Thank you for sharing, fellow fan! I'm glad I didn't miss out on this campaign. I'm excited to rearrange my shelves to make space!
April 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Thank you for sharing, fellow fan! I'm glad I didn't miss out on this campaign. I'm excited to rearrange my shelves to make space!
Looking forward to the capitalist future in which you need to have a Security Premium™ subscription to get through in less than 3 hrs and there's an upcharge to get inspected by the cute bomb sniffing dogs.
www.deseret.com/politics/202...
www.deseret.com/politics/202...
March 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Looking forward to the capitalist future in which you need to have a Security Premium™ subscription to get through in less than 3 hrs and there's an upcharge to get inspected by the cute bomb sniffing dogs.
www.deseret.com/politics/202...
www.deseret.com/politics/202...
I know it's terrifying for current Rs to consider *shudder* remote meetings, or even *banshee wail* proxy voting, but it could help if the lege worked from a home office.
Obligatory Susie pic:
Obligatory Susie pic:
March 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I know it's terrifying for current Rs to consider *shudder* remote meetings, or even *banshee wail* proxy voting, but it could help if the lege worked from a home office.
Obligatory Susie pic:
Obligatory Susie pic:
4. Unfortunately, the church will almost certainly miss someone. A victim will sue, alleging negligence as described under the penalty section. The first time it happens, a special session will be called to amend this law in some way to protect the church from further suits.
March 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
4. Unfortunately, the church will almost certainly miss someone. A victim will sue, alleging negligence as described under the penalty section. The first time it happens, a special session will be called to amend this law in some way to protect the church from further suits.
Some thoughts:
1. This law was passed a year ago. Why did they wait until now to come into compliance, if they truly cared and supported it? If I were a clerk, I'd be bugged they gave me 6 weeks' notice when I could have had a year to do this.
1. This law was passed a year ago. Why did they wait until now to come into compliance, if they truly cared and supported it? If I were a clerk, I'd be bugged they gave me 6 weeks' notice when I could have had a year to do this.
March 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Some thoughts:
1. This law was passed a year ago. Why did they wait until now to come into compliance, if they truly cared and supported it? If I were a clerk, I'd be bugged they gave me 6 weeks' notice when I could have had a year to do this.
1. This law was passed a year ago. Why did they wait until now to come into compliance, if they truly cared and supported it? If I were a clerk, I'd be bugged they gave me 6 weeks' notice when I could have had a year to do this.
I'm surprised they didn't hyperlink it, but it's there. Just one reference to it, though.
March 24, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I'm surprised they didn't hyperlink it, but it's there. Just one reference to it, though.
Ward Radio is the physical manifestation of the folks on the right side of this pic
March 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Ward Radio is the physical manifestation of the folks on the right side of this pic
In looking up how the law defines "refusal skills", I came across these bits from le.utah.gov/xcode/Title5...
So sex ed in Utah can mention that contraception exists, but not advocate or encourage its use. And if this bill passes, no discussion of human sexuality will be permitted.
So sex ed in Utah can mention that contraception exists, but not advocate or encourage its use. And if this bill passes, no discussion of human sexuality will be permitted.
February 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In looking up how the law defines "refusal skills", I came across these bits from le.utah.gov/xcode/Title5...
So sex ed in Utah can mention that contraception exists, but not advocate or encourage its use. And if this bill passes, no discussion of human sexuality will be permitted.
So sex ed in Utah can mention that contraception exists, but not advocate or encourage its use. And if this bill passes, no discussion of human sexuality will be permitted.
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February 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
New profile pic done by the amazing @mae-bee-cringe.bsky.social! Check out their great work!
Hi Daniel. THANK YOU for including the links to the court documents in your story. This is much rarer than it should be in news stories.
I did have trouble finding the link to the latest filing. It's confusingly at the red underline in this screenshot.
I did have trouble finding the link to the latest filing. It's confusingly at the red underline in this screenshot.
February 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Hi Daniel. THANK YOU for including the links to the court documents in your story. This is much rarer than it should be in news stories.
I did have trouble finding the link to the latest filing. It's confusingly at the red underline in this screenshot.
I did have trouble finding the link to the latest filing. It's confusingly at the red underline in this screenshot.
That my state senator would have the gall to include this in his weekly newsletter the same day the state banned collective bargaining for teachers is completely shameless.
#utpol
#utpol
February 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
That my state senator would have the gall to include this in his weekly newsletter the same day the state banned collective bargaining for teachers is completely shameless.
#utpol
#utpol
Maybe I'm doing a step wrong, but I don't see a button to DM.
February 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Maybe I'm doing a step wrong, but I don't see a button to DM.
I got my scam email today!
February 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I got my scam email today!
The old law had an additional trigger requirement that 4 western states (including WA!) had to pass similar laws before it became effective. Because this section would be repealed by the new law, that trigger would no longer be required to switch from standard to daylight time.
January 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The old law had an additional trigger requirement that 4 western states (including WA!) had to pass similar laws before it became effective. Because this section would be repealed by the new law, that trigger would no longer be required to switch from standard to daylight time.
Utah already has a similar trigger law to permanently adopt daylight time, passed 2020. This bill maintains that trigger, just puts us on permanent standard time until then.
January 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Utah already has a similar trigger law to permanently adopt daylight time, passed 2020. This bill maintains that trigger, just puts us on permanent standard time until then.
They also didn't send anyone to Biden's inauguration. The reason given was covid, per the Tribune. I have no reason to doubt that, but I also believe Nelson is all in on MAGA, based on the fawning welcome he gave Trump in 2018.
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
![Nelson relayed to the Republican chief executive that last week he was in China, where the LDS apostle heard talk about what “a wonderful job President Trump had done.”
Trump returned the compliment, calling Nelson a “great heart surgeon; one of the best in the world.”
“He [Nelson] decided to help even more people,” Trump noted, by giving up a distinguished medical career to become a global religious leader.
Nelson, 93, is next in line to lead the nearly 16 million-member Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ka4np7dct545cr6p7trq2cus/bafkreiczqkmo6mz5l6urp4hrhgkhvc3uqgl5i5tusvklfpknchh5uvvalu@jpeg)
January 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
They also didn't send anyone to Biden's inauguration. The reason given was covid, per the Tribune. I have no reason to doubt that, but I also believe Nelson is all in on MAGA, based on the fawning welcome he gave Trump in 2018.
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
3. Let's look at NCPPR's proposal. The supporting statement is nearly identical to what they submitted to Costco, with the numbers in the final paragraph updated based on Apple's employee numbers.
I'm guessing NCPPR submitted a similar proposal to a bunch of different public companies.
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I'm guessing NCPPR submitted a similar proposal to a bunch of different public companies.
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![Proposal No. 6
Shareholder Proposal
Apple has been advised that the National Center for Public Policy Research intends to submit the following proposal at the Annual
Meeting.
Request to Cease DEI Efforts
SUPPORTING STATEMENT:
Last year, the US Supreme Court ruled in SFFA v. Harvard that discriminating on the basis of race in college admissions violates the
equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. As a result, the legality of corporate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs was called into question and 13 Attorneys General warned that SFFA implicated corporate DEI programs.
This year, those implications widened when the Supreme Court ruled in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis that Title VII of the Civil Rights
Act protected against discriminatory job transfers. The ruling also lowered the bar for employees to successfully sue their
employers for discrimination, and is therefore likely to lead to an increase in discrimination claims.
Since SFFA, a number of DEI-related lawsuits have been filed. Starbucks was successfully sued for discrimination by an employee for
25.6 million, and the risk of being sued for such discrimination is rising.
Sensibly, many major companies have responded by rolling back their DEI commitments and laying off DEI departments. Alphabet and Meta cut DEI staff and DEI-related investments; and Microsoft and Zoom laid off their entire DEI teams. Since Muldrow, John Deere publicly halted DEI-related policies after Tractor Supply explicitly stated that it “eliminate[d] DEI roles and retire[d] our current DEI goals;” Lowe’s and Ford ended their participation in the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality (CEI); Harley Davidson ceased its DEI efforts; and Jack Daniels ended both its DEI efforts and CEI participation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ka4np7dct545cr6p7trq2cus/bafkreiehz6qarnfg5qwv5ainq7q7qos3vmifrmgkcbf7qju4bxwkvqq7aq@jpeg)
January 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
3. Let's look at NCPPR's proposal. The supporting statement is nearly identical to what they submitted to Costco, with the numbers in the final paragraph updated based on Apple's employee numbers.
I'm guessing NCPPR submitted a similar proposal to a bunch of different public companies.
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I'm guessing NCPPR submitted a similar proposal to a bunch of different public companies.
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Indeed, on page 75, we see that Apple recommends against ALL the shareholder proposals. This includes proposals for reports on "Ethical AI Data Acquisition and Usage", "Costs and Benefits of Child Sex Abuse Material-Identifying Software &User Privacy", and "Charitable Giving"
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January 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Indeed, on page 75, we see that Apple recommends against ALL the shareholder proposals. This includes proposals for reports on "Ethical AI Data Acquisition and Usage", "Costs and Benefits of Child Sex Abuse Material-Identifying Software &User Privacy", and "Charitable Giving"
🧵/3
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