Rachel Helps
@rachelhelps.bsky.social
Graduate student. Former Wikipedian-in-residence at the BYU Library. Interactive fiction writer and Mormon literary scholar wannabe. https://rwelean.itch.io/
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Julian of Norwich after eating a hazelnut: bro
A good meme to send people who are convinced we live in a computer simulation.
December 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Julian of Norwich after eating a hazelnut: bro
Children who had already been baptized (usually at age 8) used to do baptisms for the dead (LDS Church). These days you need to be turning 12. From Hearts turned to the fathers
A history of the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1894-1994
A history of the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1894-1994
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Children who had already been baptized (usually at age 8) used to do baptisms for the dead (LDS Church). These days you need to be turning 12. From Hearts turned to the fathers
A history of the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1894-1994
A history of the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1894-1994
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In academic writing it is vitally important to know when you have said enough to prove your argument. It is at this point that you must add every single other piece of evidence you have come across
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In academic writing it is vitally important to know when you have said enough to prove your argument. It is at this point that you must add every single other piece of evidence you have come across
I rewrote the Wikipedia page on Biblical paraphrase for a class assignment in my sonnet seminar. It was fun to learn about how this genre was used for exegesis and devotional purposes by men and women in English-speaking history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblica...
Biblical paraphrase - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I rewrote the Wikipedia page on Biblical paraphrase for a class assignment in my sonnet seminar. It was fun to learn about how this genre was used for exegesis and devotional purposes by men and women in English-speaking history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblica...
Incredible use of the "dubious" tag here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_D...
![Steve is in love with his attractive coworker Emily. Unbeknownst to Steve, Emily is possessed by a daemon named Zelloripus who was banished to Earth, stripped of most of her powers, and trapped in a human female[dubious – discuss]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fdnh742vkxb2gv2noo357ffk/bafkreidugn3sg4peocwellnswzizz2o4mol5vgppdkz6gya3msw3quubt4@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Why yes, I did study English literature.
November 21, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Why yes, I did study English literature.
today's public domain find: The Hexaplar Psalter: bring the Book of Pslams in Six English Versions archive.org/details/hexa...
The hexaplar Psalter : being the book of Psalms in six English versions : Wright, William Aldis, 1831-1914, ed : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Coverdale (1535) Great Bible (1539) Geneva (1560) Bishops (1568) Authorised (1611) Revised (1885) in parallel columns
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November 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
today's public domain find: The Hexaplar Psalter: bring the Book of Pslams in Six English Versions archive.org/details/hexa...
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The year is 2025, and the NSA is recruiting the nation’s top poets
This study show that using poems to jailbreak LLMs is... super effective? What the heck.
November 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The year is 2025, and the NSA is recruiting the nation’s top poets
Watching the film The Name of the Rose and I'm surprised at how gay it is. Am I projecting my modem sensibilities on it?
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Watching the film The Name of the Rose and I'm surprised at how gay it is. Am I projecting my modem sensibilities on it?
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Looking to speak with academics/experts specializing in video games studies specifically ideas around conquest, environmentalism, and land for a piece. Please repost this or give recs.
November 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Looking to speak with academics/experts specializing in video games studies specifically ideas around conquest, environmentalism, and land for a piece. Please repost this or give recs.
Reading from Chad Flake's copy of Prophecy and Modern Times in the BYU library, nbd (he's a legend in Mormon rare book collecting)
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Reading from Chad Flake's copy of Prophecy and Modern Times in the BYU library, nbd (he's a legend in Mormon rare book collecting)
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It's time!!! Independent Games Festival judging is wrapping up and thus comes my list of IGF Games I Want To Talk About for the year!
As usual, I'll threadpost this later (maybe tomorrow) but people willing to click on a link can read it in full right now on my blog! auratriolo.com/blog/2025/11...
As usual, I'll threadpost this later (maybe tomorrow) but people willing to click on a link can read it in full right now on my blog! auratriolo.com/blog/2025/11...
IGF Games I Want To Talk About 2026 – AURAMBLES
auratriolo.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
It's time!!! Independent Games Festival judging is wrapping up and thus comes my list of IGF Games I Want To Talk About for the year!
As usual, I'll threadpost this later (maybe tomorrow) but people willing to click on a link can read it in full right now on my blog! auratriolo.com/blog/2025/11...
As usual, I'll threadpost this later (maybe tomorrow) but people willing to click on a link can read it in full right now on my blog! auratriolo.com/blog/2025/11...
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she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
I'm researching Amanda Wilcox for my research assistant gig. There are some fantastic family stories on FamilySearch about her life. She and her husband moved to Mt. Trumble (now in Northern Arizona) to cut lumber for the St. George temple. Initially, they slept outside. 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I'm researching Amanda Wilcox for my research assistant gig. There are some fantastic family stories on FamilySearch about her life. She and her husband moved to Mt. Trumble (now in Northern Arizona) to cut lumber for the St. George temple. Initially, they slept outside. 🧵
Brigham Young on going hungry: "do not go more than five days without eating"
March 16, 1856 sermon as found in the Journal History of the Church
catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/19cb5...
March 16, 1856 sermon as found in the Journal History of the Church
catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/19cb5...
November 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Brigham Young on going hungry: "do not go more than five days without eating"
March 16, 1856 sermon as found in the Journal History of the Church
catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/19cb5...
March 16, 1856 sermon as found in the Journal History of the Church
catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/19cb5...
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I really do hate the term 'metroidbrania'. I think so do many of you. Let's nip it in the bud before it becomes something people are financially invested in.
I really do hate the term 'metroidbrania'. I think so do many of you. Let's nip it in the bud before it becomes something people are financially invested in.
Against 'Metroidbrania': a Landscape of Knowledge Games
What are knowledge games? How do we relate them to each other? What sub-genres exist – and which ones might be implied?
azhdarchid.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
I really do hate the term 'metroidbrania'. I think so do many of you. Let's nip it in the bud before it becomes something people are financially invested in.
I really do hate the term 'metroidbrania'. I think so do many of you. Let's nip it in the bud before it becomes something people are financially invested in.
I started rewatching Twin Peaks. How the heck did Laura Palmer have time to tutor English and writing, see her psychologist, cheat on her bf, and everything else? Were there two of her??
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I started rewatching Twin Peaks. How the heck did Laura Palmer have time to tutor English and writing, see her psychologist, cheat on her bf, and everything else? Were there two of her??
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
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CAMPUS VISIT WITH THE VAMPIRE
TEACHING DEMO WITH THE VAMPIRE
SIT-DOWN WITH THE DEAN WITH THE VAMPIRE
APOLOGETIC EMAIL THAT THE SEARCH WAS CANCELED WITH THE VAMPIRE
TEACHING DEMO WITH THE VAMPIRE
SIT-DOWN WITH THE DEAN WITH THE VAMPIRE
APOLOGETIC EMAIL THAT THE SEARCH WAS CANCELED WITH THE VAMPIRE
November 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
CAMPUS VISIT WITH THE VAMPIRE
TEACHING DEMO WITH THE VAMPIRE
SIT-DOWN WITH THE DEAN WITH THE VAMPIRE
APOLOGETIC EMAIL THAT THE SEARCH WAS CANCELED WITH THE VAMPIRE
TEACHING DEMO WITH THE VAMPIRE
SIT-DOWN WITH THE DEAN WITH THE VAMPIRE
APOLOGETIC EMAIL THAT THE SEARCH WAS CANCELED WITH THE VAMPIRE
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Prosaic: "If we don't know what we have, we can't manage it and nobody will use it"
Poetical: "Cataloguing unlocks collections' potential."
Absurdist: "Cataloguing is springtime for hibernating collections."
Poetical: "Cataloguing unlocks collections' potential."
Absurdist: "Cataloguing is springtime for hibernating collections."
October 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Prosaic: "If we don't know what we have, we can't manage it and nobody will use it"
Poetical: "Cataloguing unlocks collections' potential."
Absurdist: "Cataloguing is springtime for hibernating collections."
Poetical: "Cataloguing unlocks collections' potential."
Absurdist: "Cataloguing is springtime for hibernating collections."
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back in my day we had the gramophone, not the 'gram on your phone
October 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
back in my day we had the gramophone, not the 'gram on your phone
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this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
the investigative journalism I crave
pleased to announce that there seems to be a passive-aggressive conflict roiling the august pages of Cooks Illustrated, Fall Harvest recipes edition. allow me to explain:
October 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
the investigative journalism I crave
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Many apologies for resurfacing this
April 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Many apologies for resurfacing this
Check out my review of the LDS Critical Art Reader on Dialogue. this volume does foundational work for lds art criticism from a pro-Mormon perspective
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/dial/art...
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/dial/art...
Groundwork for Future Study
According to Oxford University Press, Latter-day Saint Art: A Critical Reader is “the first comprehensive critical examination of Mormon art.” This grand claim stakes out the territory that the book p...
scholarlypublishingcollective.org
October 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Check out my review of the LDS Critical Art Reader on Dialogue. this volume does foundational work for lds art criticism from a pro-Mormon perspective
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/dial/art...
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/dial/art...