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Writer, amateur human, friend, and brother. Using this platform as a means of venting, mostly. https://muckrack.com/wes-long
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May every single human being on this planet be safe. May every single person be protected from harm. May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.

I just left a voice mail to Sen Curtis Washington office to ask him to vote against this bill if it includes the sell off of public land. I talked about how that matters for my family. If you live in Utah, please call Sen Curtis: 202-224-5251. Don’t even try Mike Lee. He’s a lost cause.

Hortman was a catholic who ensured children got fed and her killer was in a psycho church that demanded violent prayer and guess which one is getting the"Christian" coverage

Nice to see the guy behind Glasgow’s Wonka World Experience start afresh as a military parade organiser in the States.

Utah GOP logic: Two improper votes found on the state’s Vote By Mail audit: RAMPANT FRAUD — got to scrap the wildly popular system! Hundreds of inconsistencies on the state’s school voucher program: totally no big deal — let’s expand this wildly unpopular program!

this is just what “mass deportation” looks like, it’s government stormtroopers kicking down doors and ripping parents from crying kids while pepper spraying their protesting family and neighbors

This is more on the personal side, and certainly not for everyone since it’s directed to those within my own faith tradition, but I gave a talk at my LDS ward yesterday. Thought I’d post it here before I never think of it again lol

“Draw me like one of your French girls”

Stop sanewashing Reagan to criticize Trump challenge

No less self-serving, but co-sign 100%

Our latest, in time for Preservation Month: The birth of Utah’s preservation movement and the fall of the Coalville Tabernacle www.cityweekly.net/utah/utahs-p...

I wish you a peaceful & beautiful day, folks. So much is in turmoil, & it is indeed troubling/aggravating, but the only way wicked & cruel people prevail their day is if they convince us that all is lost & that theirs is the only realistic world. Our futures are bright; that will be clear some day.

RIP to JDB @rifftrax.com

It's the stuff of middle school civics to say that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a free press. Yet we have largely skirted around the question of how to institutionalize these democratic imperatives. What is the role of public policy? (1/5) jacobin.com/2025/05/publ...

Love yourself, love the world enough to think and learn 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-slop-educ...

@bramblejim.bsky.social It’s been a bit since we last communicated. Just sending my regards your way. I hope you’ve been well :)

Our latest: Regarding Salt Lake’s indie booksellers and the great-grandfather of them all, James Dwyer Give it a read and let us know what you think! www.cityweekly.net/utah/salt-la...

#sundaythoughts From David Bentley Hart’s “Atheist Delusions”

Hello, you lovely people! :) Have any fun plans for your day?

Stephen Miller Dead Behind Eyes At 39

Trump’s attack on public media shows why our democracy is on life support. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook. I hope my friends in public media understand: You can't appease your way out of this. I hope my public media critics understand: We all have a stake the fight to stop this.

New from me: A recent achievement for Salt Lake’s Nettie Gregory Center www.cityweekly.net/utah/salt-la...

Wherever you are, whomever you are, please know that you are beloved by others, that your worth exists everlastingly beyond abilities, looks, success, or possessions. It doesn’t matter who you encounter or what they believe; if you can offer them compassion, then there is still hope for this world.

BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda. Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them. I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times