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Dave Calder

@ldsfn.bsky.social

Candidate for Utah House District 11 Posts about Utah, Science, Democracy and other things of interest USAF Veteran Occasional photos Deseret Magazine: “Dave — who looks like the quintessential vacationing dad”

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Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 4h ago

This is a good answer, & no one in the Wisconsin media frames or asks Tom Tiffany questions like this about being too extreme. Whatever one thinks of Hong, it's a wildly different double standard & Tiffany's/the WI GOP's embrace of authoritarianism is more extreme than anything she has proposed.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h ago

Q: Were you prepared for pushback you received, especially from Republicans, framing you as too extreme for Wisconsin? HONG: What's extreme is Rep. Tiffany has voted against interests of Wisconsinites over & over. What's extreme is that he's an election denier & continues to protect pedophiles

Phillips OBrien@phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 5h ago

Between 2016 and today, the US has spent almost $9 trillion on defense. It then ran dangerously low in many advanced munitions fighting a country with no air force and navy--after about two months of combat operations. This is an extraordinary scandal.

Dave Calder@ldsfn.bsky.social · 2h ago

What’s most concerning to you about this upcoming election? “I would say putting a check on the executive branch is extremely important to me.” Downhill from there for this congressional candidate running on Trump talking points.

WIRED@wired.com · 5h ago

A growing number of sites and apps have introduced tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content, in acknowledgement of users’ backlash against AI slop and related issues such as the impact of data centers’ construction.

The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact

Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. A growing number of sites and apps now have tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content.

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Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · 19h ago

UPDATE: Montrose County Commissioner Sean Pond (R) has organized a GoFundMe campaign seeking $100,000 to sue me and 9NEWS for this social media post about Pond creating an image of Phil Weiser with horns.

Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · last wk.

Depicting Jewish people with horns is a centuries-old, dehumanizing, antisemitic trope. Democratic Gov nominee Phil Weiser is outspoken about his mother’s birth in a Nazi concentration camp, his family members killed in the Holocaust, and the threat posed by antisemitism today.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · yesterday

🔥 TEXAS: “Registered voters in Tarrant County has increased 30% — to be closing polling stations is blatant voter suppression… when I joined the Navy, I swore an oath to defend the Constitution from enemies foreign and domestic…Talking to you, Comrades."

Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · 21h ago

Eight months ago, This American Life sent reporters from Chicago to cover the protests and counter-protests outside the ICE facility in Portland. They chose Karlyn Borsynko to be their local guide to the world of Antifa. What they failed to mention is that KB self-identifies as a fascist.

This American Life 877 | December 19, 2025 The Making Of How one block in Portland, Oregon became a movie-set war zone that lots of people think is a real war zone.Karlyn Borysenko, anti-comm... • X.com @DrKarlynB I'm not actually fucking around when I say I'm a fascist. Most people are not willing to do what is required to defeat the left. Karlyn Borysenko, anti-communist cu... • .2h Fascist. By which I mean I would put communists in a concentration camp until I can deport them to a third world country, and ban the publication of their ideas. 1:47 PM • 8/10/26 • 1.4K Views
Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · yesterday

“The idea wasn’t just to retroactively protect ‘the babies of slaves’; it was to prospectively forestall future efforts to deny citizenship based on whatever other non-sovereignty-based criteria might be politically popular in any given moment.” Me on why Trump’s new EO is *still* unconstitutional:

243. Birthright Citizenship, Redux

President Trump's new attempt to cabin birthright citizenship is a lot narrower than the one the Supreme Court struck down in June. Its key provisions are still unconstitutional.

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Dave Calder@ldsfn.bsky.social · 2d ago

“An internal investigation into the situation determined there was no policy violation, "the district said.” Why wouldn’t this be a policy violation?:

Horton alleges in the complaint that Stephens was let into the system using the librarian's login. That's according to what an educator told her, she wrote. And because Stephens was logged in as an administrator, that gave her access to private student information, Horton believes. The Tribune in a series of emailed questions asked the librarian whether she provided the parent volunteers with her login credentials. The Tribune also asked whether the librarian had trained any volunteers on privacy law or other subjects or tasks. The librarian did not respond.
The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 3d ago

In June, a Utah book-ban advocate was given access to a school library system with private student data. Davis School District says there was “no breach,” but experts say they still might have broken federal law. https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2026/06/18/utah-school-district-denies-breach/ 

The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 3d ago

Dried out leaves on native oaks have been catching fire at the edge of the blaze where crews are trying to contain it. Those leaves then blow off the trees and create new fires faster than crews can get to them — sometimes carried several miles by the wind and igniting blazes out of reach.

Utah’s wildfires are moving faster than firefighters can stop them. Here’s why.

Utah is experiencing one of its worst wildfire seasons on record, partly because of the flames’ explosive growth that makes them incredibly hard to fight.

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Dave Calder@ldsfn.bsky.social · 2d ago

People shouldn’t need to hire attorneys to understand rental agreements: "It was a liability waiver payment we made to Keller, collected by Keller, sold to us by Keller, that Keller used to insure itself and only itself,"

"We had the insurance that the building offered," Jolley said. "And, in going over the lease document with management, she explained that renters insurance was included, that there were options for more coverage, but this was all we needed." Despite those assurances given to the pair and others, the policy simply cleared tenants of financial responsibility of any accidental damage up to $100,000 that they caused to the property. Corcoran signed up for the $15 monthly charge, too. "It was a liability waiver payment we made to Keller, collected by Keller, sold to us by Keller, that Keller used to insure itself and only itself," residents wrote in their Thursday letter. "This information was buried in a 62-page lease. Shame on us, we suppose, for not understanding the legal nuance of this boilerplate behemoth of a contract."
The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 3d ago

Faulty elevators. Dead outlets that were left unfixed. A burning smell weeks before the blaze. Residents at the scorched North Union apartments say Keller Management let maintenance fall by the wayside.

The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 3d ago

Utah officials instructed Sorrel River Ranch "to actively prevent residents, staff and guests from using the drinking water.” That includes using it to drink, prepare food, brush teeth, and for showering or bathing.

Utah resort effectively shuttered by the state due to water quality concerns

Sorrel River Ranch management was reportedly not monitoring water quality and was allegedly telling workers to wash their hands in the swimming pool.

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The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 3d ago

The LDS Church, banding together with seven humanitarian groups, has helped tens of millions of women and children in a three-year initiative. The personal stories reveal the human effect.

LDS Church promises another $65M to help boost the lives of women and children worldwide

The LDS Church, banding together with seven humanitarian groups, has helped tens of millions of women and children in a three-year initiative. The personal stories reveal the human effect.

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The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 3d ago

Two firefighters died after a helicopter crashed while battling the Widemouth 2 Fire near Kanosh, which has burned more than 110,000 acres in the Fishlake National Forest.

Two firefighters were killed in Utah copter crash. They died trying ‘to protect our state,’ Gov. Cox says

Two firefighters died after a helicopter crashed while battling the Widemouth 2 Fire near Kanosh, which has burned more than 110,000 acres in the Fishlake National Forest.

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