Cassius to Brutus Fuck, dude, all of these giants & technobillionaires making our stars into a game of marbles, flicking bombs off in countries far enough away that we can simply change the channel when they come on—we simple people stand under their tables, under their stairs, we get stepped on &…

Thank you firefighters

ABC4 Utah@abc4utah.bsky.social · 2d ago

The "Millcreek Fire" sparked Monday afternoon and was threatening several structures in the city as well as forcing lane closure on I-80. A local resident, told ABC4.com that whenever smoke rises near her neighborhood, fear runs in residents' veins. More info: https://tinyurl.com/2tfrsum3 

Meanwhile . . . www.sltrib.com/news/2026/08...

I-80 fire: Fast-moving flames near mouth of Parleys Canyon cause Salt Lake City traffic delays

Dubbed the Millcreek Fire, the blaze is moving east through Tanner Park in Millcreek. Tanner Park includes a popular off-leash dog park that runs through a nature preserve.

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Tribune editorial: How to teach our children to love to read

“Read to your children. Encourage them to read to themselves, and each other,” The Salt Lake Tribune editorial board writes. “Perhaps most important, let your children see you reading. Not because you...

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Mike M@mikemcd1.bsky.social · 3d ago

Sunday Trib opinion page

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to compel Illinois to provide its complete statewide voter registration database. Another big victory for Elias Law Group and its clients. DOJ is now 0-19 in these cases. ELG remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/illino...

🚨 United States of America v. Matthews

Learn more.

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Sen. John Curtis breaks with President Trump, rejecting his calls to nuke the filibuster. "Under no circumstance will I support any effort to end or alter the filibuster." Here's what Curtis said and why: utahpolitics.news/john-curtis-...

'Under no circumstance': Sen. John Curtis says he won't vote to kill the filibuster

President Donald Trump wants Senate Republicans to kill the filibuster so they can jam through Sen. Mike Lee’s SAVE America Act, a budget, and the rest of his priorities. Utah Sen. John Curtis says he...

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A Parting Glass - Live From Spotify NYC

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Hegseth is a malignant idiot He covers his failure hiding behind the bodies of American troops

Check out Pat Bagley's latest cartoon: Not Just a River in Egypt

Bagley Cartoon: Not Just a River in Egypt

Check out Pat Bagley's latest cartoon: Not Just a River in Egypt

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Postal workers in Utah joined a nationwide day of rallies calling on Congress and the public to support the U.S. Postal Service.

Postal union holds Salt Lake City rally to push for USPS reforms

Postal workers in Utah joined a nationwide day of rallies Tuesday calling on Congress and the public to support the U.S. Postal Service. Demonstrators argued th

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Squished in the middle of this story was this heartbreaking paragraph. Unconscionable.

Brian Lyman@brianlyman.bsky.social · last wk.

A lot of what-the-hell moments in this story, but building a data center in a floodplain in Louisiana is inviting the wrath of Poseidon.

Salt Lake Art Museum “From Salt Lake - It predates the LDS Church’s Salt Lake Temple and was Utah’s center of a religious movement. Now it has a new life.” www.sltrib.com/religion/loc... subscribe to The Salt Lake Tribune here: www.sltrib.com/subscribe

It predates the LDS Church’s Salt Lake Temple and was Utah’s center of a religious movement. Now it has a new life.

The old Jewish synagogue has transformed into an art museum, focusing on Utah artists.

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May I recommend today’s Rattle, “My Revenge Era” by Laura Ruby rattle.com

Rattle Poetry

without pretension since 1995

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Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is gonna force a Senate vote on an Iran war powers resolution this morning. What's new is his bill isn't a concurrent resolution (ie a measure that just expresses a "sense of Congress + doesn't require Trump's signature). It's a joint resolution, aka a real bill.

Once again, we have passed a War Powers Resolution to END THIS ILLEGAL WAR! No more lives lost. No more taxpayer dollars wasted. No more laws broken. The House has spoken: 214-208. Now will our colleagues in the Senate across the aisle ACT to stand with us to end this war NOW!?

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... Six beluga whales finally leave embattled Canadian marine park

Six beluga whales finally leave embattled Canadian marine park

Whales flown to US aquariums after long-running saga in which Marineland had threatened to euthanise them

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Marineland belugas from Ontari... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A look at how 6 Marineland belugas are doing after relocation to U.S. homes, greeted by emotional staff | CBC News

After an "unprecedented rescue" from Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont., on Monday, six beluga whales have been settling into their new homes in the U.S. — amid smiles and hugs from aquarium staff. The...

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21st July 1969. A historic day for all of mankind. #Apollo11 #NeilArmstrong

The U.S. and Canada already had a trade deal that Trump negotiated. Now Trump is violating that deal. What is even the point of negotiating with this guy - he won’t honor any deal you make.

The Hill Times@hilltimes.com · 2w ago

As Trump threatens a fresh batch of retaliatory tariffs, should Canada hit back? www.hilltimes.com/2026/07/21/a...

Justin Chang wrote a good review of The Odyssey for The New Yorker: Christopher Nolan Has Always Been Making “The Odyssey” www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Christopher Nolan Has Always Been Making “The Odyssey”

In a starry, stirring adaptation of Homer’s epic, the director’s signature realism grounds, without dispelling, the drama’s emotional and mythological power.

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Go see The Odyssey. It’s devastating, and I’m emotionally exhausted. Also, John Leguizamo looks a lot like Marlon Brando.

“I am tired of politicians playing games with our land. Shrink it, restore it, shrink it again, every time the White House changes hands. That is no way to protect anything, and the people who live down there deserve better than whiplash. (1/2) www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...

Voices: Politicians are playing games with Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears. We deserve better than whiplash.

“I am tired of politicians playing games with our land,” Caroline Gleich writes in an op-ed. “Shrink it, restore it, shrink it again ... That is no way to protect anything, and the people who live dow...

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“The people you love are always telling you who they are, and the only real job is to listen.” www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...

Voices: My daughter showed me a drawing. It changed how I see autism.

“For years, the rallying cry was autism awareness,” one Utah father writes in an op-ed. “Increasingly, it’s autism acceptance. That shift matters more than people realize.”

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Read today’s Rattle, “How Can a Fire Be Political” by Eleanor Colligan rattle.com

Rattle Poetry

without pretension since 1995

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Today we honored civil rights hero John Lewis. Just as Lewis fought for civil rights, so too do we now fight for justice for ICE's victims. We honor two most men murdered this week by ICE: Joan Guerrero from Biddeford, Maine, and Lorenzo Araujo from Houston We will not rest until ICE is abolished.

ProPublica@propublica.org · 3w ago

3/ The rapid growth of private schools is happening nationwide. We analyzed data from 13 states and found at least 1,500 more private schools than there were 5 years ago. In several states, all or nearly all students pay tuition with taxpayer dollars: propub.li/4w9rOol

Henderson’s position is the states’ rights position, the pro-privacy position, the pro-federalism position - in short, it is the conservative position. The lieutenant governor may be Utah’s last conservative Republican.

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

Would Utah swap voters’ private data for federal disaster aid? The state's top elections official, Lt. Gov. Henderson, answers the hypothetical question.

The DOJ's lawsuit seeking Utah's full, unredacted voter rolls is 0-16 in courts across the country. Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson is asking a federal judge to notice the losing streak and throw the suit targeting Utah. Full story: utahpolitics.news/henderson-do...

Utah lieutenant governor asks judge to toss Trump DOJ suit for voter data, citing 0–16 record

Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson wants a federal judge to dismiss the DOJ's voter database lawsuit, citing an 0-16 record in courts nationwide.

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