Did you know that Joseph Smith told the Relief Society that part of their duties is to "expound scripture"? When did women actually do this?

Expounding scriptures to all

when do Mormon women do this?

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another conference, another zine

This AI acts as a facilitater between students discussing culture-war topics, somewhat successfully. It helps keep students focused in a discussion and also offers to rephrase their position if it gets too heated. I can't decide if it's amazing or dystopian. swaybeta.ai/faq/

faq — how Sway works in the classroom

Answers to common questions about Sway — how it scaffolds student disagreement, what the AI Guide does, instructor access, privacy, cost, and research use.

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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller 09.20.55

I love Readwise Reader for storing, reading, and searching all the books and articles I can stuff into it. rachelhelps.substack.com/p/my-knowled...

My knowledge working tools

This year I’ve been thinking of myself as a professional knowledge worker. Here are the tools I use to do research.

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I was writer in residence at my local library this year. I got a message once from someone saying she had read my book through her library and then went out and bought 2 copies for the academic institution she works for. Libraries pay for books an introduce people to reading which helps writers.

Library Lagomorph@bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · last wk.

Publishers have gotten the Authors' Guild to back up their anti-Library ebook rhetoric again. Authors, please come get your gal: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

isn't this just straight up quoting Isaiah?

Christopher Hale@christopherjhale.bsky.social · 7d ago

“Jesus doesn’t hear the prayers of those who wage war.” — Pope Leo XIV

A world where a twist ending is repurposed as a video title. where a thing's climax has been removed, leaving an advertisment for the gap where it used to be. such things are commonplace in. the twilight zone

Not oc

Shannon Hale is holding Brandon Sanderson hostage. Watch for a downpour of logic-heavy fantasy from her soon

Shannon Hale@shannonhale.bsky.social · 2w ago

My cat Mike Hat says, "Happy Christmas in September!" In just one week, CHRISTMAS IN AUSTENLAND hits bookstores.

Never let a writer help you move

#OtD 10 Sep 1676 pioneering English revolutionary Gerrard Winstanley died aged 66. He was a tailor and the primary theoretician of the Diggers during the English civil war who took over enclosed lands and farmed them stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8250...

It's DAY 2 of Nintendo news and we launched a beautifully thrilling narrative game in the middle of it! Thank you to everyone who has already played. Please leave us a Steam review so we can reach the narrative sickos! store.steampowered.com/app/3794210/...

I'm very excited for more little indie games on the Playdate! Looks like some are adventure games 👀

Playdate@play.date · 2w ago

Season 3 CONFIRMED, starts October 8. Pre-order now! 🛼 play.date/s3

Hey maybe I'll get a stereotrophy for writing stereotropey characters

one of my least favourite leftist trends is people deciding on some moral stance as an individual and then telling people if they disagree they are ‘crossing a picket line’ there’s something so neoliberal about conflating an organised workplace with ~online vibes~

maybell🌻@maybell.itch.io · 3w ago

admitting ai is causing the world to "suck" and also choosing to use them is crossing the picket line. it is time for introspection.

fyi

"Traditional freight-painting values" whoa

Goodnews@goodnews.computer · 3w ago

If you want to hear more I recommend this video from Living Proof about ACET, a train writer who comes off a bit of an asshole, but for good reason. If the rules aren't respected then the entire train writing culture is affected, and because these trains go everywhere that means nationally.

Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.

Hey researcher / author / YouTuber friends: if you've used our digital library for your research, I want talk with you to learn more! Hit me up

if this "well, actually..." reply to a line of tennyson's is any indication, charles babbage would have been right at home here

Some thirty years in the future, aliens have contacted Earth. They're willing to help humans overcome some of their genetic pitfalls, like not being able to see UV light or hating exercise. The partnering human company claims that the genetic modification procedure is free, but there is a cost...

Some thirty years in the future, aliens have contacted Earth. They're willing to help humans overcome some of their genetic pitfalls, like not being able to see UV light or hating exercise. The partnering human company claims that the genetic modification procedure is free, but there is a cost...

The Interactive Fiction competition is live! I wrote one of the entries with my co-author Steve Peck. He's an evolutionary ecologist so of course the name of our game is _Invasive Species_.

The Interactive Fiction Competition@ifcomp.org · 4w ago

🎉 The 32st Annual #IFComp is live! 71 new interactive fiction entries are ready for you to play and judge. (You only need to rate 5 to cast a ballot!) Dive in at ifcomp.org/ballot!

Re-upping this call for folks to talk to me about a time they ordered gaming apparel or merch only to receive a cheap knock off

Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James@adashtra.bsky.social · last mo.

Hey! You wanna talk to me about your bad experiences with bootleg gaming apparel for a potential story? Get in touch. My DMs and Discord and email (found in my bio) are open.

the variable is misspelled. However, this time you do not correct it. It's used in six different passages. You will break something

In modern Mormonism you can have multiple work wives

In modern Mormonism you can have multiple work wives

This is a game made specifically to murder me