Dr Janiece Johnson

“I want to make a special appeal to soldiers, national guardsmen, and policemen: each of you is one of us. The peasants you kill are your own brothers and sisters. When you hear a man telling you to kill, remember God’s words, ‘thou shalt not kill.’”

Óscar Romero, El Salvador, March 23, 1980.

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

BYU grad student has I-20 visa revoked, leaving student, family, unclear Suguru Onda has been living legally in the US with a Form I-20, or I-20 visa, and said he has one year before completing his doctoral degree.

BYU PhD student, father of 5, just had his student visa revoked and he and his family may have to return to Japan 1-year short of finishing his doctorate. 😡

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Insider trading.

My civic participation for the day: Sending my congresspeople pocket constitutions ($1.99 on Amazon) with a reminder of the things they seem to be ignoring. Due process, separation of powers, the rule of law…

American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. theatln.tc/AmsjsuT6

I don’t have this much faith in either of my alma maters.

Commentary: To learn the real lessons of history in ‘American Primeval,’ we need the real story Historian Janiece Johnson explains why "American Primeval" falls short in helping viewers understand the Old West, including Latter-day Saints and the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

It took me a bit to write up my thoughts on American Primeval, and a bit more for the Tribune to publish them, but I think we could all use a little more nuance and a few more history lessons right now.

My dog watches too much tv. Apparently John Turturo in a beanie stressed her out.
#severance

Happy girl.

For the longest time I could not say obstacles properly. Every once in a while I regress to it and my students just stare at me.

Best line ever.

Nolan can film The Odyssey all he wants, but remember it’s been done: it’s called “O Brother Where Art Thou?”

Lauren Mayberry - Sunday Best Listen to Sunday Best by Lauren Mayberry.

More evidence that the nyt is where i go for recipes and games--the Food email just told me about the new Lauren Mayberry album that's out today. This is a good day. laurenmayberry.lnk.to/SundaybestID

They made them do this originally or when they were installing the new caffeine?

But only caffeine free DC? The adulteration.

How Honeycrisp Apples Went From Marvel to Mediocre An investigation into the Honeycrisp apple and how a complex string of events led to a decline in the quality of a beloved apple variety.

Thank you to @seriouseats.bsky.social for helping me understand how honeycrisp apples have started to fall into the red delicious category.

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They are now called Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants and out now. Deseret Book has them now, Amazon has been slow. Here’s mine (I couldn’t find a landing page with all of them.) There are 7. mi.byu.edu/publications...

Scenes from a Thanksgiving. POV Luna, turkey trawler.

Dry brine and spatchcock forever.

I didn’t think it could get any worse. Alas…

Yes, Melissa dropped out early on and to focus her efforts on her Sacred Struggle book. Rachel Cope’s will be out next March as a stand-alone book published by Deseret Book titled The Slow Work of God. I don’t know exactly what happened with the others.

I don’t think so, unfortunately putting them together was a logistical nightmare.

BYU ASU absolutely 🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌

Yep. Unfortunately. Hopefully it will start.

Amazon has been slow, but they’re in store and online at Deseret Book. www.deseretbook.com/search/?q=Th...

So cute. How big is Casper? A golden doodle?

Oh…and I had a new book out this week. Revelation in the Maxwell Institute’s new series, Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants.

Other series authors include Terryl Givens, Amy Harris, Phil Barlow, Amy Easton, Mason Allred, and Justin Collins.