Justin Urry

I've changed my mind about participation trophies. Clearly this man did not get enough growing up. Parents: if you don't want your kid to grow up with a psychopathic need for recognition, give all the trophies you can now, while they're young and it's harmless.

Courtesy of @kentremendous.bsky.social

And now, elementary school kids can't understand why quarter past six is 6:15 instead of 6:25.

🤔 One more data point in favor of the idea that we're currently living in a second Know-Nothing era. Only this time, Mormons have become so acculturated into American society that some people include us as "Christians"

Yeah, don't get me started on coaches. Like you said, no shade, but I've lost so many job opportunities because I don't coach anything. Meanwhile the coaches that get hired to teach history teach historical *content* instead of historical *thinking*.

In my mind, the real revolution was what took place in the hearts and minds of Americans to justify their separation and to create a singular republic after it.

Yeah. I generally like anything Burns does, and he definitely has a knack for making history accessible to the general public but I thought that overall it spent too much time on battles, and not enough time on the events preceding and succeeding the fighting. /1

I miss the days when cartoons treated kids and adults like they had some degree of intelligence and didn't have to resort to crass humor to be funny.

Today is the day Kevin became a BYU fan #Big12Championship.😀

To be fair, in my state, the first half of U.S. history is taught in 8th grade and the second half gets taught in 11th. A lot gets lost in between.

Hi. History teacher here. I've been teaching most of what's in Burns's documentary for about 2 decades, including the invasion of Canada. If much of the information Burns reveals is a surprise to people, it could be less about what teachers are teaching and more about what students are remembering.

"What? Do you think I'm stupid? Of course I already checked my pock...Oh."

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness"

-Mark Twain

“Our religion embraces all truth, wherever found, in all the works of God and man.”

--Brigham Young

This is pure art. Notice how you never once see the event but it's vividly painted for you with narrative. Wouldn't have been nearly as funny had we seen footage of turkeys dropping from a helicopter.

47 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.

Kruse's Law of Social Media Virality

It would be impossible for a social conservative to truly believe in abundance. Conservatives by definition believe some things are scarce (health care, social security etc.) and that therefore access to them should be limited to certain elites.

New VO person for @stillerssoda.bsky.social. Definite upgrade.

Hegseth is the kind of guy who got killed by friendly fire in Vietnam.

What I love about following @kevinmkruse.bsky.social is that he's always teaching me something new. Today I learned a new definition of "beard". 😀

This rule holds on the internet even for supposedly progressive people. People are willing to say something about Mormonism that they would never say about any other religious minority.

This is, in essence, George Washington's Rules of Civility.

This regime keeps inventing new ways to say, "let them eat cake."

🎵 I heard there was a secret chord
That David played
And it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do yah?🎵

Goodbye, Marjorie Todium Glutamate

OMG. Moudhy is back! I've been missing all of the zen her posts bring to my timeline!

You can take the hillbilly out of the hills but...well you know...

Hi, I teach Utah History. Can you tell me more about this letter and where I can read more?