Mike M
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On Letterboxd, I am SundanceHaiku. Besides movie stuff, I re-post Utah teacher stuff and book stuff. On Chess.com I am 4hisapplesauce
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Utah officials: “you’re already breathing the Great Salt Lake arsenic dust. No need to ingest arsenic via your Thanksgiving turkey, too
We get amazing public safety warnings in Utah www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Utah officials: “you’re already breathing the Great Salt Lake arsenic dust. No need to ingest arsenic via your Thanksgiving turkey, too
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A new documentary, "Thoughts and Prayers," looks at how gun violence has led to school lockdown drills becoming a universal part of childhood in America.
That sparked the growth of an entire industry of active shooter preparedness products.
Watch part of Amna Nawaz's interview with the filmmakers
That sparked the growth of an entire industry of active shooter preparedness products.
Watch part of Amna Nawaz's interview with the filmmakers
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
A new documentary, "Thoughts and Prayers," looks at how gun violence has led to school lockdown drills becoming a universal part of childhood in America.
That sparked the growth of an entire industry of active shooter preparedness products.
Watch part of Amna Nawaz's interview with the filmmakers
That sparked the growth of an entire industry of active shooter preparedness products.
Watch part of Amna Nawaz's interview with the filmmakers
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As a Utahn and a horror nerd I was actually surprised I had never heard of "Carnival of Souls". I finally picked up the the Criterion Collection edition of it and watched it and loved it.
It's like our won Session 9: A movie built around a rotting abandoned structure.
It's like our won Session 9: A movie built around a rotting abandoned structure.
November 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
As a Utahn and a horror nerd I was actually surprised I had never heard of "Carnival of Souls". I finally picked up the the Criterion Collection edition of it and watched it and loved it.
It's like our won Session 9: A movie built around a rotting abandoned structure.
It's like our won Session 9: A movie built around a rotting abandoned structure.
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Remember last year when we said we would drop The Tribune's paywall if we raised enough money to support the transition to free? About that… 😁
The Salt Lake Tribune will drop its paywall next year, CEO tells donors at NewsMakers gala
After years of requiring people to pay for online news content, The Tribune announced an upcoming change during its 2025 annual NewsMakers Gala.
www.sltrib.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Remember last year when we said we would drop The Tribune's paywall if we raised enough money to support the transition to free? About that… 😁
Today’s Daily Rattle is for teachers:
Alexandra Umlas
“Teaching the Twenties in 12th Grade Humanities (or 6-7)”
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Alexandra Umlas
“Teaching the Twenties in 12th Grade Humanities (or 6-7)”
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Rattle Poetry
without pretension since 1995
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November 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Today’s Daily Rattle is for teachers:
Alexandra Umlas
“Teaching the Twenties in 12th Grade Humanities (or 6-7)”
rattle.com
Alexandra Umlas
“Teaching the Twenties in 12th Grade Humanities (or 6-7)”
rattle.com
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What happens if the Trump admin doesn’t extend ACA tax credits? @UHPP’s Daniel Sloan says for Utah’s most vulnerable residents, it could “affect their ability to live a functioning life.”
Utah mom fears health care hikes will turn everyday play into financial risk
Even though the government shutdown is over, the health care subsidies at the heart of it are still in limbo. Now, prices could double for millions of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Utahns.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
What happens if the Trump admin doesn’t extend ACA tax credits? @UHPP’s Daniel Sloan says for Utah’s most vulnerable residents, it could “affect their ability to live a functioning life.”
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REMOVE THE REGIME rally in DC just now.
Rep Al Green - “As your member of Congress, before we take the break for Christmas, I give you my assurance that there will be articles of impeachment filed against this president.”
This is the energy. #Resist
Rep Al Green - “As your member of Congress, before we take the break for Christmas, I give you my assurance that there will be articles of impeachment filed against this president.”
This is the energy. #Resist
November 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
REMOVE THE REGIME rally in DC just now.
Rep Al Green - “As your member of Congress, before we take the break for Christmas, I give you my assurance that there will be articles of impeachment filed against this president.”
This is the energy. #Resist
Rep Al Green - “As your member of Congress, before we take the break for Christmas, I give you my assurance that there will be articles of impeachment filed against this president.”
This is the energy. #Resist
Just read a fun story in the Write Launch, “Big Bertha” by Katherine Moore. Check it out:
thewritelaunch.com/2025/11/big-...
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Big Bertha | Short Story by Katie Moore in the November issue of The Write Launch
I divide my life into two parts: before Hiland Mountain and after. The time between I don’t dwell on much. Why should I? It was as bleak as Eagle River’s sky in November, a granite dome strung with ni...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Just read a fun story in the Write Launch, “Big Bertha” by Katherine Moore. Check it out:
thewritelaunch.com/2025/11/big-...
thewritelaunch.com/2025/11/big-...
Congress assigned these programs to the Department of Education. It would take an act of Congress to change that. Administrative departments don’t get to decide their own assignments.
President Donald Trump's oft-repeated vow to shutter the Department of Education is a step closer to reality. https://ow.ly/abyG50Xu3ts
Education Department off-loading several key programs to other federal agencies
President Donald Trump's oft-repeated vow to shutter the Department of Education is a step closer to reality.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Congress assigned these programs to the Department of Education. It would take an act of Congress to change that. Administrative departments don’t get to decide their own assignments.
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Thank you Rep Blake Moore for your transparency
I asked all 4 of Utah’s House members how they plan to vote on releasing the Epstein files. Only one answered the question. ksltv.com/local-news/w... #utpol
Will Utah’s members of Congress vote to release the Epstein files?
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote Tuesday on a bill forcing the release of files related to financier Jeffrey Epstein. How will Utah’s members of Congress vote?
ksltv.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Thank you Rep Blake Moore for your transparency
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Suffs is an incredible play. If you have a chance to see it, I recommend it 100%. I loved it. Great music. Great message. #DartsWatchTheArts
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Suffs is an incredible play. If you have a chance to see it, I recommend it 100%. I loved it. Great music. Great message. #DartsWatchTheArts
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Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson and the group Better Days hosted members of the cast of "Suffs" at the women's suffrage monument on Utah's Capitol Hill. The play about women's suffrage is touring through Salt Lake City. Utah was the first state to have women voting. #utpol #Utah
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Good Trib editorial-
“Attacks on Judge Gibson in Utah gerrymandering case should stop”
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“Attacks on Judge Gibson in Utah gerrymandering case should stop”
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Attacks on Judge Gibson in Utah gerrymandering case should stop - The Salt Lake Tribune
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November 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Good Trib editorial-
“Attacks on Judge Gibson in Utah gerrymandering case should stop”
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“Attacks on Judge Gibson in Utah gerrymandering case should stop”
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Raise your hand if you already knew Trump is a rapey piece of crap
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Raise your hand if you already knew Trump is a rapey piece of crap
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My wife told me she's worried Utah will break our hearts tomorrow
I told her she should have more faith. Utah won't break our hearts tomorrow, theyll wait for everything to be aligned for a playoff birth, then break our hearts against Kansas
She doesn't think I'm as funny as i think I am #GoUtes
I told her she should have more faith. Utah won't break our hearts tomorrow, theyll wait for everything to be aligned for a playoff birth, then break our hearts against Kansas
She doesn't think I'm as funny as i think I am #GoUtes
November 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
My wife told me she's worried Utah will break our hearts tomorrow
I told her she should have more faith. Utah won't break our hearts tomorrow, theyll wait for everything to be aligned for a playoff birth, then break our hearts against Kansas
She doesn't think I'm as funny as i think I am #GoUtes
I told her she should have more faith. Utah won't break our hearts tomorrow, theyll wait for everything to be aligned for a playoff birth, then break our hearts against Kansas
She doesn't think I'm as funny as i think I am #GoUtes
What is our plan to lower the cost of housing?
🏠 OR 👶 👶
More couples in the West find themselves having to choose.
More couples in the West find themselves having to choose.
In Wyoming and the West, housing costs are putting the brakes on having kids
There's been an especially steep drop in fertility rates in Western states, including Wyoming, which has also seen a big jump in the cost of housing.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
What is our plan to lower the cost of housing?
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Kathleen Riebe is fearless.
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Kathleen Riebe is fearless.
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Kathleen Riebe is the answer 👍💙
November 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Kathleen Riebe is the answer 👍💙
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A largely united U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops condemns the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign.
Bishops rebuke U.S. ‘mass deportation’ of immigrants without mentioning Trump by name
A largely united U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops condemns the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:11 AM
A largely united U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops condemns the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign.
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Utah SNAP recipients to receive full November benefits after federal shutdown ends
https://www.vitaminrush.com/265416/utah-snap-recipients-to-receive-full-november-benefits-after-federal-shutdown-ends/
SALT LAKE CITY — Thousands of Utah families who rely on food assistance will begin seeing …
https://www.vitaminrush.com/265416/utah-snap-recipients-to-receive-full-november-benefits-after-federal-shutdown-ends/
SALT LAKE CITY — Thousands of Utah families who rely on food assistance will begin seeing …
Utah SNAP recipients to receive full November benefits after federal shutdown ends
SALT LAKE CITY — Thousands of Utah families who rely on food assistance will begin seeing their full November SNAP benefits as early as Friday, following the reopening of the federal government. The Utah Department of Workforce Services said it began processing benefits as soon as Congress passed and the president signed the bill to end the shutdown late Wednesday. The update allows payments to be released within 24 hours. “We expect customers to start seeing benefits at their accounts tomorrow,” said Becky Wickstrom, a public information officer for DWS. “And then by the 15th if that’s their normal deposit
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November 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Utah SNAP recipients to receive full November benefits after federal shutdown ends
https://www.vitaminrush.com/265416/utah-snap-recipients-to-receive-full-november-benefits-after-federal-shutdown-ends/
SALT LAKE CITY — Thousands of Utah families who rely on food assistance will begin seeing …
https://www.vitaminrush.com/265416/utah-snap-recipients-to-receive-full-november-benefits-after-federal-shutdown-ends/
SALT LAKE CITY — Thousands of Utah families who rely on food assistance will begin seeing …
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“I have met some very bad people, none as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body." Jeffrey Epstein
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
“I have met some very bad people, none as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body." Jeffrey Epstein
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No one you have ever met or worked with or heard about is as bad a person as Trump.
Jeffrey Epstein to Lawrence Summers (both of whom are very bad people):
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
No one you have ever met or worked with or heard about is as bad a person as Trump.
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youtu.be/RXT8AbVzDHI?... Dropkick Murphys "Who'll Stand With Us" featuring O'Hamsters [Recorded in KYIV 🇺🇦]
“Who’ll Stand With Us” featuring O’Hamsters [Recorded in KYIV 🇺🇦]
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November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
youtu.be/RXT8AbVzDHI?... Dropkick Murphys "Who'll Stand With Us" featuring O'Hamsters [Recorded in KYIV 🇺🇦]