Dr Nathan

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He/Him. Physics PhD. Patent agent. Bibliophile. Utahn. Negotiating with religion and history. I mostly post (and occasionally vent) about US politics, Utah politics, Mormonism, and occasionally patent law. Profile pic by @mae-bee-cringe.bsky.social

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6.2.1 Stake President The stake president has authority over Check discipline in the stake. However, bishops normally administer Check discipline unless evidence indicates that a man who holds the Melchizedek...
Screenshot of American Canto on libro.fm. The page notes that the audiobook is "Read by the author."
Male writers writing female characters: "Cassandra woke up to the rays of the sun streaming through the slats on her blinds, cascading over her naked chest. She stretched, her breasts lifting with her arms as she greeted the sun. She rolled out of bed and put on a shirt, her nipples prominently showing through the thin fabric. She breasted boobily to the stairs, and titted downwards."
“In the operating theatre it is likely the type of vehicle used by the enemy may transition to Tesla Cybertrucks as they have been found not to receive the normal extent of damage expected upon major impact,” a partially redacted contract document reads. Government documents also note the truck’s “aggressively angular and futuristic design, paired with its unpainted stainless steel exoskeleton, sets it apart from competitors typically using painted steel and aluminum body.” Many Cybertrucks on the road are painted, but it is unclear how specifically that design would be much different than a Toyota Hilux or a kei truck against a Hellfire missile.
Kristi Noem, wearing a blue jacket similar to those worn by the cast of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives in the season 1 intro.
Noted Bible scholar Dan McClellan shaking hands with some rando in a church.
My question for you, as my state senator: What is the state legislature's plan to fulfill its constitutional mandate to "provide for the establishment and maintenance of the state's education systems" (Utah Constitution, Article X, Section 1), in light of changes at the federal level? If federal funding is reduced or cut off, does the legislature intend to revise the state budget to make up for that shortfall, or will public schools be forced to do more with less?
Jenn Lyons book collection on a shelf
WASHINGTON — Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is renewing efforts to fully eliminate the Transportation Security Administration, accusing the federal agency of inefficiency and invading travelers’ privacy. Lee, along with Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., introduced the Abolish the TSA Act on Thursday, which would dissolve the TSA and establish a separate Office of Aviation Security Oversight to manage airport security. The office would operate completely under the Federal Aviation Administration and transfer security activities and equipment to private companies instead.
Comic strip panel with Susie Derkins from Calvin and Hobbes. With her eyes trained heavenward, she says, "... And as long as I'm dreaming, I'd like a pony."
80-8-203. Penalty. (1) Beginning May 1, 2025, in any lawsuit against a youth service organization arising out of the molestation or sexual abuse of a child committed by a youth worker against a child who was in the custody or care of the youth service organization, the youth service organization shall be considered negligent if: (a) (i) the youth service organization failed to conduct a registered sex offender check for the youth worker who committed the molestation or sexual abuse; and (ii) a registered sex offender check for the youth worker would have revealed that the youth worker was registered on the state's Sex and Kidnap Offender Registry or the National Sex Offender Public Website; or (b) (i) the youth service organization conducted a registered sex offender check for the youth worker who committed the molestation or sexual abuse; (ii) the registered sex offender check revealed that the youth worker was registered on the state's Sex and Kidnap Offender Registry or the National Sex Offender Public Website; and (iii) the youth service organization nevertheless employed the youth worker or allowed the youth worker to volunteer.
Index Utah Code Title 80 Utah Juvenile Code Chapter 8 Youth Service Organizations Part 2 Requirements and Penalties Section 201 Youth protection requirements. (Effective 5/1/2025) Effective 5/1/2025 80-8-201. Youth protection requirements. (1) A youth service organization may not employ a youth worker or allow an individual to volunteer as a youth worker unless the youth service organization has completed a registered sex offender check for the individual. (2) A youth services organization shall require a potential youth worker to provide the individual's full name and a current, government-issued identification to facilitate the registered sex offender check required by Subsection (1). (3) If an individual is registered on the state's Sex and Kidnap Offender Registry or the National Sex Offender Public Website, a youth service organization may not employ the individual as a youth worker or allow the individual to volunteer as a youth worker. Enacted by Chapter 371, 2024 General Session
Wikipedia Page for Alma the Elder. First sentence reads, "Alma is a Nephite prophet in the Book of Mormon."
Musician on the left worries no one will listen to them. Podcasters on the right just talk about nothing for hours.
(b) "Refusal skills" means instruction: (i) in a student's ability to clearly and expressly refuse sexual advances by a minor or adult; (ii) in a student's obligation to stop the student's sexual advances if refused by another individual; (iii) informing a student of the student's right to report and seek counseling for unwanted sexual advances; (iv) in sexual harassment; and (v) informing a student that a student may not consent to criminally prohibited activities or activities for which the student is legally prohibited from giving consent, including the electronic transmission of sexually explicit images by an individual of the individual or another.
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It also claimed that Section 504 – which prohibits discrimination based on disability – is unconstitutional and asked a judge to declare that. But not anymore. “Nothing in Plaintiffs’ Complaint seeks to restrain the disbursement of federal funds from the Department (of Health and Human Services) on the basis that the statute is unconstitutional, or to otherwise prevent the Federal Government from allocating spending or applying the provisions of the Rehabilitation Act to any recipients of such funds,” the AGs wrote in the latest court filing.
But while legislation is a vital part of the equation, it’s the people of Utah who truly make our state shine. From teachers to healthcare workers, business owners to homemakers—every decision we make in this chamber is driven by the desire to improve the lives of those who call Utah home.
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Scam email asking me to contribute to BYU oral history project
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: 24 Section 1. Section 63G-1-901 is enacted to read: 25 63G-1-901. Year-round daylight saving time. 26 (1) As used in this section: 27 (a) "Mountain daylight time" means the period during a year when mountain standard 28 time is advanced one hour in accordance with 15 U.S.C. Sec. 260a. 29 (b) "Mountain standard time" means the observed time assigned to the mountain time 30 zone in 15 U.S.C. Sec. 261. 31 (2) Utah exempts all areas of the state from standard time. 32 (3) The year-round observed time of the entire state and all of the state's political 33 subdivisions is mountain daylight time. 34 Section 2. Contingent effective date. 35 (1) As used in this section, "western state" means Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, 36 Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming. 37 (2) This bill takes effect on the first Sunday of November following the day on which 38 both of the following have occurred: 39 (a) legislation, enacted by Congress, goes into effect to amend 15 U.S.C. Sec. 260a to 40 authorize states to observe daylight saving time year-round; and 41 (b) at least four western states, other than Utah, pass legislation to place all or a portion 42 of those states on year-round daylight time, regardless of the time zone. 43 (3) The lieutenant governor shall inform the legislative general counsel in writing of 44 the date this bill takes effect in accordance with this section.
Introduced H.B. 120 Time Change Amendments 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Joseph Elison LONG TITLE General Description: This bill amends provisions relating to the time observed in Utah. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: ▸defines terms; and ▸provides that Utah will observe mountain standard time year-round until federal law allows Utah to observe mountain daylight time year-round, after which Utah will observe mountain daylight time year-round.
Nelson relayed to the Republican chief executive that last week he was in China, where the LDS apostle heard talk about what “a wonderful job President Trump had done.” Trump returned the compliment, calling Nelson a “great heart surgeon; one of the best in the world.” “He [Nelson] decided to help even more people,” Trump noted, by giving up a distinguished medical career to become a global religious leader. Nelson, 93, is next in line to lead the nearly 16 million-member Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Proposal No. 6 Shareholder Proposal Apple has been advised that the National Center for Public Policy Research intends to submit the following proposal at the Annual Meeting. Request to Cease DEI Efforts SUPPORTING STATEMENT: Last year, the US Supreme Court ruled in SFFA v. Harvard that discriminating on the basis of race in college admissions violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. As a result, the legality of corporate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs was called into question and 13 Attorneys General warned that SFFA implicated corporate DEI programs. This year, those implications widened when the Supreme Court ruled in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protected against discriminatory job transfers. The ruling also lowered the bar for employees to successfully sue their employers for discrimination, and is therefore likely to lead to an increase in discrimination claims. Since SFFA, a number of DEI-related lawsuits have been filed. Starbucks was successfully sued for discrimination by an employee for 25.6 million, and the risk of being sued for such discrimination is rising. Sensibly, many major companies have responded by rolling back their DEI commitments and laying off DEI departments. Alphabet and Meta cut DEI staff and DEI-related investments; and Microsoft and Zoom laid off their entire DEI teams. Since Muldrow, John Deere publicly halted DEI-related policies after Tractor Supply explicitly stated that it “eliminate[d] DEI roles and retire[d] our current DEI goals;” Lowe’s and Ford ended their participation in the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality (CEI); Harley Davidson ceased its DEI efforts; and Jack Daniels ended both its DEI efforts and CEI participation.
Shareholder proposal Board Voting Recommendation Rationale 4 AGAINST Report on Ethical AI Data Acquisition and Usage 5 AGAINST Report on Costs and Benefits of Child Sex Abuse Material-Identifying Software &User Privacy 6 AGAINST Request to Cease DEI Efforts 7 AGAINST Report on Charitable Giving
Quote from the trib article: "Dotson ended up securing a tenured faculty position at Ohio State University." The official name is "The Ohio State University", which alumni and fans insist on to an annoying degree.
Today, the threat of retribution apparently is so real that after dozens of interviews with present and former BYU faculty and administrators across many disciplines, not one current professor (including those with tenure, known as “continuing status”) would go on the record for this story. “Low morale is pretty universal,” said a veteran teacher. “The default position is not to trust anybody.”
DARK DAYS: Why so many BYU professors fear for their jobs, their future They see new employment rules taking the LDS Church’s premier school back to a painful era.
Last week, the company urged shareholders to reject a proposal from the National Center for Public Policy Research, which describes itself as a “conservative think tank.” The proposal called for an end to Costco’s DEI programs, arguing that such initiatives are discriminatory.
Books 1-9 of The Work and the Glory. Book 1 (red): Pillar of Light Book 2 (blue): Like a Fire is Burning Book 3 (dark green): Truth Will Prevail Book 4 (purple) Thy Gold to Refine Book 5 (maroon): A Season of Joy Book 6 (black): Praise to the Man Book 7 (turquoise): No Unhallowed Hand Book 8 (navy): So Great a Cause Book 9 (gold): All is Well
The proponent professes concern about legal and financial risks to the Company and its shareholders associated with the diversity initiatives. The supporting statement demonstrates that it is the proponent and others that are responsible for inflicting burdens on companies with their challenges to longstanding diversity programs. The proponent's broader agenda is not reducing risk for the Company but abolition of diversity initiatives. A 2023 federal district court decision, in a case brought by the proponent, noted that the proponent had "published a document called 'Balancing the Boardroom 2022,' which describes its shareholder activism as 'fighting back' against 'the evils of woke politicized capital and companies.' [The proponent went] on to describe 'CEOs and other corporate executives who are most woke and most hard-left political in their management of their corporations' as 'inimical to the Republic and its blessings of liberty' and 'committed to critical race theory and the socialist foundations of woke' or 'shameless monsters who are willing to sacrifice our future for their comforts.'" National Center for Public Policy Research v. Schultz, E.D. WA. (Sept. 11, 2023). And the proponent's efforts to demonstrate retrenchment on the part of companies are misleading, at best. For example, the assertion that "Microsoft laid off an entire a [sic] DEI team" is simply wrong. It was later reported that Microsoft stated that the two positions eliminated were redundant roles on its events team and that Microsoft’s diversity and inclusion commitments remain unchanged, according to Jeff Jones, a Microsoft spokesperson: “Our focus on diversity and inclusion is unwavering and we are holding firm on our expectations, prioritizing accountability, and continuing to focus on this work.” Colvin, Caroline. Amid DEI cuts, Microsoft works to distinguish itself from those responding to ‘woke’ backlash. HR Dive, July 24, 2024.
I had been so consumed with the culture wars of putting Christ back in schools, back in the country, and back in Christmas that I hadn’t even noticed he needed to be put back in *Christianity*.
Manually validating signatures on both candidate petitions and VBM ballots relies upon fallible human judgement, and does so at huge and unnecessary cost. Signature verification and VBM both created problems this past cycle. In one case, a major candidate may — we emphasize may — have improperly advanced to the Republican primary for governor.
“Cancel culture” Hudson laments, seems to have worked its way “into the heart of the family.” Although there are clearly “abusive, destructive, shaming, humiliating parents,” author Joshua Coleman writes, “those aren’t the only parents that are getting estranged today. There are perfectly good, loving parents and grandparents who are getting cut off.”