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Christopher Lewis

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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I loved this movie 40 years ago but agree that we are all owed an apology for everything that has happened since.
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
You’re all going to see the wrong Greek myth.
Box Office numbers for July 24, 2026, showing The Odyssey in first place and Hadestown in second.
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Hadestown may be the best theater live capture I’ve ever seen.
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Always on the reading list when I teach Mormon Literature.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/07/2026
Learning another language appears to slow brain ageing, scientists say
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Learning another language appears to slow brain ageing, scientists say
Study finds those who speak two languages have brains that appear around six years younger than those who speak one Learning another language could slow ageing in the brain by up to 13 years, according to research. People who speak more than one language seem to have younger brains and the more languages you speak and the earlier you speak them, the better, according to findings from a study being presented at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies conference in Barcelona. Continue reading...
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Lauri Donahue @lauridonahue.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
futurism.com/future-socie... lol
As one New York financier told Financial Times journalist Gillian Tett, new hires who were seen as “AI natives” are turning out to have alarmingly shallow ideas. So much so, the anonymous finance worker admitted, that his firm now actively avoids seeking out AI-literate STEM graduates, and opts to comb through humanities students instead.
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
ksl.com
Stuart Adams, Trevor Lee, Dan McCay lose reelection bids in Utah Legislature
Multiple prominent Republicans in the Utah Legislature have lost their bids for reelection, including one of the most powerful politicians in the state.
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 23/06/2026
Burt Shevelove to Stephen Sondheim:
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The Onion @theonion.com · 23/06/2026
“Our exhaustive survey of over 12,000 regular Jimmy John’s customers revealed patterns of behavior utterly inconsistent with the idea of human autonomy,” said lead researcher Gina Smith theonion.com/study-contends-free-wi…
theonion.com
Study Contends Free Will Disproven By Fact That Humans Repeatedly Eat At Jimmy John’s
CHAMPAIGN, IL—Shedding new light on the concept of voluntary behavior, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign contend in a study published this week that the existence of free will...
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Weird that the only Mormons the DoD recognizes are the Strangites, but okay.
en.wikipedia.org
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) - Wikipedia
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/06/2026
exactly the right response
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/05/2026
this truly is the thing that makes the united states exceptional, and right wingers hate it so much they want to destroy it
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 13/05/2026
You may have noticed that the word for ‘night’ in many languages appears to be that language’s word for ‘eight’ with an ‘N' in front of it. English: N + eight = Night German: N + acht = Nacht French: N + huit = Nuit Spanish: N + ocho = Noche Italian: N + otto = Notte Portuguese: N + oito = Noite ⬇️
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
now thats an anecdote with a punch, from Gillian Tett www.ft.com/content/c0ae...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 10/04/2026
“Whether it’s our Classic Beef ’N Cheddar, our Chicken Cordon Bleu, or our famous Jamocha Shake, the menu items at Arby’s are not meant to be construed as edible substances subject to FDA regulation,” said an Arby’s spokesperson
theonion.com
Arby’s Reclassifies Their Food As Entertainment
ATLANTA—In a move widely interpreted as an effort to exempt its offerings from health and safety standards, American chain restaurant Arby’s issued a statement Tuesday reclassifying its food as entert...
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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
BREAKING: Following the American threat of an “Avignon Papacy,” Robert Kennedy has begun a Diet of Worms
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Julia B. Chan @juliachanb.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
losing contact with the earth for 40 minutes sounds nice
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
The Michael Jordan of Going to the Hospital
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
I’ve been reduced to efficiency shaming my cat to cope.
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Alan Wessman @alanwessman.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
If you live in Davis County, Utah, go to burrn.org and check whether your signature is listed. If it is and you don’t support gerrymandering, take steps to remove it according to the instructions at that website.
burrn.org
BURRN
Brave Utahns Rapid Response Network
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Uncanny
publicbooks.org
The Misuses of the University - Public Books
Have the funds that might have trained the next generation of scholars at the nation’s first research university have been blown on ostentatious new buildings?
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Three-paneled image with screenshots of Beavis and Butt-Head talking to the school counselor.

Counselor: “These feelings of ‘everything sucks,’ how long have you had them?”

Butt-Head: “Uhh, since everything started to suck, I guess.”
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
BYU Faculty Member: “…and I just wish he’d go away!” [Monkey’s paw curls]
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 27/01/2026
Minneapolis residents aren’t just pushing back against Trump’s crackdown—they’re undercutting MAGA’s core philosophy, Adam Serwer argues.
bit.ly
How Minnesotans Faced Down MAGA
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Even the taxonomic pedants are calling it fascism now.
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 22/01/2026
I just thought everyone should see this
Dr Kareem Carr
man: i wish to publish
@kareem_carr
Jan 21
reviewer 2: your paper is no good
man: i'll do anything to improve
reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini
man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini
Andre Pagliarini
@apagliar
Jan 21
a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini
Jan 21, 2026 • 3:47 PM UTC
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The Onion @theonion.com · 20/01/2026
Nation Yearns For Relative Calm Of ‘President A Giant Pedophile’ News Cycle theonion.com/nation-yearns-for-rela…
Nation Yearns For Relative Calm Of ‘President A Giant Pedophile’ News Cycle
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Seva @seva.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
modern american politics consists of experts patiently explaining why something insane that people are talking about could never happen, followed by that exact thing happening
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
The latest from @theonion.com:
Screenshot of a New York Times post sharing an article.

Post text: “Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.”

Thumbnail shows a picture of what appear to be three large industrial smokestacks and three smaller ones towering over a residential neighborhood.

Headline: “E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution”

Article preview text: “In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and no…”
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
New Ragtime recording has dropped!
music.apple.com
Ragtime (2025 Broadway Cast Recording) by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty on Apple Music
Album · 2026 · 30 Songs
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Had two encounters with signature gatherers for repealing Prop 4 today, both inside the doors of the Marriott Library at the U (which I am not sure is allowed). #utpol
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Nobody: AI: The greatest baseball player of all time is Charlie Brown.
Charlie Brown at bat: “I’m tired of always being the goat..”
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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Worth reading for lots of reasons, but particularly because it closes with something I see in my work and travels speaking on writing and AI. Many, maybe most students do not want AI-mediated schooling or lives. We can offer them something better. www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
currentaffairs.org
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Apparently too many of you need to hear this hard truth: Unless your neighborhood is zoned for strip malls and / or strip clubs, do not install your Christmas lights pointing straight up.
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
I find it so grating to be called “boss” in a customer service / retail context.
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Me being able to tell my cat she has the patterns justifies the existence of K-POP Demon Hunters all by itself.
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Lukewarm take: One should never see dealer-branded license plate frames in the wild.
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Well, it’s May, which means it’s time to take down the Christmas lights.
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
My Outie is Man in Chair from The Drowsy Chaperone.
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I see Stephen Schwartz is still letting Kurt Bestor into the studio after hours to punch things up.
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Just made my older kids watch Chernobyl with me and I remain convinced that the scene where Terence Stamp stands up to shut down non-correlated speech among the younger members of the local executive committee is based on every EQ meeting everywhere after they merged with the high priests.
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
“When the truth offends, we lie and lie until we can no longer remember it is even there, but it is still there. Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid. That is how an RBMK reactor core explodes. Lies.”
youtu.be
that's how an r.b.m.k reactor explodes [ Chernobyl ]
YouTube video by movie series
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
The death of this meme has been announced through its consulting firm.
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
My cat’s most toxic trait is that she doesn’t have object permanence for exterior temperature.
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
Thanks to my dad and FIL for getting their entire wardrobes at Costco. Otherwise I might not know better.
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
The movie Tim Ballard will be best known for is the eventual Netflix true crime documentary.
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 15/09/2023
I agree with those saying the Church’s statement repudiating Tim Ballard is uncharacteristically strong. This will in no way keep him from being the next senator from Utah.
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 27/08/2023
“One myth that Eddington mentions is Utahns forgetting to pronounce the ’t’ sound in words like ‘mountain.’ “‘The big myth about it is the standard pronunciation in the U.S. is to not pronounce the “t” as it’s pronounced in other words,’ he said.” www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2...
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Christopher Lewis @cristovaotluiz.bsky.social · 26/08/2023
Not a bad start.
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