Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Of course! It has been on my list for a while, but I am glad I finally got to it as it was this week’s monograph for my graduate readings course. Very well argued and poignant, with Yoshi’s story bookending the narrative being especially powerful. 010
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“[T]here was no grand international plot or conspiracy to undermine the US Constitution. There was, instead, only a dead sixteen-year-old Japanese boy in Louisiana and his heartbroken and determined family and friends who insisted his death not be in vain.” 030
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Finished @drewmckevitt.bsky.social’s “Gun Country.” It perfectly captures what got us here and deserves every ounce of praise it’s received. Yet I can’t stop thinking about this haunting passage: 1/2 230
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Changeling (1980) absolutely traumatized me. Last year I showed it to my (at the time) 12 year-old son and he made fun of me afterwards. 000
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Every Latter-day Saint reading this headlinestatic.klipy.comAwkward Monkey Looks AwayAlt: Awkward Monkey Looks Away 010
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 01/07/2026This happened to me when I referenced Lionel Hutz from the simpsons for a bunch of church youth while discussing career options. Just dead silence and blank stares. 110
Reposted by Devin DeVoreAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I’m mad about today. I’m mad that justices can’t do the bare minimum to uphold the Constitution. I’m mad that the law and our history, which I have dedicated so much of my life to, is an inconvenience than an inheritance to many. I’m mad that the academy, which I love, rewards and enables it. 913544609
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Had a great time at the most recent Mormon History Association Conference, where I presented on the relationship between President Andrew Johnson and the Latter-day Saints in Territorial Utah. 010
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Part 1: www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/its... Part 2: www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/its...dialoguejournal.comIt's Time We Began: Race, Relationships, and the Life of the Church Now (Part 1) - Dialogue JournalPart one of It’s Time We Began: W. Paul Reeve and Alice Faulkner Burch discuss race, Mormon history, and confronting racism in the Church. 000
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Excellent discussions on race in Latter-day Saint theology, history, and culture. I think every Latter-day Saint needs to listen to these insightful, painful, but necessary conversations if we have any hope of understanding the issues surrounding race and racism within our faith tradition. 100
Reposted by Devin DeVoreBill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon… 162227421
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 04/05/2026I was just thinking about this as I was driving home today and seeing how insanely high gas prices are in East TN. And yet everyone in my community who were (rightfully) freaking out about high gas prices during COVID are just … silent. 020
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 01/05/2026I listen to heartbreaking stories from clients every day who are trying to survive while waiting for benefits, and struggling even after they get SSI because all they get is less than $1,000/month. This policy will devastate disabled adults and their families. www.propublica.org/article/trum...propublica.orgThe Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their FamiliesA rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities who... 031
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 14/04/2026This is just begging to be turned into the anti-vaccine version of Green Eggs and Ham. 010
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 17/03/2026These screenshots are just a few of the many insane courses WVU plans to offer that will serve as nice incubators for far-right-wing indoctrination. www.wcwvu.org/courses?fbcl...wcwvu.orgCourses — Washington Center 001
Reposted by Devin DeVoreKelly Watson @kellylwatson.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Some course descriptions for the Fall 2026 offerings of the Washington Center for Civics, Culture, and Statesmanship at West Virginia University 3922251
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 14/03/2026I cannot think of anything more bleak than the idea that 20-year-old tech bros were using artificial intelligence to decide what humanities research was worth funding. I also do not know how to make it more clear that this administration is actively working to erase history. 051
Reposted by Devin DeVoreAngela Sutton (she/her) @drangelasutton.bsky.social · 13/03/2026This DOGE boy dissolved my Fort Negley grants, taking money earmarked for descendant-led archaeology and oral history collection because he was given power that indulged the fact that he is too arrogant to see the value in the histories of Black Tennesseans and how they have shaped ALL of the US. 18691201
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 10/03/2026This is absolutely the most depressing article that I’ve read in a real long time. nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.comThe Laid-off Scientists and Lawyers Training AI to Steal Their CareersExperienced white-collar workers are now part of a miserable gig economy. 010
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Just discovered that Mormon missionaries have been utilizing the “flirt to convert” method since at least 1843! From “The Post,” a Knoxville, TN paper dated April 18, 1843. 020
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Probably. But now every time I drive by Bo Jangles I get flashbacks of eating a wad of hair in their biscuit. That’s a hard thing to recover from. 010
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 02/03/2026The only time I ate at Bo Jangles I had a long, gargantuan wad of hair slide between my teeth as I bit into a biscuit. Never again. 100
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 01/03/2026This past Thursday I had the wonderful opportunity to help judge papers written by students throughout East TN. The students chose their own topics based on the theme “Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History,” and the students who participated should be proud of their submissions. 010
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Last night I attended an amazing lecture by @kendradboyd.bsky.social where she discussed her recent book “Freedom Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit.” I very much look forward to reading it! 010
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 15/02/20268-year-old me had no idea what I was doing trying to balance my shields, lasers, and speed, but I didn’t care. I was flying an X-Wing. 0100
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 15/02/2026As a current graduate student at UTK, I pray this doesn’t pass considering the damaging repercussions it will have on current and future faculty and students. My legislature is really working hard to tank anything and everything of value my state has to offer. www.wvlt.tv/2026/02/11/t...wvlt.tvTennessee bills could strip professors of tenure statusLegislation sitting in committee could affect faculty recruitment and retention at state universities 010
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Oh of course! It’s your diverse topics within the American West that make me excited to jump in, as I see those discussions being a potential resource to help me see connections that I may otherwise miss or not consider as I begin my research. 010
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 07/02/2026I am currently attending grad school to further research LDS history, so I think this podcast could be incredibly beneficial for me better understanding LDS history within the greater context of the American West. 100
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Stupid or not, at least your podcast got a new follower because I didn’t know it existed until now. 110
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Fantastic piece by historian W. Paul Reeve noting how what is happening in Minnesota echoes Latter-day Saint history, and the traps we fall into by ignoring that history. religionnews.com/2026/02/02/w...religionnews.comWhen Mormons say to comply with ICE incursions, we're forgetting our own history(RNS) — In 1857, when Latter-day Saints deemed actions emanating from Washington, DC, to be significant breaches of constitutional norms, they didn’t comply, they resisted. 040
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 29/01/2026One of my previous professors introduced me to this album last year. It's absolutely fantastic. 010
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Absolute insanity. www.reuters.com/world/europe...reuters.comGermany joins European partners with troop deployment to GreenlandGermany will send 13 soldiers to Greenland on Thursday as part of a reconnaissance mission with other European nations, the German government and defence ministry said on Wednesday, following demands ... 020
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 12/01/2026How I have felt since starting grad school last semester. 030
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Considering how terrible things have become with all things related to immigration, I don't think the stars could have aligned any better for what I am sure will be a necessary reading to better understand our current moment. 0131
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Correct me if I’m wrong, but wouldn’t this be considered socialism? truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT... 020
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Reading today’s headlines about Greenland are that much more infuriating when considering all of this could have been so easily avoided if we held those who instigated January 6th accountable. 041
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Just this Fall I read this for my US History Readings Seminar class. It was a fantastic read that led into a fantastic discussion on how we should view and define Reconstruction in the US. 110
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 21/12/2025It’s not even more efficient. I once tried AI that advertised being able to summarize medical records, which is essential when I write pre-hearing briefs for my disability practice. I had to correct so many errors that it took double the amount of time it usually takes when I summarize them myself. 0122
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Of course! I am still grappling with how we even got to this point, yet here we are. 150
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 21/12/2025It became a lot easier for me to explain why I don’t use AI when I realized that it’s more akin to a tertiary source; a tertiary source that pulls from questionable sources, mischaracterizes sources, or makes things up whole-cloth. Why would I rely on an inherently unreliable tertiary source? 2498
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Rothstein's "The Color of Law" does a fantastic job of really driving that last point home. 000
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 05/12/2025I have little faith that SCOTUS will hold that birthright citizenship is protected under the 14th Amendment. But it goes without saying how massive the implications will be if they uphold Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comUS Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging birthright citizenshipDonald Trump's controversial executive order to end birthright citizenship had been rejected by lower courts. 011
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Man I feel this. I play bass and trying to get anything going in Knoxville has been a nightmare. Finally found some guys in my LDS stake to jam with but we are all so busy the last time we got together was *checks notes* 9 months ago. 000
Reposted by Devin DeVorePaul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 13/11/2025For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files: splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.appsplendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.appEpstein Document Search 17974623196
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Reading “That Noble Dream” for class when I came across this passage: “A sociologist writing the history of sociology…remains, from the historian’s point of view, an amateur, no different in principle from an untrained Mormon writing the history of Mormonism.”… I can’t help but feel attacked. 010
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 05/11/2025In March 2026 the Church Historian's Press will release a collection of sermons from Eliza R. Snow, a key female figure in early LDS history. Jennifer Reeder is a phenomenal historian, and 2026 is looking be a good year for LDS primary sources. www.churchhistorianspress.org/article/news...churchhistorianspress.orgOctober 2025Publication from the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 010
Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Unless you are in the trenches of disability law, I don’t know if people fully realize just how destructive these proposals will end up being. www.propublica.org/article/soci...propublica.orgRed State Workers Could Lose Out on Disability Benefits as Trump Administration Rewrites Eligibility RulesPlanned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older blue-collar workers ineligible for aid. These changes would fall disproportionately on some of Presid... 000