el @elcall.info · 21hPrinted in a 1912 Utah State student newspaper newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=2... 021
el @elcall.info · 03/10/2026Utah State newspaper, November 15, 1967: newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=2... 181
el @elcall.info · 02/10/2026Not that I *have* to have an opinion on everything, but I think my stance on using AI for research is that I don't want to because I think the time doing "busy work" is actually incredibly valuable. 120
el @elcall.info · 01/10/2026From the Ogden Examiner, Jan 24 1913, reasons why you need a telephone newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=3... 020
el @elcall.info · 25/09/2026In 1943, Utahns were gifting celery...so much so, that they apparently had a celery committee in the Chamber of commerce?? 011
el @elcall.info · 19/09/2026I've been listening to some YouTube commentary videos and at some point last night I thought "a lot of these people are covering the same topics. It'd be so much more effective if there was a network or something where they could work together to produce coverage and share research" 100
el @elcall.info · 16/09/2026I've been listening to anti-MLM YouTube videos like podcasts lately, and since I don't pay for premium I get ads. Most are unhinged. Obviously, I usually skip as soon as I can but some of them baffled me so much I keep watching. All of the following are AI generated (so details change constantly) 110
el @elcall.info · 10/09/2026it's security deposit time (fighting to get it back rn) and the most baffling thing they're claiming is that we're responsible for making sure the temperature color of the lightbulbs should match (even on bulbs that were there since we moved in) so they're charging us for 7 replaced bulbs 200
el @elcall.info · 07/09/2026Took @sarahjwh.bsky.social's idea for a ring dish in the kitchen and I love it 021
el @elcall.info · 23/08/2026I'm pretty solidly on the "please we need more regulations and more enforcement of said regulations" train right now, and it's not even just because of food safety stuff 121
Reposted by elDani Donovan 👩🏻🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 13/08/2026oh nooooo, looks like i gotta create a new system to help me do my work instead of doing my actual work 1833923
el @elcall.info · 10/08/2026Personally, I prefer footnotes over endnotes, but I realize there are reasons publishers don't always do that. This, though? I've seen it twice now—both in books that are supposed to be for more general audiences (I think?)—and I hate it *so* much 220
el @elcall.info · 01/08/2026Reading through old newspaper articles (as I do) and came across one from 1908 (5 years post-Kitty Hawk) that suggested that we're unlikely to have big airplanes and more likely to have air bicycles. To be fair, it does seem wild that it's easier to get 150+ people in the air than 1 person. 1/3 110
el @elcall.info · 31/07/2026The shortest explanation involves Leah Widtsoe, the book *Herland,* a bunch of newspaper articles, archival letters, and complete bafflement at the state of Mormon studies research in particular areas 020
el @elcall.info · 31/07/2026I spent most of last night more or less vibrating with excitement over a research find but literally only one person understands the full context of why this is a big deal and now it's today and I'm still excited but still unable to articulate it without writing a whole book 140
el @elcall.info · 24/07/2026Also, there's a new batch of hymns out that I'm having feelings about again, but based on my math, I think this will be the last batch. There's a chance that there'll be a few more non-LDS hymns added, but I think we've reached the 50 they said they added. 1/ 120
el @elcall.info · 24/07/2026Idea is solid, execution is less so, as the syllabus does seem to be links to other materials not intentionally written for new members. I think the course should take a year, not two to four months. 020
el @elcall.info · 24/07/2026I applaud the Church's decision to introduce the Gospel Foundations class, in part because my research for my MA thesis led me to conclude that this would be vital to the spiritual well-being of members. I haven't reviewed any of the content yet, but the presence of the course is a great startchurchofjesuschrist.orgGospel Foundations: A Sunday School Class for New Members and FriendsGospel Foundations: A Sunday School Class for New Members and Friends 110
el @elcall.info · 02/07/2026Even though The Mother Tongue got me into linguistics, this singular "fact" led me to fact checking his linguistics work and then never ever reading anything else of his. open.substack.com/pub/didthere...open.substack.comChapter 1: The World's Language - Part 1: The Ubiquity of EnglishThe Mother Tongue: A Fact Check 000
el @elcall.info · 27/06/2026I got a guitar as a teenager, but not the blue one I wanted, because the parental advice was that "it would be harder to resell." It's now been at least 15 years, and I still have the infrequently-played guitar. But I frequently wish it was the blue one. 131
el @elcall.info · 21/06/2026This was the full list of terms I flagged. To be fair, some of these are ones I knew, and some are justified, but put with the others they felt like too much. (Asterisks are terms that were used twice in the book; all others used once) 110
el @elcall.info · 21/06/2026@stormingjourney.com is now an award-winning podcast! Huge thank you to @lizbusby.bsky.social and @adamjmclain.bsky.social for joining me on this adventure. Here's to the remaining 4.5 books and 11 years of the first arc! youtu.be/W1LbOohFy3g?...youtu.beAML Award Ceremony, June 2026YouTube video by Association for Mormon Letters 052
el @elcall.info · 18/06/2026I saw a tip earlier this week about putting butter on the edge of the pot before boiling pasta so it doesn't spill over and this works???? 010
el @elcall.info · 13/06/202645 pages into a book and I've had to look up: - brachygraphy - probouleutic (spelled wrong in the text) - amanuensis - parlous - afflatus - obloquious - efflorescence (honestly it feels a bit excessive) 140
el @elcall.info · 02/06/2026Idk when someone complains about the pricing of Microsoft's Office suite (or any corporate product tbh), I don't want a "just switch to X" response. I want the products to work/cost the way that we were told, not to have to transition my entire workflow to something new 140
el @elcall.info · 02/05/2026I kept getting sick when I was a nursery leader, despite the "don't bring sick kids to class" admonition. I really feel that vaccination requirements in nursery/primary is a great way to protect the community 190
el @elcall.info · 31/12/2025Anyways this year I - got my MA - moved cross-country + sold a house - presented at 2 Mormon studies confs - started a Mormon studies discord server - started co-hosting a podcast @stormingjourney.com - got an internship - continued a playtesting job w/ @brotherwisegames.bsky.social - survived 060
el @elcall.info · 24/12/2025Turns out you can essentially play a D&D game in the dating sim Date Everything...as opposed to Baldur's Gate 3, where you play a dating sim in a D&D game 070
el @elcall.info · 20/11/2025My doctor today asked if she could give me a hug and called me her favorite patient because I knew the word for that little pain you get in your lower back when you ovulate (it's mittelschmerz, and I'm fairly certain I learned it from @oldenoughtosay.com) Getting a good grade in patient etc etc 160
el @elcall.info · 15/11/2025Okay new human option via @raccoon.pizza: Lucy Mack Smith. My casting choice would be Meryl Streep 170
el @elcall.info · 15/11/2025Obviously Miss Piggy should play Emma, which makes Kermit Joseph Smith. (IMO Jesus as the human is a copout. Oliver Cowdrey is my top pick so far) 180
el @elcall.info · 14/11/2025One of my favorite things about the new @tkingfisher.com book Hemlock and Silver (beyond Anja's comment about prayer towards the beginning) is finding things she had previously posted about like various desert plants...or someone breastfeeding a bat 020
el @elcall.info · 29/10/2025I'm sorry y'all, but when you talk about baseball, this is all I can think of www.tumblr.com/tidal-chaos/... 030
Reposted by elThe Storming Journey @stormingjourney.com · 28/10/2025There will be spoilers... Have you read up through Wind and Truth yet? Hope you have for episode 1, dropping tomorrow! 🙈 031
el @elcall.info · 23/10/2025media.tenor.coma pink starfish with a face and the words `` today 's the daaaay '' written on it .Alt: a pink starfish with a face and the words "today's the daaaaay" (from Finding Nemo) 030
el @elcall.info · 22/10/2025Intro episode launches tomorrow! Make sure you know what soteriological means! 020
el @elcall.info · 21/10/2025Why are the only very wide shoes available ones that are "orthopedic"?? and also not cute??? I swear most people don't actually know their shoe size anymore and are wearing the wrong shoes for their feet because there should be a much bigger market for feet like mine 220
el @elcall.info · 03/10/2025The Fate of Ophelia is an absolute bop and I cannot stop moving when it comes back on (yes it's been on repeat basically since I woke up and I did listen to it three times last night) 100
el @elcall.info · 25/09/2025In case this helps someone else: I have a very very simple task management method. At the beginning of the week, I create a task/event/note list. Every day, I create a "Tada list" where I write down what I got done (even if it wasn't on the weekly list) 110
el @elcall.info · 24/09/2025It turns out that it's basically impossible to get my kid a COVID shot here in UT. I'm used to casually scheduling my family's flu/COVID shots all for a Saturday morning, but the wrench thrown in by the current admin has meant so much more work 020
el @elcall.info · 18/09/2025also, as an organist, I'm not a fan of releasing songs in quarterly small batches and I do think it's doing people in music callings a disservice. 130
el @elcall.info · 08/09/2025Starting a podcast with some friends and every time @lizbusby.bsky.social drops the rough cut I'm like "ooh a new episode to listen to! 🤓" as if I'm not literally one of the hosts 130
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