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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 15/10/2026

I'd say the sweet potato harvest was decent. #gardening

Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 12/10/2026

It's too long for a post, and can't easily be broken up into a thread, so I'm going to do the screenshot + alt text thing to say: vote for zero Republicans.

In my political life, I have attempted to follow the wise counsel provided by my church.

"Some principles compatible with the gospel may be found in various political parties, and members should seek candidates who best embody those principles. Members should also study candidates carefully and vote for those who have demonstrated integrity, compassion, and service to others, regardless of party affiliation."

Following this counsel has led me to support candidates of various political parties, or no political party. (My friend Jason Williams has called me one of the few true independents he knows.) It also leads many people I know to ask for my advice on which candidates they should support. With this in mind, I hope you take the following statement as seriously as it is intended as ballots arrive in your mailbox.

The correct number of Republicans to vote for this year is zero.

Either as collaborators or cowards, the elected officials and candidates of the GOP have shown that they will not stand for the rule of law, and will actively support or passively defer to an ethnonationalist fascism antithetical to every American ideal. Even Karl Rove (yes, that Karl Rove) has said that the GOP has a serious Nazi problem (his words, not mine). Many others who have left the GOP, including Bill Kristol, Adam Kinzinger, Liz Cheney, and Joe Walsh have stated very clearly what I do: the GOP has become an un-American disgrace not worth your votes. When it comes to holding their own accountable, they have proven quite thoroughly that they will not.

Any candidate who can support rule of law, pluralism (especially as recently expressed by Dallin H. Oaks), and strong personal integrity is worthy of consideration regardless of their policy positions. I have personally decided that none of my policy preferences matter unless we correct for the rampant and intentional lawbreaking currently happening in this administration. I hope that you will join me in deciding that America is imp…

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 10/10/2026

Time to shut down the garden. There's just a bit of basil. #gardening

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 28/09/2026

When you have too many chiles, you make enchilada sauce. And when you have too much enchilada sauce and too many zucchini, you make zucchini enchiladas.

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 22/09/2026

So predictable. 1) Someone else should do it. 2) Let's do some "both sides" stuff to water it down. Always trying to find that narrow lane where he makes everyone happy with zero risk. #utpol www.curtis.senate.gov/press-releas...

Curtis Calls for Investigation into Presidential Families’ Business Dealings
Senator urges Judiciary Committee to examine use of presidential connections for private financial benefit

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Curtis (R-UT) sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-IL) calling for an investigation into the use of presidential family relationships for private financial benefit, preferential treatment, or access by domestic and foreign interests.

As part of that investigation, the letter urges the Committee to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden to testify regarding their past business dealings, relationships with foreign individuals and entities, gifts or other benefits they have received, and any instances in which their relationship to the President was invoked or understood to provide value.

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 21/09/2026

*deep sign* "... and therefore I will..." #utpol

Sen. John Curtis, a Republican from Utah, said a wedding after-party for President Donald Trump's son that was financed by a Russian oligarch was "corruption."
"It just stinks," Curtis said in a social media video posted late Friday. "It's corruption. I don't like it."

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 16/09/2026

This didn't even fill up the tank.

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 14/09/2026

Summer means basil, and basil means pesto Genovese. #gardening #cooking

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 12/09/2026

What happens when you point out that someone is spreading misinformation. In this case, putting a postmark in the wrong place and the wrong size is, in fact, a valid reason to say "we will not mail your ballots". It's not a grand conspiracy. It is a sender doing dumb stuff.

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 05/09/2026

I don't think stochastic terrorism starts being good just because you changed the target.

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 05/09/2026

I told our teenager (who, BTW, thinks Wile E. Coyote shorts are hilarious) that we had tickets for Coyote vs. Acme today and he had a one-word response:

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 04/09/2026

Can confirm, I grew up in Las Vegas and have been in Utah for 21 years. mydialect.us/quiz-extende...

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 01/09/2026

Have you ever done a "numbers go up" game so hard you triggered an integer overflow and broke the game? #Combolands

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 27/08/2026

Tonight's dinner: pizza from scratch, featuring bell pepper from the garden. #cooking

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 26/08/2026

There are a lot of "natural men" in charge right now. #lds

For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father.

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 22/08/2026

This is the second bowl of peppers I've picked in as many weeks. Pimento, Anaheim, jalapeno, and bell. #gardening

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 18/08/2026

I'm afraid this is my A game contribution to this discussion.

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 17/08/2026

Not sure what's going on, but it did put at least part of SUU into lockdown.

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 11/08/2026

Speaking on behalf of basically every single person working in information security: LOL, LMAO

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 11/08/2026

I think it's time to make pepper relish.

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 10/08/2026

I am absolutely loving the localized architecture on both projects. This is one of the same reasons that the Red Cliffs Temple in Washington, UT has stuck out to me with its slightly pink sandstone. #lds

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 10/08/2026

TBH Robert Scoble really put the final nail in that coffin by making every user look like this much of a dork.

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 24/07/2026

When it's 4PM on a Friday and you're about to drop an internally-discovered 8.6 on a dev team.

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 24/07/2026

The A-10 is a dakka senda meme machine (derogatory).

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 15/07/2026

#SAINTCON sold out in under half an hour this year. 🤯 Part of that is probably the preregistration system for prior attendees. That was a nice touch to make sure anyone returning had a shot.

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 13/07/2026

Zucchini parm, and pesto spaghetti. Zucchini, basil, and tomatoes from the garden.

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 09/07/2026

Cedar City is bragging about... this. A new parking lot, with zero landscaping or shade, on the lot directly across from Main Street Park. What an utter waste of prime downtown real estate all to avoid a block or two of walking for a few hundred people maybe half a dozen times a year.

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 07/07/2026

Basically the last sane and brave Republican left in #utpol right here.

From Utah Lt Gov Deidre Henderson on Threads:

Got another love letter this morning from the DOJ sprinkled throughout with threats of criminal prosecution. I’m sure I’m not the only chief election officer of a state who is being targeted for following state and federal laws by resisting DOJ’s demands for private voter data that have thus far been ruled illegal by at least a dozen courts. This is truly bizarre behavior by the federal agency that is supposed to be protecting civil rights.

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 27/06/2026

First harvest. Squash bugs have not yet been seen. #gardening

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 26/06/2026

If only I knew more about this guy so I knew if I was being flattered or insulted. britmonkey.com/2020s-politi...

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 24/06/2026

Sometimes you just have to get right to the point.

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 24/06/2026

Mike Bleak once again pulled off a very narrow win, and I'm not sure he can do it a fourth time. He's steadily been making people around here angry, and the next round of data center applications will probably be his end. #utpol

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 24/06/2026

The Cottonwood Fire is on track to exceed the massive Brian Head fire from a few years ago. Eagle Point has already lost buildings, many cabins have been reduced to ash, and communities on US-89 are on alert for evacuation orders. #utwx #utfire

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 23/06/2026

My Victrix Pro BFG controller stopped working last week. Can't find any obviously faulty components, and the power from the batteries seems fine. It flashes LEDs in an error code pattern, but there are no online docs saying what it means and Turtle Beach support has proven useless.

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 23/06/2026

John is purposefully misleading everyone. He is obviously attempting to use far more than a word in an attempt to coopt the Church's brand to build his audience. Unfortunately, the Trib falls for this schtick every single time and prints the claims without challenge.

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 17/06/2026

If you ever want to spice up your game night, here's an idea.

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 10/06/2026

I'd say the volunteer green beans are doing okay. #gardening

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 05/06/2026

The tactical ferret needs to know how well they work as ammo for the fire team.

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Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com · 04/06/2026

There's a location in Horizon: Forbidden West that is obviously meant to be a reference to the long-gone Imperial Palace in Las Vegas, and boy was it a TRIP to read about the guy who owned the place.

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