Shiloh James Howland
@shilohmjh.bsky.social
Educator. Psychometrician. Lapsed geologist. Vineyard Utah.
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An audit of Utah’s June primary elections identified 70 deceased people on the voter rolls. One-third of them were listed as “active,” meaning a ballot was sent to their addresses.
None of those ballots were fraudulently cast.
None of those ballots were fraudulently cast.
As Utah’s elections chief faces federal threats, auditors again find no signs of ‘significant fraud’ in voting
As the DOJ investigates Utah's elections chief, auditors again “did not observe significant fraud” in a review of the state's most recent election.
www.sltrib.com
September 17, 2026 at 1:54 AM
An audit of Utah’s June primary elections identified 70 deceased people on the voter rolls. One-third of them were listed as “active,” meaning a ballot was sent to their addresses.
None of those ballots were fraudulently cast.
None of those ballots were fraudulently cast.
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In an op-ed, four Utahns write that the state “does not lack knowledge or expertise” in earthquakes. “What it lacks is urgency.”
Voices: Venezuela’s earthquake tragedy is a warning for Utah
In an op-ed, four Utahns write that the state “does not lack knowledge or expertise” in earthquakes. “What it lacks is urgency.”
www.sltrib.com
August 26, 2026 at 2:44 AM
In an op-ed, four Utahns write that the state “does not lack knowledge or expertise” in earthquakes. “What it lacks is urgency.”
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Tweet tweet?
August 23, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Tweet tweet?
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Believe Women is an epistemological stance. It doesn't mean you assume that every single woman is telling the truth and women never lie. It means you understand that in the system that we exist in, there's much more risk and pain for women coming forward about abuse than there is anything to gain.
July 7, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Believe Women is an epistemological stance. It doesn't mean you assume that every single woman is telling the truth and women never lie. It means you understand that in the system that we exist in, there's much more risk and pain for women coming forward about abuse than there is anything to gain.
It’s so smoky here from the various fires that I can’t even see the complete and utter lack of snow on the mountains.
June 23, 2026 at 8:23 PM
It’s so smoky here from the various fires that I can’t even see the complete and utter lack of snow on the mountains.
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The Iron Fire burns near Eureka, Utah, with the Hastings Fire to its northwest, while the Kane Springs and Grapevine Fires burn in eastern Nevada.
June 22, 2026 at 9:27 PM
The Iron Fire burns near Eureka, Utah, with the Hastings Fire to its northwest, while the Kane Springs and Grapevine Fires burn in eastern Nevada.
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RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter
June 16, 2026 at 10:13 PM
RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter
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HiRISE 3D: Banded or Layered Megabreccia Clasts in Nili Fossae
Nili Fossae is a perennial runner-up for landed missions, and HiRISE 3D images provide excellent details and measurements to help teams assess risks.
www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP...
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
#Mars #NASA
Nili Fossae is a perennial runner-up for landed missions, and HiRISE 3D images provide excellent details and measurements to help teams assess risks.
www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP...
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
#Mars #NASA
June 2, 2026 at 7:35 PM
HiRISE 3D: Banded or Layered Megabreccia Clasts in Nili Fossae
Nili Fossae is a perennial runner-up for landed missions, and HiRISE 3D images provide excellent details and measurements to help teams assess risks.
www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP...
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
#Mars #NASA
Nili Fossae is a perennial runner-up for landed missions, and HiRISE 3D images provide excellent details and measurements to help teams assess risks.
www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP...
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
#Mars #NASA
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When I say no to something, I often get back a message thanking me for just responding, even negatively.
I'm guessing a lot of you have mailboxes full of invitations and requests you know you'll probably turn down but haven't pulled the trigger.
Just say no. They'll appreciate it.
I'm guessing a lot of you have mailboxes full of invitations and requests you know you'll probably turn down but haven't pulled the trigger.
Just say no. They'll appreciate it.
May 5, 2026 at 10:25 PM
When I say no to something, I often get back a message thanking me for just responding, even negatively.
I'm guessing a lot of you have mailboxes full of invitations and requests you know you'll probably turn down but haven't pulled the trigger.
Just say no. They'll appreciate it.
I'm guessing a lot of you have mailboxes full of invitations and requests you know you'll probably turn down but haven't pulled the trigger.
Just say no. They'll appreciate it.
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A shocking new poll result: Many Americans somehow don't have a favorite dinosaur.
And only 6% give the correct answer (triceratops).
Check out YouGov's new polling on Americans and dinosaurs: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/whats-your...
And only 6% give the correct answer (triceratops).
Check out YouGov's new polling on Americans and dinosaurs: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/whats-your...
April 15, 2026 at 9:49 PM
A shocking new poll result: Many Americans somehow don't have a favorite dinosaur.
And only 6% give the correct answer (triceratops).
Check out YouGov's new polling on Americans and dinosaurs: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/whats-your...
And only 6% give the correct answer (triceratops).
Check out YouGov's new polling on Americans and dinosaurs: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/whats-your...
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This is Molly. She was finally found a week after her human fell down a 180-foot waterfall while hiking together in New Zealand. Her human was badly injured and rescued by helicopter, but Molly was missing. A week later, Molly was found at the base of the waterfall and reunited with her human. 14/10
March 31, 2026 at 7:09 PM
This is Molly. She was finally found a week after her human fell down a 180-foot waterfall while hiking together in New Zealand. Her human was badly injured and rescued by helicopter, but Molly was missing. A week later, Molly was found at the base of the waterfall and reunited with her human. 14/10
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As the first reanalysis data become available, I think I can say with a fairly high degree of confidence that the March 2026 heatwave will go down as the most anomalously extreme heat event ever observed at any time of year in the southwestern U.S.
March 25, 2026 at 4:47 PM
As the first reanalysis data become available, I think I can say with a fairly high degree of confidence that the March 2026 heatwave will go down as the most anomalously extreme heat event ever observed at any time of year in the southwestern U.S.
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The Library of Congress has the largest flute collection on earth.
Dayton C. Miller, born #OTD 160 years ago, is the person to thank for that. Miller amassed nearly 1,700 wind instruments during his lifetime, donating them to the Library of Congress in the 1940s. ⬇️
www.loc.gov/collections/...
Dayton C. Miller, born #OTD 160 years ago, is the person to thank for that. Miller amassed nearly 1,700 wind instruments during his lifetime, donating them to the Library of Congress in the 1940s. ⬇️
www.loc.gov/collections/...
March 13, 2026 at 12:24 PM
The Library of Congress has the largest flute collection on earth.
Dayton C. Miller, born #OTD 160 years ago, is the person to thank for that. Miller amassed nearly 1,700 wind instruments during his lifetime, donating them to the Library of Congress in the 1940s. ⬇️
www.loc.gov/collections/...
Dayton C. Miller, born #OTD 160 years ago, is the person to thank for that. Miller amassed nearly 1,700 wind instruments during his lifetime, donating them to the Library of Congress in the 1940s. ⬇️
www.loc.gov/collections/...
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The last good day on the internet?
A case can be made that it was February 26th, 2015, when llamas on the loose and Buzzfeed's "The Dress" debate pulled the world into a trance.
So how did the internet get quite so bad?
A case can be made that it was February 26th, 2015, when llamas on the loose and Buzzfeed's "The Dress" debate pulled the world into a trance.
So how did the internet get quite so bad?
February 26, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The last good day on the internet?
A case can be made that it was February 26th, 2015, when llamas on the loose and Buzzfeed's "The Dress" debate pulled the world into a trance.
So how did the internet get quite so bad?
A case can be made that it was February 26th, 2015, when llamas on the loose and Buzzfeed's "The Dress" debate pulled the world into a trance.
So how did the internet get quite so bad?
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Colbert posted the interview online. I do wonder if CBS and the FCC are aware of the Streisand effect? The interview has been up for 8 hours and has just over half a million views.
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Colbert posted the interview online. I do wonder if CBS and the FCC are aware of the Streisand effect? The interview has been up for 8 hours and has just over half a million views.
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"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE
February 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE
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A beautiful Byzantine necklace (dated C6-7th AD), made of amethyst, glass, & gold beads linked by delicate gold thread. A lovely piece of ancient jewellery! (📷 NY Met Museum) #AncientBlueSky
February 4, 2026 at 10:57 PM
A beautiful Byzantine necklace (dated C6-7th AD), made of amethyst, glass, & gold beads linked by delicate gold thread. A lovely piece of ancient jewellery! (📷 NY Met Museum) #AncientBlueSky
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Did you know that Olympic curling stones come from just one tiny island in Scotland?
Granite from Ailsa Craig has been used to make Olympic curling stones since 1924. Below, you can see a thin section in cross polarised light.
Learn about the stones: britgeoheritage.blogspot.com/2014/02/gran...
Granite from Ailsa Craig has been used to make Olympic curling stones since 1924. Below, you can see a thin section in cross polarised light.
Learn about the stones: britgeoheritage.blogspot.com/2014/02/gran...
February 4, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Did you know that Olympic curling stones come from just one tiny island in Scotland?
Granite from Ailsa Craig has been used to make Olympic curling stones since 1924. Below, you can see a thin section in cross polarised light.
Learn about the stones: britgeoheritage.blogspot.com/2014/02/gran...
Granite from Ailsa Craig has been used to make Olympic curling stones since 1924. Below, you can see a thin section in cross polarised light.
Learn about the stones: britgeoheritage.blogspot.com/2014/02/gran...
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Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
![Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026.
_________________________________________________
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
[photo of Liam]
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
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January 31, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
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Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
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Your backpack does not need a seat on the train. Promise.
January 13, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Your backpack does not need a seat on the train. Promise.
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