Science fiction & fantasy author. 2011 Nebula Award winner & Hugo Award nominee. 60+ short stories & 2 novels published. BYU fan. Reagan/Romney Republican.
Orem, UT
Joined June 2008
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Hey @Apple—I never want my AirPods to connect to my Apple Watch instead of my iPhone. In fact, I never want my AirPods to connect to my Apple Watch at all. And yet it keeps happening for no apparent reason. @AppleSupport
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I was leaning toward supporting @GovRonDeSantis in the Republican primary in 2028, but this is a needlessly stupid take on his part. If you don't want Mitt Romney Republicans like me to vote for you, it's going to be that much harder to beat the Democrats.
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Eric James Stone retweeted
As a lifelong Republican, I have a suggestion for my party. Let’s try governing as conservatives again. Real conservatives. Free market conservatives. Free trade conservatives. Small government conservatives. Fiscal conservatives. Cultural conservatives. Leader of the free world, peace through strength conservatives. Pro-democracy conservatives. Anti-authoritarian conservatives. Personal values conservatives. Patriotic but not nationalist conservatives. Capitalism but not state capitalism conservatives. Federalist conservatives. And most of all: Rule of Law conservatives.
Eric James Stone retweeted
Bad policy, bad character make bad politics: erratic tariffs, impulsive Iran war, blanket pardons, apparent corruption, weaponized justice, ICE brutality, mountainous deficits, hiding Epstein, abandoning allies and coddling enemies. Hoping for a course correction, for the country and for my party.
After this disaster, there's no way @JDVance wins an open primary for the GOP nomination in 2028.
Vance's only shot is ousting Trump via the 25th Amendment (anyone not blinded by partisanship can see Trump is mentally impaired) or convincing Trump to resign.
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What principles do you have that you are willing to let your preferred party lose an election over?
Partisans will always tell you have to vote for your party’s candidate no matter what because the other party is worse. But if you’re not willing to let your party lose over a matter of principle, then you don’t actually have principles that matter.
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If Baylor wins the Belt from UCF, then in two weeks BYU may have a chance to win it for the second time this season.
🏟️ HALFTIME
UCF 6 – 20 Baylor
Belt IN DANGER.
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Keep the belt, Cougars!
🏈 GAME DAY — the belt is on the line
No. 2 BYU at UCF
3:30 PM ET on Fox · FBC Mortgage Stadium
BYU: first defense of its 4th reign (7 days). UCF takes the belt with a win.
The Lean: BYU 31-20 · 79% to defend
Kickoff forecast: 77°F, overcast
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Eric James Stone retweeted
🏈 UCF gets a shot at the belt on Saturday.
UCF has never played a game with the belt on the line.
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#BYUCPL @gregwrubell BYU won the College Football Belt from Notre Dame. The College Football Belt is a lineal championship going back to the first college football game.
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Eric James Stone retweeted
🏆 THE BELT HAS CHANGED HANDS
BYU defeats Notre Dame 28-24.
BYU is the 4th holder of the College Football Belt.
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🏈 Belt on the line: Notre Dame at BYU, Oct 17, 2026.
Your call — does the belt stay put?
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40%Notre Dame keeps it
60%BYU takes it
5 votes • Final resultsI don’t know why the College Football Belt doesn’t get talked about much. It’s a fun additional storyline for the BYU-Notre Dame game.
What is the Belt? It’s a lineal championship where any team that beats the current champion becomes the new champion, like in boxing. The College Football Belt has traced the championship all the way back to the first college football game, when Rutgers beat Princeton.
Notre Dame holds the belt. BYU can win it. Go Cougs! @jackson5payne @gregwrubell @joewheat27 @FiredUpCoug
🏈 BYU gets a shot at the belt on Saturday.
BYU has held the belt 3 times for 343 days in total, most recently in 2022.
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Any college football playoff system that allows every worthy team into the playoff must inevitably allow unworthy teams in. I'd rather err on the side of giving borderline teams a shot.
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Eric James Stone retweeted
SEC and other college football fans who oppose a 24-team playoff usually say this:
“Regular season games won’t matter anymore if 9-3 teams get in!”
Well, fellas, welcome to the present reality of Big 12 fans!
Our regular season games “don’t matter” today after one loss under the current, corrupt pro-SEC system. Last year BYU went 11-1 in the regular season with their only loss at Top 10 Texas Tech.
BYU had zero support from the CFP and ESPN after that one loss. Their only hope was to then win the conference championship and they lost again to Tech.
The Big 12 is 0-for-14 securing at-large bids in the 12-team CFP format. The only game, therefore, that “matters” in the Big 12 is the conference championship game.
That’s absurd.
The Top 12 spots are blatantly gate-kept for SEC teams and top-end Big Ten teams. This starts with preseason rankings giving SEC teams “ranked wins” early against teams that end up going 7-5. Then ESPN conjures comically biased metrics to further benefit SEC teams.
If you want regular season games to “matter more” in college football on the whole, expand to 24-teams.
Remember, those who most ardently support corrupt systems (like the current 12-team CFP), are the ones who benefit most from the corruption.
BYU is playing for the College Football Belt this week. The Cougars last won the belt from Baylor on 9/10/22, then lost it a week later to Oregon.
🛡️ FINAL — Notre Dame defends the belt
Notre Dame 58, Stanford 7.
6th defense of the reign.
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