Aprilcots
@aprilcots.bsky.social
“Like a cup of strong coffee mixed with existential dread, her posts are refreshingly bitter with a hint of sweetness.” -Bluesky Roast 😂
Exmo. Singer. Book reviewer. History nerd. Writer. Med family. Doodle enabler. Snarky.
Not a fan of tyranny.
Exmo. Singer. Book reviewer. History nerd. Writer. Med family. Doodle enabler. Snarky.
Not a fan of tyranny.
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Aprilcots
@aprilcots.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Hello to all of my new followers! You should know that while I always try to be respectful, I am an Exmormon who sometimes will rant about the actions of the church and its members. I don’t like to criticize someone’s belief systems without their consent, so consider this your warning.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
(Don’t hate me…)
(Don’t hate me…)
December 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
(Don’t hate me…)
(Don’t hate me…)
My budding media and poly sci major teen just started an alt news account called The Weave. If it’s anything like living with this kid and his political jokes every day, this is going to be a trip.
US to Annex North Pole and Use Workshop for Steel Production
December 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
My budding media and poly sci major teen just started an alt news account called The Weave. If it’s anything like living with this kid and his political jokes every day, this is going to be a trip.
Today’s texts with the hubs…
(Incidentally if your husband calls his Italian fellow’s cellphone, you’ll get a text saying that he just incurred international charges, even if the call was only 20 seconds long and the Italian’s phone is currently just down the hall… in the US)
(Incidentally if your husband calls his Italian fellow’s cellphone, you’ll get a text saying that he just incurred international charges, even if the call was only 20 seconds long and the Italian’s phone is currently just down the hall… in the US)
December 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Today’s texts with the hubs…
(Incidentally if your husband calls his Italian fellow’s cellphone, you’ll get a text saying that he just incurred international charges, even if the call was only 20 seconds long and the Italian’s phone is currently just down the hall… in the US)
(Incidentally if your husband calls his Italian fellow’s cellphone, you’ll get a text saying that he just incurred international charges, even if the call was only 20 seconds long and the Italian’s phone is currently just down the hall… in the US)
Huh. So that’s where the affinity fraud started… 🤔😜😉
December 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Huh. So that’s where the affinity fraud started… 🤔😜😉
Ha! I too was radicalized by @hcrichardson.bsky.social , but silly us, my husband came along for the ride. 👀
December 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Ha! I too was radicalized by @hcrichardson.bsky.social , but silly us, my husband came along for the ride. 👀
“While Mormon retention looked solid in the early 2000s, in the years since, as Millennial Mormons moved through emerging adulthood, they began exiting the LDS church in dramatic, unprecedented numbers”
Now let’s talk about why… (it’s not lazy learning, or the desire to sin, despite the narrative)
Now let’s talk about why… (it’s not lazy learning, or the desire to sin, despite the narrative)
US Gen Zers and millennials are leaving the LDS church, data confirms
(RNS) — LDS church leaders have said it is merely a ‘narrative’ that more young adults are leaving the faith. But in the US at least, it’s a narrative driven by data.
religionnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
“While Mormon retention looked solid in the early 2000s, in the years since, as Millennial Mormons moved through emerging adulthood, they began exiting the LDS church in dramatic, unprecedented numbers”
Now let’s talk about why… (it’s not lazy learning, or the desire to sin, despite the narrative)
Now let’s talk about why… (it’s not lazy learning, or the desire to sin, despite the narrative)
Timeline cleanse. This lovely lady has been visiting us every day because we left our pumpkins out for her and now she is very unbothered by us and basically knocks on the door to say hi every afternoon. I took this picture from about 3 feet away.
December 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Timeline cleanse. This lovely lady has been visiting us every day because we left our pumpkins out for her and now she is very unbothered by us and basically knocks on the door to say hi every afternoon. I took this picture from about 3 feet away.
Oh, this is so sad! Sophie Kinsella (née Madeline Wickham) was one of my favorite escapist authors. Her Shopaholic books hold a very special place in my heart. Much love to her husband and the five children that just lost their mom. 😔 #booksky
Confessions of a Shopaholic novelist Sophie Kinsella dies aged 55
The ‘queen of romantic comedy’ has died 18 months after announcing her brain cancer diagnosis
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Oh, this is so sad! Sophie Kinsella (née Madeline Wickham) was one of my favorite escapist authors. Her Shopaholic books hold a very special place in my heart. Much love to her husband and the five children that just lost their mom. 😔 #booksky
Yes! Florida!!!! This native Floridian has waited so long to be proud of you again!!!!
The Democrat in Miami just defeated the Republican ICE cheerleader for mayor. Turns out even in Florida, people are tired of cruelty masquerading as leadership. Republicans had held this seat for the last three decades. Let that…sink in.
December 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Yes! Florida!!!! This native Floridian has waited so long to be proud of you again!!!!
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days,” she said. “If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
This article is worth a read.
This article is worth a read.
We asked critics from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Critics from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days,” she said. “If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
This article is worth a read.
This article is worth a read.
Is everyone else having trouble with deliveries this month? I am getting constant “sorry your package is late” emails and I’m in an infinite delay glitch with one store who keeps sending me gift cards to say they’re sorry and then I use them and then that order’s late and they send me another card.
December 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Is everyone else having trouble with deliveries this month? I am getting constant “sorry your package is late” emails and I’m in an infinite delay glitch with one store who keeps sending me gift cards to say they’re sorry and then I use them and then that order’s late and they send me another card.
Three nights in a row I have been harassed by my dead mother in very unpleasant dreams. Mormon me would have believed she was trying to communicate with me from the spirit world. Now I understand that I’ve got major unresolved mom trauma and I really wish she would just leave me alone already.
December 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Three nights in a row I have been harassed by my dead mother in very unpleasant dreams. Mormon me would have believed she was trying to communicate with me from the spirit world. Now I understand that I’ve got major unresolved mom trauma and I really wish she would just leave me alone already.
You will be visited by three spirits.
December 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
You will be visited by three spirits.
I’m finding the top read books this year on Goodreads very telling. Memoirs were dominated by Mormons behaving badly and Science Fiction was dominated by warnings of fascism and authoritarianism. Curious and incredibly indicative of the year we just had. 🧐
December 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I’m finding the top read books this year on Goodreads very telling. Memoirs were dominated by Mormons behaving badly and Science Fiction was dominated by warnings of fascism and authoritarianism. Curious and incredibly indicative of the year we just had. 🧐
When I was at BYU, there was a while when they would edit R rated movies (like Jerry McGuire) and then screen them at The Varsity Theater. There was a certain subset of students who threw a fit because they believed that an R movie was always an R movie even if the offending scenes were deleted. 🤔
December 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
When I was at BYU, there was a while when they would edit R rated movies (like Jerry McGuire) and then screen them at The Varsity Theater. There was a certain subset of students who threw a fit because they believed that an R movie was always an R movie even if the offending scenes were deleted. 🤔
Guess what this professional actress and patron of the arts will NOT be watching this evening, which used to be one of my favorite things but has been temporarily ruined by a fascist toad? Any guesses? 🤗 😇
December 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Guess what this professional actress and patron of the arts will NOT be watching this evening, which used to be one of my favorite things but has been temporarily ruined by a fascist toad? Any guesses? 🤗 😇
I’m not lying in a shelter during a missile attack 😱, but I share this sentiment completely. I’ve been on the verge of tears all day after reading the NSS this morning. It’s so bad, guys. So bad. My only consolation is that they’re such clowns that they don’t know how to actually implement anything.
Lying in a shelter during a russian missile attack — and still reeling from the latest NSS reading — and now this FIFA "peace prize."
This world is so tragically grotesque that if aliens showed up tomorrow to help "mediate peace", I wouldn't even be surprised.
This world is so tragically grotesque that if aliens showed up tomorrow to help "mediate peace", I wouldn't even be surprised.
December 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I’m not lying in a shelter during a missile attack 😱, but I share this sentiment completely. I’ve been on the verge of tears all day after reading the NSS this morning. It’s so bad, guys. So bad. My only consolation is that they’re such clowns that they don’t know how to actually implement anything.
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity
December 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity
It’s that time of the year where my type A brain is feeling very stressed out about my completely self-inflicted reading goal, so I adjusted it from 75 to 70, and boom. I’m one book away and the stress has been alleviated. I’ll probably still read about 75, but now I’ll feel ahead. 🤗
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It’s that time of the year where my type A brain is feeling very stressed out about my completely self-inflicted reading goal, so I adjusted it from 75 to 70, and boom. I’m one book away and the stress has been alleviated. I’ll probably still read about 75, but now I’ll feel ahead. 🤗
Fauci wishes everyone the Friday that they deserve and would like to remind you, that like unto his namesake, he also believes that Fauci ouchies save countless lives. Fauci is fully vaccinated. Are you?!? #dogsky #medsky #faucifriday
December 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Fauci wishes everyone the Friday that they deserve and would like to remind you, that like unto his namesake, he also believes that Fauci ouchies save countless lives. Fauci is fully vaccinated. Are you?!? #dogsky #medsky #faucifriday
My child has jokes.
I have gotten so tired of this game. Did they really need to make a PS5 remaster?
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
My child has jokes.
My teen just found a VHS tape among our DVDs (it’s the only copy of a show that I performed in), and he looked at it timidly, inspected the entire thing, said the ribbon made him nervous, and gingerly put it back. It’s the first time he’s ever seen one that he can remember and wow do I feel old.
December 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My teen just found a VHS tape among our DVDs (it’s the only copy of a show that I performed in), and he looked at it timidly, inspected the entire thing, said the ribbon made him nervous, and gingerly put it back. It’s the first time he’s ever seen one that he can remember and wow do I feel old.
As seen on Reddit- A new resident of our town is looking for a “liberal” church that will be kind to her LQBTQ daughter. Congrats- the Mormons have been lumped into the churches that would definitely not be a safe place for them. Looks like their attempt to assimilate is going according to plan… 🤦🏼♀️
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
As seen on Reddit- A new resident of our town is looking for a “liberal” church that will be kind to her LQBTQ daughter. Congrats- the Mormons have been lumped into the churches that would definitely not be a safe place for them. Looks like their attempt to assimilate is going according to plan… 🤦🏼♀️
Fireplace, Christmas tree, cold beverage, hot bowl of lamb curry on rice, Food Network. So many blankets. Vibes are excellent even if we are breaking records for December frigidness tonight and we had to turn our lamps on at 3:30.
December 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Fireplace, Christmas tree, cold beverage, hot bowl of lamb curry on rice, Food Network. So many blankets. Vibes are excellent even if we are breaking records for December frigidness tonight and we had to turn our lamps on at 3:30.