Pioneer Day is a state holiday to celebrate the people who settled the state. You don't have to be weird about it and create your own alternate holiday because you hate their religion.
Ive actually heard people talk about the Mormon Mafia irl but its just that a bunch of doctors, lawyers, and business leaders in town that are members and all happen to know and like each other.
I'm an orthopedic surgeon, 63, still training seriously, and after three decades in practice, tendon pain is the single most common complaint that walks into my office. More common than fractures. More common than arthritis flares. Most patients, and plenty of physicians, get one basic thing wrong about it.
Red Rising probably would have been more enjoyable if I read it instead of audiobook. The narrator did too good of a job making everyone arrogant and obnoxious.