Spencer Cox

Father. Recovering Attorney. Bassist. 18th Governor of Utah. Happy. Personal account. All posts are my own and not an official position of the State of Utah.

[Spencer Cox @SpencerJCox]

Today Penguin Press announced my new book, Off Ramp: How to Be a Peacemaker in an Age of Contempt.

I’ve been working on this project for a few years. It’s about something I think a lot of us feel. We’re losing the ability to disagree without seeing each other as enemies. There has to be a better way, and this book is my attempt to find it.

It isn’t easy. And I don’t always get it right. But I think it’s worth trying. I know my mom will read it (and I hope you will too).

More here: https://t.co/Rhru8XRNa7

[Governor Cox @GovCox]

This is for every athlete who competes with integrity.

Today, Attorney General Brown and I sent a letter to Big 12 leadership regarding the Conference’s authority to enforce its rules and preserve fair competition.

[Conor Sen @conorsen]

A lot of the cultural cynicism about the US and international views of the US heading into the World Cup look really dumb right now.

[Mikale Olson @realmikolson]

A wise man once said, if you want to hate America, watch the news. If you want to love America, drive across it.

These European World Cup tourists are experiencing the REAL America for the first time: not New York City or LA, but middle America and all its hospitality. 🇺🇸

[JazzBasketball @Jazzbasketball1]

📽️ 6.14.1998 - OTD 28 years ago there was a 5-point swing in the Chicago Bulls' favor on missed calls on shotclock violations in Game 6 of the 1998 #NBAFinals
#JazzBasketball #TakeNote #UtahJazz

[PMT Stats @PmtStats]

Imagine drafting both of them in the same draft

Deciding you want neither of them

Only getting one 1st rounder, 29 games of Anthony Davis, and Max Christie in return

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

The vibes couldn’t be more immaculate in America right now

[Billy Binion @billybinion]

One of the worst things the progressive movement has done for society is convince large numbers of people that the success of others necessarily came at their expense. It’s bred so much resentment. And it simply isn’t true.

[Jody Genessy @DJJazzyJody]

This rendition of the national anthem was SOOOO GOOOD!!!!! The singers, the crowd, Tom Cruise singing along, the players, the little boy's smile, the flags and costumes, all the red, white and blue. Everything is awesome.

[John Arnold @johnarnold]

@TransportDems Goal of the Jones Act: national security resilience, economic self-sufficiency, maritime labor force.

Reality of the Jones Act: Tiny non-defense shipbuilding industry and labor force that is irrelevant to wartime logistics. Higher prices on intermediate and consumer goods.

[Spencer Cox @SpencerJCox]

OMG KNICKS

[Nancy Pearcey @NancyRPearcey]

Men: Want to protect the health of your brain? Become a father

"An emerging body of research is finding that fatherhood can protect men’s brains as they get older. The neuroscientist Ann-Marie de Lange and her fellow researchers used data from the U.K. Biobank, a repository of brain scans of thousands of participants across Britain, to test whether parents showed different trajectories of brain age in middle age and beyond. The brains of the participants with children looked younger �� a relationship that emerged for both fathers and mothers.

A complementary study led by researchers at the University of Southern California also found younger-looking brains in men and women with children compared with those without. Men with two children had an estimated brain age that was 0.6 years younger than their childless peers had, and for men with three children, it was 0.7 years younger. That’s similar to the brain benefit associated with exercising 2.5 hours a week.

A study of the aging brain led by the neuroscientist Edwina Orchard focused on a different type of brain health marker, a resting-state scan. Researchers can identify patterns of correlated blood flow across different parts of the brain, giving us a sense of which regions talk to one another. Her team found that participants with more children showed livelier patterns of brain connectivity, with more disparate regions of the brain in communication. In particular, more connections appeared in parts of the brain that integrate sensory and motor information and memory, perhaps reflecting the importance of these regions to the physical caregiving of children."

--Darby Saxbe, in the New York Times

[Charlotte Alter @CharlotteAlter]

In other words... guys who are sleepmaxxing and proteinmaxxing and liftmaxxing should actually be toddlermaxxing
https://t.co/bozHdXKSvD

[Governor Cox @GovCox]

I recently invited my fellow governors to join America’s Potluck, a nationwide effort led by America250 Utah.

What began in Utah is now encouraging people in all 50 states and Puerto Rico to gather on July 5, 2026, share a meal, and spend time with the people living right in their own neighborhoods.

As we prepare to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, let’s gather around good food and remember what we have in common.

Learn more about America’s Potluck: https://t.co/Qp7POiMQ9M

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Open Letter
To the President of the Russian Federation
From the President of Ukraine

When you came to power in Russia more than 26 years ago, many people in Ukraine viewed you positively. That is how it was. But that is now in the past.
Now, the overwhelming majority of Ukrainians view it positively that our long-range drones paid a visit to the opening of your forum in St. Petersburg, covering a distance of more than 1,000 kilometers. As you know very well, that distance is not the limit of our capabilities.

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

We don't know whether it was smartphones/social-media or edtech that was the bigger contributor to the decline in education outcomes that began in the 2010s. But new revelations show the tricks Meta, Snap, and Tiktok used to lure students during the school day.

Still more reasons to be technoskeptical

https://t.co/m9TrbNWm1N

[U.S. Department of Energy @ENERGY]

President Trump is unleashing the American Nuclear Renaissance—aiming to have multiple nuclear reactors critical by July 4th on our nation's 250th anniversary.

@SecretaryWright: “This summer you will see multiple next generation nuclear reactors running...America is back!"

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

This has quietly been a miracle month in medicine.

In the last 5 weeks we’ve got news on:

- retatrutide, the triple agonist GLP-1 from Lilly, basically melting fat and body-wide inflammation at record levels
- RevMed’s new pancreatic cancer drug showing unprecedented abilities to extend life
- small trial of a one-and-done PCSK9 gene editing therapy for slashing LDL cholesterol
- Mayo’s AI-assisted radiology showing vastly improved cancer detection
- this new therapy for metastatic solid tumors

This stuff is at varying levels of evidence. Retatrutide is ~100% on its way, other stuff needs more clinical trial data. But put it together and we’re maybe on the verge of majorly reducing the mortality of heart disease and cancer, the two leading causes of death in America.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Connecting young people to digital networks serves no purpose if they remain disconnected from themselves, others, and their own interiority. We must help young people rediscover silence, reflection, the ability to ask questions, the depth of relationships, and openness to transcendence. To listen to the soul, we must lend an ear, because the soul's voice is not a shout, but a whisper.

[Governor Cox @GovCox]

Today I signed an Executive Order establishing a higher bar for data center development in Utah.

Utahns deserve confidence that water resources, air quality, utility rates, wildlife, and quality of life will be protected. This framework helps ensure that data center development aligns with Utah’s long-term interests and reflects Utah values.

In Utah, environmental stewardship and economic opportunity go hand in hand.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

Goodness. What a prophetic quote from 44 years ago.