diff --git a/lisp/doom-ui.el b/lisp/doom-ui.el
index 4ca274457..847f5301f 100644
--- a/lisp/doom-ui.el
+++ b/lisp/doom-ui.el
@@ -388,13 +388,14 @@ windows, switch to `doom-fallback-buffer'. Otherwise, delegate to original
       (unless hl-line-mode
         (setq-local doom--hl-line-mode nil))))
 
-  (add-hook! '(evil-visual-state-entry-hook activate-mark-hook)
+  ;; TODO: Use (de)activate-mark-hook in the absence of evil
+  (add-hook! 'evil-visual-state-entry-hook
     (defun doom-disable-hl-line-h ()
       (when hl-line-mode
         (hl-line-mode -1)
         (setq-local doom--hl-line-mode t))))
 
-  (add-hook! '(evil-visual-state-exit-hook deactivate-mark-hook)
+  (add-hook! 'evil-visual-state-exit-hook
     (defun doom-enable-hl-line-maybe-h ()
       (when doom--hl-line-mode
         (hl-line-mode +1)))))
diff --git a/modules/email/mu4e/config.el b/modules/email/mu4e/config.el
index 4f91e1486..d679ba26b 100644
--- a/modules/email/mu4e/config.el
+++ b/modules/email/mu4e/config.el
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
   (cond ((or (modulep! +mbsync)
              (eq +mu4e-backend 'mbsync))
          (setq mu4e-get-mail-command
-               (format "mbsync --all --config %S"
+               (concat "mbsync --all"
                        ;; XDG support was added to isync 1.5, but this lets
                        ;; users on older benefit from it sooner.
-                       (or (file-exists-p! "isyncrc" (or (getenv "XDG_CONFIG_HOME") "~/.config"))
-                           "~/.mbsyncrc"))
+                       (when-let (file (file-exists-p! "isyncrc" (or (getenv "XDG_CONFIG_HOME") "~/.config")))
+                         (format " --config %S" file)))
                mu4e-change-filenames-when-moving t))
         ((or (modulep! +offlineimap)
              (eq +mu4e-backend 'offlineimap))
diff --git a/modules/lang/latex/+viewers.el b/modules/lang/latex/+viewers.el
index f1d439c4b..228f60e4f 100644
--- a/modules/lang/latex/+viewers.el
+++ b/modules/lang/latex/+viewers.el
@@ -4,47 +4,50 @@
 (add-to-list 'TeX-view-program-selection '(output-pdf "preview-pane") 'append)
 (add-to-list 'TeX-view-program-list '("preview-pane" latex-preview-pane-mode))
 
-(dolist (viewer (reverse +latex-viewers))
-  (pcase viewer
-    (`skim
-     (when-let
-         (app-path
-          (and (featurep :system 'macos)
-               (file-exists-p! (or "/Applications/Skim.app"
-                                   "~/Applications/Skim.app"))))
-       (add-to-list 'TeX-view-program-selection '(output-pdf "Skim"))
-       (add-to-list 'TeX-view-program-list
-                    (list "Skim" (format "%s/Contents/SharedSupport/displayline -r -b %%n %%o %%b"
-                                         app-path)))))
+(letf! (defun prepend-to-list (list-var value &optional append)
+         (set list-var (delete value (symbol-value list-var)))
+         (add-to-list list-var value append))
+  (dolist (viewer (reverse +latex-viewers))
+    (pcase viewer
+      (`skim
+       (when-let
+           (app-path
+            (and (featurep :system 'macos)
+                 (file-exists-p! (or "/Applications/Skim.app"
+                                     "~/Applications/Skim.app"))))
+         (prepend-to-list 'TeX-view-program-selection '(output-pdf "Skim"))
+         (add-to-list 'TeX-view-program-list
+                      (list "Skim" (format "%s/Contents/SharedSupport/displayline -r -b %%n %%o %%b"
+                                           app-path)))))
 
-    (`sumatrapdf
-     (when (and (featurep :system 'windows)
-                (executable-find "SumatraPDF"))
-       (add-to-list 'TeX-view-program-selection '(output-pdf "SumatraPDF"))))
+      (`sumatrapdf
+       (when (and (featurep :system 'windows)
+                  (executable-find "SumatraPDF"))
+         (prepend-to-list 'TeX-view-program-selection '(output-pdf "SumatraPDF"))))
 
-    (`okular
-     (when (executable-find "okular")
-       ;; Configure Okular as viewer. Including a bug fix
-       ;; (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=373855).
-       (add-to-list 'TeX-view-program-list '("Okular" ("okular --noraise --unique file:%o" (mode-io-correlate "#src:%n%a"))))
-       (add-to-list 'TeX-view-program-selection '(output-pdf "Okular"))))
+      (`okular
+       (when (executable-find "okular")
+         ;; Configure Okular as viewer. Including a bug fix
+         ;; (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=373855).
+         (add-to-list 'TeX-view-program-list '("Okular" ("okular --noraise --unique file:%o" (mode-io-correlate "#src:%n%a"))))
+         (prepend-to-list 'TeX-view-program-selection '(output-pdf "Okular"))))
 
-    (`zathura
-     (when (executable-find "zathura")
-       (add-to-list 'TeX-view-program-selection '(output-pdf "Zathura"))))
+      (`zathura
+       (when (executable-find "zathura")
+         (prepend-to-list 'TeX-view-program-selection '(output-pdf "Zathura"))))
 
-    (`evince
-     (when (executable-find "evince")
-       (add-to-list 'TeX-view-program-selection '(output-pdf "Evince"))))
+      (`evince
+       (when (executable-find "evince")
+         (prepend-to-list 'TeX-view-program-selection '(output-pdf "Evince"))))
 
-    (`pdf-tools
-     (when (modulep! :tools pdf)
-       (add-to-list 'TeX-view-program-selection '(output-pdf "PDF Tools"))
-       (when (featurep :system 'macos)
-         ;; PDF Tools isn't in `TeX-view-program-list-builtin' on macs.
-         (add-to-list 'TeX-view-program-list '("PDF Tools" TeX-pdf-tools-sync-view)))
-       ;; Update PDF buffers after successful LaTeX runs.
-       (add-hook 'TeX-after-compilation-finished-functions #'TeX-revert-document-buffer)))))
+      (`pdf-tools
+       (when (modulep! :tools pdf)
+         (prepend-to-list 'TeX-view-program-selection '(output-pdf "PDF Tools"))
+         (when (featurep :system 'macos)
+           ;; PDF Tools isn't in `TeX-view-program-list-builtin' on macs.
+           (add-to-list 'TeX-view-program-list '("PDF Tools" TeX-pdf-tools-sync-view)))
+         ;; Update PDF buffers after successful LaTeX runs.
+         (add-hook 'TeX-after-compilation-finished-functions #'TeX-revert-document-buffer))))))
 
 
 (after! latex-preview-pane
diff --git a/modules/lang/latex/config.el b/modules/lang/latex/config.el
index 066be1492..ff31b6196 100644
--- a/modules/lang/latex/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/latex/config.el
@@ -42,7 +42,15 @@ If no viewer is found, `latex-preview-pane-mode' is used.")
 ;;
 ;; Packages
 
-(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.tex\\'" . LaTeX-mode))
+;; HACK: Doom sets `custom-dont-initialize' during the early parts of its
+;;   startup process. This stops tex-site's setter on `TeX-modes' from
+;;   activating in `tex-site', which auctex loads *very early* from its
+;;   autoloads file. `tex-site's existence is hacky (more a historical artifact
+;;   and necessary evil, given its conflicts with the built in latex modes), so
+;;   I fix it as a one-off problem rather than a systemic one.
+(after! tex-site
+  (TeX-modes-set 'TeX-modes TeX-modes))
+
 
 (setq TeX-parse-self t ; parse on load
       TeX-auto-save t  ; parse on save
diff --git a/modules/lang/python/README.org b/modules/lang/python/README.org
index 977365736..a0ef69f5b 100644
--- a/modules/lang/python/README.org
+++ b/modules/lang/python/README.org
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This module adds [[https://www.python.org/][Python]] support to Doom Emacs.
 - Snippets
 - Run tests ([[doom-package:nose]], [[doom-package:pytest]])
 - Auto-format (with ~black~, requires [[doom-module::editor format]])
-- LSP integration (=pyls=, =jedi=, =ruff=, or =pyright=)
+- LSP integration (=pyls=, =jedi=, =ruff=, =pyright=, or =basedpyright=)
 
 ** Maintainers
 - [[doom-user:][@hlissner]]
@@ -86,9 +86,10 @@ For LSP support the [[doom-module::tools lsp]] module must be enabled, along wit
 
 An alternative LSP server can be used by installing them through the
 [[cmd:][lsp-install-server]] command, or an external package manager. For example:
+- To install *basedpyright*: ~$ pip install basedpyright~
+- To install *pyright*: ~$ pip install pyright~ or ~$ npm i -g pyright~.
 - To install [[https://pypi.org/project/python-language-server/][*pyls*]]: ~$ pip install python-language-server[all]~.
 - To install *mspyls*: ~M-x lsp-install-server RET mspyls~.
-- To install *pyright*: ~$ pip install pyright~ or ~$ npm i -g pyright~.
 
 ** Formatter
 
diff --git a/modules/lang/python/config.el b/modules/lang/python/config.el
index 3fbc0345c..7d3f57281 100644
--- a/modules/lang/python/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/python/config.el
@@ -353,4 +353,7 @@
   :when (modulep! +lsp)
   :when (modulep! +pyright)
   :when (not (modulep! :tools lsp +eglot))
-  :after lsp-mode)
+  :after lsp-mode
+  :init
+  (when-let ((exe (executable-find "basedpyright")))
+    (setq lsp-pyright-langserver-command exe)))
diff --git a/modules/lang/python/packages.el b/modules/lang/python/packages.el
index 5fefb1d85..75928863e 100644
--- a/modules/lang/python/packages.el
+++ b/modules/lang/python/packages.el
@@ -12,26 +12,26 @@
 (when (modulep! +lsp)
   (unless (modulep! :tools lsp +eglot)
     (when (modulep! +pyright)
-      (package! lsp-pyright :pin "cc6df06aeaee3053eb800a24193483387b7b545b"))))
+      (package! lsp-pyright :pin "0c0d72aedd18b16f48379b7d2f9ecb9c068713b0"))))
 
 ;; Programming environment
-(package! anaconda-mode :pin "79fa9b4d2bda9f69857aeffb30c75276848a2810")
+(package! anaconda-mode :pin "f900bd7656a03aa24ef3295251f266736f7756eb")
 (when (modulep! :completion company)
-  (package! company-anaconda :pin "1fe526163c265891cc20d971dc58b661ad8bcf23"))
+  (package! company-anaconda :pin "169252fca79a79da41ef22f2ec0eab0cf1313966"))
 
 ;; Environment management
 (package! pipenv :pin "3af159749824c03f59176aff7f66ddd6a5785a10")
 (package! pyvenv :pin "31ea715f2164dd611e7fc77b26390ef3ca93509b")
 (when (modulep! +pyenv)
-  (package! pyenv-mode :pin "de0d750b9c3057fd7cecc72e6a290902a0475afe"))
+  (package! pyenv-mode :pin "76787ea44f633426df402341663784db3a9e9639"))
 (when (modulep! +conda)
-  (package! conda :pin "60e14d1e9793431b91913a5688e278bd91d56224"))
+  (package! conda :pin "ce748a53f9c7d7a7d112632d32c848d6e5482e18"))
 (when (modulep! +poetry)
   (package! poetry :pin "1dff0d4a51ea8aff5f6ce97b154ea799902639ad"))
 
 ;; Testing frameworks
 (package! nose :pin "f8528297519eba911696c4e68fa88892de9a7b72")
-(package! python-pytest :pin "9f850e22df93812a5b109968c549f9b3dd828ed1")
+(package! python-pytest :pin "dcdaec6fe203f08bda0f5ee1931370dfd075a4ff")
 
 ;; Import managements
 (package! pyimport :pin "4398ce8dd64fa0f685f4bf8683a35087649346d3")