Michael Trice, the Sturm Brightblade of Rhetoric
@mikertrice.bsky.social
I've broken down the gates. Lecturer in Rhetoric and Writing at MIT. Father. Gamer. Teacher. Researcher Parageographer.
My favorite moment in zootopia 2 was when Nick the Fox put on a tux to go undercover and the 20-something behind me whispered to her friend, “smash.”
December 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
My favorite moment in zootopia 2 was when Nick the Fox put on a tux to go undercover and the 20-something behind me whispered to her friend, “smash.”
Wouldn't mind playing that Florida game again.
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Wouldn't mind playing that Florida game again.
Poor Aggie.
SEC Championship Game is overrated, and you didn't really want to have to play it anyway. Plus, you're still in the playoffs.
Well done, little bro. #HookEm
SEC Championship Game is overrated, and you didn't really want to have to play it anyway. Plus, you're still in the playoffs.
Well done, little bro. #HookEm
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Poor Aggie.
SEC Championship Game is overrated, and you didn't really want to have to play it anyway. Plus, you're still in the playoffs.
Well done, little bro. #HookEm
SEC Championship Game is overrated, and you didn't really want to have to play it anyway. Plus, you're still in the playoffs.
Well done, little bro. #HookEm
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Science People: We at NSF are still recovering/catching up/getting our lives together. But the agency posted these FAQs about post-shutdown resumption of operations which might answer a lot of Qs for you: www.nsf.gov/resumption-o...
Resumption of Operations at NSF
Information for NSF staff and the research community regarding the agency's resumption of operations after a lapse in appropriations.
www.nsf.gov
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Science People: We at NSF are still recovering/catching up/getting our lives together. But the agency posted these FAQs about post-shutdown resumption of operations which might answer a lot of Qs for you: www.nsf.gov/resumption-o...
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"Legal experts point out that this effectively hands Trump the authority to unilaterally execute civilians who are not waging war against the United States in any recognizable sense."
Read that again, I had to.
Read that again, I had to.
Trump's illegal murders in the Caribbean just got worse. An internal DOJ memo on the bombings says the victims are waging war on the US, but per NYT, it extensively cites the WH's *own claims* to this effect as evidence!
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
Trump Boat Bombings Take Dark, Unnerving Turn with Leaked Memo Stunner
A new Trump administration memo argues that those carrying out the boat attacks can’t be prosecuted. Why? Because the administration says so!
newrepublic.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Legal experts point out that this effectively hands Trump the authority to unilaterally execute civilians who are not waging war against the United States in any recognizable sense."
Read that again, I had to.
Read that again, I had to.
The Texas beats OU, OU beats Bama, Bama beats Georgia, Georgia beats Texas cycle is my favorite quirk of the new SEC.
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The Texas beats OU, OU beats Bama, Bama beats Georgia, Georgia beats Texas cycle is my favorite quirk of the new SEC.
Going from "woah, Paul Rodgers is looking great for age!" to "OMG, that's Chris Robinson."
I really have better things to do than start shopping for fantasy-themed urns.
I really have better things to do than start shopping for fantasy-themed urns.
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Going from "woah, Paul Rodgers is looking great for age!" to "OMG, that's Chris Robinson."
I really have better things to do than start shopping for fantasy-themed urns.
I really have better things to do than start shopping for fantasy-themed urns.
Well, several blue governments that occasionally elect Republicans did not elect Republicans today.
Draw trends and conclusions with care.
Draw trends and conclusions with care.
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Well, several blue governments that occasionally elect Republicans did not elect Republicans today.
Draw trends and conclusions with care.
Draw trends and conclusions with care.
Trolling the middle schooler:
"What number did they give the chicken jockey?"
"Don't do this."
"SIX SEVEN"
*dies a little on the inside*
"What number did they give the chicken jockey?"
"Don't do this."
"SIX SEVEN"
*dies a little on the inside*
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Trolling the middle schooler:
"What number did they give the chicken jockey?"
"Don't do this."
"SIX SEVEN"
*dies a little on the inside*
"What number did they give the chicken jockey?"
"Don't do this."
"SIX SEVEN"
*dies a little on the inside*
OU-rated
October 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
OU-rated
Healthy Texas D is making the OU line look like the Texas O-line.
October 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Healthy Texas D is making the OU line look like the Texas O-line.
Center for Dangerous Clickbait
September 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Center for Dangerous Clickbait
Not sure I believe in fate, but Clemson football crashing as the admin cowers to political pressure is still rewarding.
September 21, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Not sure I believe in fate, but Clemson football crashing as the admin cowers to political pressure is still rewarding.
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Can Jimmy Kimmel sue Brendan Carr, or other federal actors, for violating his First Amendment rights by coercing ABC to suspend his show, and maybe eventually to fire him?
To teal deer it, yes, but without an effective remedy.
/1
To teal deer it, yes, but without an effective remedy.
/1
September 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Can Jimmy Kimmel sue Brendan Carr, or other federal actors, for violating his First Amendment rights by coercing ABC to suspend his show, and maybe eventually to fire him?
To teal deer it, yes, but without an effective remedy.
/1
To teal deer it, yes, but without an effective remedy.
/1
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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i have said this before but when “getting rid of race in admissions” for the administration means “you can’t even try to reach out to underrepresented communities and encourage them to apply and if you do it is illegal discrimination against white people” then the actual goal here is segregation
Harvard Ends Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program as Trump Targets Race in Admissions | News | The Harvard Crimson
By ending the minority recruitment program in May, Harvard shuttered a more than 50-year-old initiative to encourage minority high school students to apply.
www.thecrimson.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
i have said this before but when “getting rid of race in admissions” for the administration means “you can’t even try to reach out to underrepresented communities and encourage them to apply and if you do it is illegal discrimination against white people” then the actual goal here is segregation
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A man in Washington, DC, plays the Imperial March from Star Wars while following patrolling soldiers. One of the soldiers threatens to call the police.
September 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A man in Washington, DC, plays the Imperial March from Star Wars while following patrolling soldiers. One of the soldiers threatens to call the police.
Weapons was A LOT MORE Tales from the Dark Side than I expected.
September 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Weapons was A LOT MORE Tales from the Dark Side than I expected.
Is it strange that the two leading figures in suburban horror are former sketch comedy guys?
September 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Is it strange that the two leading figures in suburban horror are former sketch comedy guys?
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Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.
Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
September 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.
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Acts of political violence aren’t acceptable. Non-political school shootings aren’t acceptable. Sacking the legislature isn’t acceptable. Military occupation of peaceful American cities isn’t acceptable. Abductions conducted in courthouse hallways by masked agents of the state aren’t acceptable.
September 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Acts of political violence aren’t acceptable. Non-political school shootings aren’t acceptable. Sacking the legislature isn’t acceptable. Military occupation of peaceful American cities isn’t acceptable. Abductions conducted in courthouse hallways by masked agents of the state aren’t acceptable.
Assassination is as deadly to democracy as state violence.
September 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Assassination is as deadly to democracy as state violence.
Human rights are innate. Thus, a government willing to deny those rights to any of us will eventually deny those rights to all of us.
September 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Human rights are innate. Thus, a government willing to deny those rights to any of us will eventually deny those rights to all of us.
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I’d missed that Kennedy had appointed Robert Malone to a board that advises the CDC on who should get certain vaccines.
Malone is one of the worst purveyors of vaccine misinformation. He’s so bad he was banned by Twitter.
Dude doesn’t know enough to be on Twitter but he’s advising the CDC.
Malone is one of the worst purveyors of vaccine misinformation. He’s so bad he was banned by Twitter.
Dude doesn’t know enough to be on Twitter but he’s advising the CDC.
Kennedy's picks for vaccine advisory panel raise concerns about anti-vaccine bias
A few of the new members Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed to the federal panel have promoted misinformation about vaccines and public health.
www.nbcnews.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I’d missed that Kennedy had appointed Robert Malone to a board that advises the CDC on who should get certain vaccines.
Malone is one of the worst purveyors of vaccine misinformation. He’s so bad he was banned by Twitter.
Dude doesn’t know enough to be on Twitter but he’s advising the CDC.
Malone is one of the worst purveyors of vaccine misinformation. He’s so bad he was banned by Twitter.
Dude doesn’t know enough to be on Twitter but he’s advising the CDC.
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OMG they finally figured it out. THIS is what college looks like for the majority of people.
"There are more than 19 million college students in the US. Most are well removed from corridors of wealth+power..43% of undergrads attend community college. 25% live with their parents."
a listicle for everyone, especially for the NYT editors themselves to learn
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
a listicle for everyone, especially for the NYT editors themselves to learn
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
The Typical College Student Is Not Who You Think It Is
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
OMG they finally figured it out. THIS is what college looks like for the majority of people.