Jen Mercieca
@jenmercieca.bsky.social
Explaining anti-democratic rhetorical tricks. Award winning #teamrhetoric professor & author. Very earnest. Democracy cheerleader. Views represent my academic research, not my university. I post things on substack: https://jennifermercieca.substack.com/
They’re crunchy once they cool. I don’t think you’d be able to eat them straight out of the oven when they’re chewy, hot lava!
December 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
They’re crunchy once they cool. I don’t think you’d be able to eat them straight out of the oven when they’re chewy, hot lava!
My first time making them, they’re quite good! www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/bran...
Brandy snaps
Making these homemade crispy biscuits is easier than you think - best served with vanilla ice cream or piped cream
www.bbcgoodfood.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
My first time making them, they’re quite good! www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/bran...
Tiny mushrooms! (in the tune of tiny bubbles and I apologize)
December 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Tiny mushrooms! (in the tune of tiny bubbles and I apologize)
(also, she’s hella feisty and would probably kick him in the ouchie place)
December 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
(also, she’s hella feisty and would probably kick him in the ouchie place)
Reposted by Jen Mercieca
HIGHLIGHTS from my interview with @jenmercieca.bsky.social:
"Autocrats are not 'cognitively responsible' leaders. They don’t want to explain why they do things. They act first and make up reasons later."
"Autocrats are not 'cognitively responsible' leaders. They don’t want to explain why they do things. They act first and make up reasons later."
December 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
HIGHLIGHTS from my interview with @jenmercieca.bsky.social:
"Autocrats are not 'cognitively responsible' leaders. They don’t want to explain why they do things. They act first and make up reasons later."
"Autocrats are not 'cognitively responsible' leaders. They don’t want to explain why they do things. They act first and make up reasons later."
is that the Unabomber as Jesus?
December 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
is that the Unabomber as Jesus?
They should impeach him again for Abuse of Power. This time they should remove him.
December 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
They should impeach him again for Abuse of Power. This time they should remove him.
OTD 2020: 10/10 from Room Rater. This is still a failed president.
December 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
OTD 2020: 10/10 from Room Rater. This is still a failed president.
I see what you did there
December 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I see what you did there
It's a cry for help, isn't it?
December 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It's a cry for help, isn't it?
Thank you! I changed my syllabus around a bit this semester to focus on the negative effects of all these strategies for people's individual happiness and societal trust and those changes really seemed to help make things resonate for them.
December 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Thank you! I changed my syllabus around a bit this semester to focus on the negative effects of all these strategies for people's individual happiness and societal trust and those changes really seemed to help make things resonate for them.
"You'll never guess why her students hate the way you skeet" 😂
December 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"You'll never guess why her students hate the way you skeet" 😂
Trump's response to Reiner, Brown shooting shows limits as consoler-in-chief: In times of national tragedy and grief, Donald Trump often chooses not to perform the traditional presidential role of comforting the nation.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump's response to Reiner, Brown shooting shows limits as consoler-in-chief
In times of national tragedy and grief, Donald Trump often chooses not to perform the traditional presidential role of comforting the nation.
www.usatoday.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Trump's response to Reiner, Brown shooting shows limits as consoler-in-chief: In times of national tragedy and grief, Donald Trump often chooses not to perform the traditional presidential role of comforting the nation.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump Ramps Up Criticism of ‘Deranged’ Rob Reiner After His Killing: ‘He Was Very Bad for Our Country’
Trump Ramps Up Criticism of ‘Deranged’ Rob Reiner After His Killing: ‘He Was Very Bad for Our Country’
President Donald Trump on Monday reaffirmed his disdain for Rob Reiner after the director and his wife were killed in their home Sunday.
The post Trump Ramps Up Criticism of ‘Deranged’ Rob Reiner After His Killing: ‘He Was Very Bad for Our Country’ first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
December 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM