Chris J. Rice
@chrisjrice.bsky.social
Artist Writer Librarian Crone Former foster youth disrupting the dominant narrative
Great Aunt Stella Sixkiller born in Indian Territory in what is now called Oklahoma Her grandmother Charlotte Adair walked the trail of tears from what is now called Georgia. The US called those they displaced “immigrants” and stole everything they had. But not their memories. Not their wisdom.
February 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Great Aunt Stella Sixkiller born in Indian Territory in what is now called Oklahoma Her grandmother Charlotte Adair walked the trail of tears from what is now called Georgia. The US called those they displaced “immigrants” and stole everything they had. But not their memories. Not their wisdom.
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“Unless the sacred places are discovered and protected and used as religious places, there is no possibility of a nation ever coming to grips with the land itself. Without this basic relationship, national psychic stability is impossible.”
-Vine Deloria Jr.
-Vine Deloria Jr.
February 12, 2026 at 2:57 AM
“Unless the sacred places are discovered and protected and used as religious places, there is no possibility of a nation ever coming to grips with the land itself. Without this basic relationship, national psychic stability is impossible.”
-Vine Deloria Jr.
-Vine Deloria Jr.
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If ppl want to talk about machine learning and/or the specialized applications of AI that have been successful, I’m glad to discuss. I’m not talking about garbage chatbots that have been sold to us as pocket gods and are actually wildly irresponsible and inaccurate stochastic parrots
February 12, 2026 at 2:32 PM
If ppl want to talk about machine learning and/or the specialized applications of AI that have been successful, I’m glad to discuss. I’m not talking about garbage chatbots that have been sold to us as pocket gods and are actually wildly irresponsible and inaccurate stochastic parrots
Her words were prettified. But nothing will undo the power of her testimony.
Virginia Giuffre's original draft (in the Epstein files) is way more engaging than the book that was eventually published. She is a hugely significant figure in U.S. history and I hope will be remembered with care and accuracy.
flaminghydra.com/issue-500/
flaminghydra.com/issue-500/
February 12, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Her words were prettified. But nothing will undo the power of her testimony.
This
Honestly been back and forth all day about how to say what I really think when the news media is showing me photos of a masked man who allegedly kidnapped an elderly woman who happens to be the mother of a news media person while hundreds of people are being kidnapped off the streets by masked men.
February 11, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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Classism is the unseen, yet strangely seldom mentioned dynamic in Epstein’s trafficking of young girls to rich men. “Throwaway girls” is the way his partner in crime, Maxwell described them. Girls. Now women. That this system still does not support. Make sure you are not a part of that system.
February 8, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Classism is the unseen, yet strangely seldom mentioned dynamic in Epstein’s trafficking of young girls to rich men. “Throwaway girls” is the way his partner in crime, Maxwell described them. Girls. Now women. That this system still does not support. Make sure you are not a part of that system.
This
Sorry for being pissy about this but it literally does not have to be this hard all you have to do is listen to people who shit is actually happening to because all of this was documented and happened relatively publicly.
February 6, 2026 at 8:18 PM
This
We have to keep showing up for humanity in ourselves and in others.
February 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
We have to keep showing up for humanity in ourselves and in others.
True story
I hope writers realize how powerful of a feeling it is, when the reader figures out the literary puzzle you placed in front of them.
February 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM
True story
THIS
whoever figures out a way to bundle independent journalism subscriptions will be a hero
i know that this is an unpopular take, but everyone starting their own newsletter as a revenue stream is not a sustainable model for writing and reporting or for people who love and want to pay for media.
February 4, 2026 at 8:54 PM
THIS
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"They're jackhammering into the sewer and the whole house is shaking."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/jackhammer...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/jackhammer...
Jackhammering Into the Sewer
A look through the Epstein files.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:00 AM
"They're jackhammering into the sewer and the whole house is shaking."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/jackhammer...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/jackhammer...
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Billie Eilish used her acceptance speech to say: “No one is illegal on stolen land.” And CBS censored her when she said “Fuck ICE.”
February 2, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Billie Eilish used her acceptance speech to say: “No one is illegal on stolen land.” And CBS censored her when she said “Fuck ICE.”
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The public library is an essential component of a 21st-century left political project as an example of both what is already available to us and what can be improved upon in the future. The library is a public good, and it is free as a public service.
I want more people to make the connections.
I want more people to make the connections.
January 31, 2026 at 10:58 PM
The public library is an essential component of a 21st-century left political project as an example of both what is already available to us and what can be improved upon in the future. The library is a public good, and it is free as a public service.
I want more people to make the connections.
I want more people to make the connections.
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“We now live in a world where counter-intuitive bullshitting is valorized, where the pose of argument is more important than the actual pursuit of truth, where clever answers take precedence over profound questions.”
― Ta-Nahisi Coates
― Ta-Nahisi Coates
April 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“We now live in a world where counter-intuitive bullshitting is valorized, where the pose of argument is more important than the actual pursuit of truth, where clever answers take precedence over profound questions.”
― Ta-Nahisi Coates
― Ta-Nahisi Coates
This
When the misdeeds of rapists and abusers are publicized without accountability, rapists and abusers grow emboldened…
February 1, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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Everyday countless kids in this country are abused by people who aren’t billionaires or “elites” and adults look the other way or treat is as a rite of passage…that’s what I think every time I hear adults gossiping about those files.
January 31, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Everyday countless kids in this country are abused by people who aren’t billionaires or “elites” and adults look the other way or treat is as a rite of passage…that’s what I think every time I hear adults gossiping about those files.
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The sheer speed with which vulnerability is met with force says a lot about how deeply we've normalized brutality toward people whose only "crime" is having nowhere to live.
January 30, 2026 at 2:55 PM
The sheer speed with which vulnerability is met with force says a lot about how deeply we've normalized brutality toward people whose only "crime" is having nowhere to live.
Webinars | NCAI
The National Congress of American Indians - Defending Sovereignty since 1944
www.ncai.org
January 31, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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There is nothing “ironic” about DHS caging people deemed to be enemies of the state at Indian reservations. After all, what is an Indian Reservation…?
January 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
This
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We won't be publishing tomorrow at The Rumpus in solidarity with the National Shutdown. therumpus.net/2026/01/29/t...
The National Shutdown - The Rumpus
Tomorrow, Friday January 30th, there will be a national shutdown to protest the ongoing, egregious violence being perpetrated by ICE and other federal law
therumpus.net
January 30, 2026 at 12:54 AM
We won't be publishing tomorrow at The Rumpus in solidarity with the National Shutdown. therumpus.net/2026/01/29/t...
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No child should live in detainment. No child is illegal. A country that jails children must be stopped.
January 28, 2026 at 3:34 PM
No child should live in detainment. No child is illegal. A country that jails children must be stopped.
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We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 AM
We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
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Food security, universal health care, free daycare, free university, and housing security for all
January 27, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Food security, universal health care, free daycare, free university, and housing security for all