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.
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.
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Silly as this is, there is a version of it that would actually reveal something about the person answering:
Would you publicly praise Trump if it meant he’d exempt you from the bad policy he’s inflicting on everyone else?
That’s an actual measure of principle. And it’s one too many are failing.
Would you publicly praise Trump if it meant he’d exempt you from the bad policy he’s inflicting on everyone else?
That’s an actual measure of principle. And it’s one too many are failing.
August 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Silly as this is, there is a version of it that would actually reveal something about the person answering:
Would you publicly praise Trump if it meant he’d exempt you from the bad policy he’s inflicting on everyone else?
That’s an actual measure of principle. And it’s one too many are failing.
Would you publicly praise Trump if it meant he’d exempt you from the bad policy he’s inflicting on everyone else?
That’s an actual measure of principle. And it’s one too many are failing.
Anyone writing on false profundity, BS, and GenAI results, especially conversational chat?
August 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Anyone writing on false profundity, BS, and GenAI results, especially conversational chat?
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"But when we systematically looked at all these posts, a broader trend emerged: The larger the Black share of the population, the more a city was mentioned alongside the phrase “voter fraud” in the aftermath of the 2020 election..."
Two troubling new studies find that lies about the 2020 election tapped into racist attitudes and white America’s long-standing fear of a real multiracial democracy. Read about the studies here: bit.ly/3Jqxp6A
The Racist Foundation of the Big Lie of a Stolen Election
New research shows how racist beliefs enable lies about voter fraud to spread.
www.brennancenter.org
August 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"But when we systematically looked at all these posts, a broader trend emerged: The larger the Black share of the population, the more a city was mentioned alongside the phrase “voter fraud” in the aftermath of the 2020 election..."
West Marches-style Critical Role and WotC playtesting Dark Sun. What a time.
August 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
West Marches-style Critical Role and WotC playtesting Dark Sun. What a time.
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This sort of admission—the VP is involved in prosecutorial decisions, the "concerns" arise from political actors, and the administration knows they don't have probable cause—would have prompted the Founders to impeach everyone involved.
JD Vance: "We're in the very early stages of an ongoing investigation into John Bolton ... if we think Ambassador Bolton committed a crime, of course eventually prosecutions will come ... there's a broad concern about Ambassador Bolton."
August 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This sort of admission—the VP is involved in prosecutorial decisions, the "concerns" arise from political actors, and the administration knows they don't have probable cause—would have prompted the Founders to impeach everyone involved.
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New York Times and Washington Post:
Trump's Executive Order Reinstating Slavery Has Invigorated His Supporters. But Some Question Whether It's Legal.
Trump's Executive Order Reinstating Slavery Has Invigorated His Supporters. But Some Question Whether It's Legal.
If Trump excreted an executive order legalizing slavery, every right wing site on the internet would instantly co-sign.
August 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
New York Times and Washington Post:
Trump's Executive Order Reinstating Slavery Has Invigorated His Supporters. But Some Question Whether It's Legal.
Trump's Executive Order Reinstating Slavery Has Invigorated His Supporters. But Some Question Whether It's Legal.