@llscribe.bsky.social
Prof. Rhetoric & Writing Studies. Interests include politics and rhetoric, visual rhetoric, social media and digital stuff. I also write stuff. Views mine.
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"How does a country burst? To answer this question, it helps to see matters as do the president and the vice-president: from inside a grift bubble."
"The Grift Bubble: A Political Theory of American Collapse"
"Those who work against the grifters... may be acting from love, or from law, because they know that these things are real. And so they should also know, in acting thus, that they are the patriots."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...
"Those who work against the grifters... may be acting from love, or from law, because they know that these things are real. And so they should also know, in acting thus, that they are the patriots."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...
The Grift Bubble
A Political Theory of American Collapse
snyder.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
"How does a country burst? To answer this question, it helps to see matters as do the president and the vice-president: from inside a grift bubble."
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@lacey-wootton.bsky.social Great minds think alike, yeah?
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
@lacey-wootton.bsky.social Great minds think alike, yeah?
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Reader, I laughed. 😂
November 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Reader, I laughed. 😂
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Sanders: Today, October 18th 2025, there are more people out on the streets in more communities all over our country than we have ever seen in American history
October 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Sanders: Today, October 18th 2025, there are more people out on the streets in more communities all over our country than we have ever seen in American history
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Lots to say about No Kings rallies, but for now just this: anyone who thinks this was "terrorism" is fucked in the head.
October 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Lots to say about No Kings rallies, but for now just this: anyone who thinks this was "terrorism" is fucked in the head.
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When the Birmingham, Alabama, march is packed, you know something is up in America!
October 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
When the Birmingham, Alabama, march is packed, you know something is up in America!
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Yeah I’m crying bc now they’re singing if I had a hammer and they got to the part about hammering out justice and who said scientists aren’t emotional and don’t know folk music history
#NoKings Hudson NY + Pete Seeger Hudson NY
#NoKings Hudson NY + Pete Seeger Hudson NY
October 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Yeah I’m crying bc now they’re singing if I had a hammer and they got to the part about hammering out justice and who said scientists aren’t emotional and don’t know folk music history
#NoKings Hudson NY + Pete Seeger Hudson NY
#NoKings Hudson NY + Pete Seeger Hudson NY
No Kings protest in tiny State College
October 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
No Kings protest in tiny State College
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Just heard word that my book, ENDURING DIGITAL DAMAGE, is shipping on Oct 15 if ordered from the UAP website. You can preorder it now and the discount code “DAMAGE” will take 30 percent off the total price.
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736219...
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736219...
Enduring Digital Damage
Networks the intricate relationship between rapidly advancing digital technologies and environmental degradation and reveals the costs of our globally connec...
www.uapress.ua.edu
October 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Just heard word that my book, ENDURING DIGITAL DAMAGE, is shipping on Oct 15 if ordered from the UAP website. You can preorder it now and the discount code “DAMAGE” will take 30 percent off the total price.
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736219...
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736219...
Important deaths: death of free speech; death of expertise; death of freedom of assembly; death of consensus on the evil of murder; death of science; death of scholarly inquiry; death of empathy; death of democracy.
September 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Important deaths: death of free speech; death of expertise; death of freedom of assembly; death of consensus on the evil of murder; death of science; death of scholarly inquiry; death of empathy; death of democracy.
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Jimmy Kimmel didn't kill Charlie Kirk. But Kirk's death has set the terms by which McFascist thinks he can punish people whenever and however harshly he feels like it. He already thought that, but this makes it easier. And McFascist's glee about this cuts directly against his supposed grief.
September 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Jimmy Kimmel didn't kill Charlie Kirk. But Kirk's death has set the terms by which McFascist thinks he can punish people whenever and however harshly he feels like it. He already thought that, but this makes it easier. And McFascist's glee about this cuts directly against his supposed grief.
Bye bye free speech. We’ll miss you more than I can say.
September 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Bye bye free speech. We’ll miss you more than I can say.
Reading about pouchy Vance leading the charge against a supposed network of leftists inciting violence, I am reminded of the apocryphal story of the frogs in gradually heating water.
We are the frogs.
We are the frogs.
September 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Reading about pouchy Vance leading the charge against a supposed network of leftists inciting violence, I am reminded of the apocryphal story of the frogs in gradually heating water.
We are the frogs.
We are the frogs.
Voters Again Shown to Prefer Populism Over Neoliberal 'Abundance' Agenda in New Research www.commondreams.org/news/abundan...
Voters Again Shown to Prefer Populism Over Neoliberal 'Abundance' Agenda in New Research | Common Dreams
Progressive think tank memo argues for a populist economic message over an "abundance" agenda to win back working-class voters.
www.commondreams.org
September 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Voters Again Shown to Prefer Populism Over Neoliberal 'Abundance' Agenda in New Research www.commondreams.org/news/abundan...
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This is another one of those "conceding the frame" problems. By arguing that crime is worse in the states that are sending National Guard troops to DC, we're conceding the connection between the National Guard and law enforcement.
The National Guard has nothing to do with policing. Full stop.
The National Guard has nothing to do with policing. Full stop.
yep yep yep.
Mississippi Gov. "Reeves once called his own capital city, Jackson, the 'murder capital of the world' just under two years ago."
www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2...
www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2...
August 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This is another one of those "conceding the frame" problems. By arguing that crime is worse in the states that are sending National Guard troops to DC, we're conceding the connection between the National Guard and law enforcement.
The National Guard has nothing to do with policing. Full stop.
The National Guard has nothing to do with policing. Full stop.
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We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.
July 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.
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My mom's family has been in Florida "since slavery times." My Grandma was born & raised in St. Petersburg. I went to undergrad in Tallahassee. Dozens of relatives still in the Tampa area.
Keeping cool + keeping water and critters out will be a constant challenge.
This camp is designed to torture.
Keeping cool + keeping water and critters out will be a constant challenge.
This camp is designed to torture.
July 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
My mom's family has been in Florida "since slavery times." My Grandma was born & raised in St. Petersburg. I went to undergrad in Tallahassee. Dozens of relatives still in the Tampa area.
Keeping cool + keeping water and critters out will be a constant challenge.
This camp is designed to torture.
Keeping cool + keeping water and critters out will be a constant challenge.
This camp is designed to torture.
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A DISGRACE
US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )
June 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A DISGRACE
What I wish for Tricia McLaughlin: may you wake up one morning and see yourself in a mirror as the “uniquely barbaric monster” you are.
May 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
What I wish for Tricia McLaughlin: may you wake up one morning and see yourself in a mirror as the “uniquely barbaric monster” you are.
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The #PeaceCorps could be gutted under the Trump administration. With USAID slashed and reports of cuts ahead, the future of the iconic program of American “soft power” is in doubt.
Peace Corps isn’t just about helping others − it’s a key part of US public diplomacy
The Peace Corps isn’t doing the same foreign policy work the State Department carries out. But it still helps the American brand internationally.
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May 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The #PeaceCorps could be gutted under the Trump administration. With USAID slashed and reports of cuts ahead, the future of the iconic program of American “soft power” is in doubt.