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jennyrice.bsky.social
Texan/Kentuckian. I study rhetorics of extremism and other weird stuff. Author of Awful Archives: conspiracy theory, rhetoric, and acts of evidence https://www.amazon.com/Awful-Archives-Conspiracy-Rhetoric-Evidence/dp/0814255795
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I’m wondering if I can get some legal perspective on this question: Would Elon Musk’s interference with people’s jobs/workplace environment make him fair game for citizens’ lawsuits, since he is framed as not an “official government” figure? If so, why isn’t this an action folks are taking?

I was set to launch my book at the Carter Library next month. This week, we were told all events now need approval from the National Archives. The next day, my event was forced to relocate. A book about the working homeless. A book about civil rights. Apparently these topics are now off limits.

Chef’s kiss. Malicious compliance indeed

Time to act locally, Lexington

🚨Neo-nazi Robert Rundos decentralized Active Club has a group in #Lexington #Kentucky. Its white supremacist members have been training at Esporta Fitness in Lexington, KY.

This was just 233 days ago:

he used to be my most hated enemy, and now I don't even think about him at all. it's so strange how people drift apart

Susan Collins giving the thumbs up to a wall with fresh paint drying Susan Collins backing nominee who says he’s had cootie shots Susan Collins asking “tough questions” about whether Trump nominee would be mean

An important first-person account from someone inside OPM:

Meanwhile, on my city’s subreddit, this was just a regular response to a post I made that shared information about the 5calls app:

This was a bitterly misleading pamphlet subtitle.

5calls.org/issue/musk-d... Here’s your daily reminder to make that call! Only takes a minute!

i’m sorry but this guy is the most try hard pick me i’ve ever seen.

What a coincidence!

Begging some hero in the Department of Ed to rename the student loan record file folder "DEI training materials" before unlocking the door for the DOGE bros

Oh, please pass this law. Please. I would love to see how this shakes out. I am begging Tennessee to please pass this law.

Weird Times (on living mid life) My first Substack attempt . open.substack.com/pub/jennyric...

bsky.app/profile/5cal... I know some folks get anxious contacting their representatives but seriously get the 5calls app (or go to 5calls.org). They’ll give you all your representatives’ information and have phone scripts that are super helpful! USE THIS ASAP! I just did and it was super easy!

If you are interested, here’s a little thing from an interview I did with Politifact about a bizarre Obama rumor making the rounds. www.politifact.com/article/2025...

Trader Joe’s cashier: “How’s your day been so far?” Me (internal: Don’t say “fascist coup”) “Oof, you know (“fascist coup” face) Cashier: “Have you tried this mango kefir before? Because it’s weirdly great!” Me: [looking more directly and loud whispering] “This is a fascist coup happening!”

Question for actual science/medical people: I’m going to assume that this is an example of pseudoscientific “sciencey talk,” but I would really love to know how much bullshit versus legitimate stuff is on the side of my cereal box. My bs radar went off at “free radicals are dangerous” talk.)

Democrats better start taking a whole lot of notes from @repjasmine.bsky.social real soon

Where are the parents of the Shitler Youth?

Are we all referring to the DOGE kids as the “Shitler Youth?”Cause I’m ready to go with that! 🙌

Knowing the names of the an unelected oligarch’s underlings who are destroying the government from within is a crime now, apparently.

It’s time.

I put some info from a website into zine form so you can print them and have fun. It's all happening on www.littlemouse.fun

A guy with his mind fried by ketamine and a 24/7/365 diet of Nazi shitposts is inside the federal government’s general payments system canceling whatever he personally decides looks like fraud while taking legal advice from his own busted AI chatbot, that’s the status report?

Nothing to worry about, just a white nationalist serving as the head of public diplomacy at the State Department

Senators should be on the Capitol steps, in front of microphones, calling for Mike Johnson & John Thune to fulfill their constitutional obligations under Article I, reigning in the lawless authoritarianism happening in the Executive Branch, or else resigning. No, it won't work. That's not the point

If I had to guess, this is going to be the comment that finally kicks me off Nextdoor.

I guess on the bright side, at least we get to live through a period that future high school students will have to take notes about. We’ll be on the 2085 AP US history exam! That’s sorta cool, right?

Know your enemy, cause it’s real dumb:

Shit is dismantling at such an epic pace that I feel like it’s pointless to try and convince unworried folks. They’ll get the message soon enough. This isn’t snarky, btw. Just realistic.

One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.

I’m losing hope that Barron is secretly a cousin Greg who can do the right thing at the right time.

In retrospect, it seems like a bad strategy to ask a bunch of horses to help put Humpty Dumpty back together. Plus, using all your horses is just a poor use of resources.

things might be bad, but at least they’re worse

truly the pick up truck window is the dr bronners bottle of the american right

No high school student in this country should have to be graded on a test over governmental checks and balances from this point forward