Steven Genise
Writer and editor in Seattle. Words in BLUE EARTH REVIEW, FUSION FRAGMENT, GONE LAWN, MILK CANDY REVIEW. Subs reader for Split/Lip Press. He/Him
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- Reposted by Steven GeniseOh look, exactly what we said was going to happen when Schumer caved on the shutdown
- Top Senate negotiators say an effort to renew expired healthcare subsidies has effectively collapsed www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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- Reposted by Steven GenisePeople keep saying Bezos wrecked the Post on purpose but he could have just done that if he wanted to, no need to drag it out for years. I think he and his fellow traveler billionaires have thoroughly cooked their worldview and honestly believe there is a vast, silent, ignored right wing audience
- Reposted by Steven Genise*record scratch* You may be wondering how I got here.
- Reposted by Steven GeniseA human writer uses a dash to set off a relatively abrupt jump in thought. But the machines are constantly calculating the most predictable next thing to say, plodding around the same area. So the machine dash looks like it's gesturing toward something new, only to always land on something obvious.
- This is how I do the dishes when I throw out my back
- Note that the dishes are all plastic. #MonsterMonsterKillitKillit www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQsv...
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- Tear gas and needs to be banned. There is actually zero appropriate use case for it.
- Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
- This is how much I make to teach high schoolers how to row boats good
- Another day, another 8 straight hours of listening to the baby Einstein piano
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- Me in the afterlife: Ghost in the shell? More like ghost in this hell! Satan: this is why you’re here, I hope you understand that
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- I’ll second this! I’ve boycotted Amazon since 2014 and my life has not been meaningfully made any less convenient!
- Reposted by Steven GeniseBovino's demotion + backtracking on the "domestic terrorist" line + Noem's sudden vulnerability = BLOOD IN THE WATER. What we need now are sharks. The moment calls for SHARKS. What we're getting instead is "I'm gonna give 'em the benefit of the doubt." I am Losing. My. Patience. with my party. 😡
- You’re probably wondering why the board called you in today
- Reposted by Steven GeniseThe people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember: - Organized a city wide general strike - Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence - Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE - Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Reposted by Steven GenisePoliticians gotta start calling for Miller to go. Right now.
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- Reposted by Steven GeniseThesis: ICE is un-American and the Minneapolis protestors are real Americans. Antithesis: Ackshually ICE is operating in a long American tradition of racist terror. Synthesis: Minneapolis is now the epicenter of a clash between two distinct but historically grounded American political traditions.
- Yoinks
- Truly stoked to see MGP be a one-and-done and then never have to hear from her ever again
- A thing is about to happen that has not happened since the Elder Days: the workers will wake up and find that they are strong
- Reposted by Steven GeniseDear #BookSky Minneapolis has an absolutely incredible literary culture. In fact, three of the most important small presses call the city home; Coffeehouse Press, Graywolf, and Milkweed. There are also a ton of great bookstores in the Twin Cities. So here's the assignment...
- Reposted by Steven GeniseCongress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since. That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
- Reposted by Steven GeniseMy take on the Jan 23 action in Minneapolis is that I don’t really care whether it’s a “true” general strike (we could argue about that all day). What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance
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- Ed Baldwin coming back every season until he’s the old dried up worm lady from SpongeBob
- Reposted by Steven Genise"You're not ready for how much the rest of the world hates Americans" I live here man I'm extremely used to the concept of hating Americans
- He’s always been such a real one
- Reposted by Steven GeniseNot to be unkind, but I am so impatient about the “what’s the point of making my little zines/comics/crafts/art when the world is on fire” sentiments. I get it, but saving the world is not a responsibility shouldered by your art! That’s what being a neighbor, a friend, and hell, a citizen is for!!!
- Reposted by Steven GeniseLet tonight be a lesson to all of us: Make sure you have established your own, and are aware of your loved ones', advance directives. Do you want to be awakened from your slumber when It Happens? Or do you want to find out when you awake naturally and unlock your phone? Let your loved ones know.
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- Siskiyou Pass:
- Sorry man, I ain’t got time for this shit when an entire city is risking life and limb in community defense and millions flood the streets in protest every couple of months, and while we’ve got a universal desire to replace our opposition with fighters. It’s possible to be both apologetic and active
- Cut this over footage of the violence they’re doing in Minneapolis and flood the social medias with it
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- I hate GRRM for so many reasons, but he has never compromised his process for fan service and I respect that so much. He owes the fans nothing, and I hope the series ends on his terms and ONLY his terms
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- Reposted by Steven Genise"we don't want people thinking Democrats are for open borders" I am! who gives a shit!!! my life has been immeasurably improved by the presence of immigrants in my community, regardless of their status, there is literally no downside there! why would I give a shit!!!!
- Reposted by Steven GeniseThe goal of ICE watch is to surround that second type of perpetrator with people who *disapprove* of their actions. It will make them less likely to be violent and we’ve seen that, in some cases, that includes rethinking their original plan to tear a family apart too.
- Reposted by Steven GeniseAmong perpetrators of violence, there is a very small share who are independently motivated to violence. But the vast majority of perpetrators commit violence to seek approval and status from others. This is particularly true among men who use violence to affirm their masculinity.
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- Cannibal
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- Reposted by Steven GeniseThis could be the unified Dem position. It is wildly popular. Puts the regime on defense on two fronts at the same time. Good policy, good politics.
- The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, will announce later today that it's formally endorsing legislation to strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
- Reposted by Steven GeniseWE ARE BACK PENTIMENT TIME twitch.tv/linktothepabst
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- Reposted by Steven GeniseI’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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- The Nobel committee should revoke her prize
- Reposted by Steven Genisehey Mom can you come pick me up. yeah everyone on the niche microblogging website is arguing about who has the correct emotional posture to the unknowable future again
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- My worry is that he does some executive order that claims we’re in a state of exception, or a “special legislative session” or some bullshit, which continues the current congress indefinitely. States hold their elections, but actually seating the new congress gets delayed while the courts argue it
- There is no getting through this without more innocent people being hurt or killed, but they do not have the strength to WIN unless we stop fighting back. The path towards driving them out has less violence on the innocent then the path to ceding power. It’s safer in the front.
- Women want me, fish want me, I am beloved and feel myself beloved on earth
- Reposted by Steven GeniseOur leaders must *choose* between 2 divergent futures- a privilege few are granted. One where they are remembered as courageous examples of strength in the face of hate. Another where they are condemned forever as cowards too afraid to put their bodies between their own people and rapacious evil.
- Reposted by Steven GeniseSeeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.
- Reposted by Steven Geniseok stay with me on this one... sometimes you have writer's block because you're not in Text World. you have to read until you're back in Text World. if you don't read, you're writing in the real world. sentences won't feel right or they'll look goofy. not in Text World though
- The precursors to the Nazi concentration camps were established in sturmabteilung-controlled bars and restaurants. Anyway,
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- Reposted by Steven Geniseive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
- So the union is dissolved then, basically
