author of THE VEILED PROPHET, forthcoming from Haymarket Books. writing in @thenation, @slate, @jacobin, @proteanmag, @boulevardlitmag — he/him — rep: Erik Hane, Headwater Literary https://linktr.ee/devintoshea
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also relevant: Wash U is being delinquent in protecting its students and faculty from the trump assault on higher ed — other ivy league presidents have called out Andrew Martin as giving in early and often, hoping to get a better deal than the other schools www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
take a look at the article - it's clear in there that this argument has already been adjudicated at places like Yale where they decided, yes, community investment in public goods can be what endowments are for
Wash U has a staggeringly large endowment that could be put to use fixing all kinds of things in St. Louis, and yet they refuse to consider a PILOT program ⤵️ www.thenation.com/article/soci... @thenation.com
rolling up to the party with the USB port Shriner cane
“Ghost Town While Saint Louis Sleeps” by Eric Post
the atomic cloud story is recirculating, so nows a great time to check out the @proteanmag.com essay and the TrueAnonPod episode we did a while back proteanmag.com/2022/11/28/p...
you don't even know who the book is referring to and you're pissed - go bitch about it somewhere else
if I had a plot I'd be all about it
had to consult the dunderpedia for this but yes, this is definitely part of the message from the broccoli gods
woke up this morning with the words "broccoli rabe" echoing in my mind. not sure what it means
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the atomic cloud story is recirculating, so nows a great time to check out the @proteanmag.com essay and the TrueAnonPod episode we did a while back proteanmag.com/2022/11/28/p...
a truly wild historical point of view you're expressing here
The national effort to redistrict congressional seats has reached Missouri, but it has a big obstacle in the way: Missouri's state constitution. We take a deep dive into Missouri's laws to see if this DC push is actually legal. youtu.be/vZ6_O98Nq8w?...
Does it need shoring up? It’s got red senators, a red gov, red congresspeople, and a completely gerrymandered map already - why push for a deeper red here?
Not even sure why he’s so keyed up on Missouri to be honest but some data or consultant must think Mo republicans need shoring up
it’s going to be hard to revitalize downtown when the republicans set up the penis inspection gestapo
Protect trans people, reestablish abortion rights, fight for free health care, win public schooling and housing — Democrats hate that shit, but it’s the way to win — back a batch of Missouri Zorhans and claw back power, you cowards
no offense to Mississippi or Alabama, but Missouri is going to look more like those states if monied urban interests won’t fight the dickhead Christian fascists in the hinterland - all the MO gdp, and most of the people, live in the cities while getting less say in politics
hope all the brilliant power players in the hospital, tech, ed sectors of St. Louis and Kansas City realize that if the Missouri Republicans get to gerrymander the state further, it’s going to stunt any growth in the cities
That’s a point that gets over played I think - lots of people loved and respected the nazis in the 1930s, including a lot of standard oil executives and Allan Dulles
a good one from @jeremykohler.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/miss... @propublica.org
I'm watching a Jewish person try to explain the pain of growing up learning about the Holocaust only to watch a country waving a Star of David flag carry out a genocide and it's falling on the completely deaf ears of a bloodless Democratic politician citing ADL statistics and it's shocking.
very true
get this guy on the payroll
In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on
man this sucks - if only there was an opposition party that could call out how cartoonishly dictatorial everything is becoming
Ken Burns as a baby donkey
so many people want him to die he’ll live ten more years, but it would be funny for the republicans to have to deal with a totally cratered economy, totally enraged public, while he peaces out
Republican leadership outside Trump is totally unprepared for him to croak, which seems like the funniest thing that could happen now
would you believe that cuomo deleted this tweet
first day of class
huge huge thank you to everyone who came out for poetry prose and puppets — we packed the joint, successfully conjuring the Duff’s reading series spirit
Looks fun and relaxing
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and what I can only assume is occult IMF woke symbology
the festival was packed with nations
THIS IS TOMORROE
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SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 14th — come hang at Sissippi🥂 for some STL history chat
This flew by my radar this week, but massively important: the 5th circuit court of appeals ruled that the NLRB’s structure unconstitutional. It is a huge blow to “American workers who hope to organize their workplaces without fear of retaliation. It represents a partial negation of the New Deal…”
The FBI is beefing up its presence throughout the St. Louis area. U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt and FBI Director Kash Patel said in statements that the extra staffing would help fight violent crime.
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I liked making this one www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp8g...
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look I'm not myself a political scientist so I can't say what effects it would have for a spate of politicians to crop up saying "the enemy is the oligarchy" and "the enemy is billionaires" while swinging a kettlebell but I think we should try it for science and see what happens
Really hope the fine people of MO-1 rip him a new one over his AIPAC-funded junket to Israel (and everything else).
this is tomorrow btw
I stand by my gripe
when you've got to go to war with Christianity, but you have a slightly upset tum
yeah elevating Aisha Sultan was a great move, the tornado coverage has been mostly very good, but you can't have someone like this steering the ship, undercutting everyone
Lynn Schmidt is obviously unfit to be on the editorial board of the Post Dispatch — there are tons of talented writers and editors in st. louis — including many who worked at the RFT
Normal people was fun
could everyone be personally nicer to taylor so dsa can have political power
Yes the progressive minds of the globe
I hate this because I really rely on the Post-Dispatch for a lot, and really need them to exist
Knock yourself out making this argument in the opinion section but this lady didn’t even mention PSL or Action because the point is just to be shitty
this is such race-baiting horseshit out of the post dispatch - this is just a shitty breitbart article
covid didn't close those restaurants — Rex Sinqfield's chess club and the local landlords did. the whole plan was to make that intersection tailored to high-end retail and they just ended up killing most of it
it’s hot
Not 100% sure but I think it was March 1878
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many people are saying it more and more
the PD: "3 months after tornado, St. Louis residents face a harsh reality. 'Not going to be rebuilt.'" www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...
meet me at Cooter Missouri and we’ll head to Peculiar
here’s an entirely different thing threatening all of st Charles drinking water
It’s an evil little spot
God I hate that shit
There’s an obelisk?
hopefully that guy has enough ammo to shoot all the deep water contamination www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news...
dropping on New Town St. Charles because there's a business journal article about a toxic plume threatening all the drinking water
if any lawyers would like to chime in on the most legally interesting thing to ask Mr. Bell I'd love to hear it
looks like our man is having an in-person town hall www.facebook.com/events/14579...
Lively, imaginative, and plausible?
❤️🔥 hell yeah
keep up to date here substack.com/home/post/p-...
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shouts out to @dtowski.bsky.social
books about to go to the copy editor and its got 867 citations
Jesus what the hell - that’s one that didn’t make it into the commemorative collections…
@devintoshea.bsky.social think this might be from VP Fair 83. This photo is dated Dec. '83, but doesn't seem to be from winter based on the tree in the background.
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Wesley bell is a real piece of shit
for @literaryhub.bsky.social I wrote about Pynchon’s early career, the rocket death drive, and the statue of Werner von Braun in Huntsville lithub.com/why-thomas-p...
cool that wash u is still trying to ruin the lives of Palestinian protesters, but keeps getting tripped up by the legal loophole they created for their own campus police www.stlmag.com/news/washu-p...
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Garnish my wages? Sure I’ll take green onion and pepper
