Kurt Ellison ⚓️🏴‍☠️

Former Merchant Mariner. Now Grad Student in Marine & Environ. Affairs @ UW. Prof. Interests: Maritime Labor, Blue Economy, Policy Also: History, RPGs, Politics

[Kurt Ellison ⚓️🏴‍☠️ @kurtrellison]

@MongoosePub Not a creator, but I would love to see more support for content that provides good “how to play” examples. Glass cannon and Seth S. have done a good job but would like to see more that reflects the diversity of the system.

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@mertzigzag Mike Davis should be required reading.

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@mertzigzag Are you watching that syrup thing? If so, is it good?

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@mertzigzag Glenn should enjoy a sandwich of those deliciously under regulated cold cuts.

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@mertzigzag Hard to believe the mental gymnastics someone would have to go through to believe that, in of all places, Madison, WI would have to bring in paid actors to a Democratic Party event.

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@mertzigzag You should probably just move out here already. 😄 There’s a reason Portland and Seattle have a lot of Madison transplants.

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@mertzigzag The scale is different but they do really feel very similar for better or for worse…

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@mertzigzag Worth noting the Scottish Parliament building is free and open to the public.

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@mertzigzag This has got to be one of the silliest Seattle debates I’ve come across. Many of the businesses against this 40 redesign aren’t even on the route.

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@mertzigzag Done! ⚽️

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@johnkonrad Oh yeah. There was also a hole on top of the bridge so we kept getting water all over the controls. On a large OSV.

[Kurt Ellison ⚓️🏴‍☠️ @kurtrellison]

@johnkonrad If you can’t make this into a Top 10 list have you actually been a mariner? Prob. was being on the edge of a hurricane w/ an engine down and rudder controls that had a short in the system just based on frustration. Had to keep heading w/thrusters. 3 other hull breaches.😬

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@mertzigzag I knew I was back home when I saw the permanent brat stand at the Festival Foods.

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@DavidMT62 @johnkonrad While I agree the pay should be more the research I’ve done (interviews with younger mariners) and my own experience (15+ yrs on workboats) says it’s not just the paycheck. Pay alone isn't going to solve the issue.

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@OlafMerk @LalehKhalili I love that you’re doing these posts and starting with some absolutely phenomenal work.

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@johnkonrad You know I’m a hawsepiper who went back to grad school and did a masters thesis that touches on this issue. Support for the folks you’re talking about is one of the only ways to really “fix” this industry. And people wonder why there’s recruitment and retention issues🤷‍♂️

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@timgill924 Check if any of your local artists do fundraiser days. Maybe you can do both. As long as you’re also writing while getting the work done.

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@johnkonrad Spent a night drinking on that boat with some other mariners. The caretaker told us it was haunted and couldn’t get us to leave. Our old cook was playing the piano-stopped suddenly-said he saw a ghost and jumped back on the dock. Wouldn’t stop yelling at us until we all left.

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@STS_News I would love to see this and hear about your process in approaching this topic.