Shannon O’Mac
@shannonomac.bsky.social
Physician. Parent. Your weird queer aunt in the woods (Upstate NY).
Mostly thinking about birds, trees, and dirt.
I love the library. 📚
(Not medical advice)
Mostly thinking about birds, trees, and dirt.
I love the library. 📚
(Not medical advice)
Pinned
Did you know? Less bad + more good = better.
Yes - we do need to focus on reducing harm and violence.
AND we need to explicitly define what’s good, what it thrives on, and how to get more of it. Both.
It’s not Pollyanna to tell good stories. It’s necessary.
So! Here’s a 🧵of what’s good.
Yes - we do need to focus on reducing harm and violence.
AND we need to explicitly define what’s good, what it thrives on, and how to get more of it. Both.
It’s not Pollyanna to tell good stories. It’s necessary.
So! Here’s a 🧵of what’s good.
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Should I ask him for a kayak? 🪶🌿
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Should I ask him for a kayak? 🪶🌿
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we are going to win
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
we are going to win
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
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Even if you have AMAZING employer insurance and will never leave your job and they keep costs down or fully fund it...no employer health insurance can save you from hospital/clinic/supplier/etc closures caused by falling off a cliff on Medicaid, Medicaid, and private insurance reimbursement.
Also if you get insurance through your employer and are sighing a deep breath of relief (while obviously still giving a shit about this issue)
understand your insurance through your employer can go up as well, and coverage offered lessened.
And if you lose your job and can't quickly find another
understand your insurance through your employer can go up as well, and coverage offered lessened.
And if you lose your job and can't quickly find another
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Even if you have AMAZING employer insurance and will never leave your job and they keep costs down or fully fund it...no employer health insurance can save you from hospital/clinic/supplier/etc closures caused by falling off a cliff on Medicaid, Medicaid, and private insurance reimbursement.
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I waited a day to say this bc I respected everyone's right to vent some anger, but *remember to focus on what you can do*. Whether it's defending your community, taking action around what you've been venting about, whatever — but don't let all of your energy get captured in the social media space.
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I waited a day to say this bc I respected everyone's right to vent some anger, but *remember to focus on what you can do*. Whether it's defending your community, taking action around what you've been venting about, whatever — but don't let all of your energy get captured in the social media space.
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The bigger fight? Buddy, I die without health care and your pals in the Senate — none of whom will ever go without access to lifesaving medical care — told me they were gonna fight so my premiums don't go up 50%. And then they folded.
But there are real dangers out there that must be fought; and energy spent fighting each other is energy lost to that bigger fight.
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The bigger fight? Buddy, I die without health care and your pals in the Senate — none of whom will ever go without access to lifesaving medical care — told me they were gonna fight so my premiums don't go up 50%. And then they folded.
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My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
First snow came early this year. Beautiful to see the snow on autumn leaves. 😍
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
First snow came early this year. Beautiful to see the snow on autumn leaves. 😍
This is a doxycycline stan account.
If you're an ID doc and your favorite antibiotic isn't doxycycline you're lying
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This is a doxycycline stan account.
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If you see this, post your bird art. 🐦
For a while I was really into papercutting, I should do more of it.
For a while I was really into papercutting, I should do more of it.
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
If you see this, post your bird art. 🐦
For a while I was really into papercutting, I should do more of it.
For a while I was really into papercutting, I should do more of it.
I was a doctor in pre-ACA North Philadelphia.
Let me be clear: administrative violence like undoing the ACA *kills people.*
Illnesses like high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer & heart disease linger untreated for years.
Then people get super sick and die preventable deaths. It’s devastating.
Let me be clear: administrative violence like undoing the ACA *kills people.*
Illnesses like high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer & heart disease linger untreated for years.
Then people get super sick and die preventable deaths. It’s devastating.
Called my congressional rep to tell them to fix the ACA subsidies before approving any deals.
Called my NY state senators and left an earful on their voicemails.
Sent in money to our local food bank.
Now going to make some cookies and shake off this political hellscape.
Called my NY state senators and left an earful on their voicemails.
Sent in money to our local food bank.
Now going to make some cookies and shake off this political hellscape.
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I was a doctor in pre-ACA North Philadelphia.
Let me be clear: administrative violence like undoing the ACA *kills people.*
Illnesses like high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer & heart disease linger untreated for years.
Then people get super sick and die preventable deaths. It’s devastating.
Let me be clear: administrative violence like undoing the ACA *kills people.*
Illnesses like high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer & heart disease linger untreated for years.
Then people get super sick and die preventable deaths. It’s devastating.
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We have updated our call script so you can let your Senators know how you feel about this (TERRIBLE) deal they just advanced...
👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...
👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...
UPDATE: Senate votes to advance a tentative deal to end the government shutdown, clearing a key hurdle.
Senators reach tentative deal to end the government shutdown
The deal, negotiated by a group of Democrats and GOP leaders, funds the government through Jan. 30. If it passes, it will still need to clear the House, which will likely take days.
nbcnews.to
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We have updated our call script so you can let your Senators know how you feel about this (TERRIBLE) deal they just advanced...
👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...
👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...
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padma lakshmi and melissa king possibly dating is the only celebrity gossip that has ever mattered in the history of time, all other celebrities are just virgins who can't drive
November 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
padma lakshmi and melissa king possibly dating is the only celebrity gossip that has ever mattered in the history of time, all other celebrities are just virgins who can't drive
Called my congressional rep to tell them to fix the ACA subsidies before approving any deals.
Called my NY state senators and left an earful on their voicemails.
Sent in money to our local food bank.
Now going to make some cookies and shake off this political hellscape.
Called my NY state senators and left an earful on their voicemails.
Sent in money to our local food bank.
Now going to make some cookies and shake off this political hellscape.
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Called my congressional rep to tell them to fix the ACA subsidies before approving any deals.
Called my NY state senators and left an earful on their voicemails.
Sent in money to our local food bank.
Now going to make some cookies and shake off this political hellscape.
Called my NY state senators and left an earful on their voicemails.
Sent in money to our local food bank.
Now going to make some cookies and shake off this political hellscape.
Apparently Padma Lakshmi and Melissa King are dating? Good for them!
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Apparently Padma Lakshmi and Melissa King are dating? Good for them!
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If you’re in NY, you absolutely should follow and join the efforts of the @nywfp.bsky.social. They are ACTIVE and ON THE BALL and a big part (along with many other parts) of how Mamdani won.
This is a good time to join the WFP @workingfamilies.org I'm a broken record and if they ain't going to learn they need to learn by us not cooperating with their party anymore and building a political force that is so big that can hold different tenants but still have values.
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If you’re in NY, you absolutely should follow and join the efforts of the @nywfp.bsky.social. They are ACTIVE and ON THE BALL and a big part (along with many other parts) of how Mamdani won.
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It is officially winter in Ottawa, Canada. A man in the neighbourhood started making this giant snowman in 2021 in support of front line health care workers (they’d stand outside cheering in the evenings). The tradition continues, rebuilt (from his heart kept in the freezer all summer) for Nov 2025.
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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In the “richest country in the world”, agreeing that everyone (babies, pregnant people, youth, adults, older folks, etc) should have access to food, shelter, clean water, public education, health care, dental care & a living wage should be the *moderate* position.
Like - the basement-level bar.
Like - the basement-level bar.
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
In the “richest country in the world”, agreeing that everyone (babies, pregnant people, youth, adults, older folks, etc) should have access to food, shelter, clean water, public education, health care, dental care & a living wage should be the *moderate* position.
Like - the basement-level bar.
Like - the basement-level bar.
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That last line.
MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
That last line.
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The least most politically engaged people I know are texting me before 8am to say, “we won’t forget.”
So I don’t know man.
So I don’t know man.
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The least most politically engaged people I know are texting me before 8am to say, “we won’t forget.”
So I don’t know man.
So I don’t know man.
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It is very weird seeing my friends and family slowly start to realize we're not overreacting.
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It is very weird seeing my friends and family slowly start to realize we're not overreacting.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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$2600 a month for a $6000 deductible and a 40% copay is practically a death sentence for a sizable fraction of people in this country.
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
$2600 a month for a $6000 deductible and a 40% copay is practically a death sentence for a sizable fraction of people in this country.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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I just did this and if nothing else it was cathartic. I said I would make it my life’s mission to make sure there’s a primary challenger for any D involved in this deal, it’s fucking embarrassing.
So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader
Call them:
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I just did this and if nothing else it was cathartic. I said I would make it my life’s mission to make sure there’s a primary challenger for any D involved in this deal, it’s fucking embarrassing.