Mary Shannon
@maryshannonthomas.bsky.social
Social Worker, Clinician, Advocate, & Fun Aunt. Rescue parent. 🐶🐱
Aggressively anti-fascist, pro-housing, & pro-diversity. F1 fan since J Villeneuve. Tar Heel born 🩵 Tar Heel bred. Self-selected Masshole. 🏳️🌈 Abolish ICE. Opinions are all mine.
Aggressively anti-fascist, pro-housing, & pro-diversity. F1 fan since J Villeneuve. Tar Heel born 🩵 Tar Heel bred. Self-selected Masshole. 🏳️🌈 Abolish ICE. Opinions are all mine.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Jimmy Buffett (@ The Paradise in Boston)
Rage Against the Machine
The Cure
Paul McCartney
Public Enemy
This was harder than I thought...
Jimmy Buffett (@ The Paradise in Boston)
Rage Against the Machine
The Cure
Paul McCartney
Public Enemy
This was harder than I thought...
Introduce yourself with five concerts youve seen —
Whitney Houston
Weird Al and the Monkees
Club MTV tour feat. Bel Biv Devoe & C&C Music Factory
Fiona Apple
The Mountain Goats
Whitney Houston
Weird Al and the Monkees
Club MTV tour feat. Bel Biv Devoe & C&C Music Factory
Fiona Apple
The Mountain Goats
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
November 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Jimmy Buffett (@ The Paradise in Boston)
Rage Against the Machine
The Cure
Paul McCartney
Public Enemy
This was harder than I thought...
Jimmy Buffett (@ The Paradise in Boston)
Rage Against the Machine
The Cure
Paul McCartney
Public Enemy
This was harder than I thought...
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
Happy Thanksgiving, folks.
Just remember, many of us wouldn't be here if it wasn't for a group of people being kind to new arrivals, and making sure they were fed.
Happy Thanksgiving, folks.
Just remember, many of us wouldn't be here if it wasn't for a group of people being kind to new arrivals, and making sure they were fed.
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
Happy Thanksgiving, folks.
Just remember, many of us wouldn't be here if it wasn't for a group of people being kind to new arrivals, and making sure they were fed.
Happy Thanksgiving, folks.
Just remember, many of us wouldn't be here if it wasn't for a group of people being kind to new arrivals, and making sure they were fed.
Reposted by Mary Shannon
We know that, for a ton of reasons, a lot of folks don't have as much to spend as they'd like this holiday season. Sooooooo, here's a thread of things you can do that will support your local indie bookstore or other business WITHOUT spending any more than you intended...
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
We know that, for a ton of reasons, a lot of folks don't have as much to spend as they'd like this holiday season. Sooooooo, here's a thread of things you can do that will support your local indie bookstore or other business WITHOUT spending any more than you intended...
I don't think I've ever wanted to track down a stranger and shake their hand more. I love everything about this news story.
First off, this couple is hilarious and I want to subscribe to their podcast and be friends with them.
Their legal Mass “BORT” license plate is getting rung up with EZPass tolls from people who have Simpsons novelty plates. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfod3l...
Their legal Mass “BORT” license plate is getting rung up with EZPass tolls from people who have Simpsons novelty plates. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfod3l...
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I don't think I've ever wanted to track down a stranger and shake their hand more. I love everything about this news story.
The illegal, immoral & downright hateful changes from HUD will impact many: vulnerable people who lose their housing, the communities they reside in, the medical centers that care for them, & the programs that support them. I'm so thankful for @massago.bsky.social - this is how we #StandUpFightBack
Massachusetts and communities across the country are facing a housing crisis.
Instead of offering support, the federal government is placing unlawful conditions on permanent housing and project renewals that our most vulnerable residents rely on to survive. We're suing.
Instead of offering support, the federal government is placing unlawful conditions on permanent housing and project renewals that our most vulnerable residents rely on to survive. We're suing.
November 26, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The illegal, immoral & downright hateful changes from HUD will impact many: vulnerable people who lose their housing, the communities they reside in, the medical centers that care for them, & the programs that support them. I'm so thankful for @massago.bsky.social - this is how we #StandUpFightBack
Ngl, watching both McLaren's be DQ'd after hosting Birkenau Barbie and Trash Patel in their garage yesterday feels like poetic justice. They had no business being there, and certainly no business being in any of the garages. Hate it for Piastri but schadenfreude is a thing. #AbolishICE
November 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Ngl, watching both McLaren's be DQ'd after hosting Birkenau Barbie and Trash Patel in their garage yesterday feels like poetic justice. They had no business being there, and certainly no business being in any of the garages. Hate it for Piastri but schadenfreude is a thing. #AbolishICE
Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too late
The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder
I'm an over-40 victim of fate
Arriving too late, arriving too late
I've done a bit of smugglin'
And I've run my share of grass
I made enough money to buy Miami but I pissed it away so fast
The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder
I'm an over-40 victim of fate
Arriving too late, arriving too late
I've done a bit of smugglin'
And I've run my share of grass
I made enough money to buy Miami but I pissed it away so fast
November 23, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too late
The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder
I'm an over-40 victim of fate
Arriving too late, arriving too late
I've done a bit of smugglin'
And I've run my share of grass
I made enough money to buy Miami but I pissed it away so fast
The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder
I'm an over-40 victim of fate
Arriving too late, arriving too late
I've done a bit of smugglin'
And I've run my share of grass
I made enough money to buy Miami but I pissed it away so fast
I am exhausted in my soul by the lack of leadership from Dems. "You deserve better" isn't a plan. It's pandering.
Where are the action steps? Where is the meaningful response? The call to action?
They're defunding housing & attacking science & democracy and we get "Turkey is expensive".
#mapoli
Where are the action steps? Where is the meaningful response? The call to action?
They're defunding housing & attacking science & democracy and we get "Turkey is expensive".
#mapoli
Republicans promised to lower your costs on Day 1.
Instead they've handed tax cuts to billionaires while leaving you with higher grocery bills — right in time for the holidays.
You deserve better.
Instead they've handed tax cuts to billionaires while leaving you with higher grocery bills — right in time for the holidays.
You deserve better.
November 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I am exhausted in my soul by the lack of leadership from Dems. "You deserve better" isn't a plan. It's pandering.
Where are the action steps? Where is the meaningful response? The call to action?
They're defunding housing & attacking science & democracy and we get "Turkey is expensive".
#mapoli
Where are the action steps? Where is the meaningful response? The call to action?
They're defunding housing & attacking science & democracy and we get "Turkey is expensive".
#mapoli
Boston folks - State Street lighting it up for Trans Day of Remembrance maybe?
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Boston folks - State Street lighting it up for Trans Day of Remembrance maybe?
Remember all your R friends who said "Oh he doesn't MEAN that" about camps, and deportations, and extrajudicial killings, and election interference, etc.
WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE, BELIEVE THEM.
We are beyond the precipice; well past the inflection point. FFS won't someone lead?
WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE, BELIEVE THEM.
We are beyond the precipice; well past the inflection point. FFS won't someone lead?
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Remember all your R friends who said "Oh he doesn't MEAN that" about camps, and deportations, and extrajudicial killings, and election interference, etc.
WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE, BELIEVE THEM.
We are beyond the precipice; well past the inflection point. FFS won't someone lead?
WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE, BELIEVE THEM.
We are beyond the precipice; well past the inflection point. FFS won't someone lead?
Got a tear in the crotch of your khakis?
Problematic beige gap.
Problematic beige gap.
You haven't seen Raising Arizona?
Problematic Cage gap.
Problematic Cage gap.
Not enough casters in your DnD party?
Problematic mage gap.
Problematic mage gap.
November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Got a tear in the crotch of your khakis?
Problematic beige gap.
Problematic beige gap.
Reposted by Mary Shannon
Changes in federal funding will force more than 170,000 stably housed people back into homelessness and cut off access to the health services they depend on: https://nhchc.org/take-action-new-hud-continuum-of-care-funding-restrictions-will-increase-homelessness/
Take Action: New HUD Continuum of Care Funding Restrictions Will Increase Homelessness
The National Health Care for the Homeless Council strongly opposes the new funding restrictions outlined in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Fiscal Year 2025 Continuum of Care Notice of Funding Opportunity
nhchc.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Changes in federal funding will force more than 170,000 stably housed people back into homelessness and cut off access to the health services they depend on: https://nhchc.org/take-action-new-hud-continuum-of-care-funding-restrictions-will-increase-homelessness/
Folks, I know everything is on fire right now, but when I tell you that the HUD funding changes are going to kill people, I mean it literally. I've been doing this work for almost 20 years and this is going to create a crisis on par with Covid. At minimum, 170,000 ppl are going to be homeless.
November 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Folks, I know everything is on fire right now, but when I tell you that the HUD funding changes are going to kill people, I mean it literally. I've been doing this work for almost 20 years and this is going to create a crisis on par with Covid. At minimum, 170,000 ppl are going to be homeless.
@evangreer.bsky.social and @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social absolutely KILLING IT tonight in Boston.
Resistance needs joy, and community, and a soundtrack. This was all those things. Just exactly what my tired soul needed. And check out Tom's Franklin hat!! 🥰 #StandUpFightBack
Resistance needs joy, and community, and a soundtrack. This was all those things. Just exactly what my tired soul needed. And check out Tom's Franklin hat!! 🥰 #StandUpFightBack
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM
@evangreer.bsky.social and @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social absolutely KILLING IT tonight in Boston.
Resistance needs joy, and community, and a soundtrack. This was all those things. Just exactly what my tired soul needed. And check out Tom's Franklin hat!! 🥰 #StandUpFightBack
Resistance needs joy, and community, and a soundtrack. This was all those things. Just exactly what my tired soul needed. And check out Tom's Franklin hat!! 🥰 #StandUpFightBack
Art by @karenhallionkenney.bsky.social
Charlotte folks, give 'em hell. Standing up to fascism is our civic duty as Americans. Masked thugs dragging citizens out of their cars is terrorism, not "Homeland Security"
May every agent have the day they deserve, and be shown the respect they've earned.
Charlotte folks, give 'em hell. Standing up to fascism is our civic duty as Americans. Masked thugs dragging citizens out of their cars is terrorism, not "Homeland Security"
May every agent have the day they deserve, and be shown the respect they've earned.
November 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Art by @karenhallionkenney.bsky.social
Charlotte folks, give 'em hell. Standing up to fascism is our civic duty as Americans. Masked thugs dragging citizens out of their cars is terrorism, not "Homeland Security"
May every agent have the day they deserve, and be shown the respect they've earned.
Charlotte folks, give 'em hell. Standing up to fascism is our civic duty as Americans. Masked thugs dragging citizens out of their cars is terrorism, not "Homeland Security"
May every agent have the day they deserve, and be shown the respect they've earned.
As the child of a Vietnam Vet, I am keenly aware of the failures of several administrations to take care of vets. You can & should have feelings about the validity of that war, but the men and women who fought it are still suffering, and still ignored. My father waited a YEAR for a PCP.
November 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
As the child of a Vietnam Vet, I am keenly aware of the failures of several administrations to take care of vets. You can & should have feelings about the validity of that war, but the men and women who fought it are still suffering, and still ignored. My father waited a YEAR for a PCP.
Reposted by Mary Shannon
With 🧊 in Charlotte, we will be posting as many resources as we can find to help anyone in Charlotte as well as what we need to know across the state.
Carolina Migrant Network has a hotline that you can call especially if you are in Charlotte. They will verify that it is 🧊 and will notify.
Carolina Migrant Network has a hotline that you can call especially if you are in Charlotte. They will verify that it is 🧊 and will notify.
November 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
With 🧊 in Charlotte, we will be posting as many resources as we can find to help anyone in Charlotte as well as what we need to know across the state.
Carolina Migrant Network has a hotline that you can call especially if you are in Charlotte. They will verify that it is 🧊 and will notify.
Carolina Migrant Network has a hotline that you can call especially if you are in Charlotte. They will verify that it is 🧊 and will notify.
The hypocrisy has always been what gets me.
I mean, r@p1ng children is also very bad, and apparently unlike many people, I see it as bad and a deal breaker for "will I vote for this person?"
But second to that, the absolute absurdity of their hypocrisy just makes me want to punch things.
I mean, r@p1ng children is also very bad, and apparently unlike many people, I see it as bad and a deal breaker for "will I vote for this person?"
But second to that, the absolute absurdity of their hypocrisy just makes me want to punch things.
38 year old white men are still children, but 15 year old girls are adults, I guess?
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The hypocrisy has always been what gets me.
I mean, r@p1ng children is also very bad, and apparently unlike many people, I see it as bad and a deal breaker for "will I vote for this person?"
But second to that, the absolute absurdity of their hypocrisy just makes me want to punch things.
I mean, r@p1ng children is also very bad, and apparently unlike many people, I see it as bad and a deal breaker for "will I vote for this person?"
But second to that, the absolute absurdity of their hypocrisy just makes me want to punch things.
A buddy once said to me, there are two kinds of people - the people that tell the stories, & the people that listen to them.
Fairly certain that @jtkantor.bsky.social is solidly in that first group.
(The description is fascinating on its own, but the video is well worth watching too).
Fairly certain that @jtkantor.bsky.social is solidly in that first group.
(The description is fascinating on its own, but the video is well worth watching too).
10 years ago today: at my 2nd-ever European gig -- in front of 300 people, in the Arctic Circle -- I got to play "When the Levee Breaks" with John Paul Jones and the absolutely wonderful Mike Mills, Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon, Scott McCaughey, and Kurt Bloch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bKc...
Mike Mills (& Friends) - When The Levee Breaks - Ice Station Vadsø, Vadsø, Norway, 11 Nov 2015
YouTube video by kiwichrisha
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A buddy once said to me, there are two kinds of people - the people that tell the stories, & the people that listen to them.
Fairly certain that @jtkantor.bsky.social is solidly in that first group.
(The description is fascinating on its own, but the video is well worth watching too).
Fairly certain that @jtkantor.bsky.social is solidly in that first group.
(The description is fascinating on its own, but the video is well worth watching too).
Reposted by Mary Shannon
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
I have enormous respect for @markey.senate.gov and @warren.senate.gov but if they don't call for @schumer.senate.gov to resign they aren't meeting the moment.
If you won't stand and fight, Chuckles, then sit TF down and let someone with a spine take a swing.
The self-sabotage here is just...
If you won't stand and fight, Chuckles, then sit TF down and let someone with a spine take a swing.
The self-sabotage here is just...
a man with a beard is sitting at a table and says i haven 't the words
Alt: The "most interesting man in the world" is sitting at a table and says i haven 't the words
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I have enormous respect for @markey.senate.gov and @warren.senate.gov but if they don't call for @schumer.senate.gov to resign they aren't meeting the moment.
If you won't stand and fight, Chuckles, then sit TF down and let someone with a spine take a swing.
The self-sabotage here is just...
If you won't stand and fight, Chuckles, then sit TF down and let someone with a spine take a swing.
The self-sabotage here is just...
Mamdani is going to implement Shakira law. Everyone will have to la la leh la leh la, la la leh la leh la whenever, wherever. Lying hips will not be permitted.
Mamdani is going to implement Sriracha law. Everyone will have to slather hot sauce on their scrambled eggs
Mamdani is going to implement My Sharona law. Everyone will have to create songs with undeniable rock beats.
November 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Mamdani is going to implement Shakira law. Everyone will have to la la leh la leh la, la la leh la leh la whenever, wherever. Lying hips will not be permitted.
Flying to a wedding?
Trying to see Grandma one last time?
Sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner?
Too bad - the *Republicans* cancelled air travel.
Easiest messaging ever. @housedemocrats.bsky.social & @democrats.senate.gov put a billboard in every red or purple county in America. Do it now.
Trying to see Grandma one last time?
Sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner?
Too bad - the *Republicans* cancelled air travel.
Easiest messaging ever. @housedemocrats.bsky.social & @democrats.senate.gov put a billboard in every red or purple county in America. Do it now.
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Flying to a wedding?
Trying to see Grandma one last time?
Sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner?
Too bad - the *Republicans* cancelled air travel.
Easiest messaging ever. @housedemocrats.bsky.social & @democrats.senate.gov put a billboard in every red or purple county in America. Do it now.
Trying to see Grandma one last time?
Sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner?
Too bad - the *Republicans* cancelled air travel.
Easiest messaging ever. @housedemocrats.bsky.social & @democrats.senate.gov put a billboard in every red or purple county in America. Do it now.
Fantastic news from my home state. I know there is some sense among pundits that progressive values aren't Southern values, but I assure you that there are Southern progressives who are desperate for leadership. Don't sleep on Tar Heels doing the right thing.
THIS is what North Carolina looks like.
Last night, 21 of Carolina Forward's 28 endorsed candidates swept their races in elections all over North Carolina. They won races for town council, city council and Mayor in big cities, small towns, rural, suburban and urban alike.
LET'S GO!
Last night, 21 of Carolina Forward's 28 endorsed candidates swept their races in elections all over North Carolina. They won races for town council, city council and Mayor in big cities, small towns, rural, suburban and urban alike.
LET'S GO!
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Fantastic news from my home state. I know there is some sense among pundits that progressive values aren't Southern values, but I assure you that there are Southern progressives who are desperate for leadership. Don't sleep on Tar Heels doing the right thing.
Reposted by Mary Shannon
Refreshing to have someone making the bus free instead of throwing those people under it
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Refreshing to have someone making the bus free instead of throwing those people under it