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Mary Shannon
@maryshannonthomas.bsky.social
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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.
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Boston folks - State Street lighting it up for Trans Day of Remembrance maybe?
A picture of the State Street building in Boston with their sign lit up in light blue, pink and white, possibly for TDoR.
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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It's giving strong Chief Wiggum vibes.
Two screenshots from The Simpsons, one that says Chief wiggum, pi. The other that says starring Chief wiggum and he's being bitten on the nose by a crawfish.
November 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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@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
A photo of Tom Morello playing guitar while Evan Greer sings Woody Guthrie's This land is your land. Tom Morello playing the guitar at the Paradise in Boston.
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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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.
The "Traveling Wall" version of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Stoneham MA with flags on the left side The "Traveling Wall" version of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Stoneham MA with a red white and blue wreath in the corner
November 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Here's the really sad thing - I sent this to my family and my college sophomore nibling had no idea what a picket line was. I'm not sure that kiddos these days even know what a strike entails.
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Yup. This is entirely bullshit.
A screenshot that shows the times for Sunrise and Sunset at 6:33am and 4:24pm.
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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I mean, if it's a legal issue... HBD.
A cat dressed as a tacocat and a German shepherd dog in a red and black plaid sweater dressed for Halloween.
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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My ancient Targus bag does pretty well. It doesn't have two fully padded slots but it does have two compartments and has held up for nearly 15 years. I've comfortably got a 15in laptop, a Kindle Scribe (the BIG) one and an iPad in mine and I've still got a room for 3 books & snacks & a travel mug.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Call his office. I assure you he doesn't read these replies.
A photo that lists all of the local offices for Chuck Schumer with their phone numbers.
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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A hipster and his tacos.

Happy Halloween 👻 🎃
A dog in a red and black plaid sweater, a cat in a taco costume and a dog in a matching taco costume. A Dog in a taco costume and dog wearing a black and red sweater.
October 31, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Yes!
A picture of the Wikipedia page that explains the posthumous stoning of Mussolini following his execution.
October 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Bangin' indeed.
A very sweet German Shepherd mix pupper rests on a blue Snoopy blanket.
October 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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There was a period in my life where "3 shots" was more fun and slightly less painful the next day.

Flu/Covid/Pneumonia because public health is all of us.

Now somebody send me some soup and a fluffy blanket so I can be all pit'ful. ❤️🤍
A white Band-Aid with a red heart on it on white skin A red Band-Aid with a white heart on it on white skin.
October 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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If you're looking for a sign you should be out at a protest, here are 4. Boston was joyful, peaceful, and PACKED. Get out there and be loud while you can. It makes a difference. #NoKings
A woman at a peaceful and joyful No Kings rally on Boston Common with a sign that says, I need to be able to tell my grandchildren I did not say silent. A sign on a fence at Boston Common that says Remember Kent State. No troops in our cities. A woman holding a sign at a peaceful and joyful No Kings rally on Boston Common that says Gwen was right. This shit is bananas. A person wearing a stormtrooper helmet carries a sign that says I have a bad feeling about this during the no Kings rally on Boston common.
October 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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The sign game on the Common was On Point.
A woman at a joyful peaceful No King's protest on Boston Common holding a sign that says Gwen was right. This shit is bananas.
October 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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My parents were there!! Thrilled to see *deep red* Brunswick Co. show up.
People protesting holding various signs, including One that says make truth and science matter. Protesters in costume at a peaceful and joy-filled rally in Shallotte North Carolina with signs that say I love the USA.
October 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Excited to be part of the @stonehamcan.bsky.social and Stoneham Reads Banned Books Read In today. Now more than ever, the people banning books are on the wrong side of history. Support the Mass #FreedomToRead bill, and fight censorship.
#BannedBooksWeek
#I'mWithTheBanned
A picture of a banner that says "read banned books" in front of an American flag
October 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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"Oh, why do you keep attacking the Democrats!!? It's the Republicans that are the problem! It's not faaaaaaair to the Democrats when you are mean to them instead of the Republicans!!"

The Democrats:
Headline from news magazine the hill that reads "Maine Democrat blames far left for government shutdown", quoting absolute impotent twatwaffle Jared Golden from Maine.
October 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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This is the landing page for a dot gov website and I cannot BEGIN to tell you how fucking bad this is.

I need red state people to be on the phone to their electeds today because this is not and cannot be normalized. This is absolutely unhinged.
The landing page for hud.gov with a giant red banner that reads" the radical left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American people unless they get their 1.5 trillion wish lists of demands. The Trump administration wants to keep the government open for the American people." This is of course entirely bullshit and completely ridiculous.
September 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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That Good Dog looks like my Good Dog. Best job ever!
A GSD mutt who is a Very Good Boy gives side eye to the camera while laying on a grey sheet.
September 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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The best part about gardening is when you spend hours and hours and dollars and dollars making sure that your plants have everything they could possibly need to be productive and healthy and then this mfer right here just grows out of the gotdang concrete.

RESILIENCE!
A picture of a tomato, volunteer, growing essentially out of a spot of concrete right at the edge of my house, where it frankly has no hope of survival given the lack of nutrients and the oncoming winter. But goddamn, let's give that little plant some credit for trying.
September 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Well, I can tell you for sure what one bar in Toronto had to say on the subject.
Rotating sign board in a bar in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that says "Fuck Trump".
September 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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So apparently the new trick is for people to label things that they want to get removed as "spam" on this site. We truly are heading for an incredibly dark timeline where history is simply being erased, and the moderation here is... being weirdly complicit?
A post about the removal of a photo of an enslaved man's scars showing that BlueSky moderation has labeled it as "spam"
September 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Look if you don't keep a dinosaur within line of sight to keep you humble, are you even an adult?
A cluttered desk with a tiny dinosaur on it
September 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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A post from Dr. Ryan Marino @ryanmarino.bsky.com that says Calling for RFK's resignation is less than the bare minimum. People have already died bc of decisions he's made. The impacts of what he's done over the last few months will already be felt for decades even if they could all be reversed today. Not demanding actual consequences is missing the moment.
September 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM