Shannon McNerney
@oregonshan.bsky.social
Increasingly cranky yet still somewhat hopeful, post-menopausal gen-xer, writer, musician, and ED of Fishtrap living in Joseph, Oregon.
I don’t see a whole lot of articles from MAGA/racist folks on how to engage with their liberal/“woke” family during the holidays. Wonder why that is?🤔🙄
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I don’t see a whole lot of articles from MAGA/racist folks on how to engage with their liberal/“woke” family during the holidays. Wonder why that is?🤔🙄
Stop spying on me.
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Stop spying on me.
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
No Kings in Wallowa county, OR. 200 strong from 3 months to 95yrs. Dogs, dinosaurs, musicians, American flags, and love of this country that was palpable— in a red county of 7500.
October 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
A little No Kings music from Wallowa County, Oregon.
October 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A little No Kings music from Wallowa County, Oregon.
No Kings in Wallowa county, OR. 200 strong from 3 months to 95yrs. Dogs, dinosaurs, musicians, American flags, and love of this country that was palpable— in a red county of 7500.
October 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
No Kings in Wallowa county, OR. 200 strong from 3 months to 95yrs. Dogs, dinosaurs, musicians, American flags, and love of this country that was palpable— in a red county of 7500.
I hope everyone who sees this has someone in your life that looks at you the way this beastie looks at me.
His sister thinks I’m ok.
His sister thinks I’m ok.
October 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I hope everyone who sees this has someone in your life that looks at you the way this beastie looks at me.
His sister thinks I’m ok.
His sister thinks I’m ok.
I feel seen.
Woman Tends To Do Best Creative Thinking When Backed Into Corner With Livelihood At Stake https://theonion.com/woman-tends-to-do-best-creative-thinking-when-backed-in-1851338274/
October 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I feel seen.
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The nails are slowly being hit into our coffin.
Only his lapdogs remain on the council. Out of 26 council members (not all positions were filled at the time of firing), just four are left —the ones he previously appointed.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
Only his lapdogs remain on the council. Out of 26 council members (not all positions were filled at the time of firing), just four are left —the ones he previously appointed.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
White House fires much of the National Council on the Humanities
The White House appeared to fire all but four members of the National Council on the Humanities, an advisory board to the head of the government's grantmaking agency.
www.yahoo.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The nails are slowly being hit into our coffin.
Only his lapdogs remain on the council. Out of 26 council members (not all positions were filled at the time of firing), just four are left —the ones he previously appointed.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
Only his lapdogs remain on the council. Out of 26 council members (not all positions were filled at the time of firing), just four are left —the ones he previously appointed.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
Done.
Tonight's news makes clear that the legacy media is fully capitulating. I started Democracy Docket in 2020 to be fearlessly independent and pro-democracy.
It will never bow down. It will never give in. It will never compromise
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It will never bow down. It will never give in. It will never compromise
Sign up now to support its work! hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
September 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Done.
Can we start with “we need to have honest conversations?” About anything?
We must end the scourge of gun violence in America.
We also need to have honest conversations about the ways internet platforms profit from fear, hatred, and division.
Both are vital to the future of this country.
We also need to have honest conversations about the ways internet platforms profit from fear, hatred, and division.
Both are vital to the future of this country.
September 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Can we start with “we need to have honest conversations?” About anything?
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I’ve got 5 town halls coming up. I hope to see you there.
July 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I’ve got 5 town halls coming up. I hope to see you there.
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Trump's vanity birthday parade masquerading as a tribute to the troops is offensive and a wasteful use of taxpayer dollars. We should be using that money to feed hungry kids, pay for new roads and bridges, and provide better health care to our veterans.
June 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Trump's vanity birthday parade masquerading as a tribute to the troops is offensive and a wasteful use of taxpayer dollars. We should be using that money to feed hungry kids, pay for new roads and bridges, and provide better health care to our veterans.
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Two recent flare-ups over commencement speeches, one involving Salman Rushdie, show how difficult—and necessary—truly defending free expression is. Gal Beckerman has a refresher on 'free speech':
Shutting Down Salman Rushdie Is Not Going to Help
Two recent flare-ups over commencement speeches show how difficult—and necessary—truly defending free expression is.
bit.ly
May 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Two recent flare-ups over commencement speeches, one involving Salman Rushdie, show how difficult—and necessary—truly defending free expression is. Gal Beckerman has a refresher on 'free speech':
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all right everybody, here we go
links, trackers, webinars, templates, and all the free support you need if you just got that nightmare NEA email on Friday
please share far and wide, you do NOT have to be in Oregon to use these resources
links, trackers, webinars, templates, and all the free support you need if you just got that nightmare NEA email on Friday
please share far and wide, you do NOT have to be in Oregon to use these resources
Emergency Alert: Six action steps if your NEA grant was just canceled • Oregon ArtsWatch
Arts organizations can learn how to still appeal the cancellations, including free resources and support on what steps to take.
www.orartswatch.org
May 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
all right everybody, here we go
links, trackers, webinars, templates, and all the free support you need if you just got that nightmare NEA email on Friday
please share far and wide, you do NOT have to be in Oregon to use these resources
links, trackers, webinars, templates, and all the free support you need if you just got that nightmare NEA email on Friday
please share far and wide, you do NOT have to be in Oregon to use these resources
Apparently cat posts are required here. Meet Juniper.
May 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Apparently cat posts are required here. Meet Juniper.
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“The best art can do now is to activate in us the emotional and social muscles we’ve let atrophy in our public life: sympathy, humility, earnestness, horror. Guernica and the AIDS Memorial Quilts didn’t change minds but hearts.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fasc...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fasc...
Trump, Fascism, and What Artists Can Do
There is tension between wanting art to transcend and wanting it to reflect reality back to us. Plus: Are Dems finally ready to retire the purity tests?
www.thebulwark.com
April 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“The best art can do now is to activate in us the emotional and social muscles we’ve let atrophy in our public life: sympathy, humility, earnestness, horror. Guernica and the AIDS Memorial Quilts didn’t change minds but hearts.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fasc...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fasc...
I spent the first week of my sabbatical visiting old haunts in Portland, then five days at the coast. It’s pretty wonderful to discover that my favorite place in the whole world to relax is my own home in Joseph.
March 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I spent the first week of my sabbatical visiting old haunts in Portland, then five days at the coast. It’s pretty wonderful to discover that my favorite place in the whole world to relax is my own home in Joseph.
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For folks asking if I'm going to attend Trump's joint address to Congress next week: no. Instead, I'm choosing to hear directly from Oregonians and will be hosting an open-to-all town hall on Facebook live. Oregonians can submit questions in advance here:
Town Hall Participation Form
If you are a constituent of a lawmaker of an upcoming People's Town Hall, submit your information here!
If you have questions or difficulties with the form, email info@peoplestownhall.org
docs.google.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
For folks asking if I'm going to attend Trump's joint address to Congress next week: no. Instead, I'm choosing to hear directly from Oregonians and will be hosting an open-to-all town hall on Facebook live. Oregonians can submit questions in advance here:
Just got my masters at 57.
February 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Just got my masters at 57.
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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
February 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
Is art still relevant? Do words still have power to create worlds? Is my life’s work still worth the cost? I’m scared and tired.
January 24, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Is art still relevant? Do words still have power to create worlds? Is my life’s work still worth the cost? I’m scared and tired.