Shannon
@shannonmagee.bsky.social
(She/her)
Writer of nautical fantasy 🌊
Reader across all genres 📚
French fry connoisseur 🍟
https://linktr.ee/write.shenanigans
Writer of nautical fantasy 🌊
Reader across all genres 📚
French fry connoisseur 🍟
https://linktr.ee/write.shenanigans
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Yes, the usage of ChatGPT is bullshit. But one of the things it indicates is a real disrespect for your own work: enough so that you can’t even pick up the book and read it again to make sure you didn’t leave prompts in it.
May 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Yes, the usage of ChatGPT is bullshit. But one of the things it indicates is a real disrespect for your own work: enough so that you can’t even pick up the book and read it again to make sure you didn’t leave prompts in it.
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My love of reading is strongly link to this man…
May 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
My love of reading is strongly link to this man…
Sometimes you just have a week where your brain disconnects from all the things it should be doing and writes a very strange short story (???) instead
May 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Sometimes you just have a week where your brain disconnects from all the things it should be doing and writes a very strange short story (???) instead
There are so many places now I keep forgetting to share things in all the places so here, a bit delayed but still dear to me, please enjoy my April post on poetry at the beginning of May: open.substack.com/pub/shannonm...
Another One About Poems!
Because when you have found your true love, you can't not yammer about it forever...?
open.substack.com
May 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
There are so many places now I keep forgetting to share things in all the places so here, a bit delayed but still dear to me, please enjoy my April post on poetry at the beginning of May: open.substack.com/pub/shannonm...
I support for all meetings and add the suggestion to bring tomatoes
we all need to start booing a lot more during work meetings
April 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I support for all meetings and add the suggestion to bring tomatoes
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The Librarians is a must-see documentary about the recent history of book banning in the US
April 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The Librarians is a must-see documentary about the recent history of book banning in the US
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Trump said again he’s open to sending U.S. citizens to a Salvadoran prison. There is no constitutional basis for this—such an act would be a direct violation of the Constitution.
April 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Trump said again he’s open to sending U.S. citizens to a Salvadoran prison. There is no constitutional basis for this—such an act would be a direct violation of the Constitution.
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BREAKING: An immigration judge just ruled that Mahmoud Khalil can be deported on the paltry evidence submitted by the government — a 2-page letter that *admits* Khalil's conduct was not unlawful, but says his beliefs undermine "core American interests"
@delaneynolan.bsky.social
@delaneynolan.bsky.social
BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules
The judge said the Trump administration’s evidence – a two-page letter from Secretary of State Marco Rubio – is sufficient to deport Khalil under an obscure legal provision.
zeteo.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
BREAKING: An immigration judge just ruled that Mahmoud Khalil can be deported on the paltry evidence submitted by the government — a 2-page letter that *admits* Khalil's conduct was not unlawful, but says his beliefs undermine "core American interests"
@delaneynolan.bsky.social
@delaneynolan.bsky.social
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Chilling. They are saying that simply taking action in opposition to US foreign policy is grounds for deportation.
Think of the proud lineage of protests against US-backed wars, coups, torture...
BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
Think of the proud lineage of protests against US-backed wars, coups, torture...
BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules
The judge said the Trump administration’s evidence – a two-page letter from Secretary of State Marco Rubio – is sufficient to deport Khalil under an obscure legal provision.
open.substack.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Chilling. They are saying that simply taking action in opposition to US foreign policy is grounds for deportation.
Think of the proud lineage of protests against US-backed wars, coups, torture...
BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
Think of the proud lineage of protests against US-backed wars, coups, torture...
BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
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🗣️🗣️IF YOU LOVE LIBRARIES
National Library Week begins tomorrow, April 6th, and is the perfect week to take action to protect Institute of Museum and Library Services, which is charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries: saveimls.org
National Library Week begins tomorrow, April 6th, and is the perfect week to take action to protect Institute of Museum and Library Services, which is charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries: saveimls.org
Take Action To Save Federal Funding for Libraries!
Trump is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries. We need you to take action today! That's why we made it easy to contact your reps, sign petitions, and learn about the Institute of Museum...
saveimls.org
April 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
🗣️🗣️IF YOU LOVE LIBRARIES
National Library Week begins tomorrow, April 6th, and is the perfect week to take action to protect Institute of Museum and Library Services, which is charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries: saveimls.org
National Library Week begins tomorrow, April 6th, and is the perfect week to take action to protect Institute of Museum and Library Services, which is charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries: saveimls.org
Passed a group of 10-year-old girls singing “Stayin’ Alive” in the subway and… same ladies, same, but barely
April 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Passed a group of 10-year-old girls singing “Stayin’ Alive” in the subway and… same ladies, same, but barely
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We need fear to wake us up, but we need hope to take action. If you don’t have hope, though, spite is a pretty good motivator too. Just do whatever you need to not give up because we can’t afford for that to happen right now.
April 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
We need fear to wake us up, but we need hope to take action. If you don’t have hope, though, spite is a pretty good motivator too. Just do whatever you need to not give up because we can’t afford for that to happen right now.
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THE ONLY PUBLIC EVIDENCE of any "wrongdoing" by Rumeysa Ozturk is an *op-ed* urging Tufts to *follow student resolutions* to recognize the Palestinian genocide & divest from companies tied to Israel
Marco Rubio on Rumeysa Ozturk: "We revoked her visa ... once you've lost your visa, you're no longer legally in the United States ... if you come into the US as a visitor and create a ruckus for us, we don't want it. We don't want it in our country. Go back and do it in your country."
March 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
THE ONLY PUBLIC EVIDENCE of any "wrongdoing" by Rumeysa Ozturk is an *op-ed* urging Tufts to *follow student resolutions* to recognize the Palestinian genocide & divest from companies tied to Israel
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very cool that giant wealthy corporations like Meta are stealing our books to train their generative AI while I--along with pretty much every other traditionally published author ever--get less than 15% of each copy sold
this is class warfare, btw
this is class warfare, btw
March 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
very cool that giant wealthy corporations like Meta are stealing our books to train their generative AI while I--along with pretty much every other traditionally published author ever--get less than 15% of each copy sold
this is class warfare, btw
this is class warfare, btw
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We are in a constitutional crisis right now because our government no longer respects the constitution.
March 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
We are in a constitutional crisis right now because our government no longer respects the constitution.
Best feeling in the world is seeing an all caps reaction from a beta reader 😍
March 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Best feeling in the world is seeing an all caps reaction from a beta reader 😍
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eleven days from now the senate has the opportunity to do the funniest thing in history
March 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
eleven days from now the senate has the opportunity to do the funniest thing in history
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Venezuela has become the first country in the world to lose all of its glaciers. The climate crisis is now.
March 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Venezuela has become the first country in the world to lose all of its glaciers. The climate crisis is now.
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I just saw @mychal3ts.bsky.social say that we shouldn’t use our library voices to share our joy of books with people and I AGREE and would like to take it one step further: we shouldn’t use our library voices when advocating against book bans. We should shout against them.
February 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I just saw @mychal3ts.bsky.social say that we shouldn’t use our library voices to share our joy of books with people and I AGREE and would like to take it one step further: we shouldn’t use our library voices when advocating against book bans. We should shout against them.
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Today in National Parks News
The pushback from the idiotic firing of thousands of National Parks employees is having an effect.
Keep calling
Keep the pressure on
202 224 3121
www.latimes.com/california/s...
The pushback from the idiotic firing of thousands of National Parks employees is having an effect.
Keep calling
Keep the pressure on
202 224 3121
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump administration backtracks on eliminating thousands of national parks employees
Following a loud public outcry, and relentless media campaign from outdoors enthusiasts, the Trump administration has reversed course on a plan to eliminate thousands of seasonal workers at the Nation...
www.latimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Today in National Parks News
The pushback from the idiotic firing of thousands of National Parks employees is having an effect.
Keep calling
Keep the pressure on
202 224 3121
www.latimes.com/california/s...
The pushback from the idiotic firing of thousands of National Parks employees is having an effect.
Keep calling
Keep the pressure on
202 224 3121
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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today is my birthday! very cool things you can do to celebrate with me:
✨ run away to sea
✨ be plagued by prophetic dreams
✨ buy a copy of sargassa
✨ vote for sargassa in the locus and nebula awards
✨ bully your elected representatives
✨ run away to sea
✨ be plagued by prophetic dreams
✨ buy a copy of sargassa
✨ vote for sargassa in the locus and nebula awards
✨ bully your elected representatives
February 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
today is my birthday! very cool things you can do to celebrate with me:
✨ run away to sea
✨ be plagued by prophetic dreams
✨ buy a copy of sargassa
✨ vote for sargassa in the locus and nebula awards
✨ bully your elected representatives
✨ run away to sea
✨ be plagued by prophetic dreams
✨ buy a copy of sargassa
✨ vote for sargassa in the locus and nebula awards
✨ bully your elected representatives
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Despite executive orders from Trump, the law is clear: Denying care to trans young people means that health care providers and hospitals are in violation of our anti-discrimination laws.
Trans youth are entitled to the same care as their cis peers - it's the law.
Trans youth are entitled to the same care as their cis peers - it's the law.
N.Y. Attorney General Warns Hospitals Against Canceling Transgender Care
A White House executive order threatened to pull federal funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care for trans youths. But not providing the care could violate state law, Letitia James s...
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Despite executive orders from Trump, the law is clear: Denying care to trans young people means that health care providers and hospitals are in violation of our anti-discrimination laws.
Trans youth are entitled to the same care as their cis peers - it's the law.
Trans youth are entitled to the same care as their cis peers - it's the law.
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THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS A DEPARTMENT CREATED BY STATUTE; IT CANNOT BE ELIMINATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER! EXECUTIVE ORDERS CANNOT REPEAL STATUTES! JUST LIKE DEPARTMENTS CANNOT BE CREATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER!
she shouts into the void
she shouts into the void
BREAKING: The White House is preparing an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education, two sources familiar with the plans tell NBC News.
White House preparing executive order to abolish the Department of Education
The planned order follows years of campaign promises from President Donald Trump to abolish the federal Education Department.
www.nbcnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS A DEPARTMENT CREATED BY STATUTE; IT CANNOT BE ELIMINATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER! EXECUTIVE ORDERS CANNOT REPEAL STATUTES! JUST LIKE DEPARTMENTS CANNOT BE CREATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER!
she shouts into the void
she shouts into the void
Sargassa is an EXCELLENT book to read in the midst of *all the things* so spreading the word! Read it, and then vote for it so it’s amplified and hopefully more readers can enjoy all it offers as well ☀️💕
It feels diabolical to be doing self-promo in the midst of *all this* BUT!
Consider this an official FYC post, as Sargassa is not only eligible for the Hugos and Nebulas this year, but long-listed for Best First Novel in the Locus Awards--and you, yes YOU, can vote right now in the first round. ☀️😎
Consider this an official FYC post, as Sargassa is not only eligible for the Hugos and Nebulas this year, but long-listed for Best First Novel in the Locus Awards--and you, yes YOU, can vote right now in the first round. ☀️😎
February 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Sargassa is an EXCELLENT book to read in the midst of *all the things* so spreading the word! Read it, and then vote for it so it’s amplified and hopefully more readers can enjoy all it offers as well ☀️💕
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Help educators and readers affected by the Los Angeles wildfires! 🧡
Visit Diesel Bookstore from 2-6 pm on February 8. Thousands of books for all ages to choose from. Contact @veronicabane.bsky.social for more info 😊
Visit Diesel Bookstore from 2-6 pm on February 8. Thousands of books for all ages to choose from. Contact @veronicabane.bsky.social for more info 😊
February 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Help educators and readers affected by the Los Angeles wildfires! 🧡
Visit Diesel Bookstore from 2-6 pm on February 8. Thousands of books for all ages to choose from. Contact @veronicabane.bsky.social for more info 😊
Visit Diesel Bookstore from 2-6 pm on February 8. Thousands of books for all ages to choose from. Contact @veronicabane.bsky.social for more info 😊