Shannon Hubbell
@shbbll.bsky.social
She/her, from the Midwest, then the east coast & west coast. Now living it in the SW.
Deeds not words.
Deeds not words.
The aurora is visible in NM!
November 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The aurora is visible in NM!
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this was fun. let’s do it again.
November 5, 2025 at 6:05 AM
this was fun. let’s do it again.
Once, when working at a grocery store, I thought I saw an elderly person shoplift a bottle of (the cheapest possible) aspirin. But then… no, I saw absolutely nothing.
Remember, as SNAP is about to end, the standing rule remains firm:
If you see someone stealing diapers or formula no you didn't.
If you see someone stealing diapers or formula no you didn't.
October 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Once, when working at a grocery store, I thought I saw an elderly person shoplift a bottle of (the cheapest possible) aspirin. But then… no, I saw absolutely nothing.
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Don't photograph anyone else at a protest either.
ProTip. Don’t photograph yourself at a protest.
Take a picture of yourself at the No Kings rally.
Print it.
Put it in a frame.
Your grandchildren will speak about you for generations to come. You took a stand against fascism. You stood up for democracy. 
Print it.
Put it in a frame.
Your grandchildren will speak about you for generations to come. You took a stand against fascism. You stood up for democracy. 
October 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Don't photograph anyone else at a protest either.
Just saw someone use the acronym “FUQ” in Teams to mean “follow up question” and … my brain read that differently than intended.
July 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Just saw someone use the acronym “FUQ” in Teams to mean “follow up question” and … my brain read that differently than intended.
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Right now, 70,000 children in Gaza need urgent treatment for acute malnutrition due to Israel’s genocide.
Babies shouldn’t look like this, we all have an obligation to speak out, the situation is dire.
Photo: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images
Babies shouldn’t look like this, we all have an obligation to speak out, the situation is dire.
Photo: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images
July 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Right now, 70,000 children in Gaza need urgent treatment for acute malnutrition due to Israel’s genocide.
Babies shouldn’t look like this, we all have an obligation to speak out, the situation is dire.
Photo: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images
Babies shouldn’t look like this, we all have an obligation to speak out, the situation is dire.
Photo: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images
Quoting Omar El Akkad: “One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.”
It applies to a lot - ICE, gutting SNAP + Medicaid, etc, etc - but Gaza most of all.
It applies to a lot - ICE, gutting SNAP + Medicaid, etc, etc - but Gaza most of all.
July 22, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Quoting Omar El Akkad: “One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.”
It applies to a lot - ICE, gutting SNAP + Medicaid, etc, etc - but Gaza most of all.
It applies to a lot - ICE, gutting SNAP + Medicaid, etc, etc - but Gaza most of all.
Translation to English is threaded below this post.
Of all today’s horrors, Gaza’s starvation and slaughter - as outlined below but also in daily reports of starving families casually gunned down while trying to obtain food - feels like humanity’s death knell. This isn’t war. It’s genocide.
Of all today’s horrors, Gaza’s starvation and slaughter - as outlined below but also in daily reports of starving families casually gunned down while trying to obtain food - feels like humanity’s death knell. This isn’t war. It’s genocide.
July 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Translation to English is threaded below this post.
Of all today’s horrors, Gaza’s starvation and slaughter - as outlined below but also in daily reports of starving families casually gunned down while trying to obtain food - feels like humanity’s death knell. This isn’t war. It’s genocide.
Of all today’s horrors, Gaza’s starvation and slaughter - as outlined below but also in daily reports of starving families casually gunned down while trying to obtain food - feels like humanity’s death knell. This isn’t war. It’s genocide.
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We are all made of stars, but your RBAC shouldn’t be
July 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We are all made of stars, but your RBAC shouldn’t be
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Younger people will be shocked to hear this, but way back when I grew up, anytime you saw a movie where some government official stopped someone on the street and demanded to see their identification papers, that was supposed to let you know they were the *bad* guys.
June 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Younger people will be shocked to hear this, but way back when I grew up, anytime you saw a movie where some government official stopped someone on the street and demanded to see their identification papers, that was supposed to let you know they were the *bad* guys.
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Supporting living wages is common sense. Someone working full time should be able to afford housing, groceries, and bills with their paycheck alone.
That’s not controversial or radical, arguing against it is.
That’s not controversial or radical, arguing against it is.
June 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Supporting living wages is common sense. Someone working full time should be able to afford housing, groceries, and bills with their paycheck alone.
That’s not controversial or radical, arguing against it is.
That’s not controversial or radical, arguing against it is.
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On Memorial Day we honor the service members who gave their lives for our nation, and the loved ones who bear the burden of their loss.
That is a sacrifice that cannot be repaid. As we work toward peace, let us never forget those who have served on our behalf.
That is a sacrifice that cannot be repaid. As we work toward peace, let us never forget those who have served on our behalf.
May 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On Memorial Day we honor the service members who gave their lives for our nation, and the loved ones who bear the burden of their loss.
That is a sacrifice that cannot be repaid. As we work toward peace, let us never forget those who have served on our behalf.
That is a sacrifice that cannot be repaid. As we work toward peace, let us never forget those who have served on our behalf.
“But here’s the thing about seemingly impossible tasks: they’re only definitively impossible if you don’t attempt them.”
Fantastic article about a man taking concrete steps to end school lunch debt in Utah.
Fantastic article about a man taking concrete steps to end school lunch debt in Utah.
May 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
“But here’s the thing about seemingly impossible tasks: they’re only definitively impossible if you don’t attempt them.”
Fantastic article about a man taking concrete steps to end school lunch debt in Utah.
Fantastic article about a man taking concrete steps to end school lunch debt in Utah.
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The soundtrack for the first third of 2025 is just a mechanical voice intoning "TERRAIN. PULL UP. TERRAIN. PULL UP. TERRAIN. PULL UP." over and over and over again.
April 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The soundtrack for the first third of 2025 is just a mechanical voice intoning "TERRAIN. PULL UP. TERRAIN. PULL UP. TERRAIN. PULL UP." over and over and over again.
Please let this be a turning of the tide.
In a brief order, the court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Texas "until further order of this court."
Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under Alien Enemies Act
In a brief order, the court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Texas "until further order of this court."
www.npr.org
April 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Please let this be a turning of the tide.
I can’t remember a time when I didn’t care. Why, if we expect people to accept our lived experience, would we deny other people’s? I was born confident in my (*currently* “acceptable”) gender and sexuality, why would I believe anyone else to not be equally confident and correct about their own.
cis folks, i'm curious for you to share answers, if you want:
what made you start caring about trans rights? who'd you know/what happened? tell me the story.
what made you start caring about trans rights? who'd you know/what happened? tell me the story.
April 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I can’t remember a time when I didn’t care. Why, if we expect people to accept our lived experience, would we deny other people’s? I was born confident in my (*currently* “acceptable”) gender and sexuality, why would I believe anyone else to not be equally confident and correct about their own.
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The Trump regime and DOGE are rolling out this playbook to attack Social Security — one of the most popular and effective government programs.
They're deliberately sabotaging it by firing SSA workers and cutting services.
Why? Because they don't want it to work.
They're deliberately sabotaging it by firing SSA workers and cutting services.
Why? Because they don't want it to work.
March 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Trump regime and DOGE are rolling out this playbook to attack Social Security — one of the most popular and effective government programs.
They're deliberately sabotaging it by firing SSA workers and cutting services.
Why? Because they don't want it to work.
They're deliberately sabotaging it by firing SSA workers and cutting services.
Why? Because they don't want it to work.
Spam? Propaganda? Who can say.
March 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spam? Propaganda? Who can say.
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The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
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GovWayback: access historical versions of U.S. government pages by replacing ".gov" in the URL with ".govwayback.com" https://govwayback.com/
February 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
GovWayback: access historical versions of U.S. government pages by replacing ".gov" in the URL with ".govwayback.com" https://govwayback.com/
Went to the other platform to add my bsky link (though I’ve not been active there in a while) and found this little gem.
January 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Went to the other platform to add my bsky link (though I’ve not been active there in a while) and found this little gem.
Amazing, resilient, perspective.
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Amazing, resilient, perspective.