Shannon
@soror-scheherazade.bsky.social
Artist, writer, bibliophile, tarot reader, post-apocalyptic life coach. AuADHD. BS in Anthropology and Language Studies. Democratic socialist. Just trying to find my way in all the madness.
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“Sesame Street” and its sequel, “The Electric Company,” were, “with lapses, the most intelligent and important programs in television,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
www.newyorker.com
August 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“Sesame Street” and its sequel, “The Electric Company,” were, “with lapses, the most intelligent and important programs in television,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
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When public media disappears, so do the stories that bring us together.
With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection.
If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq
With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection.
If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq
August 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
When public media disappears, so do the stories that bring us together.
With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection.
If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq
With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection.
If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq
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one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
March 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
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This poem. Every single word.
March 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This poem. Every single word.
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We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
Overflow crowd for Bernie/AOC rally in Greeley, CO — the small one today, big one is in Denver later
March 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
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AOC always gets it right...
March 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
AOC always gets it right...
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Big Thanks to Canada for that! 😎✨
Pass. It. On. 👇
This could save someone’s life.
Pass. It. On. 👇
This could save someone’s life.
February 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Big Thanks to Canada for that! 😎✨
Pass. It. On. 👇
This could save someone’s life.
Pass. It. On. 👇
This could save someone’s life.
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Ive said this before. Unions have a moment in time to create parallel, Non Profit Trust or Associated Health Plans and
offer them to small to medium size businesses.
Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations .
Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ?
Thoughts ?
offer them to small to medium size businesses.
Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations .
Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ?
Thoughts ?
February 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Ive said this before. Unions have a moment in time to create parallel, Non Profit Trust or Associated Health Plans and
offer them to small to medium size businesses.
Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations .
Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ?
Thoughts ?
offer them to small to medium size businesses.
Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations .
Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ?
Thoughts ?
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Just say NO to fascism!
February 1, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Just say NO to fascism!
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#Trump #Musk #MAGA #ItsACult #Dominionism #TheFourthReich #Project2025 #Nationalism #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute #Plutocracy #Kakistocracy #Populism #IDU #StandUp
Trump’s neofascism is here now. Here are 10 things you can do to resist.
⏬ Bluesky article thread (8 min) with extra links 📖 🍿 🔊
Trump’s neofascism is here now. Here are 10 things you can do to resist.
⏬ Bluesky article thread (8 min) with extra links 📖 🍿 🔊
Trump’s neofascism is here now. Here are 10 things you can do to resist | Robert Reich
America has deep problems, which is why we can’t give up. Protect the vulnerable, organize boycotts and keep fighting
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
#Trump #Musk #MAGA #ItsACult #Dominionism #TheFourthReich #Project2025 #Nationalism #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute #Plutocracy #Kakistocracy #Populism #IDU #StandUp
Trump’s neofascism is here now. Here are 10 things you can do to resist.
⏬ Bluesky article thread (8 min) with extra links 📖 🍿 🔊
Trump’s neofascism is here now. Here are 10 things you can do to resist.
⏬ Bluesky article thread (8 min) with extra links 📖 🍿 🔊
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i love that bishop baddie’s book is on being brave. #church @mariannedgarbudde.store
January 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
i love that bishop baddie’s book is on being brave. #church @mariannedgarbudde.store
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“Shock and Awe”: Immigration Raids Begin as Judge Halts Unconstitutional Birthright Citizenship Order www.democracynow.org/2025/1/24/bi...
Immigration Raids Begin as Judge Halts Birthright Citizenship Order
As the Trump administration launches what it touts as the largest mass deportation campaign in U.S. history, we look at how immigrant communities and advocates are fighting back. The administration al...
www.democracynow.org
January 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“Shock and Awe”: Immigration Raids Begin as Judge Halts Unconstitutional Birthright Citizenship Order www.democracynow.org/2025/1/24/bi...
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Secret Service showed up at a Chicago public school to confront an 11 year old who made an anti Trump video.
1, that's good parenting at work, but 2, this is a fear tactic. Do not let this deter you from making and posting anti Trump content. blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/24/i...
1, that's good parenting at work, but 2, this is a fear tactic. Do not let this deter you from making and posting anti Trump content. blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/24/i...
Secret Service Agents — Not ICE — Denied Entry At Chicago School Despite Initial Reports, CPS Source Says
CPS officials initially said agents who identified themselves as ICE arrived at Hamline Elementary in Back of the Yards Friday, but it was actually Secret Service agents looking for an 11-year-old who...
blockclubchicago.org
January 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Secret Service showed up at a Chicago public school to confront an 11 year old who made an anti Trump video.
1, that's good parenting at work, but 2, this is a fear tactic. Do not let this deter you from making and posting anti Trump content. blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/24/i...
1, that's good parenting at work, but 2, this is a fear tactic. Do not let this deter you from making and posting anti Trump content. blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/24/i...
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Ladies and gentlemen: we did it
In email to X staff, Musk says "user growth is stagnant, revenue is unimpressive, and we're barely breaking even"; sources: banks plan to sell their debt in X (Wall Street Journal)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
January 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Ladies and gentlemen: we did it
Now we're talking
January 25, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Now we're talking
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H5 is spreading 〰️AdminJenn
January 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
H5 is spreading 〰️AdminJenn
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Analyzing tropes and teaching the public to recognize to them is such an important project.
Tropes, such as "Hidden Motives", are recurring narrative elements used to evoke familiar patterns in communication
Our #COLING paper uncovers that tropes are used in 37% of the social posts debating immigration and vaccination
📄 coling-2025-proceedings.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/main/pdf/202...
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Our #COLING paper uncovers that tropes are used in 37% of the social posts debating immigration and vaccination
📄 coling-2025-proceedings.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/main/pdf/202...
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January 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Analyzing tropes and teaching the public to recognize to them is such an important project.
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The more I learn about her, the more I love her
January 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The more I learn about her, the more I love her
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Featuring my own Terre Haute, Indiana. I see the investments daily, driving around my city. The new transitional housing facility on my regular walking route. The affordable housing units going up in several places. The abandoned houses in my neighborhood being rehabbed as we speak.
Biden Leaves With an Uncertain Economic Legacy. Not So in This Indiana Town.
Green shoots from Biden’s big initiatives are starting to pop—many in red states.
www.wsj.com
January 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Featuring my own Terre Haute, Indiana. I see the investments daily, driving around my city. The new transitional housing facility on my regular walking route. The affordable housing units going up in several places. The abandoned houses in my neighborhood being rehabbed as we speak.
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one reason democrats should cut the “we just want to work together” shit is that you lose the opportunity to do things like, for instance, hold a loud press conference on the fact that trumps ICE thugs arrested a veteran www.newarknj.gov/news/mayor-r...
News: MAYOR RAS J. BARAKA’S STATEMENT ON ICE RAID ON NEWARK BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT
Official Page of Newark, NJ News: MAYOR RAS J. BARAKA’S STATEMENT ON ICE RAID ON NEWARK BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT
www.newarknj.gov
January 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
one reason democrats should cut the “we just want to work together” shit is that you lose the opportunity to do things like, for instance, hold a loud press conference on the fact that trumps ICE thugs arrested a veteran www.newarknj.gov/news/mayor-r...
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The "DEI" purge is really more about rolling back 60 years of civil rights and anti-discrimination guidelines for the federal workforce and even beyond, writes @ryanlcooper.com:
prospect.org/politics/202...
prospect.org/politics/202...
January 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The "DEI" purge is really more about rolling back 60 years of civil rights and anti-discrimination guidelines for the federal workforce and even beyond, writes @ryanlcooper.com:
prospect.org/politics/202...
prospect.org/politics/202...