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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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DanaMPatton @danampatton.bsky.social · 11h

Refreshing to have someone making the bus free instead of throwing those people under it

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Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 13h

FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE

Centrist milquetoast pandering is not the way.

People want meaningful change
People want their due
People want to thrive

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov should pay VERY close attention to this moment, or sit the entire fuck down.

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 13h

this genuinely feels like a moment history books will look back on where the Democratic Party was forced to either fix its hearts or die

Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 18h

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.

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Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 23h

"Insert Hawkeye voice" Dear Dad, it feels like we're just doing meatball sub surgery here. This war just grinders on, and there are no more heroes. The submarine attacks are relentless, and I fear every day that I may croque monsieur. Love, your son Hawkeye.

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Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 23h

He could smell the onions?? AND THE MUSTARD?
My God - it sounds like a salt (and pepper with a little oregano and vinegar and you've got a tidy salad dressing)
I hope the Internet finds a way to mock this person unmercifully for the rest of his life.

a man wearing a hat and a jacket is dancing with the words muuuussstttaaarddd !! written on the bottom

Alt: a man wearing a hat and a jacket is dancing with the words muuuussstttaaarddd !! written on the bottom

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Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 23h

Huh. Whaddya know - he DOES know things.

Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 1d

I like your attitude - I wish I could share it. 😁 The dark, combined with the cold, is a LOT.

Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, sunset is 4:33 here today, and getting worse. This time of year suuuuucks.

Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 1d

How Americans were ever sold the idea that health care access isn't a right remains a mystery to me. Somehow every other rational country does it, and yet the country with more billionaires than any other can't seem to manage it. I hope you'll be able to access the care you absolutely deserve. 💜

Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 1d

Not to be confused with Great Value Goebbels (Karoline Levitt), and Ol' Yeller (Noem).

Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 1d

a man wearing glasses is getting a massage from a woman on the beach .

Alt: Chief Brody, a man wearing glasses, is getting a massage from a woman on the beach in the movie Jaws.

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Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 1d

Perfectly cromulent.

Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, anything is a thing if you aren't held accountable...
We're in a post-fact, unhinged reality now. So if Birkenau Barbie says it is, without a congress or SCOTUS to push back it becomes true I guess?

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Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, @rooseveltinstitute.org, maybe you want to take back the award you gave @teenvogue.com in light of their absolute gutting of their political reporting? Seems like a thing that should happen.

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Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 2d

I'm in awe. That's just 🤌🌟

Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 2d

Unbelievable Unsustainable
Appalling Disgusting Repulsive
Rapacious Absurd

I'm not sure I have enough words to describe this, but those feel like a good start.

#LetThemEatCake

Mara Dolan @maradolan.bsky.social · 2d

$698 Billion. That’s how much more wealth the 10 wealthiest Americans have just this year, as SNAP funds remain frozen. #unconscionable www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report

Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap

www.theguardian.com

Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 3d

I have to go to bed. I don't particularly care for baseball. WHY CAN'T I TURN THIS OFF??

Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 4d

Same argument at our house... I know ethical consumption basically isn't possible when it comes to media, but jeez it should be easier to figure out how to access what I want, especially when it comes to sports. It's literally the only reason we keep live TV.

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Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 4d

Nailed it.

Carlos Valencia @carlosvalencia.bsky.social · 4d

I dressed up as an ICE agent for the Halloween party.

And by that I mean I was too much of a coward to even show my face.

Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 4d

Municipal government would like a word 😆

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Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 4d

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.

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Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 4d

Fair point. I apparently didn't try hard enough 😆

Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 4d

I respect your commitment to yourself. Badass. 💜
(If it makes you feel at all better, the last time I had more to drink than I reasonably should've, I got MORE anxious about the news, not less 🤷🏼‍♀️ thanks, stupid brain)

Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 5d

Yes!

A picture of the Wikipedia page that explains the posthumous stoning of Mussolini following his execution.

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Mary Shannon @maryshannonthomas.bsky.social · 5d

Long-time monthly donor to the Stoneham Food Pantry - folks north of Boston can find other resources here.
Money is best - they know what they need. Check with your local pantry before you buy mac n cheese. Hygiene and pet food products are also needed!
My anxiety around all of this is exhausting.

Resources — The Food Drive