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Courtney Shannon

@cshannonpdx.bsky.social

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I post about maps, GIS, and environmental chemistry, and now there’s also a lot of energy and Portland posts, some microblogging. Coauthor on a paper on bird population modeling. Reviews everywhere: "She's too direct." Portland, OR

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Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · Nov 19

Hello new followers!
I think I've been added to a chemistry-related starter pack? Thanks for following, I will likely post mostly about Portland stuff, maps, GIS, ecology, and some environmental chemistry.
Letting you know, incase that's not what you want to see!

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Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · 13h

I remember when this thread was live. That was quite a time!

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Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · 14h

There was some post in a group I’m in that said you are not allowed to hate fall. Yeah, I hate fall.

Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · 14h

This is destroying my life. #pdx

Chart showing ragweed pollen Med-High for the rest of the week.

Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · 15h

Those Blue Anon mute lists have been lifesavers!

Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · 15h

Me: “I’m going to bring in Extreme Sour Warheads to work to troll my boss.”

Friend:

Me:

Friend: “Hey, so do you ever have days where you wake up and decide to be normal? And then go through with that.”

Me:

Friend:

Me: “No.”

Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · 15h

Trump and Noem lie and take themselves very seriously. The antidote to that is to show the truth in a state of joy while not taking yourself seriously.

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Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · 15h

That.. that is not what Don Lemon looks like.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 15h

You know how when you scribble a bunch of crayons of different colors together it ends up being a gross babyshit color?

Yeah, that’s what AI “art” does, because it’s mashing together millions of different sources to fill in the Mad Libs blank.

jenkem.patrol @astroex.bsky.social · 16h

yeah, and what's up with that brown color anyway?

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Rude Law Dog @esghound.com · 16h

Christopher Columbus, director of Mrs. Doubtfire, Goonies and some other movies I guess

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · 15h

Yeah, and that one of the National Guard eating Voodoo Doughnuts is also clearly AI. I want to scream every time I see that one. He’s sending troops and other goons to attack us, it’s not a cute donut Breakfast at Tiffany’s situation.

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Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · 16h

I'm in the middle of moving (I bought a condo, yay!) and we've had to hear military helicopters circling most nights, circling the farmers market on Saturday morning, etc. and then Trump and company lie about the state of our city and reporters are not calling them out on it to their faces.

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Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · 16h

Last year when I was on crutches twice after two different surgeries, when I would come across this I would literally start crying. This was such a pain in the ass to have to deal with on crutches, especially if the sidewalk and driveway weren't in good shape.

Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · 16h

Back when I was on crutches, I hated this shit so much!

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The Louvre of Bluesky @thelouvreof.bsky.social · 19h

Usdi Crittenden @lilusdi.bsky.social • 1h
Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day by disrespecting Italians (eating a barbecue chicken pizza)

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truthseeker5734.bsky.social
@truthseeker5734.bsky.social
Would you say something like that to a black person on MLK day? I doubt it, coward.

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Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · 16h

That was a live performance, this is the official music video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFiv...

Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On 1986 (Official Music Video) Remastered @Videos80s

YouTube video by 80's 90's Music Video's Remastered @Videos80s

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Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · 17h

Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hanging On

All the covers of Womanizer are great too.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_3g...

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Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · 1d

The structure of her face is what's truly upsetting to me. She had a ton of plastic surgery done. She chose to look like that.

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Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · 1d

When I do log on to Spotify, I get ads for dieting. I hate dieting ads with every fiber of my soul and would do anything to never have to hear another one of them.

Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · 1d

I think my peak Millennialism is that I keep buying songs from iTunes. I have Spotify and I occasionally log into it, but I would rather pay $1.50 occasionally and not have to listen to ads.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 1d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · 1d

The place I went to, they accepted credit cards already, because they already made it expensive enough, like they were doing us a favor by not needing to get so many quarters.

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Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · 1d

That's the cost of the both loads together. The washer is $7-9 each load depending on the size of machine I used, and then the dryer is $3 per load.

Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · 1d

Damn, it's only October and I already miss summer.

old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 1d

enterprise entrance, seaside heights, new jersey, 1978

Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · 1d

This is my guess about why he's talking about this. He's still spooked by the PA assassination attempt.
bsky.app/profile/csha...

Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · 1d

I might get booed for this, but I think he is obsessed with this because the assassination attempt last summer scared him to his core and reminded him he’s mortal.
He had 2x per year “annual” physicals because he’s worried something will come up and nobody will tell him. Narcs don’t trust anyone.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social · 1d

My 3rd-great-grandparents are hanging out in my new place before I officially move in. I hope they like it.