Mary Shannon
@maryshannonthomas.bsky.social
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.
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.
No notes. Best. Carol. Ever.
AD-ROCK: Yo Ebenezer you gotta show re-
BEASTIES: MORSE
AD-ROCK: Redemption is not a mere matter of
Beasties: COURSE
MIKE D: We’ll show you Bob Cratchit’s not a lazy
BEASTIES: MOOCHER
MCA: We’re Christmas Past
MIKE D: Christmas Present
BEASTIES: AND CHRISTMAS FUTURE
BEASTIES: MORSE
AD-ROCK: Redemption is not a mere matter of
Beasties: COURSE
MIKE D: We’ll show you Bob Cratchit’s not a lazy
BEASTIES: MOOCHER
MCA: We’re Christmas Past
MIKE D: Christmas Present
BEASTIES: AND CHRISTMAS FUTURE
December 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
No notes. Best. Carol. Ever.
This is one of the greatest things I've seen on the internet in a very long time.
THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
December 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is one of the greatest things I've seen on the internet in a very long time.
Hi folks! It's that time of year, where I just straight up ask you for money.
As president of Stoneham CAN, I get to support some amazing community initiatives. As an all volunteer org, we put enormous time & energy into all our projects. If you believe in the power of community, please give. 🤍
As president of Stoneham CAN, I get to support some amazing community initiatives. As an all volunteer org, we put enormous time & energy into all our projects. If you believe in the power of community, please give. 🤍
STONEHAM CAN
www.stonehamcan.org
December 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Hi folks! It's that time of year, where I just straight up ask you for money.
As president of Stoneham CAN, I get to support some amazing community initiatives. As an all volunteer org, we put enormous time & energy into all our projects. If you believe in the power of community, please give. 🤍
As president of Stoneham CAN, I get to support some amazing community initiatives. As an all volunteer org, we put enormous time & energy into all our projects. If you believe in the power of community, please give. 🤍
I'm fairly sure I have as much (if not more) journalistic credibility than the NY Times at this point, and this special definitely made my list of the best things I watched this year.
Go watch it!
Bonus, I refuse to pay Ezra Klein for anything.
Go watch it!
Bonus, I refuse to pay Ezra Klein for anything.
My new special Positive Reinforcement didn't make any prestigious end-of-year lists for me to post about, but I am really proud of it, and I think you'd like it if you haven't seen it yet! :)
Josh Gondelman - Positive Reinforcement [2025] | FULL COMEDY SPECIAL
YouTube video by Blonde Medicine
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December 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I'm fairly sure I have as much (if not more) journalistic credibility than the NY Times at this point, and this special definitely made my list of the best things I watched this year.
Go watch it!
Bonus, I refuse to pay Ezra Klein for anything.
Go watch it!
Bonus, I refuse to pay Ezra Klein for anything.
Hey hey RFK - how many kids did you kill today?
December 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Hey hey RFK - how many kids did you kill today?
HUD: Here's this $. We've changed everything that you're supposed to do. It's nonsense. You have very little time to do it and also it's over the holidays. Good luck!
HUD: Hahaha JK. We know you just spent weeks scrambling to figure this out but we're going to pull it back. BRB maybe?
All of us:
HUD: Hahaha JK. We know you just spent weeks scrambling to figure this out but we're going to pull it back. BRB maybe?
All of us:
a woman in a purple shirt screams with her mouth wide open
Alt: a woman in a purple shirt screams with her mouth wide open
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
HUD: Here's this $. We've changed everything that you're supposed to do. It's nonsense. You have very little time to do it and also it's over the holidays. Good luck!
HUD: Hahaha JK. We know you just spent weeks scrambling to figure this out but we're going to pull it back. BRB maybe?
All of us:
HUD: Hahaha JK. We know you just spent weeks scrambling to figure this out but we're going to pull it back. BRB maybe?
All of us:
Got to watch the Sudbury Blueberry Bulldogs tie up the Bruins today. Jared Kesso (and Dolo and the Jims) were fantastic. #Shoresy #SudburyBlueberryBulldogs
December 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Got to watch the Sudbury Blueberry Bulldogs tie up the Bruins today. Jared Kesso (and Dolo and the Jims) were fantastic. #Shoresy #SudburyBlueberryBulldogs
Please for the love of Pete get rid of the "cool down room" shots at the end of the race. It's the dumbest 3 minutes on television; always awkward and a lot of dead air. Just do anything else with that time. #F1
December 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Please for the love of Pete get rid of the "cool down room" shots at the end of the race. It's the dumbest 3 minutes on television; always awkward and a lot of dead air. Just do anything else with that time. #F1
If you know an "average Republican" who says things like " I don't have a problem with LEGAL immigrants who come here the right way" you need to send this to them & ask them to clarify exactly what "the right way" is, because this is just the most evil shit ever & we need average Americans to say so
December 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If you know an "average Republican" who says things like " I don't have a problem with LEGAL immigrants who come here the right way" you need to send this to them & ask them to clarify exactly what "the right way" is, because this is just the most evil shit ever & we need average Americans to say so
The lack of West Wingnuts in my follows is disheartening.
I had an emergency root canal today, so if anyone has a secret plan to fight inflation, please let me know. I'll be in Foggy Bottom.
December 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The lack of West Wingnuts in my follows is disheartening.
I had an emergency root canal today, so if anyone has a secret plan to fight inflation, please let me know. I'll be in Foggy Bottom.
December 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I had an emergency root canal today, so if anyone has a secret plan to fight inflation, please let me know. I'll be in Foggy Bottom.
Jesus tapdancing Christ.
There must be consequences. I don't think I can live in a country that doesn't punish this with furious vengeance of a thousand Old Testament gods...
There must be consequences. I don't think I can live in a country that doesn't punish this with furious vengeance of a thousand Old Testament gods...
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Jesus tapdancing Christ.
There must be consequences. I don't think I can live in a country that doesn't punish this with furious vengeance of a thousand Old Testament gods...
There must be consequences. I don't think I can live in a country that doesn't punish this with furious vengeance of a thousand Old Testament gods...
Reposted by Mary Shannon
AT&T just cut DEI in order to get deals done, just like TMobile, Verizon and others. FCC now stands for Fuck Citizens of Color.
December 4, 2025 at 4:43 AM
AT&T just cut DEI in order to get deals done, just like TMobile, Verizon and others. FCC now stands for Fuck Citizens of Color.
If the ICE ads weren't enough, & if the exploitation of artists wasn't enough, this quick explainer on why Spotify is bad should be enough.
I know it may seem absurd now to think that ICE would be tracking this sort of thing, but if I told you a year ago masked men would be snatching kids...
I know it may seem absurd now to think that ICE would be tracking this sort of thing, but if I told you a year ago masked men would be snatching kids...
When I say Spotify is Surveillance, I don’t just mean it’s creepy that they are tracking what music you listen to and using that data to serve ads.
I mean your Spotify data is deeply intimate and can be used to glean information about you like your daily habits, your moods, and more.
I mean your Spotify data is deeply intimate and can be used to glean information about you like your daily habits, your moods, and more.
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
If the ICE ads weren't enough, & if the exploitation of artists wasn't enough, this quick explainer on why Spotify is bad should be enough.
I know it may seem absurd now to think that ICE would be tracking this sort of thing, but if I told you a year ago masked men would be snatching kids...
I know it may seem absurd now to think that ICE would be tracking this sort of thing, but if I told you a year ago masked men would be snatching kids...
I don't ever want to hear that we "can't afford" anything ever again.
There's a quarter of a BILLION DOLLARS being spent to FIRE PEOPLE (note that Belichick isn't even on here yet).
What could your alma mater do with that extra money? Reduce student housing costs? Fund research? Pay TAs more?
There's a quarter of a BILLION DOLLARS being spent to FIRE PEOPLE (note that Belichick isn't even on here yet).
What could your alma mater do with that extra money? Reduce student housing costs? Fund research? Pay TAs more?
This year, universities are giving $228 million to football coaches who failed at coaching football so that they won't coach football anymore.
December 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I don't ever want to hear that we "can't afford" anything ever again.
There's a quarter of a BILLION DOLLARS being spent to FIRE PEOPLE (note that Belichick isn't even on here yet).
What could your alma mater do with that extra money? Reduce student housing costs? Fund research? Pay TAs more?
There's a quarter of a BILLION DOLLARS being spent to FIRE PEOPLE (note that Belichick isn't even on here yet).
What could your alma mater do with that extra money? Reduce student housing costs? Fund research? Pay TAs more?
Encouraged to see #BOSpoli signing on to this lawsuit, along with leaders like @marcgov.bsky.social and advocates like @naehomelessness.bsky.social. The new HUD policies are cruel, inhumane, & patently absurd. No one with an ounce of empathy could support them - it's imperative we #StandUpFightBack
We’re challenging the Trump-Vance admin’s unlawful new restrictions on federal funds that help veterans, seniors, people with disabilities, and families find stable housing.
The admin’s actions threaten to push people back onto the streets at the peak of winter. We will fight back in court.
The admin’s actions threaten to push people back onto the streets at the peak of winter. We will fight back in court.
December 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Encouraged to see #BOSpoli signing on to this lawsuit, along with leaders like @marcgov.bsky.social and advocates like @naehomelessness.bsky.social. The new HUD policies are cruel, inhumane, & patently absurd. No one with an ounce of empathy could support them - it's imperative we #StandUpFightBack
I remember ARC & GRID, and the fear that this illness brought to communities.
I'm also old enough to remember hugging a young man dying alone at the hospice in my home town. I was 11 or 12, and he just wanted someone to touch him that wasn't a doctor. I wept then, and I still do now.
#EndAIDS
I'm also old enough to remember hugging a young man dying alone at the hospice in my home town. I was 11 or 12, and he just wanted someone to touch him that wasn't a doctor. I wept then, and I still do now.
#EndAIDS
December 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I remember ARC & GRID, and the fear that this illness brought to communities.
I'm also old enough to remember hugging a young man dying alone at the hospice in my home town. I was 11 or 12, and he just wanted someone to touch him that wasn't a doctor. I wept then, and I still do now.
#EndAIDS
I'm also old enough to remember hugging a young man dying alone at the hospice in my home town. I was 11 or 12, and he just wanted someone to touch him that wasn't a doctor. I wept then, and I still do now.
#EndAIDS
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Jimmy Buffett (@ The Paradise in Boston)
Rage Against the Machine
The Cure
Paul McCartney
Public Enemy
This was harder than I thought...
Jimmy Buffett (@ The Paradise in Boston)
Rage Against the Machine
The Cure
Paul McCartney
Public Enemy
This was harder than I thought...
Introduce yourself with five concerts youve seen —
Whitney Houston
Weird Al and the Monkees
Club MTV tour feat. Bel Biv Devoe & C&C Music Factory
Fiona Apple
The Mountain Goats
Whitney Houston
Weird Al and the Monkees
Club MTV tour feat. Bel Biv Devoe & C&C Music Factory
Fiona Apple
The Mountain Goats
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
November 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Jimmy Buffett (@ The Paradise in Boston)
Rage Against the Machine
The Cure
Paul McCartney
Public Enemy
This was harder than I thought...
Jimmy Buffett (@ The Paradise in Boston)
Rage Against the Machine
The Cure
Paul McCartney
Public Enemy
This was harder than I thought...
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
Happy Thanksgiving, folks.
Just remember, many of us wouldn't be here if it wasn't for a group of people being kind to new arrivals, and making sure they were fed.
Happy Thanksgiving, folks.
Just remember, many of us wouldn't be here if it wasn't for a group of people being kind to new arrivals, and making sure they were fed.
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
Happy Thanksgiving, folks.
Just remember, many of us wouldn't be here if it wasn't for a group of people being kind to new arrivals, and making sure they were fed.
Happy Thanksgiving, folks.
Just remember, many of us wouldn't be here if it wasn't for a group of people being kind to new arrivals, and making sure they were fed.
Reposted by Mary Shannon
We know that, for a ton of reasons, a lot of folks don't have as much to spend as they'd like this holiday season. Sooooooo, here's a thread of things you can do that will support your local indie bookstore or other business WITHOUT spending any more than you intended...
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
We know that, for a ton of reasons, a lot of folks don't have as much to spend as they'd like this holiday season. Sooooooo, here's a thread of things you can do that will support your local indie bookstore or other business WITHOUT spending any more than you intended...
I don't think I've ever wanted to track down a stranger and shake their hand more. I love everything about this news story.
First off, this couple is hilarious and I want to subscribe to their podcast and be friends with them.
Their legal Mass “BORT” license plate is getting rung up with EZPass tolls from people who have Simpsons novelty plates. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfod3l...
Their legal Mass “BORT” license plate is getting rung up with EZPass tolls from people who have Simpsons novelty plates. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfod3l...
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I don't think I've ever wanted to track down a stranger and shake their hand more. I love everything about this news story.
The illegal, immoral & downright hateful changes from HUD will impact many: vulnerable people who lose their housing, the communities they reside in, the medical centers that care for them, & the programs that support them. I'm so thankful for @massago.bsky.social - this is how we #StandUpFightBack
Massachusetts and communities across the country are facing a housing crisis.
Instead of offering support, the federal government is placing unlawful conditions on permanent housing and project renewals that our most vulnerable residents rely on to survive. We're suing.
Instead of offering support, the federal government is placing unlawful conditions on permanent housing and project renewals that our most vulnerable residents rely on to survive. We're suing.
November 26, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The illegal, immoral & downright hateful changes from HUD will impact many: vulnerable people who lose their housing, the communities they reside in, the medical centers that care for them, & the programs that support them. I'm so thankful for @massago.bsky.social - this is how we #StandUpFightBack
Ngl, watching both McLaren's be DQ'd after hosting Birkenau Barbie and Trash Patel in their garage yesterday feels like poetic justice. They had no business being there, and certainly no business being in any of the garages. Hate it for Piastri but schadenfreude is a thing. #AbolishICE
November 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Ngl, watching both McLaren's be DQ'd after hosting Birkenau Barbie and Trash Patel in their garage yesterday feels like poetic justice. They had no business being there, and certainly no business being in any of the garages. Hate it for Piastri but schadenfreude is a thing. #AbolishICE