Shelley O’Connell-Butler 🍷 🇺🇦
@shmelleyann.bsky.social
Researcher, designer, marketer, disenchanted American. Wine + weed enthusiast. Lifetime single mom. Empty nester. Gen-X. Columbine community survivor.
Every year. 👍 Bake in bag, baby. Bake. In. Bag.
November 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Every year. 👍 Bake in bag, baby. Bake. In. Bag.
Happy Thanksgiving! Including to all my fellow Mayflower descendants! We’re about 10% of the US population, so not a very exclusive club. My guy, Gov William Bradford (10th ggf) arranged the first Thanksgiving. I am honoring him by smoking a bowl and watching the Parade!
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! Including to all my fellow Mayflower descendants! We’re about 10% of the US population, so not a very exclusive club. My guy, Gov William Bradford (10th ggf) arranged the first Thanksgiving. I am honoring him by smoking a bowl and watching the Parade!
As always, Statista is timely with their fun daily email stat charts.
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
As always, Statista is timely with their fun daily email stat charts.
Consumer fleecing has reached unsustainable levels. And corporate America just keeps raising prices while laying people off and making execs rich. #StopTheBillionaires
November 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Consumer fleecing has reached unsustainable levels. And corporate America just keeps raising prices while laying people off and making execs rich. #StopTheBillionaires
I am driving clear across town to our longtime veterinary clinic, one of the last independently owned in the whole damn region. They have a huge waitlist.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I am driving clear across town to our longtime veterinary clinic, one of the last independently owned in the whole damn region. They have a huge waitlist.
(Edited 10:11 AM via @skeetsapp.com)
(Edited 10:11 AM via @skeetsapp.com)
I mean, come on. It’s not like they try to hide it.
October 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I mean, come on. It’s not like they try to hide it.
Well here’s an ad I really wasn’t expecting to see…
October 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Well here’s an ad I really wasn’t expecting to see…
Soon Musk will be paying for advertisers to come to X. That’s why he needs his big Tesla payday.
October 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Soon Musk will be paying for advertisers to come to X. That’s why he needs his big Tesla payday.
That’s great, but can you guys get your comms people to stop sending out horrible click-bate spam that makes you all look exactly like what we thought we were fighting against? Seriously, this shit is incredibly insulting and damaging.
October 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
That’s great, but can you guys get your comms people to stop sending out horrible click-bate spam that makes you all look exactly like what we thought we were fighting against? Seriously, this shit is incredibly insulting and damaging.
To Jamelle’s point…horrible click-bait spam coming from @housedemocrats.bsky.social. Who is overseeing House Majority PAC? Could not block them fast enough, and my opinion of the party sinks even further.
October 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
To Jamelle’s point…horrible click-bait spam coming from @housedemocrats.bsky.social. Who is overseeing House Majority PAC? Could not block them fast enough, and my opinion of the party sinks even further.
Here’s an example from about 30 minutes ago. Who is approving the click-bait spam coming from House Majority PAC? Do they realize how fucking damaging this shit is?! Could not block them fast enough.
October 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Here’s an example from about 30 minutes ago. Who is approving the click-bait spam coming from House Majority PAC? Do they realize how fucking damaging this shit is?! Could not block them fast enough.
What these young folks don’t understand yet, and we seasoned corp marketing vets know, is that these brands don’t give a ff about you or your causes, they will say whatever keeps them profitable. There is zero concern for the consumer in the board room.
October 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
What these young folks don’t understand yet, and we seasoned corp marketing vets know, is that these brands don’t give a ff about you or your causes, they will say whatever keeps them profitable. There is zero concern for the consumer in the board room.
When the Trump administration whines about Americans not being sufficiently excited about the gold plated ballroom and Oval Office…this could be why?
October 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
When the Trump administration whines about Americans not being sufficiently excited about the gold plated ballroom and Oval Office…this could be why?
So glad Doug LaMalfa and his goons have my mobile number from somewhere and can spam me like this. Too late Tracy, already voted! Have a great life Under His Eye.
October 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
So glad Doug LaMalfa and his goons have my mobile number from somewhere and can spam me like this. Too late Tracy, already voted! Have a great life Under His Eye.
Gosh, I just can’t imagine why we’re seeing such a surge in mental health struggles, depression, and despair? I’m sick of hearing about social media and isolation. It’s the inequality, stupid. How did we get here? Ramifications of Reaganomics generation with Citizens United on top?
September 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Gosh, I just can’t imagine why we’re seeing such a surge in mental health struggles, depression, and despair? I’m sick of hearing about social media and isolation. It’s the inequality, stupid. How did we get here? Ramifications of Reaganomics generation with Citizens United on top?
It’s all about Bezos. That $40M for Melania’s documentary is looking pretty stupid right now.
September 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It’s all about Bezos. That $40M for Melania’s documentary is looking pretty stupid right now.
Got this from HBO this morning. Seriously?! I had already cancelled the HBO/Disney+/Hulu bundle a few days ago and was going to resubscribe to HBO this week. But now I think not. Idiots.
September 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Got this from HBO this morning. Seriously?! I had already cancelled the HBO/Disney+/Hulu bundle a few days ago and was going to resubscribe to HBO this week. But now I think not. Idiots.
I guess Bezos is regretting that $40M documentary deal with Melania? Idiots.
September 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I guess Bezos is regretting that $40M documentary deal with Melania? Idiots.
Less than 12 hours, now! 🍂🎃🦃🍁🍎🥧🏈 Good riddance nasty hot NorCal summer!
September 22, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Less than 12 hours, now! 🍂🎃🦃🍁🍎🥧🏈 Good riddance nasty hot NorCal summer!
Call and write your representatives. RFK Jr needs to go NOW, and we need our medical research funding back! That respiratory category is Covid/Flu/Pneumonia/RSV, for which we have excellent vaccines! And “unintentional injuries” is doing a lot of lifting for gun violence.
September 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Call and write your representatives. RFK Jr needs to go NOW, and we need our medical research funding back! That respiratory category is Covid/Flu/Pneumonia/RSV, for which we have excellent vaccines! And “unintentional injuries” is doing a lot of lifting for gun violence.
From today’s NYT On Politics newsletter. We’re not “trending toward” or “moving dangerously close to” corruption, oligarchy, authoritarianism, and fascism. This is it. We are in it. It’s all around us now. We are not the USA that our ancestors fought for, that is long gone.
September 16, 2025 at 3:57 AM
From today’s NYT On Politics newsletter. We’re not “trending toward” or “moving dangerously close to” corruption, oligarchy, authoritarianism, and fascism. This is it. We are in it. It’s all around us now. We are not the USA that our ancestors fought for, that is long gone.
In case nobody has noticed, Democracy is disappearing. And to find out why, all you have to do is follow the money.
September 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
In case nobody has noticed, Democracy is disappearing. And to find out why, all you have to do is follow the money.
Tom McClintock (my former congressman prior to 2020 redistricting) has always been a dangerous nut-job and it’s way past time for California to give him the boot. He exists in an alternate conspiracy reality that is harming Californians and America.
September 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Tom McClintock (my former congressman prior to 2020 redistricting) has always been a dangerous nut-job and it’s way past time for California to give him the boot. He exists in an alternate conspiracy reality that is harming Californians and America.