Shannon O’Mac
@shannonomac.bsky.social
Physician. Parent. Your weird queer aunt in the woods (Upstate NY).
Mostly thinking about birds, trees, and dirt.
I love the library. 📚
(Not medical advice)
Mostly thinking about birds, trees, and dirt.
I love the library. 📚
(Not medical advice)
Pinned
Did you know? Less bad + more good = better.
Yes - we do need to focus on reducing harm and violence.
AND we need to explicitly define what’s good, what it thrives on, and how to get more of it. Both.
It’s not Pollyanna to tell good stories. It’s necessary.
So! Here’s a 🧵of what’s good.
Yes - we do need to focus on reducing harm and violence.
AND we need to explicitly define what’s good, what it thrives on, and how to get more of it. Both.
It’s not Pollyanna to tell good stories. It’s necessary.
So! Here’s a 🧵of what’s good.
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People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
Turns out Mamdani's controversial proposal for government-run supermarkets isn't so novel. Other cities also are toying with the idea to bring fresh, affordable food to communities that do not have easy access to it. Good WSJ read (gift link)
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Inside Atlanta’s First Government-Funded Supermarket
The goal is for the store to become profitable without any government subsidy within three years.
www.wsj.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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My mom told her physical therapist she wears a mask because her husband and daughter are immunocompromised. The PT said she is too but isn't worried bc she knows if she dies she is going to heaven. Then her co-worker yelled, “Shut up Debbie you wear a seatbelt and take blood pressure meds” 👀
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
My mom told her physical therapist she wears a mask because her husband and daughter are immunocompromised. The PT said she is too but isn't worried bc she knows if she dies she is going to heaven. Then her co-worker yelled, “Shut up Debbie you wear a seatbelt and take blood pressure meds” 👀
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A story in four parts. This second year polar bear cub wasn't feeling it anymore. Mom, however, reminded her that they needed to keep moving with a few potentially dangerous males nearby. However, the effects of the pep talk didn't last long :) #Mammals #BearSeason2025 🌿
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A story in four parts. This second year polar bear cub wasn't feeling it anymore. Mom, however, reminded her that they needed to keep moving with a few potentially dangerous males nearby. However, the effects of the pep talk didn't last long :) #Mammals #BearSeason2025 🌿
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
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no knock on Alex, but are they super mad because it's a white guy and so according to themselves they have to pay attention to him (unlike, the majority of abolitionists...)
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
no knock on Alex, but are they super mad because it's a white guy and so according to themselves they have to pay attention to him (unlike, the majority of abolitionists...)
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we're going to win
Page One in Cincinnati:
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
we're going to win
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Gender-affirming care saves lives
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Gender-affirming care saves lives
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🎯
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🎯
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Maybe it was a mistake to base the American economy on everyone buying and throwing away stuff constantly
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Maybe it was a mistake to base the American economy on everyone buying and throwing away stuff constantly
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an older gentleman carrying several bouquets of flowers just got on the elevator with me. he was absolutely beaming, so I complimented the flowers:
he’s a music teacher and several of his students won first prize in their divisions at a music competition this evening. he’s so proud 🥹
he’s a music teacher and several of his students won first prize in their divisions at a music competition this evening. he’s so proud 🥹
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
an older gentleman carrying several bouquets of flowers just got on the elevator with me. he was absolutely beaming, so I complimented the flowers:
he’s a music teacher and several of his students won first prize in their divisions at a music competition this evening. he’s so proud 🥹
he’s a music teacher and several of his students won first prize in their divisions at a music competition this evening. he’s so proud 🥹
Rock on. 🐦⬛
I knew a couple that picked a new last name when they married: Corvidae.
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Rock on. 🐦⬛
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North Carolina has really shown out. Comrades are telling me that they have gotten 500 to 1000 people out to ICE Watch trainings [with more people wanting to attend].
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
North Carolina has really shown out. Comrades are telling me that they have gotten 500 to 1000 people out to ICE Watch trainings [with more people wanting to attend].
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There are more people organizing and pushing back against the regime today than there were in the first term. There are more people in more places (rural towns and big cities across the country). I think it's really strange how resistant some people are to these facts. I wonder what's going on.
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
There are more people organizing and pushing back against the regime today than there were in the first term. There are more people in more places (rural towns and big cities across the country). I think it's really strange how resistant some people are to these facts. I wonder what's going on.
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As somebody who spent last Thanksgiving in covid jail, not a bad time to mask up at the grocery store
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
As somebody who spent last Thanksgiving in covid jail, not a bad time to mask up at the grocery store
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It’s the problem with modern journalism, in my view. We’ve become so concerned with objectivity, we sometimes remove humanity from the equation.
November 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
It’s the problem with modern journalism, in my view. We’ve become so concerned with objectivity, we sometimes remove humanity from the equation.
🧵
Major sources of hate speech are located outside the US. Well yeah, we have this conversation every few months. And every few months people reject the bright shiny evidence that easiest way to ruin America is to feed the hate and bigotry that already exists here.
November 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
🧵
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Today we are reading vintage Richard Scarry
November 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Today we are reading vintage Richard Scarry
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
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“The instructions for whistles are very very simple:
If you see ice in the area, blow short bursts on the whistle.
If they're actively snatching someone, long blows.”
If you see ice in the area, blow short bursts on the whistle.
If they're actively snatching someone, long blows.”
Yesterday I tried to put everything I knew about whistles—where to get them, where to get instruction sheets, how to distro—into one place so you can build off it for your own community's whistle needs: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“The instructions for whistles are very very simple:
If you see ice in the area, blow short bursts on the whistle.
If they're actively snatching someone, long blows.”
If you see ice in the area, blow short bursts on the whistle.
If they're actively snatching someone, long blows.”