Susan Shelton
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Susan Shelton
@txsccs.bsky.social
Texan. Technical writer, political junkie, and dance addict. Currently doing none of these.
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Diplomacy: the art of taking 4 hours to write a paragraph that's read in 2 minutes, and forgotten in 5. But say it wrong & it's forever.
DO IT
January 24, 2026 at 4:20 PM
ICE is out of control. They have to stop.

Just saw the video from Minneapolis this morning, and it's horrifying. I can't be certain, but I counted 12 shots. What the actual fuck.
January 24, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Dammit.
WHO removing Us Flag
January 23, 2026 at 10:58 PM
A slightly blurry Chaparral on the boardwalk in Big Bend National Park.

#BirdOfTheDay
#Walking
January 23, 2026 at 6:02 PM
#birdoftheday #singing
Carolina Wren, on my backyard fence.
January 21, 2026 at 4:34 PM
January 20, 2026 at 7:05 PM
#BirdOfTheDay
#WinterLight

Carolina Wren on the fence.
January 19, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I'm knitting a hat, and grossly misjudged the size based on the yarn weight. It's enormous. Time to frog it and start over. Damn.

#knitting
January 17, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I tried to purchase a whistle at the local sporting goods shop, and they're completely sold out.

Way to go, Austin.

#abolishICE
January 17, 2026 at 7:53 PM
A couple of Francolins in Maui. They were not tame, but they were definitely used to people. #shortbeaks #BirdOfTheDay
January 16, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Just saying.
January 15, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Mississippi Kite in Milam County, TX.

#birdoftheday
#solitude
January 13, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Reposted by Susan Shelton
The Strongman Fantasy, from March 2024.
May it break.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-strong...
The Strongman Fantasy (text and audio)
And Dictatorship in Real Life
snyder.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Blockity block block block...

Not today.
January 10, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Mockingbird sitting on an armadillo. I'm just a block away from the Texas Capitol.
#texas #birding #birdsky
January 9, 2026 at 8:53 PM
THIIIIISSS.

It has to be airtight, or you'll fail. That takes time.
Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already:

If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.

It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.

/1
January 9, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Reposted by Susan Shelton
Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."
January 9, 2026 at 3:49 PM
If the World Cup teams and Olympic teams decided to give this US tour a pass, I would support it.

It's clearly not safe here.
January 9, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Sigh.
January 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Reposted by Susan Shelton
January 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Fabulous!
Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!
January 8, 2026 at 11:20 PM
I joined a union, again yesterday.
I haven't gotten the full details yet, but any time I can join a union, I do.

New job has the opportunity to rejoin the one I left after leaving the public sector.

Feels good.

#unionstrong
January 8, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I'm spending today blocking the anti-MVP accounts that keep popping into my feed.

Screw those folks, preemptively.
January 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Someone like Captain Mark Kelly (ret.) should be leading the Department of Defence.

Not the doofus who's in there now.
January 6, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Ok, what's going on with Minnesota? Tim Walz dropping out of the governor's race bugs me rather a lot.
January 5, 2026 at 3:07 PM