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Shannon McNerney

@oregonshan.bsky.social

Increasingly cranky yet still somewhat hopeful, post-menopausal gen-xer, writer, musician, and ED of Fishtrap living in Joseph, Oregon.

82 Followers  |  88 Following  |  17 Posts  |  Joined: 14.11.2024  |  1.9475

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$3.99 here.

07.11.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

30.10.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 39360    πŸ” 14875    πŸ’¬ 566    πŸ“Œ 657

@wyden.senate.gov

19.10.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A little No Kings music from Wallowa County, Oregon.

18.10.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No Kings in Wallowa county, OR. 200 strong from 3 months to 95yrs. Dogs, dinosaurs, musicians, American flags, and love of this country that was palpableβ€” in a red county of 7500.

18.10.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 260    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2
Aussiedoodle looking lovingly at camera

Aussiedoodle looking lovingly at camera

I hope everyone who sees this has someone in your life that looks at you the way this beastie looks at me.

His sister thinks I’m ok.

16.10.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel seen.

09.10.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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White House fires much of the National Council on the Humanities The White House appeared to fire all but four members of the National Council on the Humanities, an advisory board to the head of the government's grantmaking agency.

The nails are slowly being hit into our coffin.

Only his lapdogs remain on the council. Out of 26 council members (not all positions were filled at the time of firing), just four are left β€”the ones he previously appointed.

www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

01.10.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 160    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3

Done.

18.09.2025 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can we start with β€œwe need to have honest conversations?” About anything?

11.09.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’d be happy to talk to you about running an arts org in a rural Oregon county looks like. Red counties are also home to blue voters who are tired. We could use more support and less blanket judgments.

29.08.2025 05:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
SHERMAN, WHEELER, GILLIAM, MORROW AND WALLOWA COUNTY TOWN HALLS
FRIDAY, JULY 25
SHERMAN
5:30 PM
Wasco School Events
Center
903 Barnett St., Wasco

SATURDAY, JULY 26
WHEELER
10:30 AM
Wheeler High School
600 E B St., Fossil

GILLIAM
1:00 PM
Veterans Memorial Hall
120 Main St., Condon

MORROW
4:00 PM
SAGE Center
101 Olson Rd NE, Boardman

SUNDAY, JULY 27
WALLOWA
1:00 PM
Hearts for Health Integrated Care
606 Medical Parkway,
Enterprise
http://wyden.senate.gov

SHERMAN, WHEELER, GILLIAM, MORROW AND WALLOWA COUNTY TOWN HALLS FRIDAY, JULY 25 SHERMAN 5:30 PM Wasco School Events Center 903 Barnett St., Wasco SATURDAY, JULY 26 WHEELER 10:30 AM Wheeler High School 600 E B St., Fossil GILLIAM 1:00 PM Veterans Memorial Hall 120 Main St., Condon MORROW 4:00 PM SAGE Center 101 Olson Rd NE, Boardman SUNDAY, JULY 27 WALLOWA 1:00 PM Hearts for Health Integrated Care 606 Medical Parkway, Enterprise http://wyden.senate.gov

I’ve got 5 town halls coming up. I hope to see you there.

22.07.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 784    πŸ” 206    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 11

Trump's vanity birthday parade masquerading as a tribute to the troops is offensive and a wasteful use of taxpayer dollars. We should be using that money to feed hungry kids, pay for new roads and bridges, and provide better health care to our veterans.

14.06.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1153    πŸ” 178    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 4
No kings protestors sign

No kings protestors sign

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#nokings in Enterprise, Oregon today. 250+ in our tiny rural community.

14.06.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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Shutting Down Salman Rushdie Is Not Going to Help Two recent flare-ups over commencement speeches show how difficultβ€”and necessaryβ€”truly defending free expression is.

Two recent flare-ups over commencement speeches, one involving Salman Rushdie, show how difficultβ€”and necessaryβ€”truly defending free expression is. Gal Beckerman has a refresher on 'free speech':

20.05.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Emergency Alert: Six action steps if your NEA grant was just canceled β€’ Oregon ArtsWatch Arts organizations can learn how to still appeal the cancellations, including free resources and support on what steps to take.

all right everybody, here we go

links, trackers, webinars, templates, and all the free support you need if you just got that nightmare NEA email on Friday

please share far and wide, you do NOT have to be in Oregon to use these resources

06.05.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 587    πŸ” 454    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 14
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Naomi Klein: 'What They Want Is Absolutely Everything' β€” Rolling Stone The all-star academic and Shock Doctrine author breaks down the dark logic of Trump and Musk’s path of destruction β€” and what the world’s richest people really want

Very much worth the time to read.

apple.news/AkzI1FsvLTN-...

06.05.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Apparently cat posts are required here. Meet Juniper.

02.05.2025 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump, Fascism, and What Artists Can Do There is tension between wanting art to transcend and wanting it to reflect reality back to us. Plus: Are Dems finally ready to retire the purity tests?

β€œThe best art can do now is to activate in us the emotional and social muscles we’ve let atrophy in our public life: sympathy, humility, earnestness, horror. Guernica and the AIDS Memorial Quilts didn’t change minds but hearts.”

www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fasc...

27.04.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 713    πŸ” 131    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 6

I spent the first week of my sabbatical visiting old haunts in Portland, then five days at the coast. It’s pretty wonderful to discover that my favorite place in the whole world to relax is my own home in Joseph.

25.03.2025 02:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Town Hall Participation Form If you are a constituent of a lawmaker of an upcoming People's Town Hall, submit your information here! If you have questions or difficulties with the form, email info@peoplestownhall.org

For folks asking if I'm going to attend Trump's joint address to Congress next week: no. Instead, I'm choosing to hear directly from Oregonians and will be hosting an open-to-all town hall on Facebook live. Oregonians can submit questions in advance here:

28.02.2025 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 12254    πŸ” 1973    πŸ’¬ 719    πŸ“Œ 328

Just got my masters at 57.

27.02.2025 05:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

13.02.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 21519    πŸ” 14897    πŸ’¬ 413    πŸ“Œ 401

Is art still relevant? Do words still have power to create worlds? Is my life’s work still worth the cost? I’m scared and tired.

24.01.2025 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Life goals.

24.01.2025 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welp, let’s see what happens. First post with some pics from the hood.

15.11.2024 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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