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Shannon Howard

@alabamamutant.bsky.social

Professor of English, studying material rhetorics, pop culture, and tools of composition. Founder of Beatles Area PCA. Recovering workaholic and theater major. Share your books!

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β€œI’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” πŸ˜•πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ’”

(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

15.02.2026 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 21647    πŸ” 7649    πŸ’¬ 496    πŸ“Œ 426
American flag flying at the Geographic South Pole station with clear blue sky and snow-covered ground and Little Free Library.

American flag flying at the Geographic South Pole station with clear blue sky and snow-covered ground and Little Free Library.

Did you know there are Little Free Library book-sharing boxes on all seven continents? That's right! There's a Little Free Library at the South Pole! https://lflib.org/south-pole-library

26.01.2026 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:

- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE

26.01.2026 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 32073    πŸ” 7613    πŸ’¬ 491    πŸ“Œ 372
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clearly i need to Post More Bird. as if that wasnt my sole purpose online already

22.11.2025 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 9854    πŸ” 638    πŸ’¬ 189    πŸ“Œ 24
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#welcome #autumn #impressionism #landscapepainting #art

05.09.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 188    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

This is great news

Sesame Street is the last remnant of the idea that television could educate and uplift kids and instruct them on how to be decent citizens and make them feel understood rather than persecuted

It needs to be where everyone can see it

05.09.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1636    πŸ” 519    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 7
A dirt road near Loch Turret in Scotland. There are mountains around the Loch.

A dirt road near Loch Turret in Scotland. There are mountains around the Loch.

Gods, Scotland is so beautiful.

21.08.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 11575    πŸ” 782    πŸ’¬ 307    πŸ“Œ 51
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Dahlia β€˜CafΓ© Au Lait’ has been stunning this year in my Oregon garden. 🌱 #flowers

21.08.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2570    πŸ” 211    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 7
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"Evening Light" - my oil painting

21.08.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 7545    πŸ” 464    πŸ’¬ 206    πŸ“Œ 25

The fun of making art is not in having a β€œgood” product at the end, and it’s not even necessary to be β€œgood” at art at any point in the process to have fun with it. As an adult fiddle learner, I sound bad far more often than I sound good. AND YET, I have a blast when I join an old-time fiddle jam.

19.08.2025 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
The sun setting over the trees. The sky is mostly grey and cloudy, but it’s starting to clear. There’s a small opening with beautiful shades of pink and blue.

The sun setting over the trees. The sky is mostly grey and cloudy, but it’s starting to clear. There’s a small opening with beautiful shades of pink and blue.

A Window Of Hope. πŸ©ΆπŸ•ŠοΈπŸ©Ά

#WindowsOnWednesday #clouds #sky #sunset #scape #smArtist #solar

13.08.2025 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3243    πŸ” 345    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 11
a tiny aloe plant with a post it note that says LEAVE ME ALONE! TRYING TO LIVE >:(

a tiny aloe plant with a post it note that says LEAVE ME ALONE! TRYING TO LIVE >:(

tell me about it, tiny aloe plant on the counter at the cafe near my house

09.08.2025 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 10384    πŸ” 1804    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 59
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The Queen of the Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooms once a year at night.

13.07.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 15719    πŸ” 2359    πŸ’¬ 558    πŸ“Œ 252
Handmade sign at the No Kings protest in Philadelphia. It says "Billionaires Are The Only Minority Ruining This Country"

Handmade sign at the No Kings protest in Philadelphia. It says "Billionaires Are The Only Minority Ruining This Country"

#NoKings

14.06.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 10007    πŸ” 2356    πŸ’¬ 73    πŸ“Œ 50
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There is still beauty in the world. (Japan, photographer Jii Tewari)

14.06.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 10246    πŸ” 1037    πŸ’¬ 164    πŸ“Œ 39
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You also get a dog smile today

14.06.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 26925    πŸ” 2950    πŸ’¬ 353    πŸ“Œ 142

I will say this about Bluesky as a bubble: In this bubble, no one has said I should be "backhanded out of the room" or called me a word that rhymes with runt, both of which were specific Twitter add-ons

13.06.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 185    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 1
An rainbow arrangement of garden flowers placed on white fabric

An rainbow arrangement of garden flowers placed on white fabric

Our brains love the colour gradation in rainbows, maybe due to our ancestors searching for sources of water. Looking at plants helps us recover from stress & looking at something we think is beautiful causes dopamine release.
I've posted this photo to alter your brain biochemistry for the better 🌿

14.06.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 7992    πŸ” 1088    πŸ’¬ 211    πŸ“Œ 56
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

12.04.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 20479    πŸ” 5543    πŸ’¬ 450    πŸ“Œ 278
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April light

10.04.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Purple tunnel of wisteria blooms on a hilltop in the city centre of Florence, Italy. In the background are the Tuscan hills and the city spreads out below with lots of terracotta roofs. The Duomo is large, especially the cupola.

Purple tunnel of wisteria blooms on a hilltop in the city centre of Florence, Italy. In the background are the Tuscan hills and the city spreads out below with lots of terracotta roofs. The Duomo is large, especially the cupola.

The wisteria of Giardino Bardini today over Firenze

09.04.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 135    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh to be a red-eared snapper turtle sunning oneself in a pond at a centuries-old zen temple in the ancient shogunal capital.

10.04.2025 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 6951    πŸ” 545    πŸ’¬ 93    πŸ“Œ 27

Never mind. Found it!

09.04.2025 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Would you be able to share the link?

09.04.2025 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I love the way it looks after rain!

09.04.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Finished my presentation for PCA 2025. Getting excited for New Orleans!

08.04.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"The Lennon-McCartney partnership was a force of life, stalked by deaths. They alchemized grief into a joy that still reverberates across the universe." At the Wall Street Journal, I reviewed Ian Leslie's lovely new Beatles meditation "John & Paul: A Love Story In Songs." www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

06.04.2025 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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John Lennon Lost Lennon Tapes Volume 27 UNPLAYED BAG Colored Vinyl LP Plano, Texas

John Lennon Lost Lennon Tapes Volume 27 UNPLAYED BAG Colored Vinyl LP

08.04.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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All we are saying is to give peace a chance - John Lennon A major rain storm let me walk in Central Park and take a photo of the Imagine Circle alone! Let's us use peace instead of war in the world... #Imagine #NYC #StrawberryFields #LFK #CentralPark #Photography @deborah-milini.bsky.social

08.04.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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