Shannon O’Mac

“if we view feminism as the struggle of gender-marginalized people for bodily autonomy, rather than just calling these things “women's issues,” then we make room for all trans people within feminism.”

Here I am, talking about how the second wave became TERFy, why it didn't need to, and how feminism can be better for everybody.

Happy Harvest moon! 🌝

pair of kingfishers sitting on a branch, one showing its chest and another its back - both are looking towards the right.

the bird has its head tilted slightly backwards to show more of its nape.

common kingfisher, perched on a thin branch of a different tree - you can see the varying shade of blue on the wings as well. it is looking towards the left

the same bird looking away to the right. the cap shows more variation in blue and white. the part below the ear is also white.

Some common kingfishers for #ColorADay theme #BlueTue

#birds #photography #nature #wildlife 🪶 🌿🖌️ #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin

you can look at more of my work on the custom feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...

I’m hearing no Substack. I don’t know Wordpress. Any other suggestions?

nice

I’m. So. Tired.

I don’t just want you to pay attention to Chicago because I want you to understand our plight. I want you to see how hard people are fighting and know wtf you’re made of. We’re not just fighting for this place. This is for all of us.

This time of year is when witchy women are at their most powerful so you better give them little treats

this is so hard to remember online, which is wild because the ratio is still in favor of non assholes - but 2 out of 100 would still be orders of magnitude more assholes online than in person, which is a difference difficult for our brains not to pick up on

lol this entire era of politics has proven to me that rules are indeed fake

If one were starting a queer blog in this year of our lord 2025, where would one do so?

I learned to blog 20 years ago and now I am an old.

Nine members of the Canadian Supreme Court sitting for a photo. They are dressed in red robes trimmed in white.

i had no idea this is how canada's supreme court dresses

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

a plush tux cat just starting to leap up from lying on her side on beige carpet next to a totally shredded carpet scratch pole.

taken at the exact moment i said the word “supper”

Super moon! 😍

Orbweaver web covered with fog,

Orbweaver web covered with fog. 🌿

A bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) visiting goldenrod ( Solidago ). In the background are lavender/blue flowering clusters if blue mistflower and the red tubular blooms of Salvia coccinea. nativebees bumblebees #bugsky easterncommonbumblebee bloomscrolling landscapedesign wildlifegardening

A bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) with a trifecta of autumn blooming flowers: goldenrod, blue mistflower, and red salvia. #BombusImpatiens

During the 2025 Southern Hemisphere flu season, vaccination reduced influenza-associated outpatient visits by 50.4% and hospitalizations by 49.7%.

CDC recommends flu vaccination for everyone ≥6 months.

Close up photo of a brown and white hawk in profile. It looks very intense and a bit intimidating with its hooked beak.

The steely gaze of a raptor is a bit terrifying to be honest. Not to mention that beak

(Juvenile Cooper’s Hawk, I think) #birds 🌿

Over the weekend, I learned of the death of a fellow employee. The first response to the news- over Teams- was a list of university-owned devices that needed to be returned to IT.

Work does not love you back. Act accordingly.

So you want to support living marginalized banned authors but your local banned books week displays and events are full of famous dead people?

Not to worry: your helpful non-binary bookseller is here to help!

A thread!

This is a no-brainer.

It’s also a case study in political power. Old people haz some.

Remember when these guys ran a completely fabricated story about trans kids sourced to a single bigot who worked at St Louis Children’s Hospital and it got so much traction that they ended a bunch of programs for trans kids because of all the bomb threats

I am overwhelmed and angry and sad, and trying to focus instead on @prisonculture.bsky.social's (paraphrased) mantra: Find your lane. Do the work.

Late tonight, a federal judge issued a sweeping new order prohibiting the president from deploying any National Guard forces—from any state or DC—to Oregon.

The president cannot keep playing whack-a-mole with different states’ Guard units to get around court orders and the rule of law.

“Across Doctorow’s fiction and nonfiction is a central theme: That technology can be used either as a tool of human empowerment and creativity, or repression and control by the state or big corporations.”

finally saw that wonderful Jane Goodall clip and I can’t tell you how delighted I am to learn that in addition to being a genius and a pure soul and a phenomenal advocate and a cultural revolutionary, she was also a hater

I knew about the hawk, but I had no idea how cute the sound of the bald eagle was until now! It’s adorable!

Wishing everyone a good week ahead. Take care of yourselves and don't give in to the fascists.