Alex Shannon

design director (@studio71us). theme park fanatic. LGBT. progressive. Thoughts and opinions are definitely just my own.

[Alex Shannon @AlexShannon]

Yall we need to make sure Kamala Harris wins in November so we don’t look like idiots at the next Olympic Games. #LA2028 #HarrisWalz24

[Alex Shannon @AlexShannon]

@Variety It’s because studios don’t want to pay for health insurance so they go to places where it’s covered by the government. We need universal healthcare in the USA.

[Alex Shannon @AlexShannon]

@kimpetras Hiii

[Alex Shannon @AlexShannon]

@007GameIOI PS5

[Alex Shannon @AlexShannon]

@007GameIOI so the game just won’t connect to online and won’t let me play.

[Micah Erfan @micah_erfan]

This guy is so damn good.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

To everyone so eager to cancel someone for a tattoo they got at age 22, a drunk text, a selfie they took in the middle of a mental health crisis:

Show us your laptop.
Show us your iCloud.
Open your entire digital life to your worst enemy. No context. No filter. No explanation.

You won’t.

You won’t because you know what I know. Any one of us, frozen at our worst moment, photographed in our lowest hour, looks like a monster. Looks like a stranger. Looks like someone who deserves to be cast out.

That is not who we are.

My mom and baby sister were killed in a car accident when I was just a kid. Cancer took my brother Beau, my best friend and my rock. I battled alcoholism. I battled addiction. I chose the coward’s way out more times than I can count.

For years I believed the defining chapters of my life were written by tragedy, loss, and shame.

I no longer believe that.

Pain can shape us. Loss can humble us. Failures can leave scars that never fully fade. But none of them have the authority to define us.

And it sure as hell ain’t the critic that counts.

That authority belongs to us alone-the person in the arena.

Every setback presents a choice. Play the victim, or cut the bullshit and take ownership for who we become next.

Life does not determine our character. It reveals it.

Again and again we are asked the same question. When shit happens, what next?

We are not defined by what happened to us. We are not defined by the worst photo, the worst text, the worst tattoo, the worst night. We are defined by the person we choose to become. And by the courage to choose that person, every single day.

So before you reach for the gavel - show us your laptop.

You won’t.

The whole world saw mine. And I am still here. Still becoming. Still choosing. Still standing.

That is the only definition that matters.

[Alex Shannon @AlexShannon]

@Kristen_Henners @MegamiNYC For two seconds roughly.

[Alex Shannon @AlexShannon]

@XxShowgirl13 @Jay_Clonee @MegamiNYC I saw the movie tonight and thought all of the scenes indoors looked great. It’s so obvious that the external shots of the train had been generated by generative AI. The ai noise that happens in ai video from last year was all over the place in this film.

[Alex Shannon @AlexShannon]

@KarenBassLA Vote for @nithyavraman

[Alex Shannon @AlexShannon]

@KarenBassLA Way to switch up your messaging NIMBY Bass.

[Alex Shannon @AlexShannon]

@MeghanMcCain Nothing smells fishy.

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

What time is the fake assassination attempt tonight?

[Alex Shannon @AlexShannon]

@tedlieu @gsundell I call it stupid

[Alex Shannon @AlexShannon]

@DiscussingFilm That’s just some dog

[Hunter📈🌈📊 @StatisticUrban]

I don't live in LA, but for those who do, I'd encourage a vote for Nithya Raman. She's far better on housing, which is LA's #1 issue, and more braodly Bass does not deserve to be re-elected.

We should remind politicians even in deeply partisan areas they can be held to account.

[goodfella @subsahaaron]

“I’ve never even heard of Nithya Raman”

….thats because you don’t live in LA. She’s been my city council rep for 5+ years during which time she’s been consistently engaged with and in the community. Don’t feign to have knowledge of the city that you don’t have.

[Alex Shannon @AlexShannon]

@SoArchaic @AkilahObviously Are real estate guys smart or just successful?

[Alex Shannon @AlexShannon]

@stoneyvonowens @AkilahObviously I’m hoping there’s enough ballots still uncounted that he’s not even on the ballot in November

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

So let me get this straight.

Jake Tapper is focused on attacking my Mom.

Jared and Ivanka are building a private island paradise on Albanian protected land.

Don Jr married the daughter of Epstein’s banker, and a startup his fund backs just got a record $620M Pentagon loan.

Eric is taking an Israeli drone company public for $1.5B in the middle of a war with Iran that nobody wanted.

And I know: “But what about your paintings, Hunter?”

Please.