Shannon Kay
@shannonkay.com
Early Millennial from California.
🩷 Mom of 3
📚Books. ☕️Coffee. Tech enthusiast.
https://shannonkay.com/follow
🩷 Mom of 3
📚Books. ☕️Coffee. Tech enthusiast.
https://shannonkay.com/follow
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Shannon Kay
@shannonkay.com
· Mar 8
Bluesky Domain Handles: How do I change my Bluesky username to my domain name?
There are two different ways to get your domain name ready to use as a Bluesky handle. The DNS Panel method requires you to change DNS settings for your domain, so you'll need to have access to your d...
www.pixelshannon.com
Reminder: You can verify yourself by using your domain name as your username. You can also use subdomains!
I wrote a guide explaining how to get your Bluesky domain handle that I'm hoping will help some people.
www.pixelshannon.com/bluesky/doma...
I wrote a guide explaining how to get your Bluesky domain handle that I'm hoping will help some people.
www.pixelshannon.com/bluesky/doma...
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In case you needed to see something NOT terrible tonight, we millennials will get to relive Cool Runnings as grown-ups!
January 22, 2026 at 4:51 AM
In case you needed to see something NOT terrible tonight, we millennials will get to relive Cool Runnings as grown-ups!
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For Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, I wanted to share some links to reading material.
I Have A Dream Speech full text and audio
Letter from a Birmingham Jail full text
A Time to Break Silence - I read this speech for the first time last year, and have been thinking about it ever since.
#MLK #MLKDay
I Have A Dream Speech full text and audio
Letter from a Birmingham Jail full text
A Time to Break Silence - I read this speech for the first time last year, and have been thinking about it ever since.
#MLK #MLKDay
January 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
For Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, I wanted to share some links to reading material.
I Have A Dream Speech full text and audio
Letter from a Birmingham Jail full text
A Time to Break Silence - I read this speech for the first time last year, and have been thinking about it ever since.
#MLK #MLKDay
I Have A Dream Speech full text and audio
Letter from a Birmingham Jail full text
A Time to Break Silence - I read this speech for the first time last year, and have been thinking about it ever since.
#MLK #MLKDay
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Someone commission me to make them a Bearnoit Blanc.
January 15, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Someone commission me to make them a Bearnoit Blanc.
I watched Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery with my husband and teen daughter, and it was fantastic.
Our daughter hadn't seen the other Knives Out movies, but it was no problem because of their standalone nature.
#WakeUpDeadMan #KnivesOut
Our daughter hadn't seen the other Knives Out movies, but it was no problem because of their standalone nature.
#WakeUpDeadMan #KnivesOut
January 1, 2026 at 1:32 AM
I watched Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery with my husband and teen daughter, and it was fantastic.
Our daughter hadn't seen the other Knives Out movies, but it was no problem because of their standalone nature.
#WakeUpDeadMan #KnivesOut
Our daughter hadn't seen the other Knives Out movies, but it was no problem because of their standalone nature.
#WakeUpDeadMan #KnivesOut
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all the other germanic languages in my replies being like yeah we're still using this 😙🎶
english, we could bring overmorrow back, it used to exist and it could come back!
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/overmor...
english, we could bring overmorrow back, it used to exist and it could come back!
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/overmor...
December 31, 2025 at 1:33 AM
all the other germanic languages in my replies being like yeah we're still using this 😙🎶
english, we could bring overmorrow back, it used to exist and it could come back!
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/overmor...
english, we could bring overmorrow back, it used to exist and it could come back!
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/overmor...
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Good news! Covers don’t count against Whamageddon, so hearing it performed at a middle school choir concert is safe. #Whamageddon #LastChristmas
December 19, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Good news! Covers don’t count against Whamageddon, so hearing it performed at a middle school choir concert is safe. #Whamageddon #LastChristmas
PSA: Your child's advent calendar might have the numbers 6 and 7 on it. They might even be next to each other. Proceed with caution.
December 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
PSA: Your child's advent calendar might have the numbers 6 and 7 on it. They might even be next to each other. Proceed with caution.
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My gift giving guide?
Give to the poor, the outcast, and the hungry.
Give presents to your friends and family with thoughtfulness and love. Maybe even make them.
Give yourself to the possibility of "peace on earth" and "goodwill toward all."
Give to the poor, the outcast, and the hungry.
Give presents to your friends and family with thoughtfulness and love. Maybe even make them.
Give yourself to the possibility of "peace on earth" and "goodwill toward all."
December 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
My gift giving guide?
Give to the poor, the outcast, and the hungry.
Give presents to your friends and family with thoughtfulness and love. Maybe even make them.
Give yourself to the possibility of "peace on earth" and "goodwill toward all."
Give to the poor, the outcast, and the hungry.
Give presents to your friends and family with thoughtfulness and love. Maybe even make them.
Give yourself to the possibility of "peace on earth" and "goodwill toward all."
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For those going home to visit family this weekend:
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
November 25, 2024 at 11:31 PM
For those going home to visit family this weekend:
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
I strongly dislike reality TV, but I enjoy sci-fi and dystopian novels with reality TV themes. Perhaps it's because reality TV is already dystopian in nature.
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I strongly dislike reality TV, but I enjoy sci-fi and dystopian novels with reality TV themes. Perhaps it's because reality TV is already dystopian in nature.
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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This is my annual gentle suggestion to please stop teaching kids made-up stories about Thanksgiving and share actual (fascinating!) history instead. In case you need ideas... bookshop.org/p/books/hist...
History Smashers: The Mayflower
Check out History Smashers: The Mayflower - <b>Myths! Lies! Secrets! Smash the stories behind famous moments in history and expose the hidden truth. Perfect for fans of I Survived and Nathan Hale's Ha...
bookshop.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is my annual gentle suggestion to please stop teaching kids made-up stories about Thanksgiving and share actual (fascinating!) history instead. In case you need ideas... bookshop.org/p/books/hist...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This game was amazing. It was like really walking around the Titanic!
I'm pretty sure I still have the ISOs from my original CD-ROMs of this game.
I'm pretty sure I still have the ISOs from my original CD-ROMs of this game.
Presenting our newest archival collection:
The Andrew Nelson papers, from the writer of the 1996 mystery game Titanic: Adventure Out of Time 🚢
Read more:
The Andrew Nelson papers, from the writer of the 1996 mystery game Titanic: Adventure Out of Time 🚢
Read more:
Our first narrative collection: the Andrew Nelson papers | Video Game History Foundation
A new archival collection from the writer of the mystery game Titanic: Adventure Out of Time.
gamehistory.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This game was amazing. It was like really walking around the Titanic!
I'm pretty sure I still have the ISOs from my original CD-ROMs of this game.
I'm pretty sure I still have the ISOs from my original CD-ROMs of this game.
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I understand why they had to stop him but I don’t agree with imprisoning him in the phantom zone
October 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I understand why they had to stop him but I don’t agree with imprisoning him in the phantom zone
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Was reminded today that one can no longer say, "I did at least six or seven total rewrites on this book" at a school visit. Tomorrow I'll tell the kids I did somewhere between five and eight revisions. 🤪
October 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Was reminded today that one can no longer say, "I did at least six or seven total rewrites on this book" at a school visit. Tomorrow I'll tell the kids I did somewhere between five and eight revisions. 🤪
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Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw
Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts
All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."
www.pbs.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw
Some of my favorite TLDs are going up in price at every registrar on October 6.
This includes domain extensions like .coffee and .pink and .cafe! If you have a domain name with one of these TLDs, you can renew now for multiple years to get the lower price. #DomainNames
porkbun.com/blog/domain-...
This includes domain extensions like .coffee and .pink and .cafe! If you have a domain name with one of these TLDs, you can renew now for multiple years to get the lower price. #DomainNames
porkbun.com/blog/domain-...
Domain Name Price Increases October 6, 2025 - Porkbun.com
Did you hear about the domain name price increases happening October 6, 2025? This article lists all 233 affected domain extensions.
porkbun.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Some of my favorite TLDs are going up in price at every registrar on October 6.
This includes domain extensions like .coffee and .pink and .cafe! If you have a domain name with one of these TLDs, you can renew now for multiple years to get the lower price. #DomainNames
porkbun.com/blog/domain-...
This includes domain extensions like .coffee and .pink and .cafe! If you have a domain name with one of these TLDs, you can renew now for multiple years to get the lower price. #DomainNames
porkbun.com/blog/domain-...
September 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Today is one of my favorite days in North Amherst, when someone has to slowly walk around my friends’ yard, carefully collecting all the baby snapping turtles so the crows don’t eat them.
September 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Today is one of my favorite days in North Amherst, when someone has to slowly walk around my friends’ yard, carefully collecting all the baby snapping turtles so the crows don’t eat them.
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I'M LOSING MY MIND, THE BEST AND MOST EXCITING YHING JUST HAPPENED, BABY SNAPPING TURTLES HATCHED IN MY YARD, HOLY FUCKING SHIT WOW HOLY FUCK
September 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I'M LOSING MY MIND, THE BEST AND MOST EXCITING YHING JUST HAPPENED, BABY SNAPPING TURTLES HATCHED IN MY YARD, HOLY FUCKING SHIT WOW HOLY FUCK
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wicked but capybaras
August 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
wicked but capybaras
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Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
I met Louis Sachar at a signing for his first adult book, The Magician of Tiger Castle. Louis Sachar is also the author of Holes. It was a delight to meet him, and hear him discuss his new book.
blog.shannonkay.com/2025/08-07-L...
#LouisSachar
blog.shannonkay.com/2025/08-07-L...
#LouisSachar
August 9, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I met Louis Sachar at a signing for his first adult book, The Magician of Tiger Castle. Louis Sachar is also the author of Holes. It was a delight to meet him, and hear him discuss his new book.
blog.shannonkay.com/2025/08-07-L...
#LouisSachar
blog.shannonkay.com/2025/08-07-L...
#LouisSachar
Me: Today has been the birthday of the World Wide Web. 34 years old today!
Kid: The world is 34 years old?!
#WorldWideWeb
Kid: The world is 34 years old?!
#WorldWideWeb
August 7, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Me: Today has been the birthday of the World Wide Web. 34 years old today!
Kid: The world is 34 years old?!
#WorldWideWeb
Kid: The world is 34 years old?!
#WorldWideWeb