Melissa Young
@techsassy.me
Engineering leadership. Journalism roots. Always rolling for initiative. Surrounded by gamers, computers & kids. (She/They)♠️🤍💜
Media, Technology and Teams @ Vox Media
Currently:
🎻 Learning cello
🏋🏽♀️ Making gains
🏫 PTA Board Member
Media, Technology and Teams @ Vox Media
Currently:
🎻 Learning cello
🏋🏽♀️ Making gains
🏫 PTA Board Member
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Melissa Young
@techsassy.me
· Nov 14
A bit about me for recent followers:
📰 Former journalist & tech blogger
🤖 Developer
⌨️ Engineering Mgr/Director/VP
🧶 Knitter
🎻 Beginning cellist
👯💃Mom of identical twins + 1
🇵🇷 Puerto Rican
🤠 Texan living in NoVA
♠️💜 Ace
😱 Love horror, trek, sci-fi, & trashy reality tv
♑ sun, ♉ rising, ♋ moon
📰 Former journalist & tech blogger
🤖 Developer
⌨️ Engineering Mgr/Director/VP
🧶 Knitter
🎻 Beginning cellist
👯💃Mom of identical twins + 1
🇵🇷 Puerto Rican
🤠 Texan living in NoVA
♠️💜 Ace
😱 Love horror, trek, sci-fi, & trashy reality tv
♑ sun, ♉ rising, ♋ moon
We've started a BookIt-inspired reward system for the kids for reading substantially-sized books. (Bonus points if they are parent recommendations, and cash for high grades from us on book reports.)
Today's selection table:
Today's selection table:
January 11, 2026 at 10:06 PM
We've started a BookIt-inspired reward system for the kids for reading substantially-sized books. (Bonus points if they are parent recommendations, and cash for high grades from us on book reports.)
Today's selection table:
Today's selection table:
It all adds up.
Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
It all adds up.
They don't make books like they used to.
January 7, 2026 at 3:57 AM
They don't make books like they used to.
"But can it run Crysis" is a short trigger phrase that transports me back in Internet time
January 6, 2026 at 2:26 PM
"But can it run Crysis" is a short trigger phrase that transports me back in Internet time
Happy Birthday to me! Listening to the great Monty Alexander at Blues Alley. This drummer y'all!
December 28, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Happy Birthday to me! Listening to the great Monty Alexander at Blues Alley. This drummer y'all!
Christmas family game haul. I've been waiting all week!
December 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Christmas family game haul. I've been waiting all week!
Reposted by Melissa Young
🌸 Introducing AT Garden Club - CSS Zen Garden meets decentralized data ownership
Your stylesheets, your PDS, your data. OAuth auth, firehose integration, custom lexicons - all working together.
Designers & CSS devs: same HTML, infinite possibilities. Build your own theme, own your work 💅✨
Your stylesheets, your PDS, your data. OAuth auth, firehose integration, custom lexicons - all working together.
Designers & CSS devs: same HTML, infinite possibilities. Build your own theme, own your work 💅✨
Home | AT Garden Club
AT Garden Club - A decentralized CSS showcase where contributors own their data. Inspired by CSS Zen Garden, powered by the AT Protocol. Submit your stylesheet today!
atgarden.club
December 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
🌸 Introducing AT Garden Club - CSS Zen Garden meets decentralized data ownership
Your stylesheets, your PDS, your data. OAuth auth, firehose integration, custom lexicons - all working together.
Designers & CSS devs: same HTML, infinite possibilities. Build your own theme, own your work 💅✨
Your stylesheets, your PDS, your data. OAuth auth, firehose integration, custom lexicons - all working together.
Designers & CSS devs: same HTML, infinite possibilities. Build your own theme, own your work 💅✨
So far the only notable good thing about Pluribus is that it introduced me to los Hermanos Gutiérrez.
December 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
So far the only notable good thing about Pluribus is that it introduced me to los Hermanos Gutiérrez.
My 7yo continues to show interest in playing the double bass and this both delights and terrifies me.
December 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
My 7yo continues to show interest in playing the double bass and this both delights and terrifies me.
I've learned that I knit the way I code and how to use that to motivate me. Just do things. Experiment. Don't overly plan or try to be too clever. Adapt. Be organic. Try again.
December 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I've learned that I knit the way I code and how to use that to motivate me. Just do things. Experiment. Don't overly plan or try to be too clever. Adapt. Be organic. Try again.
Warning: This is about to become a knitting-while-watching-horror-movies account.
December 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Warning: This is about to become a knitting-while-watching-horror-movies account.
Child got new sweater. Child gets hole in new sweater.
Can I fix it?
Can I fix it?
December 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Child got new sweater. Child gets hole in new sweater.
Can I fix it?
Can I fix it?
Oh no. I bought a knitting pattern.
November 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Oh no. I bought a knitting pattern.
Reposted by Melissa Young
If you're buying gifts for the holidays, maybe consider supporting artists, writers, creators. Gift someone a Patreon, commission an art piece, buy a book, purchase handmade jewelry, etc. Your support means everything.
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
If you're buying gifts for the holidays, maybe consider supporting artists, writers, creators. Gift someone a Patreon, commission an art piece, buy a book, purchase handmade jewelry, etc. Your support means everything.
Home from school and it continues...
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Home from school and it continues...
Just spent the last hour introducing my 10yo-s to Google AI Studio and building games with them using Gemini 3. Had to finally cut them off for bedtime since it's a school night.
Absolutely a watershed moment for them. And for me.
Absolutely a watershed moment for them. And for me.
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Just spent the last hour introducing my 10yo-s to Google AI Studio and building games with them using Gemini 3. Had to finally cut them off for bedtime since it's a school night.
Absolutely a watershed moment for them. And for me.
Absolutely a watershed moment for them. And for me.
You know who needs to be on SNL this weekend. Make it happen.
miss piggy from the muppet show is making a funny face with her eyes closed .
Alt: a zoom in to the angry eyes of miss piggy from the muppet show
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
You know who needs to be on SNL this weekend. Make it happen.
Tonight's winner.
[Starship Troopers voice] Would you like to know less?
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Tonight's winner.
Reposted by Melissa Young
Planning to watch Ken Burns’ new film on the Revolutionary War?
Give to your local PBS station, which recently lost its federal funding.
Donate as little as $60 & you will become eligible for the PBS Passport so you can watch Burns’ film & EVERYTHING ELSE PBS OFFERS, anytime, anywhere.
www.pbs.org
Give to your local PBS station, which recently lost its federal funding.
Donate as little as $60 & you will become eligible for the PBS Passport so you can watch Burns’ film & EVERYTHING ELSE PBS OFFERS, anytime, anywhere.
www.pbs.org
a drawing of an american flag with the words gonna hold a revolution now king below it
Alt: a drawing of an american flag with the words gonna hold a revolution now king below it
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Planning to watch Ken Burns’ new film on the Revolutionary War?
Give to your local PBS station, which recently lost its federal funding.
Donate as little as $60 & you will become eligible for the PBS Passport so you can watch Burns’ film & EVERYTHING ELSE PBS OFFERS, anytime, anywhere.
www.pbs.org
Give to your local PBS station, which recently lost its federal funding.
Donate as little as $60 & you will become eligible for the PBS Passport so you can watch Burns’ film & EVERYTHING ELSE PBS OFFERS, anytime, anywhere.
www.pbs.org
If I donate more to @pbs.org, can I get streaming access to new Ken Burns projects before the evening? Sunday morning coffee is my primetime.
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
If I donate more to @pbs.org, can I get streaming access to new Ken Burns projects before the evening? Sunday morning coffee is my primetime.
Great, Now watching...
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Great, Now watching...
Can't get out of my head how much Guy in Talamasca looks like Schmendrick the Magician.
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Can't get out of my head how much Guy in Talamasca looks like Schmendrick the Magician.
DEL FRANKENSTEIN TIME
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
DEL FRANKENSTEIN TIME
Winamp skin Bluesky themes
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Winamp skin Bluesky themes