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Leading engineering @ Vox Media & @Concert. Journalism roots. Always rolling for initiative. She/They 🖤🤍💜

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Posting on Bluesky: @ http://techsassy.me Leading engineering @ Vox Media & @Concert. Journalism roots. Always rolling for initiative. She/They 🖤🤍💜

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Use a moisturizer with SPF daily. Floss (sometimes twice) daily. Refuse shoes when possible. Listen to music. Kick sugar. Prioritize sleep. Ask questions. Only wear pants with pockets. Breathe. Listen to answers. Read a book. Run for office.


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My absolute #1 favorite thing in television is when someone says “I love you” without saying I love you.

jowrotethis's tweet image. My absolute #1 favorite thing in television is when someone says “I love you” without saying I love you.
jowrotethis's tweet image. My absolute #1 favorite thing in television is when someone says “I love you” without saying I love you.
jowrotethis's tweet image. My absolute #1 favorite thing in television is when someone says “I love you” without saying I love you.
jowrotethis's tweet image. My absolute #1 favorite thing in television is when someone says “I love you” without saying I love you.


Melissa Young | Bluesky: @techsassy.me reposted

miyazaki of studio ghibli, upon seeing an artificial intelligence presentation- "i strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself".


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Incredible that Google Ad Manager is down. Didn’t think I would see that happen. Wonder how much the revenue impact is.


I don't use Spotify, so this is effectively my Wrapped. #Duolingo365

techsassy's tweet image. I don't use Spotify, so this is effectively my Wrapped. #Duolingo365

Me: Alexa, play Bad Bunny. My 4yo, protesting: Bunnies aren't bad! They're cute.


Alright, where y'all at on Mastodon? Looks like I'm going the multi-account approach for now.


🫡 🕊️ 'Til the end


Melissa Young | Bluesky: @techsassy.me reposted

It’s #ElectionDay — and access to the polls has never been more fraught. That’s why knowing your general voting rights has never been more important. Here's are some tips for how to exercise your right to vote. Learn more: trib.al/d3xj7Gj

voxdotcom's tweet image. It’s #ElectionDay — and access to the polls has never been more fraught.

That’s why knowing your general voting rights has never been more important. Here's are some tips for how to exercise your right to vote. Learn more: trib.al/d3xj7Gj

Melissa Young | Bluesky: @techsassy.me reposted

For those trying to imagine their lives without Twitter, here are some pieces worth reading that remember life before it. A short 🧵


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When you finally decide to leave your teaching job and pursue your rap career



My 7yo after a cartoon plot about a jerk boss: "I hope I never have a boss like that. I hope I have a nice boss, like you are, mommy." Me: "Am I a nice mom?" ... and the kids looked at me, smiled and said "Yes!" Consider this my Quarterly Life Performance Review.


Help I bought another book that I won't have the time to read


I felt Ada Lovelace's words in my bones. So I put them on a mug.

techsassy's tweet image. I felt Ada Lovelace's words in my bones. So I put them on a mug.

Ada Lovelace, the first programmer, begging her collaborator Charles Babbage, the inventor of the first general computer, not to mess with her math

ninabegus's tweet image. Ada Lovelace, the first programmer, begging her collaborator Charles Babbage, the inventor of the first general computer, not to mess with her math


Fair warning that anyone who visits me for an extended period of time and hasn't seen RRR will end up watching RRR.


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Full storm-centered loop of Hurricane Ian as seen from the US-based radar network, from its Cuba landfall to South Carolina. Follow Ian's evolution as it undergoes a quick eyewall replacement cycle, rapidly intensifies before FL landfall & transitions to a post-tropical cyclone.


WHO AMONG YOU has or will quote reference this in comment on a review of your pull request? And please share it with me.

Ada Lovelace, the first programmer, begging her collaborator Charles Babbage, the inventor of the first general computer, not to mess with her math

ninabegus's tweet image. Ada Lovelace, the first programmer, begging her collaborator Charles Babbage, the inventor of the first general computer, not to mess with her math


When your job actually might save, not just lives, but humanity.

Impact! NASA's DART spacecraft has collided with asteroid Didymos, hitting at a velocity of more than 14,000 mph in a historic planetary defense experiment. spaceflightnow.com/2022/09/26/dar…



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