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Early Millennial from California. 🩷 Mom of 3 πŸ“šBooks. β˜•οΈCoffee. Tech enthusiast. https://shannonkay.com/follow

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Jane Eyre, by Charlotte BrontΓ« - Free ebook download Free epub ebook download of the Standard Ebooks edition of Jane Eyre: A woman is hired by the mysterious master of Thornfield Hall as a governess for his young ward.

I'm just going to leave this here.
standardebooks.org/ebooks/charl...

26.02.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

PSA to academics posting threads about your paper here: you can (and should) post the link to the paper in the first post. Your X/Twitter brain rot have have you thinking otherwise, but please free yourself of that. (Also you can call them 'blue-prints' if you want).

21.11.2025 02:56 πŸ‘ 139 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
a mug of coffee reading Yojoa Geisha, Santa Barbara, Honduras.

a mug of coffee reading Yojoa Geisha, Santa Barbara, Honduras.

I've got a handful of bags remaining of the Honduras Yojoa washed Geisha coffee we dropped Friday... and, as an experiment, I'm going to FLASH SALE them right here, right now at a big discount -- $16

If you've ever wanted to try our beans, have at it!

www.yesplz.coffee/product/yojo...

24.02.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

This is delightful, thank you.

brew install tw93/tap/mole
mo status

19.02.2026 17:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"you" was originally the plural form of the word, and I wonder what effect that has had for us since we lost the use of those singular-specific words(thee/thou).

12.02.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's so strange to me, to suggest that "love" (why the need to put it in quotes?) is somehow opposed to giving your life to Jesus. My response to this is just most of 1 John. I would recommend reading 1 John every day for 30 days.

12.02.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I, a southern Californian, have also been imagining Australia as kind of a β€œbig California”, and your statements are the closest I’ve ever heard to confirming that idea.

08.02.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Strangers’ Case I don’t normally say this, but if you watch one thing on kottke.org today, this week, this month, make it this speech written by Shakespeare and performed by

The full clip, including McKellen's setup of the scene, is here, along with info about the riots (Evil May Day) and the text of the speech itself. kottke.org/26/02/the-st...

05.02.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 754 πŸ” 224 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 24
Photo of Rosa Parks.

This image shows Parks:
In what appears to be the 1950s
Wearing glasses and a striped blouse
Smiling warmly at the camera
With a dignified, composed bearing
In an outdoor setting
A man visible in the background

Photo of Rosa Parks. This image shows Parks: In what appears to be the 1950s Wearing glasses and a striped blouse Smiling warmly at the camera With a dignified, composed bearing In an outdoor setting A man visible in the background

"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear."
Quiet Strength (2000)

~Rosa Parks born #OTD in 1913

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Pa...

#civilrights

04.02.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sleeping on a dragon’s hoard with greedy, dragonish thoughts in his heart, he had become a dragon himself.
(The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis)

03.02.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was thinking about this book recently too, but It's been 20+ years since I've read it. I don't remember the Gender bits.

31.01.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I was just recently thinking about That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis and talking to my husband about what I remembered of the severed head part. I might be due for a re-read as it's probably been over 20 years.

#ThatHideousStrength #CSLewis #SpaceTrilogy

31.01.2026 20:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I was sliding toward a book slump, but now Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz is working for me. Thank you, cozy fantasy.

#Books #CozyFantasy #EmilyKrempholtz

27.01.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think I have also read six. I keep trying to quote Tehanu.

26.01.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Minnesota faith responses in photos (RNS) β€” Visual news coverage of recent faith-based responses to immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota.

NEW from @rns.org: A full gallery of photos documenting religious responses to ICE in Minneapolis β€”> religionnews.com/2026/01/26/p...

26.01.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 139 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 10

I've never been prouder of the people of Minnesota.

24.01.2026 03:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"My husband complains about the cold," the man said. "Can you teach me a spell to keep him warm?"

"I can teach you to bind hair into a net to catch heat," the wizard said, "using arcane counting and a pair of fine wands."

After a while, the man said "Isn't this knitting?"

"This, too, is magic."

23.01.2026 17:20 πŸ‘ 643 πŸ” 243 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 10
2026 Winter Olympics announcement of Jamaica's Bobsled team qualifying for Milan 2026. Four Black men in dark blue fitted bobsled suits standing side by side with their arms folded across their chest and smiling.

2026 Winter Olympics announcement of Jamaica's Bobsled team qualifying for Milan 2026. Four Black men in dark blue fitted bobsled suits standing side by side with their arms folded across their chest and smiling.

In case you needed to see something NOT terrible tonight, we millennials will get to relive Cool Runnings as grown-ups!

22.01.2026 04:51 πŸ‘ 660 πŸ” 213 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 31

I didn't know about the miniseries, but I'm very familiar with the Stephen Sondheim musical.

22.01.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Your Gmail inbox now includes Gemini summaries by default - how to stop them You no longer have to manually start Gemini summaries for long email chains, but you can also opt out if you don't want them.

This worked for me.
"Head to the settings gear at the top right, then find "All Settings." Scroll until you see "Workspace smart features" and tap "Manage Workspace smart feature settings." You'll see the toggle for "Smart features in Google Workspace."
www.zdnet.com/article/your...

20.01.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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

20.01.2025 08:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hungry Bear?

19.01.2026 03:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m excited to see that you were able to use your domain handle!

16.01.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A pencil and marker sketch of Benoit Blanc from Wake Up Dead Man, except he's a teddy bear. He wears a tan plaid suit, light blue shirt, and navy tie. His fur is light tan with cream on his paws, muzzle, and ear linings. His eyes are the same blue as his shirt. Next to him are the words "Bearnoit Blanc" and "Wake Up Hibernating Bear".

A pencil and marker sketch of Benoit Blanc from Wake Up Dead Man, except he's a teddy bear. He wears a tan plaid suit, light blue shirt, and navy tie. His fur is light tan with cream on his paws, muzzle, and ear linings. His eyes are the same blue as his shirt. Next to him are the words "Bearnoit Blanc" and "Wake Up Hibernating Bear".

Someone commission me to make them a Bearnoit Blanc.

15.01.2026 06:26 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve heard something about a bottomless pit.

14.01.2026 04:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Silly hobbies are what the internet is all about.

07.01.2026 07:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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

01.01.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Read some of the books that I preordered but haven’t read yet.

31.12.2025 10:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

all the other germanic languages in my replies being like yeah we're still using this πŸ˜™πŸŽΆ

english, we could bring overmorrow back, it used to exist and it could come back!
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/overmor...

31.12.2025 01:33 πŸ‘ 261 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 14

I also came here to say that re-reads count.

30.12.2025 20:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0