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Written by Shannon Kay on 2025-01-20 at 09:18

"We are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for the victims of our nation and for those it calls "enemy," for no document from human hands can make these humans any less our brothers."

Martin Luther King, Jr: A Time to Break Silence

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Written by Shannon Kay on 2025-01-20 at 08:32

For Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, I wanted to share some links to reading material.

• I Have A Dream Speech full text and audio (https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm)

• Letter from a Birmingham Jail full text (https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html)

• A Time to Break Silence (https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkatimetobreaksilence.htm) - I read this speech for the first time last year, and have been thinking about it ever since.

[#]MLK #MLKDay

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Written by Shannon Kay on 2024-12-02 at 21:34

By the way, I'm about the least profane person you can imagine, so I struggled with this hashtag, but was really interested in trying the challenge out.

I don't mind if you folks choose to be profane, but it's just not me. I can't say that, it would be inauthentic.

I kept calling it "poor quality camera challenge".

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Written by Shannon Kay on 2024-12-02 at 21:31

I decided to try some photos taken with a Nintendo 3DS XL for the challenge( #ShittyCameraChallenge ). I exported the jpg with both frames next to each other and two separate photos so you can swipe between them.

Edit: If anyone wants to view this on a 3D device, the original photo is linked here: https://www.shannonkay.com/3dsphotos/

You can even use the Nintendo 3DS web browser, follow the link to the file, and view in 3D. (SSL doesn't work, but you can press "accept" recklessly)

[#]Nintendo3DS #3Dphoto

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Written by Shannon Kay on 2024-11-27 at 08:10

“I hail from Bolingbroke, Nova Scotia,” said Philippa.

Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery

[#]page42

Rules of the game:

• Grab the nearest book.

• Turn to page 42

• Find the 2nd sentence

• Post the sentence with the hashtag & write the rules

• Don't look for your favorite, coolest or wittiest book. Go for the closest.

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Written by Shannon Kay on 2024-11-23 at 01:36

So, #Mastodon / #ActivityPub is like Twitter around 2008/2009(with some forum energy) and #BlueSky is more like Twitter around 2013.

This gives them different tones, and makes them valuable for different things to me.

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Written by Shannon Kay on 2024-11-12 at 17:15

Coffee people of the internet.

My electric coffee grinder has broken. Should I replace it with the same model, or get a different one?

I have the OXO Brew Conical Burr Coffee Grinder with Scale. I've used it multiple times daily for about 3.5 years. I brew aeropress, electric drip, and cold brew.

After examination, it looks like part of the bean hopper is broken, causing it to not grind properly anymore. I don't see a replacement part available.

[#]Coffee #CoffeeGrinder @coffeegeek

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Written by Shannon Kay on 2024-06-22 at 05:08

I need to own books, because…

What if there's a post-apocolyptic disaster and books are banned and I have to start a secret book lending library?

[#]Bookstodon

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Written by Shannon Kay on 2024-06-06 at 21:49

Happy Birthday to me!

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Written by Shannon Kay on 2024-06-03 at 19:10

The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery is one of those backlist classic books I’ve meant to read for years.

This book has social commentary, humor, tears, romance, and a wonderfully written cast of characters. Plus cats! There are 45 chapters in this book that’s about 250 pages long. If you’re looking for short chapters, The Blue Castle has them.

More thoughts, including a spoiler section at

https://blog.shannonkay.me/2024/05-26-thebluecastle

[#]LMMontgomery #TheBlueCastle #Bookstodon

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Written by Shannon Kay on 2024-05-17 at 19:16

There was a tea party at my daughter's preschool today.

[#]Tea

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Written by Shannon Kay on 2024-02-25 at 18:35

I just finished reading A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross on Friday night. Wow! What a beautiful book. It was a gorgeously written fantasy. The whole book was like a song.

I've already started on the conclusion to this duology, A Fire Endless.

[#]RebeccaRoss #ARiverEnchanted #AFireEndless #AmReading #Bookstodon

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