Melissa Young

@techsassy.me

1309 Followers 399 Following

Technology, teams and leadership. Always rolling for initiative. Surrounded by gamers, computers & kids. (She/They)♠️🤍💜 Pick it up, put it down. Leave it better than you found it. Currently: 🎻 Learning cello 🏋🏽‍♀️ Making gains 🏫 PTA Board Member

View of the front of an original Nintendo Entertainment System with a hand sliding in a super Mario Brothers and Duck Hunt game cartridge
Child playing Super Mario Land on an old soccer GameBoy Pocket with a black and white screen
Child with glasses leaning over a turned over GameBoy pocket device with screwdriver and tweezers
D&D miniature figures on a drawn map showing them in the hallway going toward a chamber room with an open coffin
A Chuck E. Cheese coupon for 1 large 1-topping pizza and 4 drinks for $29.99
A pile of bags of chips, candy and cookies on a table next to a stack of three draft issues of the Pony Press school newspaper
The title text "Sorry, Neelix Lives" above an overhead view of Voyager
Phone notification from the Amazon Music app that says " Miley Cyrus exclusive: celebrate party in the USA with an exclusive anniversary vinyl"
Hand drawn sign in notebook paper with a sharpie that says "Do not disturb, Mommy work in progress" around a drawing of a stick figure in a chair typing on a computer surrounded by large bubbled explanation points.
Screenshot of the mobile site for theonion.info, where the onion has relaunched InfoWars full of satire ads saying "Turn Your Piss Into Gold" and Demon Guard holy protection patches.
Two Fox kits standing next to a fence and shed, which has a burrow den underneath.
Screenshot of workout app stats showing lifted weight volume is the equivalent of lifting 36,545 Costco hotdogs
NASA Artemis science officers Angela Garcia and Kelsey Young at the science console in Mission Control
A close up of some blue-purple grape hyacinths in full bloom. I like them so much because they remind me of Texas bluebonnets
The bottom frame of the XKCD comic with two stick figures play sword fighting on office chairs, but instead of one of them saying "Compiling..." to say they are waiting for their code to finish compiling, one of them is saying "Waiting for usage limit to reset" in reference to AI tooling token and usage plan limits.
Newspaper club class materials laid out on display including a lesson paper handout defining what a journalist is and listing code of ethics next to a reporter's notebook and a badge and lanyard that says PRESS.
Close up on a wall clock face with a pair of pliers and a box of clock movement parts.
Gray sock with hole in top of foot with a Logitech Bluetooth mouse placed on top
View from the doorway of a makeshift home office with a pink upholstered executive chair against dark teal green walls. A portable tray desk supports a laptop and one piece of abstract pink and green art sits on top of an end table behind the chair. A window has a view of the backyard on the far wall.
Bad Bunny dancing on the roof of the small pink house modeled after typical island houses on Puerto Rico that he uses as a stage in his performances. groups of people are dancing in front of the house and the house is surrounded by sugar cane.
A half cylinder structure built out of small compact snow blocks with a child's rainbow pinwheel in front of it on a snow yard
Photo of the Washington monument taken from a moving car so the struggling trees and snow are blurry. The sky is a gradient of winter light blue to white to light purple.
Written in wiggly blood red writing, "Unseen I am. - T.F."
Screenshot of Duolingo app celebrating a 1700 day streak.
A grid of books laid out on a table. In order: The book of Cthulhu, into the wild, a canticle for Leibowitz. Ben and Me, The Chocolate War, Hamlet, a Wrinkle in time, East West, A wizard of Earth Sea, blade runner, the secret garden. Frankenstein, Realms of Valor, pirates honor, 1984, brave new world, notes from the underground
Book cover of 1970 edition of H.R. Lovecraft's The Tomb
View of the stage at Blues Alley in Washington DC. Brick walls with hanging yellow lights and back lights off purple and red. On stage is a drummer to the left, a double bass player in the middle and Monty Alexander on piano in the better in front of a crowd seated at small tables.
4 board/card games stacked on a table, titles include Beard Wizards, Codenames, Cult Following, and Hex Effects.
Meme image of skeleton barbell squatting a large amount of weight the the overlay text: My body is a machine that turns [screenshot of special game promotion price in the Steam Store] into [another screenshot of the Steam interface that says "Play time: 0 minutes; Last played: Never"]
Sweater hole patched with white yarn into the shape of a lumpy heart
Sweater hole patched with zig zag brown thread
A beige, white and pink knitted sweater being held by a hand with a finger poking though an area with some broken strands, forming a hole.
screenshot of text messages from a kid that say "mommy" "mommy" "where do i go to get the app creator thingy"
Keri Russell giving the side-eye as Ambassador to the UK in the Netflix TV show "The Diplomat"
Schmendrick the Magician from The Last Unicorn
Back of hand in front of a woman's (me) face. The nails are shiny magenta and there's a round sticker with an American flag that says "I Voted" on the back of her hand
Woman (me) with long dark wavy hair in a bright red trench coat, wearing a yellow scarf and a bright red hat wide brim fedora hat. She is looking down with a smirk while the hat covers her eyes.
DS9 scene. Bashir and Garak are both in tuxedos in a ballroom/gala looking space. Bashir is leaning in close to Garak like he's making a point with emphasis. Garak is just chilling and listening. Closed caption reads, "This is a fantasy."
Photo of car dashboard screen showing the track Sandstorm by Darude has been playing for 46 seconds
A small brown curved leaf in a thin side web. Under the curve hangs a round gray egg sac. A spider rests on the side of the egg sac
View from train window over water of Manhattan skyline in the distance. Sun hidden behind the clouds in the sky.
Miniature D&D figurines on a grid map surrounding s drawing of a large treasure chest.
Sign taped on a door written with black and blue marker on notebook paper that says "Don't miss out! DND tonight! 5:00-8/7:00"
Poster for Space Brothers anime showing two adult brothers, one blonde and in an orange astronaut suit and the other with black hair wearing a business suit while holding a pug dog in a space suit
screenshot of two email subject lines saying "Your subscription has been canceled"
Open empty wooden box with three small empty compartments receipt for one small baby tooth at the bottom of the middle one.
Expanding Galaxy brain meme with the following progression: x (small brain), bsky discover (active brain), bsky popular with friends (glowing brain), bsky following (when you have taste) (galaxy brain)
screenshot of website source code div with the class "wp-die-message"
screenshot of a chain of rapid messages from a child saying join join join daddy join join join join join, plus more "joins".
Screenshot of Duolingo app celebrating a 1500 day steak. Duo the owl is on fire and wearing sunglasses
Protest signs that read, "No Fascism", "Kids, Not Kings", "Celebrate Migration and Abolish Ice", "No Kings! No Tyrants! No Trump!"
TTRPG miniatures on a lit screen map of a forest floor. A dragon miniature stands over a wolf miniature that is knocked over while the rest of the group looks on.
Photo of a jazz set stage during concert break. In the foreground is a music stand with sheet music for "The Intimacy of the Blues". In the background, more music stands on a stage with saxophones, a bass clarinet and baritone trombone in the background.
Pete Buttigieg looking intense in front of a US flag with his hand raised, speaking to a crowd. He has a new beard and isn't wearing a tie.
Matrix Squat rack in a gym with a bar racked on close to the highest height.
Black Label Packaged bacon laid out in a tray to bake oven tray with easy peel, no touch, no clean up wrapping.
Gif of Her Royal Highness Jaida Essence Hall in the Choices 2020 RuPaul's Drag Race Debate, expertly distracting others away from her answers while yelling, "Look over there!" and pointing in another direction.
Post thread from ‪@solomonmissouri.bsky.social‬ that says: Remember guys … when someone is annoying… you get to walk away… But they are trapped in there Because an annoying person is also annoying to themselves Being annoying is the gift that never stops giving You get to walk away… they get to walk with it The thread ends with a still of Jenny Ortega as Wednesday Addams with flamenco snapping arms during her creepy cool dance routine.
Hand hiding a cup of coffee and cream next to a large open book on top of a fuzzy blanketed lap.
Laptop motherboard with exposed CPU and GPU, all cleaned of thermal putty