Shannon McKinnion
@shannonmck.bsky.social
Girl with a Rock Hammer. Geologist with a historical bent. Owned by a black cat.
She/Her 🏳️⚧️ | 2nd Year Masters student in Geology | Looking for PhD schools.
Queer girl who loves tea, SCA, cooking, history. costuming, and has WAY too many legos.
She/Her 🏳️⚧️ | 2nd Year Masters student in Geology | Looking for PhD schools.
Queer girl who loves tea, SCA, cooking, history. costuming, and has WAY too many legos.
@impossiblephd.bsky.social Having successfully defended my Master's thesis and had it approved, there was an acknowledgement in that thesis I wanted to share with you.
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
@impossiblephd.bsky.social Having successfully defended my Master's thesis and had it approved, there was an acknowledgement in that thesis I wanted to share with you.
My thesis was finalized, approved, and submitted yesterday.
I just got word it was approved by the Graduate School dean.
Now waiting for the formatting editors to finish their report
I just got word it was approved by the Graduate School dean.
Now waiting for the formatting editors to finish their report
December 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
My thesis was finalized, approved, and submitted yesterday.
I just got word it was approved by the Graduate School dean.
Now waiting for the formatting editors to finish their report
I just got word it was approved by the Graduate School dean.
Now waiting for the formatting editors to finish their report
Hello everyone!
Despite surgery on November the 4th, I successfully defended my thesis on the 20th of November. I am now in the final stages of incorporating the changes required by my thesis committee into it before it's turned into the College of Graduate Studies.
Despite surgery on November the 4th, I successfully defended my thesis on the 20th of November. I am now in the final stages of incorporating the changes required by my thesis committee into it before it's turned into the College of Graduate Studies.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Hello everyone!
Despite surgery on November the 4th, I successfully defended my thesis on the 20th of November. I am now in the final stages of incorporating the changes required by my thesis committee into it before it's turned into the College of Graduate Studies.
Despite surgery on November the 4th, I successfully defended my thesis on the 20th of November. I am now in the final stages of incorporating the changes required by my thesis committee into it before it's turned into the College of Graduate Studies.
Defended my Masters Thesis in Geology today.
Sucessfully.
Sucessfully.
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Defended my Masters Thesis in Geology today.
Sucessfully.
Sucessfully.
It is not lost on me that I defend my thesis on the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It is not lost on me that I defend my thesis on the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Morning thoughts with Shannon:
In the spirit of TNR programs and ear tipping on cats, I’m wondering if I should have gotten a helix piercing after my orchiectomy?
In the spirit of TNR programs and ear tipping on cats, I’m wondering if I should have gotten a helix piercing after my orchiectomy?
November 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Morning thoughts with Shannon:
In the spirit of TNR programs and ear tipping on cats, I’m wondering if I should have gotten a helix piercing after my orchiectomy?
In the spirit of TNR programs and ear tipping on cats, I’m wondering if I should have gotten a helix piercing after my orchiectomy?
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{marketing meeting}
VALVE CEO: Hmm let's see... does anyone here know who's addicted to Valve products and buys weird hardware at the drop of a hat?
GAY INTERN: {quietly} Sir… I have to teach you a term right now…
CEO: Is it "Six Sigma"? Because I'm way ahead of you
INTERN: No, no… it's… "T4T"…
VALVE CEO: Hmm let's see... does anyone here know who's addicted to Valve products and buys weird hardware at the drop of a hat?
GAY INTERN: {quietly} Sir… I have to teach you a term right now…
CEO: Is it "Six Sigma"? Because I'm way ahead of you
INTERN: No, no… it's… "T4T"…
Let me just say that Valve really knows their audience by picking these two as poster children for the Steam Machine:
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November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
{marketing meeting}
VALVE CEO: Hmm let's see... does anyone here know who's addicted to Valve products and buys weird hardware at the drop of a hat?
GAY INTERN: {quietly} Sir… I have to teach you a term right now…
CEO: Is it "Six Sigma"? Because I'm way ahead of you
INTERN: No, no… it's… "T4T"…
VALVE CEO: Hmm let's see... does anyone here know who's addicted to Valve products and buys weird hardware at the drop of a hat?
GAY INTERN: {quietly} Sir… I have to teach you a term right now…
CEO: Is it "Six Sigma"? Because I'm way ahead of you
INTERN: No, no… it's… "T4T"…
Day two after FFS, and, as expected, I look like a raccoon that was in an auto accident
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Day two after FFS, and, as expected, I look like a raccoon that was in an auto accident
And it's official, this is going to be a two-part surgery. Phase one (tomorrow) is all the bone work. Phase two (three to four months from now) is SMAS lift to redrape the skin.
November 4, 2025 at 12:44 AM
And it's official, this is going to be a two-part surgery. Phase one (tomorrow) is all the bone work. Phase two (three to four months from now) is SMAS lift to redrape the skin.
Hospital called.
I have my check-in time and surgery start times for my FFS tomorrow.
I have my check-in time and surgery start times for my FFS tomorrow.
November 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Hospital called.
I have my check-in time and surgery start times for my FFS tomorrow.
I have my check-in time and surgery start times for my FFS tomorrow.
You wouldn't be the first one, and there are people who understand. Don't be afraid to hatch - ever.
So, You Wore A Dress For Halloween and Now You Want To Do It Every Day
November 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
You wouldn't be the first one, and there are people who understand. Don't be afraid to hatch - ever.
I'm four days out from FFS (Facial Feminization Surgery). And my thesis has been eating ALL my time. But I wanted to dress up a bit and take a couple of "before" pictures so I would have something to compare with.
October 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I'm four days out from FFS (Facial Feminization Surgery). And my thesis has been eating ALL my time. But I wanted to dress up a bit and take a couple of "before" pictures so I would have something to compare with.
I plan to be at the Ellensburg event
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October 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I plan to be at the Ellensburg event
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It is the stated policy of Magica Riot that Nazis deserve to be punched, so please enjoy one of my trans magical girls, Riot Blue (aka Nova) punching a sad, pathetic Nazi.
Thanks to @beedokfern.bsky.social for this delightful work!
Thanks to @beedokfern.bsky.social for this delightful work!
January 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
It is the stated policy of Magica Riot that Nazis deserve to be punched, so please enjoy one of my trans magical girls, Riot Blue (aka Nova) punching a sad, pathetic Nazi.
Thanks to @beedokfern.bsky.social for this delightful work!
Thanks to @beedokfern.bsky.social for this delightful work!
Finished Chapter 27 of WYFFH, and....I'm not okay. Flashback city.
September 23, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Finished Chapter 27 of WYFFH, and....I'm not okay. Flashback city.
I'm wondering how long before some idiot in the FBI starts claiming "Dorley Hall" is some "transifa" training manual or some such nonsense.
On the other paw, the mental image of a batch of FBI agents reading it and coming to uncomfortable realizations about themselves is kinda funny.
On the other paw, the mental image of a batch of FBI agents reading it and coming to uncomfortable realizations about themselves is kinda funny.
September 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I'm wondering how long before some idiot in the FBI starts claiming "Dorley Hall" is some "transifa" training manual or some such nonsense.
On the other paw, the mental image of a batch of FBI agents reading it and coming to uncomfortable realizations about themselves is kinda funny.
On the other paw, the mental image of a batch of FBI agents reading it and coming to uncomfortable realizations about themselves is kinda funny.
Chapter 27 of "When You Fell From Heaven" dropped.
I don't expect Tabi and I will be good for much when I get back from school and we start reading.
I don't expect Tabi and I will be good for much when I get back from school and we start reading.
September 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Chapter 27 of "When You Fell From Heaven" dropped.
I don't expect Tabi and I will be good for much when I get back from school and we start reading.
I don't expect Tabi and I will be good for much when I get back from school and we start reading.
My new rapier doublet, cloak, and skirt. I wanted something I could fight in, remove the protective gear, and wear as regular garb as well.
Just a happy sapphic woman with a sword.
Just a happy sapphic woman with a sword.
September 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
My new rapier doublet, cloak, and skirt. I wanted something I could fight in, remove the protective gear, and wear as regular garb as well.
Just a happy sapphic woman with a sword.
Just a happy sapphic woman with a sword.
Just a few pictures of me rapier fighting Saturday. Something I'm want to do when I can.
The SCA, it's 12 or more hobbies in a trench coat.
The SCA, it's 12 or more hobbies in a trench coat.
September 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Just a few pictures of me rapier fighting Saturday. Something I'm want to do when I can.
The SCA, it's 12 or more hobbies in a trench coat.
The SCA, it's 12 or more hobbies in a trench coat.
Being a trans woman in the US today means holding your wife of five years as she cries because she's afraid for your safety, that you may have to flee for your life, or that you may simply be disappeared.
September 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Being a trans woman in the US today means holding your wife of five years as she cries because she's afraid for your safety, that you may have to flee for your life, or that you may simply be disappeared.
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This is the Heritage Foundation. The Project 2025 people. The people who WROTE this administration's policies and have many of their people in high places.
Scared? You fucking SHOULD be.
Scared? You fucking SHOULD be.
Heritage Foundation has released an absolutely insane policy proposal to label all trans people as domestic terrorists. It uses completely made up instances of terrorism and made up statistics but facts don't matter to them.
They want us all eradicated.
They want us all eradicated.
September 19, 2025 at 4:09 AM
This is the Heritage Foundation. The Project 2025 people. The people who WROTE this administration's policies and have many of their people in high places.
Scared? You fucking SHOULD be.
Scared? You fucking SHOULD be.
Six pages + charts and graphs done on my thesis today, up to 28 pages. Preliminary results have been written up, it's only going to grow as I do the remaining work.
I had a sudden idea that worked on how to visualize effective cell ranges that worked as well.
Last steps.....
I had a sudden idea that worked on how to visualize effective cell ranges that worked as well.
Last steps.....
September 14, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Six pages + charts and graphs done on my thesis today, up to 28 pages. Preliminary results have been written up, it's only going to grow as I do the remaining work.
I had a sudden idea that worked on how to visualize effective cell ranges that worked as well.
Last steps.....
I had a sudden idea that worked on how to visualize effective cell ranges that worked as well.
Last steps.....
November 2022
There's a used clothing place on Laugavegur in Reykjavik. It's a batch of little booths that people rent. They'll price the clothing, and you mark what booth it came out. The store rings up the purchase, takes a cut off of the price, and the booth renter gets the rest.
There's a used clothing place on Laugavegur in Reykjavik. It's a batch of little booths that people rent. They'll price the clothing, and you mark what booth it came out. The store rings up the purchase, takes a cut off of the price, and the booth renter gets the rest.
September 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
November 2022
There's a used clothing place on Laugavegur in Reykjavik. It's a batch of little booths that people rent. They'll price the clothing, and you mark what booth it came out. The store rings up the purchase, takes a cut off of the price, and the booth renter gets the rest.
There's a used clothing place on Laugavegur in Reykjavik. It's a batch of little booths that people rent. They'll price the clothing, and you mark what booth it came out. The store rings up the purchase, takes a cut off of the price, and the booth renter gets the rest.