iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Is there a “frequent flyer” equivalent for riding the struggle bus? I feel like I’ve been booking a lot of mileage recently. #chronicillness #chronicpain

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I want to buy a sticker. It costs about five bucks, which is cool. I have no problem with that. But $5 to ship a single sticker? That’s just fucking nuts. ☹️

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

How to tell if you’re chronically ill? You’re ridiculously excited that your favorite mask producer FINALLY restocked masks in your size. Seriously. I’ve been waiting months. (They’re Well+Before KN95 3D masks in size Large.)

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The new litter robot need a firmware update. Firmware. For the litterbox. 🫤

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

With the help of a friend, Litter Robot has been deployed. Adam has stuck his face in a couple times, but still goes to the old litterbox. Now we wait. #orangecats #tabbycats #mrsugarpaws #MyDarlingMyDearMyPreciousMySweet

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

After two weeks recovery from a mandatory project onsite that caused a tremendous pain flare, today I managed 10 slooooooow minutes on the NuStep. Every push hurt, but I did it. Go me. #spoonie #chronicpain #chronicillness #spoons

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I have norovirus and — on day 4 — I am ready to be thrown upon a rock in the Nile, to be eaten by hippos and crocodiles. Seriously. Just end me. #spoonie #chronicpain #chronicillness #spoons

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Man, this toy was the best. I wish I still had it.

Plastic action figure of Skeletor (from 1981) with a yellow skull face under a dark blue hood, muscular blue body, and purple armor, holding a blue sword. A small red dragon-like creature’s open mouth appears over the figure’s shoulder, chained to the chest.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I got into a fight with a headband today. I lost. I was driving and fiddled with it at a traffic light. It got knotted in my hair. I ended up ripping it out, slowly, along with A LOT of hair. I don’t have a lot of hair left on my head. Now there’s even less.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Unpopular Opinion: I hate that we’re flying to the Moon. With the current regime, rising consumer prices for food & fuel, the ongoing war in Iran where we’re attacking civilian targets and centers of science, this trip to the Moon is just a manufactured patriotic moment meant to distract. Fuck it.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I know that super short form videos are bad for our brains, but without FB Reels, I’d have never heard this bangin’ song. When I feel like shit, I just sing the chorus over and over again. youtu.be/x-FLnQrUGTc?si=bb21tCNKYyh…

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Anyone else have a childhood photo with a terrifying Easter Bunny? Show ‘em if ya got ‘em!

Vintage color photo of a young child sitting on the lap of a person in a large, white, terrifying Easter Bunny costume, surrounded by hanging balloons and bright patterned decorations; the child looks slightly uneasy, to put it mildly.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Post is dated April 2nd, so probably not April Fools? But seriously, Outlook? We’re trying to send people around the moon using Microsoft apps? To quote the great prophet Gir, “ doom doom doom doom DOOM doom DOOM DOOM…”

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I correct people on this all the time. Also, my disorder is not your punchline. #worldbipolarday

Teal graphic showing a silhouette of a human head filled with interlocking gears, symbolizing the brain. White text reads, “Bipolar is a condition, not an adjective. World Bipolar Day, March 30.”

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I have a friend who discovered she has a 12 INCH TUMOR in her abdomen. Her doc kept telling her she was just fat and prescribed WL drugs for over a year with no further investigation when her abdomen didn’t decrease. I’m so fucking angry right now.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

One was a barber/hairdresser. The other operated some kind of large mining/refining machine at US Gypsum.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Agreed. I *definitely* have some things I’d like to say on the record about my new PCP.

Adriel Rose
@adriel_rose
I think MyChart should have a section where the
patient gets to put notes in about every
appointment they have with a provider too.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. “Bad news does not improve with age.”

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Recently bumped into someone who I hadn’t spoken to in nearly 20 years. Just light chit-chat, you know, a little catching up. As we were saying our goodbyes, he told me that I was the best manager he’s ever had. 🥹 I love that, even if my Imposter Syndrome is telling me he was just being nice.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Agreed to act as a mentor to someone else in my profession. Let me just say, Imposter Syndrome is real, even when — in your heart — you know you’re very good at what you do. 🥸

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I don’t wear makeup, except for lipstick. Lipstick makes me feel powerful. This is my current favorite shade, Bésame VICTORY RED 1941. Red lipstick is also a sign of being a member of the Resistance. Fuck fascism. 💋

A woman is seated indoors against a bright orange wall with a window to the right, showing tree branches outside. She is wearing dark clothing with a hint of a red patterned shirt underneath. She’s smiling and wearing bold, red lipstick. Text at the bottom of the image is the name of the lipstick shade, “Bésame VICTORY RED 1941.”

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Ugh. Food poisoning. Threw up at PT while in the pool. Thankfully, the phys therapist was fast enough to get me a garbage can so I didn’t throw up *in* the pool. I feel terrible, but managed to get home without throwing up in my car. I’m counting it as a win. #spoonie #chronicpain #chronicillness

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I hate it when my blood sugar crashes after I’ve gone to bed. The last thing I want to do after being woken from a dead sleep is eat some damned Smarties. 🤮 #spoonie #chronicpain #chronicillness

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

This morning I brushed my hair with the cat’s wire brush. You know, for…uh…science. I gotta say, I now get why they love it so much. Seriously. It felt GOOD. 🐈

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Still struggling to accept that I’m disabled and am likely to stay this way. My world is growing so small. #spoonie #chronicpain #chronicillness

A beige rectangular card with blue text is centered on a background of a serene beach scene with soft waves and a pastel sky. The card reads:
“CHRONIC ILLNESS CONFESSIONS
I’M AFRAID TO ADMIT I’M DISABLED BECAUSE I STILL WANT TO BELIEVE I CAN GET BETTER.
–ANONYMOUS”

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

As a survivor of domestic abuse, I can’t agree more. We’ve all heard that phrase, that tone of voice. It’s one of the (MANY) reasons I am so shook by the video. It’s raised old trauma while inflicting new, like being punched and beaten down again myself. Jonathan Ross must be prosecuted.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I bet there are some really good items on it, like Paracetamol ice cream!

dk
@portdrift.bsky.social
asking the pharmacy if they have a
secret menu

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Depression is getting the better of me. Everything just feels so…*heavy.* My Brain. My Body. The World. #spoonie #chronicpain #chronicillness

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Best. Gift. Ever. I’m such a sucker for old Romance Comics, and this collection is GORGEOUS. The color restoration is amazing. It’s a good way to unplug before bed.

Vintage comic book cover titled “Modern Love” with bold yellow letters on a blue background. A red side banner reads “True Love.” Below the title, “The EC Archives” is displayed. Illustration shows a man in a blue suit embracing a woman in a red dress in a living room with a green-striped couch and lamp. Dialogue: she asks if he told her sister the engagement is off; he says he hasn’t. Another woman stands in a doorway, partially hidden by a curtain. Text highlights “REAL LOVE STORIES!” and “In this issue: Stolen Romance.”

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Everyone returned to work today. This is exactly how I felt.

A chicken sitting in a cluttered control room full of old electronics and monitors, with text above saying, “This is what the inside of my brain looks like btw.”

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I’ve been trying to push through hip pain to get at least ten minutes/day on my NuStep. Today I could only manage six. 😣 The bursa injection is wearing off. Six weeks until I get another. It’s gonna get a lot worse in the coming weeks. THIS SUCKS. #spoonie #chronicpain #chronicillness

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

My new passport photo looks like a terrible mugshot. *sigh* Why can’t we smile in passport photos? Or wear our glasses?

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

My feed is suddenly full of posts from Death Doulas. Do they know something I don’t? 😳 #spoonie #chronicpain #chronicillness

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Apparently, I have to renew my passport IN PERSON. Yeah. That ain’t gonna happen.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

And it fills me with absolute RAGE.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

No cheating, reskeet with the most recent photo of your pet.

Handsome orange and white tabby cat curled up on a black office chair. His expression says, “I’ve had enough of your shit” and his eyes are narrowed, looking at the camera.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Bari Weiss is not being disparaged because she’s Jewish. She’s being disparaged because she played stupid games and won stupid prizes. OTOH, her cowardice in the face of fascism resulted in over 100M views of the CECOT segment. If she were on the side of good, she might have done it on purpose.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

One of my neighbors is trying to organize a neighborhood potluck next month. I am not exaggerating when I say I could rather gnaw my own leg off than go to that.

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