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 · 03/10/2026

You look fabulous! Love that shirt!

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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 · 11/09/2026

Do a sticker of the cool bang-bang! I want that!

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I read that book when I was 8, up at The Lake, because one of my aunts left it behind. I was not okay after reading that book.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Stickers! Stickers! Stickers! (But make them UV-safe so they don’t fade!)

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Also, a less expensive option that doesn’t transfer is liquid lipstick. Maybelline Superstay liquid lipsticks are quite good. Worth checking out, IMHO.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

High-quality lipstick ($$$$) doesn’t come off or bleed like that. Of course, it’s also expensive enough that experimenting to find your color can be prohibitive. ☹️

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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 · 01/08/2026

The shot glass eliminates gagging on the pills while they sit on your tongue because it shoots them directly to the back of your throat.

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

My trick for big pills: Put them in a shot glass. Take a drink of water — enough to swallow the pill — but don’t swallow. Tip your head back. Slam the shot glass back like tequila. Swallow. Trust me. It works.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Personally, I’d prefer being able to find all my Sadhbh-created content all in one place. I vote for Option A. It could also potentially drive more traffic to your writing.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I believe, based on past necklace purchases, that a “choker” is specifically 14”. Since I have a giant, meaty neck, I usually buy them from sellers on Etsy and make custom length requests from the sellers.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

“The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies” is a great film to riff. Too bad all the transphobic comments absolutely wrecked the episode for me. THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED-UP ZOMBIES!!?

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Definitely. Take your pills on schedule, even if you’re not feeling like you need it. Chasing pain is a terrible thing.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Think of it as “deferred maintenance.” :-)

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Fucking sucks that medical fat discrimination is a thing. Sorry you’re dealing with the aftermath, but glad it all seems correctable.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I get shit about this all the time. Extremely frustrating. I have a two-day onsite for work with 200 people. I will be masked the whole time and touching no one.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

You have a new kitten! You can’t possibly be accountable for anything but playing with her and giving her scritches and loving her.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Don’t just pay the thousands. Call the lab/hospital/billing and ask about the price for no insurance. You are not required to use your insurance just because you have it. Sometimes it’s actually cheaper not to use it. Yes, that’s fucked up, but welcome to Ameri¢a.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I had never experienced a sun shower (that I could recall) until I visited Kalamazoo for the first time in the 11th grade. They’re my second favorite weather phenomena, following thunderstorms.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

There are online resale shops, so you don’t even necessarily need to go out shopping.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Vintage clothing for resale shops is something else you might wanna look into. They’re generally better made than today’s fast fashion, not to mention more stylish. You can build a unique wardrobe that fits your individual style, without necessarily having to break the bank to do it.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Oh man, liquid lipstick is a pain in the ass. I have not yet figured out the secret to apply it correctly but if I ever do, I’ll share. 💋

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I just ordered some new dresses for myself. I blame you.

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I love wearing dresses, so I’m unlikely to stop you. Give in!!!

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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 · 07/05/2026

Point them to the auction on your neighbor’s house.

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

That happens so frequently to stitchers that removing the stitches to correct mistakes has a cute name: *frogging*. I end up frogging quite a bit when I stitch. 🙄

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

I can only do cross stitch when my ADHD meds are peaking. Otherwise I look at the pattern, count the stitches, go back to my hoop, and have already forgotten how many stitches. 🙄

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Your stitches look fine! You’re off to a great start!

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Ella B. (we/she/her) @a2gemma.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I swear, Needle Minders were made for ADHD stitchers. They’re pretty easy to make, but — if you have more money than time or patience — you can buy them online. (Edited 1:31 PM via @skeetsapp.com)

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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 · 05/04/2026

Oooooo! My house does that, too. I usually just roll over and accept that I’m going to be murdered because it beats getting outta my warm, comfy bed to investigate.

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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 · 29/03/2026

Super cute and perfect for summer!

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