iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Is it Flow State when you look up from your keyboard and see that what you thought was 20 minutes writing up an email explaining a problem was actually an hour and a half?

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A cancelled medical appointment resulted in an unanticipated free morning, so I got my flu-vid (cofluenza?) shots. Another year biohacking my immune system in the books!

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Nature is really getting into the Halloween decorating spirit at my house.

Two turkey vultures on the corner of a light grey shingled roof, from a vantage point slightly above the large birds. One bird has iridescent dark wings folded down at its side, while the other has its wings half unfolded to show off white under-plumage (probably not the technical term). Both have craned their pinky-red heads past the gutter and are looking intently toward a 2-lane residential road. What has their attention is intentionally out of frame because "pics or it didn't happen" does not apply to the fact that thanatosis evolved in an ecosystem without Subarus.

A turkey vulture in 3/4 view facing away from the camera, perched on a grey-shingled roof with wings fully outstretched, showing off both an impressive wingspan and gorgeous dark brown-black iridescent wing and tail feathers. Back of its featherless head is light pink, and face and beak is in shadow. Urban residential asphalt road and concrete sidewalk is beyond the majestic bird. By a pure coincidence of the angle and framing, a manhole cover in the street is exactly between the vulture's head and leading wing-edge.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am working (for dubious values of "work") in-office today. Even if it were not for all of the 3-D coworkers and boss-encouraged socialization, nothing is getting done. The lighting is all wrong, my monitors are set up weird, there's no cat, and my chair has no footrest.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I go into the dayjob office once every 18 months. Just enough time for me to forget until the night before that I ditched the Business Adult Cosplay when I went work@home in 2020. My wardrobe is: Basically jammies (25%) Toddler allowed to dress themself (65%) Funeral/court date (5%) Date date (5%)

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Fingers crossed that the electrician is going to be not too expensive and not have to cut power to the whole house to take care of the haunted light fixture in the bathroom (I am hoping haunted by a loose wire, but I also do not wish to die of DIY home repair by looking myself).

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Can't wait for the post-visit survey for my latest medical appointment. If they want me to arrive at 1:15 for a 1:30 appointment that I've already done all the pre-appointment paperwork for, I think it is reasonable to expect to see the doc before 1:55.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“Without downloading a new picture, post about gender.”

"Fuck This" cross-stitched in yellow gothic typeface on a square of white aida fabric with bobble crochet trim and blue straight stitch border.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Current (as of 2 minutes ago) thing my brain is stuck on and will not let go: enumerating the terms for flour-liquid mix consistency in order of viscosity. So far, I have Liquid Slurry Batter Lumpy Paste Dough I feel like I'm missing some phases of baked goods, though.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My garden has disgorged a 3.75 pound butternut squash. The rest of the squash vines are trying to hop the fence.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I made a friend on my walk today. Very good pupper. Accepted many belly rubs.

A very good black/brown brindle doggo with white mittens in front and white toes in back. Sitting, looking up.

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Art is not just about producing a thing, it's about *doing* a thing. You have to get inside your intentions. Letting Clippy-on-steroids do it for you makes you irrelevant to any real conversation. That's clear to some, opaque af to others.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The amount of powdered yuck I just blasted out of my work keyboard. 🤢

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A thread for being proud of finally doing That Thing you should have done (mumblemumble) ago. No shaming. I'll start: I vacuumed my bedroom today.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The Merriam-Webster word of the day email had "hobnob" in the subject line. Because I'm (ill-advisedly) reading without my glasses, I missed a letter and thought we had hobnb, which seems like a very specific vacation rental.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Behold, my carrot harvest. In its entirety. Not sure what was up with them this year, but from the entire carrot patch of rainbow mix carrots, this orange one is all that sprouted.

A single carrot, with garden soil still clinging to its orange root, on a faux granite counter.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

An incomplete list of reasons to follow @owls-in-towels.bsky.social: 100% pure wholesome owl content Learn fun facts about owls The faces owls make in towels Nonzero chance of the phrase "moist owlet" being in your skyline They are absolute masters of the alt text

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I exercised the meatsuit to drag some endorphins out of wherever they've been hiding. Great for mood, since brain weasels hate endorphins. Of course, now the muscles are complaining that they had to do a bunch of work just because the brain was being a jerk.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Haunted house living: there's now a spot in my bathroom that hums. Move a few inches in any direction, and the sound stops. Yes, I checked all the things on this plane that could make that sound.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Very productive day of making/doctoring Halloween decorations. Kinda impressive what orange pool noodles, fairy lights, and black plastic mesh can add up to. The witch cauldron will be sitting on this. Next year I might upgrade the coven to a tripod stand.

Glowing ember logs in the dark. They're fake.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

While you're checking your voter registration status, look at being a poll worker.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I filled the bird feeders with the remains of a bag of sunflower seeds I'd been keeping in the extremely not critter proof planter pot, so the scene on my porch now is PLANTER RACCOON: WTF, man?!? I swear our snack bag was in here yesterday. TRASH PANDA 2: You sure it's not there? Maybe it fell out

Two teenager raccoons on a porch. One is fully inside a planter pot that is empty save for said raccoon. The other is frantically pawing around outsides the planter.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Crafting friends: how many hot glue burns should one allow oneself before calling it a day? And is it a different number if any of them are under the fingernail? Asking for a me.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I've finally realized my deep childhood desire to have cupcake cones. Learn from my mistake (specifically, making cupcake cones). They tip over of you look at them. I arrived at the event wearing at least a cupcake worth of frosting.

Pink and yellow cake cones sitting in a muffin tin. The funfetti frosting is a right mess.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Promo email from Chewy, subject line "What will Audrey be for Halloween?" For Halloween, Audrey will be a naked fluffy calico cat with very sharp claws, like every other day, Chewy. Because Audrey knows where I sleep, and I like having my blood INSIDE my body, thankyouverymuch.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I have put two pull quotes from this interview on my monitor for when work starts hammering the AI: "The use case for AI is work that should not have been done." "Fundamentally, nobody wants to read something you didn't bother writing. Why should they?" youtu.be/vkIn0Xh0Ld8?...

youtu.be

Nobody wants to buy something AI generated | David Gerard

YouTube video by The Tech Report

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Flashback to the Craft Crawl a few weeks back when my friend noted that we were but one of many "Two women in a minivan."

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

As for why I'm shopping for body bags...there's no sense paying a premium for the flimsy Spirit Halloween prop version when you can just buy the actual thing. It's how I do a lot of the outdoor decor.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'll admit to being That Weirdo looking up body bags on Amazon, but I'm still going to give significant side-eye to the listings that style them with 6-person glamping tents as an AI-generated lifestyle shot.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I finally broke 900!!! OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. playoutlier.com/s/3E2BA3

playoutlier.com

OUTLIER · Day 102

craftypenguin scored 905 on Day 102. Can you beat them?

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Just back from seeing Coyote Vs Acme At a little local theater with 1 screen, flip-down seats, and the box office and concessions are the same counter 10/10, no notes

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Today in "Wow, US Healthcare Is Fucked Up": EOB says I got a 93.2% "provider discount" on my routine annual bloodwork. Leaving me to wonder, once again, whether the lab can do the $278 test for $11, or are they taking a loss on me that gets made up off someone who doesn't have a job with insurance.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

My jar of Ponds Cold Cream arrived and my face is now so soft that I no longer even care that I have become an old lady (gender neutral), albeit one whose fashion sense is Toddler Allowed To Dress Themself.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Was having a nice, relaxing bath until I looked over and saw a ginormous spider on the side of the tub. Barn funnel weaver would be my guess, but I did not get a good look before I flung a sopping wet washcloth toward it and ran.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Hummingbirds have the highest attitude-to-mass ratio in the animal kingdom.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Where has needle felting been my whole life?!? It is the absolute stabbiest of the recreational stabbing modalities and I am 100% here for that.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Update: A week later, I still get the error, but I am now also getting near-daily emails from the insurance navigator urging me to "take control of my health" and schedule an appointment online.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Labels from my last move: *Literally a box of rocks *Craft supplies-OK if it rattles *Surprise Me *Books *More books *How many books do you people own? And then there was this gem that Gary borrowed for a story title:

An unlined 3x5 card with a purple rectangle sticker on one corner. In gel pen, vaguely awkward capital letters read
STUFF JANET
PIT IN A
BOX FOR
HER ROOM

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Speaking from experience, there's a time and place for, "Oooh! I found another body part!" And that time and place is not At Work In A Call Center.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I have an appointment next week with a new primary care provider, and I'm legit anxious that she'll try to get me on one of those meds because of BMI and WHR, even though all my blood numbers are stable in the healthy range.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Thing I did not expect to say when I woke up today: "Yep. That's a yard penis with a cow in it." Yet, 6:08 pm, and here we are.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Meet my tiny XP dragon. This little guy has figured out that he can just perch on top of the stake that holds one of the hummingbird feeders all day and nip down every so often for some nectar. He actually doesn't seem to mind other hummingbirds visiting.

A ruby throated hummingbird perched atop an upcycled garden stake from which hangs a bleached-out humminhbird feeder (look just above the yellow line on the road). Chain link fence and english ivy fill out the frame.

Slightly different angle of substantially the same scene. The green iridescence on the bird is more apparent. I need to fix the top of the fence.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The Floof came to us fully feral, dang near sending one of her captors to the ER with lacerations on Gotcha Day. Going on 13 years later, she's now accepting belly rubs. No more than 4, and there is a whole protocol, but belly rubs nonetheless.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Progress? The insurance navigator's chatbot got me connected with Mary, who is probably a human. Mary is also getting the error, so has transferred me to Kelli, a probably human Technical Support Advocate. Troubleshooting has failed. Kelli has (ominous dun-dun-DUUUNN) Opened A Ticket.

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

On Day 3 of trying to book a virtual therapy appointment. The app my insurance uses keeps erroring out. Because nothing helps mental health like throwing up obstacles once someone has recognized they need mental health care. (I'm not in danger...just fed up with the brain weasels)

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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Reason Number 83 I love my dayjob: Just dashed off an email to the Senior VP of Fraud* with the subject line "From The Weird Idea Factory" which I have no doubt will get a considered reply. *I work for a bank; of course we have a Senior VP of Fraud.

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