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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 20h

I have my "Z" earrings we made all ready to give away at IBM TechXchange 2026 in Atlanta in a couple weeks 🥳

Pile of blue, 3d printed earrings that are a stylized "Z" for IBM Z

Brown card with back hooks of earrings poking out and a white sticker that says:

"Z" earrings
3d printer file by Andrew Mattingly.
Printed and assembled by MJ & Lyz.
LYZ@PRINCESSLEIA.COM

Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 21h

Even as an established woman in tech, the iconic image of Margaret Hamilton next to the pile of printed code was inspiring. It was fascinating to learn about her and the work of so many other women in STEM during the space race, and beyond. People like her made me feel like I belong. RIP.

Margaret Hamilton as part of a Lego set, a recreation of her iconic photo next to a pile of printed out code.

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I need a better hiding place for Hanukkah gifts 😅

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Happy #HugYourMainframeDay 🤗 Last year I had the pleasure of assisting PJ Catalano and Camillo Sassano with an IBM LinuxONE (and IBM Z 😉) unboxing in the IBM TechXchange 2025 expo hall, and I got in the first hug!

pleia2 dressed in orange an hugging an IBM LinuxONE 5 mainframe, which has orange accents.

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Went to a pumpkin patch, saw the most precious two week old baby donkey 😍 And did a hayride, petted some goats, bought some pumpkins, and the boys enjoyed lots of activities

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Exactly it! They were designed in the 1960s to look futuristic. The whole system was the first major metro transit system built in the US decades and it was a huge gamble, so they wanted to make it as futuristic as possible, aesthetics included.

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Retired BART car 1203 is being turned into a beer and pizza spot in downtown Hayward and we got our first glimpse of the in-progress construction the other day 😁 Right next to Buffalo Bill's brewery, my favorite pizza and beer spot in downtown Hayward. Oh no! I hope they'll be friends. 🍻🍕

Old style BART train set in a construction lot, surrounded by dirt.

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Haha, thanks! 🎉 My grandfather turned 90 this year, so I fully expect to make it 😁

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today is my birthday 🥳🎂 I'm now 45 years old, which feels like a lot of years.

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Stepped on a toy last night and now there's a painful bruise on the bottom of my foot 😭 Shoes with zero sole support: assemble! The toy is ok.

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

One of the most exciting things I've seen in my seven years at IBM is how much open source software originally developed for cloud-native environments is coming to IBM z/OS. Ansible! Apache Kafka! And OpenTelemetry! SHARE has posted a nice intro article about it here: blog.share.org/Article/what...

blog.share.org

What Is OpenTelemetry for IBM z/OS? — Intro to the Mainframe Series

This article is part of SHARE’s intro to the mainframe series. Read the articles on CICS, Automation, Catalogs, COBOL, and HSLAM. If you would like to contribute to this series, please reach out to ed...

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

IVRs keep getting worse 😭 I would be DELIGHTED if your website did the thing I want to do. I hate phone calls. But your uncanny valley robot is never helpful for complicated things that lead me to pick up the phone.

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Annual flu and COVID-19 boosters ✅ ✅

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The worst part for me is that I do this, and now my 7 year old son copies me and does the same thing with his laptop & mouse 🤦 (Now only if he'd copy me in brushing teeth!)

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My hobby this year, apparently: Riding vintage Melbourne trams 😍

pleia2 selfie on the MUNI vintage Melbourne tram (streetcar)

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In San Francisco today for MUNI Heritage Weekend! Our first chariot (vintage streetcar) is number 162 from 1914

San Francisco vintage streetcar number 162

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I join everyone else in being perhaps unusually excited about a new cat species 😍 Things are BLEAK. (but honestly, it's not that unusual for me, I love animals, and CATS, have you met me?) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/s...

nytimes.com

New Species of Cat Discovered for First Time in a Century (Gift Article)

The species, called a tilcayo, is smaller than a house cat and lives in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains in Bolivia.

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Second kiddo got glasses this weekend. We've completed the family set! 👓👓👓👓

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Therapist: You need to rest more and take time for yourself. Life: LOL. No.

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Shanah tova! We've had a nice Rosh Roshanah, and still have more apples and honey for tomorrow 🍎🍯 Along with the pomegranate we picked up at the farmers market this morning 😋

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

While I was at IBM zForum last month I had the pleasure of meeting Andrew Mattingly I'm sure I was wearing some computer-geeky earrings, which led him to share that he made some "Z" ones, and shared the STL file with me! This week we printed out a few pairs. Ta-da!

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Made some apple cake with the kiddos last night because the green apple tree in our back yard has too many apples. It used 2 apples 😂 What do you love that can be made with apples? Last year I made apple butter, which I enjoyed and it used a lot of apples, but no one else in my house ate it.

Sliced into loaf of bread/cake with small apples visible on a cutting board with a knife.

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My personal desktop dropped me into initramfs this morning and my work laptop took about 20+ minutes to apply firmware updates and do secret silent things at boot for a while. All is well now, but I did get strong "Maybe I should go back to bed 🤔" feelings for a chunk of time there 😂

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I grew up in coastal Maine 🦞 Every show and movie you've watched about Maine is basically true 😂 (Just finished Best Medicine, and starting Widow's Bay, plus decades of Stephen King)

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Here we are, the Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE Open Source Software Report for August 2026! 🐧 The team worked on Bazel, Consul, and Zabbix, along with 30 other projects. In the community we saw binaries released and/or CI enabled for another 7 🎉 Full report: community.ibm.com/community/us...

community.ibm.com

Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE Open Source Software Report: August 2026

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Concluded the long holiday weekend with a complicated reorganizing project (several spots with cascading dependencies) in the "it looks like a bomb went off" phase. So that's deeply unsatisfying 😝

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Zara has been with us for a year now! Hard to believe it's been that long, but we also can't imagine our lives without her 😻

Close up of the tortoiseshell tabby cat Zara sleeping on pleia2's flannel pajama pant leg

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

"Mom, I don't want to go grocery shopping 😭😭😭" "Me neither, nobody wants to go grocery shopping!" "What?" As if adults go grocery shopping recreationally 🤣 No, we just have no fresh food left.

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wallacegromitnet.bsky.social @wallacegromitnet.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Excited to share that the Wallace and Gromit Lego set is now a reality and available for pre-order! wallaceandgromit.net/2026/09/04/w...

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My hobby: Telling people the AS/400 is not a mainframe.

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Yo, why isn't there a museum with a good dinosaur exhibit in the San Francisco Bay Area? It's very strange for a place with such a high density of adults who have a favorite dinosaur (brontosaurus, thanks for asking 🦕)

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

*reads name of new Slack channel she was added to* OH, NO THANK YOU. 😅

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"What are you doing?" "Working" The Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE Open Source Software Report for July 2026 is now out! From quantum computing to Dgraph and a new MCP server to help with porting, it's all here: community.ibm.com/community/us...

An in-progress photo of capturing the photo used in the July report: A white, collapsible photo box with a blue wooden penguin and pink 3d-printed IBM z17 inside, and a stuffed penguin laying on the floor next to it.

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The Wallace and Gromit Lego Set (21371) is finally up on the Lego site for pre-order. I'm so excited!!! www.lego.com/en-us/produc...

lego.com

Wallace & Gromit 21371 | Ideas | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop US

Cracking retro gift for Wallace and Gromit fans

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We all benefited from Dolly Parton's love and acceptance, and spectacular music, some more directly than others I learned today that her Imagination Library inspired PJ Library, the program that sends free Jewish books to children each month. Including my children 💕 www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/u...

nytimes.com

Aiming to Spread Judaism One Book at a Time (Gift Article)

Harold Grinspoon, a western Massachusetts real estate mogul, took a cue from Dolly Parton and started the PJ Library, which sends books with Jewish content to interested families.

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Forgets that she has a chonky VM running and wonders why her laptop is so slow. Good morning.

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I have a wicked sinus headache that's making my teeth hurt. On the bright side, other symptoms of my cold are winding down 🥳

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Oh man, if I started doing that Marketing would KILL me 💀 But now it's stuck in my head. Must not call it zarm.

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"You get it, I'm not your butler." "Mom, you are our butler, you take care of the house!" 👀

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Getting flowers is nice, but watching them wilt and die, and then cleaning up after them is not. So my husband welcomed me home with a dozen 3d-printed roses this time 😍

A dozen pink and red 3d-printed roses in a blue 3d-printed vase with a sign that says "Welcome home, Lyz!" in pink on white. All sitting on a desk.

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Layover in Sydney, and then home to SFO. Timing works out nicely for sleep if I can manage it in my little economy seat. Plus I'm on a Dreamliner (my favorite!). Here's hoping! ✈️

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

After some client meetings yesterday, I was able to spend an inspiring afternoon at Weta Workshop in Wellington and then meet up with a local friend for a couple beers! 🍻 Great day 😁

Realistic creature animatronic head with a remote control sitting next to it

pleia2 and Br3nda selfie in front of the beer tanks at a brewery

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Great crew today in Wellington on the last day of IBM Z Forum. I feel like I talked even MORE about Linux here than anywhere else and made some really great connections. Tomorrow morning I have one last client meeting and I squeezed in some time for a Weta Workshop tour before I fly home on Friday.

Lectern with a laptop on it and the IBM Z Forum 2026 deck first slide presented on a large screen.

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Greetings, Wellington! Nice cable car 😍

Red cable car descending hill with harbour and city in the background

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