iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

just waiting to ask my team (and the lawyers) about how they feel about the risks around AI given that they are all run my EA, rationalist, CNC, sex cult, etc folks. i mentioned this to my boss last week and he had no idea what i was talking about so this should be fun to explain

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

came out as trans to a coworker this morning who i didn't know too well. She told me thats awesome and loves seeing people live their authentic self! turns out she is really cool and i made a good choice

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

sometimes i check my feed and realize i have barely posted anything fun in the past few days/weeks and realize how tired i am. i don't even have anything to make that worse and i know this is nothing compared to what others have to deal with. i love you all and am proud of you! <3

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

seems i must convince my work that i deserve to jump over staff security engineer to principal security engineer. i have been the most senior security engineer since i started the team but have not had my position change as my responsibilities have grown over the past many years

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

the first computer that was mine was this Acros 325se which my parents gave to me when they had to run windows 95 software. it is grayscale and runs windows 3.11. the first computer i used was some 286 desktop as there are videos from my 4th birthday playing a big bird game

photo of a very old laptop on my desk. its a acros 325se which has a 386sx processor, 40mb hd(?), grayscale screen, and very nice keyboard to type on. its a white beige with some yellowing. the screen has a huge bezel with sliders under it for controlling brightness and contrast. the laptop is about 2 inches thick

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

i have told a handful of people at work that i am trans but so far only one person has figured out i'm trans on their own. if you know me from work then say hi but also please don't be weird and go and tell people i did not tell.

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Nanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 20/09/2026

WD-40 transdermal patches. (personal use only)

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

i had a an 1/8 mg if zanax, 200mg prog, and tiny bit of weed. i cannot get out of bed and am ungodly tired and cannot type. good night bluesky

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

i talked to my bosses' boss today about how i should be paid twice what i am paid. he is going to see what he can do!

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

this tastes delightful and i really needed something to drink today because i just found out my last living grandparent died today. she was 88 and i knew she was in the hospital but it's still upsetting

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

getting a bath! I don't feel like going back to work on Monday and I'm sure sooo many people are waiting on things for me to do (that they didn't ask me to do while i was off) i really deserve to be paid like 2x as much to deal with so much shit and stress daily

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

google says this dam was built in 1937 and has fallen into disrepair. how do they know? they cite stock photo descriptions and livingnewdeal.org for my town but the dam is not mentioned!! the dam was actually build in 1907 according to National Inventory of Dams and not part of the new deal.

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

oh yeah i am so anxious today because i have barely eaten anything. just ate a muffin do better scarlett

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

biked down to dogtown lake at sunset. it was about 16 miles but i relied on the motor much of the time since i am still tired from the last adventure.

photo of a darkening sky over a lake reflecting the mountains and pine trees. there is a planet bright in the sky almost behind one of the many bunches of clouds.

its a beautiful sight and more clear than it was when i saw it with my eyes

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 08/09/2026

All else aside there is nothing I want or need genAI to do for me. I like reading. I like doing research. I like playing around in spreadsheets. I like interviewing people. I like writing. I like doing these things for myself because I take pleasure in the doing and they make me a better thinker.

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

got an electric mountain bike yesterday! i went for a "little" bike ride that ended up being 25-30 miles. its hard to tell because i ran out of battery on my return journey and had to walk the bike where i was too tried to ride. this was one of the most arduous and painful adventures ever 🧵

photo of a lectric xpeak2 white mountain bike on a service road next to railroad tracks. there are pines in the background and the clouds are beautiful covering the sky in bunches

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

what kind of doctor fixes stalactites and stalagmites? a troglodontist!

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

i find it offensive that it says i talk more like someone from new jersey rather than philly since i grew up in philly! i don't think i have a strong accent or sound too different than many people here in AZ. I rarely use several of the terms in the quiz that are regional to be more clear

dialect map showing that i talk most like someone from new jersey with the most similar cities of philly, new york, and Baltimore. the least similar is seattle, salt lake city, and portland

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

i love when i feed the outside cats then another l comes by and i have to lead it to the food without scaring it away. some of these poor babies don't seem to hear, see, or smell well and get confused. this one came over to me and sat down looking at me but food and water was 10ft away

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Kirsten @k-a-aitch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Shelob says "trans rights"

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

LMAOOOOOOO

some old cracker duct taped to a plane seat

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Alastair Somerville @acuity.design · 03/09/2026

Reminded that Deep Space 9 is the most 90’s Star Trek for being based around a shopping mall

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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 03/09/2026

Also, just this morning, I started and ended three civilizations. In my butt.

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

👏 companies anthropomorphizing their products to manupliate people is an attack on humanity 👏

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

👏 companies anthropomorphizing their products to manupliate people is an attack on humanity 👏

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Eldritch kcarruthers @kcar.me · 01/09/2026

1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe Omarchy is a Linux distro created & controlled by David Heinemeier Hansson, known as DHH. DHH is founder of 37signals & creator of Ruby on Rails. DHH has also called for the ethnic cleansing of Europe. www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/1password…

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

i love how they throw in "recursive self-improvement" like training an llm on generated content wouldn't result in data so bad that they need to build tools to id llm generated content to avoid training on it. also companies anthropomorphizing systems to manipulate people is an attack on humanity

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

i cant be as anti-ai as i want at work so i have taken the 100x harder way of understanding how "ai" sucks ass then i argue for more critical/careful adoption and call out all of the things that are going off the rails because of ai use biggest problem is that folks cannot think/understand anymore

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

hot take time! i tried as a teen but it has the length of a brandon sanderson book written like a mix of weird orson scott cards from parallel universes with the limited imagination/worldbuilding of JKR i did better off reading the silmarillion which is better written, imaginative, and coherent

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

time for a bit of journaling with a cup of noodles, rose lemonade soda, and pondering my newly crafted leather cuff

photo of a bed table with a travels style notebook that i made of leather along with a single pen case.

my new leather cuff is next to the notebook. it is a beautiful brown leather 2 inches wide with a one inch outer strap with a roller buckle and d ring.

also on the table is a cup of noodles and a glass bottle filled with rose lemonade fentimans soda.

beyond the table you can barely see a kitty laying over my legs

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

remembering that time my cat caught a bat in the house

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

finally off work for two weeks and it doesn't feel real yet. i spent the night (and some time while working) on a really pretty leather cuff!! its 2" wide with 1" top strap, buckle, and d ring. i didn't order brass hardware yet so i stole some chromed ones off of old stuff.

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Julia @foxgrrl.northsky.social · 28/08/2026

I hate th.is automatic hyperl.ink sh.it so.mu.ch! There.is.no way.to turn.it off! ah.aaa! aaaaaaaaaaa.aaa!

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

@foxgrrl.bsky.social's posts always make me feel like there is someone out there who understands my rage at UI/UX. nobody else seems to care as ai slop flows out of their half baked ideas and javascript can implement unholy designs

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

oh its one am and i have to work in 7 hours for a series of partly overlapping meetings all morning THEN i need to wrap up all the loose ends before 2 weeks off. i have been so burned out, tired, sore, and everything else the past few weeks/months. i miss when devs had to understand their jobs

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

had a gummy, now getting a bath with: oreo cake, peach az iced tea, audiobook, and looking up more designs and hardware for some leather cuffs i am designing going to fit in all my self care

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

i have been doing some leather working the past few months. it started with making travelers style notebooks to hold books i bound. then i made a trifold a7 cover which also works as a wallet, shopping list, etc all in one. i made a few other things like cases for pens, antique sewing needle, etc

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

emergency alert for someone killing a cop recruit/former correction officer. this happened yesterday morning and the alert goes out at 23:20 today to the whole fucking state?? this happened hundreds of miles from me and like a 6+ hour drive.

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

estrogen: making mountains out of molehills

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I am working my way though these books now starting with OUR ROGUE FATES by @theeyeofsarahn.bsky.social the audiobook has excellent narration and i have spent several hours today listening to it! male/male romantic fantasy is a bit outside my normal listen but it's a great so far

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

Need to make an HR needs you to tell the difference between these two things meme

Screenshot of two medical questions from an online form

“Electronic monitoring device (for example, ankle monitor)? No/yes”
“Fitness tracker/Biomonitor (for example, Fitbit)? No/yes”

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Scarlett Ibach @sibach.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I just finished reading "What Ever Happened To Eddy Crane?" by @katecrane.bsky.social I put off reading this because I knew it would be challenging emotionally and I read to relax but that was a huge mistake. It shows Kate's bravery and determination in the face of the unthinkable

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