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Scarlett Ibach
@sibach.bsky.social
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Black lives matter, trans rights are human rights, ftp. InfoSec engineer, hardware hacker, humanist, anti-fascist and concerned human being. Any pronouns. 🏳️‍⚧️
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sibach.bsky.social
could not get any work done this afternoon so i went for a walk and climbed up the mountain along the power lines
a photo as the sun sets looking down over a small lake held back by a dam. beyond the water are some mountains blocking part of the sun as it sets. the clouds are sweeping around the sky and with the lighting of a setting sun produce vivid colors
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
sibach.bsky.social
aurora in arizona!

only visible through the phone camera
photo looking north from the middle of the street. there is a glowing christmas tree blocking the street causing a green glare at rhe top of the sky. in the sky you can see some stars, wisps of clouds, and what looks like purple transparent clouds. the aurora isn't too bright or exciting but could have been earlier or will be later this is taken along the I-40 in arizona near flagstaff at 21:23 AZ time
November 12, 2025 at 4:44 AM
sibach.bsky.social
have a meeting at 7:30 (in 4.5h), got up at ~6 yesterday (today still to me) for special work project that took all day overlapping with a security incident. i cannot imagine tomorrow will be much easier on <5h sleep
November 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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clarencetheliar.bsky.social
I have no words to describe the fury inside me. Sakher's account was deleted not even ten minutes ago. We had been messaging back and forth just a few hours ago. I don't know what else to do but post his gofundme and ask you to donate what you can, and share if you can't. They need our support.
Donate to Help Reem and Sakher in Gaza, organized by Hala Kotob
“When We Met Among the Rubble In the chaos of war and the sound of explosions, no one expe… Hala Kotob needs your support for Help Reem and Sakher in Gaza
www.gofundme.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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clarencetheliar.bsky.social
In semi-related news: hey everyone, look at this thing I just made
The meme known as "Woman Yelling At A Cat", but I have altered it such that it is David the Gnome who is angrily gesturing while Swift the fox holds him back. Who is he so mad at? It's a troll! He's taken the defiant cat's seat of all things! His face drips with smugness as he fondles his chin and leans his head back with closed eyes, as if imagining something he desires. Sick.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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clarencetheliar.bsky.social
Sakher and his fiancée Reem need your help. Their attempts to fundraise are constantly sabotaged. I can't imagine the despair that comes from the denial of your literal personhood from so many different entities. Your support, whether a donation of any amount or just a share, means the world to him.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
sibach.bsky.social
new ui design pattern: hotdog menu
November 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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katecrane.bsky.social
I pray with the power of a thousand suns for OpenAI’s demise
histoftech.bsky.social Gales of November ReMar-mbered @histoftech.bsky.social · 8d
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
sibach.bsky.social
ever spend so long making dinner you are too tired to eat it?

well i'm having my stew and tea while sitting in the shower
November 5, 2025 at 6:46 AM
sibach.bsky.social
made some tea for myself while the stew finishes cooking and so i made some lemon balm tea for the cats. i got one cat to try it by getting on my hands and knees and lapping some up
November 5, 2025 at 5:33 AM
sibach.bsky.social
through a series of ill fated choices i don't have my wallet and need to buy gas to get home. the pump would not work to use my phone so i had to go in. this is all unplanned so i have very short pjs and no bra.

held the door for an older guy and he said "thanks but i'm not pretty enough"
November 4, 2025 at 5:37 AM
sibach.bsky.social
i should finish rebuilding an adding machine at some point soon. that would be fun and give me a sense of accomplishment
November 3, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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sibach.bsky.social
Ever feel like this little guy?
Photo of a watchmakers tool. The tool has a handle of a marbleized red plastic and the working end has a central shaft with a spring loaded tip. Above the handle around the central shaft are two arms that go outward from the handle and hinge back in until they connect right below the spring tip. After they connect to the shaft again they have little curved prying hands which come together above the spring tip which allows them to lever off the watch hand. The whole thing looks very oddly like someone with their hands on their head wondering where their life went wrong
December 11, 2023 at 9:01 PM
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sibach.bsky.social
Done! It took a few hours to polish the case to this point and I’m tied and done. The whole thing had to take 20+ hours to rebuild

I should line up the printing chars and figure out what to do about the Burroughs panel. I also should 3d print new caps for the other keys.
Photo of a Burroughs class 3 adding machine on my table. The case is polished to a shine and every part is as clean and polished as it can be. Above the keyboard is a yellowed panel that says Burroughs but cannot be cleaned anymore without being repainted.
September 24, 2024 at 5:53 AM
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sibach.bsky.social
My keyboard children are all cleaned, rust free, and oiled
Photo of a green mat covered in the parts that make up the keyboard on the Monroe adding machine. There are the top/bottom plates, some metal connectors, levers, and other weird stuff. There are also about 80 each of - key stems sorted into 3 piles by the shape on their bottom end - felt pads - wedge shaped tiny metal wedges(?) - 2 sets of 80 of washer looking plates with pluses instead of holes on the middle Finally one tiny bucket of screws springs and other connectors
October 19, 2024 at 11:34 AM
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sibach.bsky.social
I just disassembled, cleaned, derusted, and rebuilt this paper/carriage mechanism for a Burroughs class 1 adding machine. The machine kinda worked but this was too rusted and dirty to work right.
Photo of the back of a Burroughs class 1 adding machine from ~1910. The photo is taken at an angle so you can also see some of the levers and knobs. From this angle it’s either a painted black metal or shiny plated metal with some marring from rust of the underlying metal. Along with the paper tray, platen, rollers, etc there is also a bunch of rods, gears, levers, knobs, etc. It has a huge number of odd parts that you wouldn’t expect on a carriage from something like a typewriter or other adding machine. These extra rods and stuff add different kinds of tab stops and controls. This lets you program the machine to print on accounting sheets and have your dates, added/subtracted/subtotal/total, and nonadding numbers print in the right places automatically.
November 13, 2024 at 7:53 AM
sibach.bsky.social
odo realized she can sit in the sun and watch the tv at the same time!
a photo of sunlight curtains over some bedsheets. there is a pretty white cats head poking out between them and looking off at something
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM
sibach.bsky.social
am i the only one who thinks it would be fun to weave up some core memory then maybe use it in a project?
dustrial.net Dustrial @dustrial.net · 11d
Hands weaving magnetic-core memory
IBM, 1956. Photograph by Ansel Adams
ibm
November 3, 2025 at 5:40 AM
sibach.bsky.social
been sore all week and meant to get a lot of housework done today but took a nap and stuff instead.

getting a bath to relax and listening to an audiobook. going to try just close my eyes and listen to the book rather than use phone
November 3, 2025 at 4:22 AM
sibach.bsky.social
girl who shares her worst brain worms with the most conservative freaks you know to try to find middle ground
katelynburns.com Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 13d
Go fuck yourself
Post Brianna Wu O Subscribe Trans sisters. I'm pretty sure I was wrong. I an somy. I genuinely thought that as a trans woman, if ceded some points with the gender critical crowd we could have a healthier conversation and arrive at better public policy. The problem is, they are getting crazier and more extreme. If you admit "trans women don't belong in women's sports" they agree, but call you a man the whole time. If you admit, "I understand I am a biological man, but this is how I want to live my life and talking about me like this is degrading" they scream about free speech. If you admit that hurtful language is part of free speech but you don't have to associate with people that degrade you, they act like the victim and call you a man and then say you should be thrown in an insane asylum. It's like this on everything. They are incapable of looking for a middle ground on bathrooms. They want maximalist policies on everything. They'd throw a fully transitioned, fully passing trans woman in male prison genpop and laugh as she got aids from being raped. I want a middle ground on so many of these polices. BUT THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM IS THEY DO NOT. They enjoy degrading us, it's fun for them. So, sisters. I genuinely don't know what to do. I think many of our most extreme ideas are bad. But theirs are worse. So if I have to pick, I choose us. I wish there were a political vehicle for compromise and medical safeguarding. But that just simply does not exist. Post Brianna Wu Subscribe @BriannaWu 2/ I consider my business settled with all trans sisters. If anyone wants to reset things, unblock and move forward, I am happy to do that. 7:16 • 01 Nov 25 • 5,969 Views
November 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
sibach.bsky.social
was at the natural grocers store today and some old man said ma'am to me from 10 feet away several times until i turned around to tell me about the $1.99 deal for 12 eggs.

was this a validating experience? was it a positive one? i'll leave the answers for the reader to determine
October 31, 2025 at 5:37 AM