Scarlett Ibach
sibach.bsky.social
Scarlett Ibach
@sibach.bsky.social
Black lives matter, trans rights are human rights, ftp. InfoSec engineer, hardware hacker, humanist, anti-fascist and concerned human being. Any pronouns. 🏳️‍⚧️
could not get any work done this afternoon so i went for a walk and climbed up the mountain along the power lines
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
aurora in arizona!

only visible through the phone camera
November 12, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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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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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In semi-related news: hey everyone, look at this thing I just made
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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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
new ui design pattern: hotdog menu
November 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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I pray with the power of a thousand suns for OpenAI’s demise
“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
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
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
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
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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Ever feel like this little guy?
December 11, 2023 at 9:01 PM
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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.
September 24, 2024 at 5:53 AM
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My keyboard children are all cleaned, rust free, and oiled
October 19, 2024 at 11:34 AM
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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.
November 13, 2024 at 7:53 AM
odo realized she can sit in the sun and watch the tv at the same time!
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM
am i the only one who thinks it would be fun to weave up some core memory then maybe use it in a project?
Hands weaving magnetic-core memory
IBM, 1956. Photograph by Ansel Adams
November 3, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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
girl who shares her worst brain worms with the most conservative freaks you know to try to find middle ground
Go fuck yourself
November 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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