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dianea

@dianea@lgbtqia.space

Engineer specializing in making things cold, but will warm your heart and delight you with pictures of cats. And birds. And capybaras. And tardigrades and every other wonder of life itself.

Off grid solar, native habitats, ecology, microbiology, protein molecular machines, *nix, retrocomputing, 8bit, ultra low power electronics, high power electronics, automation, 3D printing, physics, astrophysics, and civil rights.

I like cats, cat memes, and people who love cats

#findthecat
#climatechange

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alice , to random
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So it seems like Paramount is encouraging us to pirate anything from MTV, VH1, CMT, and Comedy Central (so far) 🤷🏼‍♀️

https://latenighter.com/news/paramount-axes-comedy-central-website-show-clips-library/

dianea ,
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@alice I'm old enough to remember when everything of everything was on Netflix. Even had a search for all the gay movies. But they took all that away and now there's 128 monthly streaming services that want credit card info. That's a torrent of chaos capitalism created...

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There is something very special about the way that the brain processes faces. And why wouldn't there be? Being able to tell people apart is an important human social skill. Without this extra sensitivity everyone might look kind of the same.

There is also something really interesting that happens to the way people react to photos of insects they might be indifferent to, or dislike if you can get a good photo of the insect's eyes and face.

I think there is a nugget of a study here.

dianea ,
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@futurebird I can recognize the different faces of the wasps on my front porch. I know who's who and which nest family they build. They each have their unique flying style pollinating the flowers too.

alice , (edited ) to random
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So, my spouse sent me a lengthy article about detransitioning earlier today, and it:

  1. Irritated me.
  2. Made me want to get some stats of my own.

So, the question is: "As a trans person, what are your opinions about detransitioning (DT)?"

Please select any and all options that apply.

Please only answer if consider yourself to be trans, nonbinary, or formerly trans or nonbinary.

Please boost for reach. I want like every trans person on Mastodon in this poll.

Thank you! 🩵 :heart_trans: 🩷

Here's the article in question: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-transyouth-outcomes/

#LGBTQ #Trans #Nonbinary #Transition #Detransition #Poll #Boost #PleaseBoost

dianea ,
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@alice I tried this once after being on HRT for two years, afraid I didn't have the ability to socially transition. I lasted two years after that before getting help as every nerve in my body was about that journey. I never could break completely away from HRT as testosterone was sending me to the emergency room with very expensive medical bills again. I got into a support group, quickly came out at work, and my life began, and thankful to be out every moment since. So thankful for the friends who showed me the way as they saved my life and added so much. If I had continued down that detransition path, I would have passed long ago.

Out of the hundreds of friends that were out, none took the path back. It was my worst nightmare I could imagine.

alice , to random
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Hey y'all! :neocat_cool:

To kick off this year's :_gaysparkle: Pride Month :_gaysparkle: I was asked to write an article for a LGBTQIA+ site. So I decided to turn my queer, autistic, goldfish brain towards a trans/enby topic that I'm trying to understand better: The journey of—and impact on—friends and family of a transgender person undergoing transition.

I want to hear from anyone who has been a friend, family member, or partner of someone who is transitioning/has transitioned.

Specifically, the following:

  1. Did it have an emotional impact on you? What was it?

  2. Do you feel that you underwent a period of mourning for the "person you knew"?

  3. What did your reaction look like and, knowing what you do now, would you change anything about it?

If you are trans, first off you're lovely :heart_trans:, secondly I also want to hear from you about your perspective on if/how it changed your relationships. Was it taken positively by those around you? Was it not? How did others' reactions impact you?

I want to hear the good and the bad. I want to know what went well and what people struggled with.

If you feel comfortable responding in the replies, please do, as I'd like your answers to be visible for anyone else who goes on this journey.

If you don't feel comfortable sharing publicly, then please DM me, email me, or reach out on Matrix (contact info in profile)

And this should go without saying, but be kind to each other in the replies—even if you disagree. I'd hate to ban anyone for being an asshat.

Thank you all so much in advance, it means a lot to me, and I'm sure it will mean a lot to plenty of other people too.

dianea ,
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@alice coming out made my relationships more honest and meaningful, escaping the acting narrative I grew up with. Surprised me how accepting and supportive people were. And I would discover people who were all about control before, like my mom, were still about control. I now understand the only real bully in my life was my mom who gave me a straight colonizing narrative that I escaped.

What happened when transitioning and after was the ability to focus and thrive in my career like never before, take that journey on being independent and building a more secure future in an uncertain world. My dreams from my earliest memories are finally coming true.

Perhaps the best part was seeing the friends I transitioned with follow their journey and thrive. That gave me incredible strength. And the best of all, a cat has chosen me and we are taking over the world together.

futurebird , (edited ) to random
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Hydroponic ultra ripe vertically farmed strawberries are very popular in NYC but flown in from Japan. Restaurants buy them at $2 per berry (not even big ones) they are very good— but do you know what’s more fancy than Japanese vertically farmed berries? LOCAL ONES. Why don’t we have a flouncy berry farm in NYC yet?

dianea ,
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@futurebird building one of these systems is on my wish list, saving my money and hopefully this year!

dianea ,
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@futurebird unionized bees. Pension plant. Health care. Workers rights. Bee solidaritee!

alice , (edited ) to random
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I threw all my nsfw OC stuff in a gallery so it's more convenient for y'all 😉

One catch—if you click the link, then you're socially obligated to reply here with the most adorable picture you can find :blobcatpuffyblush:

To ensure plausible deniability for others, please post cute pics even if you didn't click the link :neocat_boop_happy:

Wow :sparkles_trans: so much plausible deniability!

Update 2024-06-17 added:

  • landscape

https://drive.proton.me/urls/5T95R4XMK4#SocOvsNTlNb1

Tips are super-cool :floofHeart:
https://buymeacoffee.com/alice.watson

dianea ,
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@alice a picture I found

alice , (edited ) to random
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"Hey, totally unrelated, and if this is too personal then please just ignore me, lol. What exactly was your experience like, figuring out that you're nonbinary, and roughly when did that happen?
" —Someone I know on Matrix

I responded in chat, but figured my answers might be of broader interest to people who are enby(or Alice)-curious 😋 So here it goes...

⚠️ CW for some slurs and gender stereotyping ⚠️

The short of it is that a couple years ago my kid expressed to me that they weren't sure if they were their assigned gender. To be supportive, I started learning everything I could about being trans. Eventually, they decided that they were okay with their birth gender (at least for now, and maybe forever), but I realized I wasn't okay with mine.

I've always been :_gaysparkle: queer™ :_gaysparkle:, and I've always sort of skirted gender norms (leaning more heavily one way or another as I grew up), but I was raised in a time (the 80s/90s) and environment (latchkey kid with no [living] LGBT+ family members) where transgender people weren't really "a thing". There were "cross-dressers", and "trannies", and several other slurs, but it all got reduced to a "fetish" or "sickness" at the end.

I didn't feel like I had any sort of (relevant) fetish, and I didn't think I was sick, so it must be "something else".

Basically, I didn't have the vocabulary to express that I was nonbinary, or to know it was even an option not to be my assigned gender.

But don't get me wrong, I've never identified particularly strongly with either extreme of traditional gender presentation. Looking back through the lens of what I know now, there were a lot of things I was dysphoric about (and several that still get to me), but at the time I just thought I was weird or that everyone else felt the same and no one mentioned it.

So I didn't mention it either.

Now that I'm older, better informed, and give even fewer fucks what other people think about how I express myself, it's surprising to me that it took so long to figure things out.

So unlike some trans people who strongly associated with their non-assigned gender from an early age, and some nonbinary folk who collect genders like Pokémon, I'm the kind of enby who just gives a lot less importance to which gender I take my influences from—as long as I like the aesthetic or it makes me feel more "me", then we're all good.

So I think I'm probably somewhere around a...um, Alice(?) when it comes to my gender expression 🙃

It's still a work in progress, but as it stands now:

  • I hardly wear makeup 💄 (except nail polish 💅🏻)
  • Most of my clothes are marketed as being for women, but are pretty unisex —save for my cute socks and underwear 🧦👙
  • I like pinks and purples...a lot 💜
  • I like having muscle definition 💪🏻
  • I can't stand body hair 🪒
  • I like my tits, but I'm glad they're small 🧁🧁
  • I've had short hair for most of my adult life, but I'm having fun growing it out again like when I was a kid 👩🏻‍🦲👩🏻‍🦰
  • I dislike most sports, except of course for locksport 🔓 and Bloodsport (1998) 🩸

It feels super-awkward listing off all the stereotypically gendered things about me that I can think of. The idea of a color or a haircut being "for boys" or "for girls" just seems weirdly restrictive and arbitrary.

If you made it this far, neat! You get a cookie 🍪

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me anything.

If you have any comments or relevant experiences, please share.

Thanks for reading 💕

dianea ,
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@alice I hit that entire checklist so much ✅

futurebird , to random
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Gadget concept: An adjustable pair of pants, jacket & shoes with sensors for measurements for tailoring. simply put on “measuring pants” cuff them to the right length, adjust the straps in the thigh, calf waist etc until the fit feels perfect: now of your measurements is in the tailor’s computer. Critically these would be the same measurements tailors take by hand, the garment ensures they are done correctly.

Thinking of what kind of sensors could do this is surprisingly hard—

dianea ,
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@futurebird microwave proximity detectors, >50GHz, the cheap tiny ones from eBay.

alice , to random
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New earrings arrived!

dianea ,
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@alice digging the rainbow UNO!

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    @alice

    I hate it when I accidentally the invisible makeup before work and they don't see my face

    Lazarou , to random
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    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-5-dead-dozens-injured-in-gaza-city-attack

    Iran says its attack on Israel 'concludes' matter of Israeli attack on its embassy Iran's mission to the UN says on X that its drone and missile attack on Israel was conducted "on the strength of Article 51 of the UN Charter pertaining to legitimate defense", and in response to Israel's April 1 attack on its embassy in Damascus, With the attack, "The matter can be deemed concluded", says Iran. "However, should the Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran's response will be considerably more severe. It is a conflict between Iran and the rogue Israeli regime, from which the U.S. MUST STAY AWAY," it added.
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    dianea ,
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    @Lazarou

    I would imagine Israel would be a lot more polite and respectful of its neighbors if they weren't spoonfed weapons and bombs like candy

    futurebird , to random
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    Have you ever tried to measure a cat with a tape measure? It will make you question the solidity of dimensional space.

    Pica, small cat
    Height: 22 to 47cm
    Girth: 33 to ??cm (ouch cm)
    Length: 37cm
    Length w/ tail: 66cm
    Weight: 5.9 pounds/ 2.7 Kg
    Max Length (Dangle): 74cm! oh no

    she's getting longer.

    Rate of Enlonganmentation
    dML/dt: 1.2cm / second

    No signs of increase stopping. Cat keeps increasing.
    All clear! ALL CLEAR!
    Soon she will be in all locations.

    This was a bad project idea.

    dianea ,
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    @futurebird

    It's basic physics. The small cat draws us in from the cuteness, bending space time, until we reach the event horizon on our lap where we can no longer escape. Spaghettification is real!

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    dianea ,
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    @alice

    "They must be roommates!"

    breadandcircuses , to random
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    The names of the worst companies in the USA for greenhouse gas pollution may not be that familiar to most of us.

    Have you ever heard of Vistra Energy, Southern Company, Duke Energy, Berkshire Hathaway, or American Electric Power? Those are the top 5 on the most recent list I could find.
    ➡️ https://peri.umass.edu/greenhouse-100-polluters-index-current#

    The number 6 polluter, by the way, is not a company, but the United States government. 🇺🇸 Your tax dollars at work. 🙄

    dianea ,
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    @breadandcircuses

    See how the worst polluters slapped a lot of green color across their logos...

    dianea , to random
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    video/mp4

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    dianea ,
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    @alice my cat farted today and I said, "we need to go outside..."

    futurebird , (edited ) to random
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    Bats fly by grabbing the air in their their sensitive webbed fingers, feeling little eddies of air, they adjust instantaneously deftly, teasing their way through air currents.

    I'm certain birds have a similar sense of the air, but there is something more relatable and easier to imagine about being the bat, using great webbed hands to surf & climb air columns.

    We haven't even gotten to the part about the radar yet!

    If I could spend a day as a creature it'd be an ant, but 2nd choice is a bat.

    dianea ,
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    @futurebird to be a bat, catching the boost of warm air currents into the air and cool breezes, chirping with joy calling out and catching the tasty little protein morsels in the air. And sweet beautiful nectar flowers and succulent tasty fruits. What a life I would have!

    When I dream tonight, definitely going to have some bat time!

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