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Children of Time is a 2015 science fiction novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
In the distant future, humanity seeks to create new habitats for itself on distant planets, terraforming them and seeding them with life. Dr. Avrana Kern is heading one such project, orbiting the tentatively named "Kern's World", where the plan is to release monkeys 
infected with a nanovirus that will accelerate their evolution. Through an act of sabotage from an anti-technology group that has also destroyed much of Earth, the monkeys are never released, and the virus instead infects a species of spider, Portia labiata. The book follows the evolution of the spiders and their eventual civilisation, as well as a remnant of humanity that fled to Kern's World hoping to find paradise.
also children of ruin and children of memory, the sequels, are really good
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hi, does anyone wanna make the mega in the upcoming weeks? if so, reply to this post and i'll add you to the list!
the list as it stands:
Yukiko (1/13 - 1/19)
oscardejarjayes* (1/20 - 1/26)
SwitchyandWitchy* (1/27 - 2/2)
SILLY [email protected]* (2/3 - 2/9)
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1 year of HRT, let's fucking goooo!!! 
Might write a bit about it later, but the short and sweet is that estrogen fucking rocks and idk how I ever lived without it 
I tried speed dating and this is about how it went:
Them: Says some presumably interesting anecdote about themselves but I can't hear them
Me: "WHAT?"
repeat for two hours
"... and that's how I got my Gromit cup, best descion I made all week"
cupping ear
Great, another reminder that left-handed people donβt deserve cool shit. 
Witch hazel remains great for my skin and makes me feel like a witch 
I'm booking an appointment and the only gender neutral honorific is Dr. So fuck it, if you have to call me something, call me Doctor Moss. Doc Moss is acceptable.
Unironically wish I could put in Comrade instead of Mr or Miss or whatever
Canβt you just leave it blank?
Actually that migjt have been an option I didn't check lol
buying the cheapest men's shaving gel instead of the same thing in a pink box and double the price from the woman's aisle
Met an autistic trans girl who programs for a railway company
incredible
alcohol
Fucked up rn but felt kinda weird about "ze/hir" lately despite them being rad asf pronouns imho
Think I'm still mostly a "they/them" but being a "she/her" trans femme on occasion mite b cool
You know, just to cement the "lol definitely not a guy" feeling home
Or fuck, could I possibly be a binary trans woman instead of a weird enby that I've been living as for like a decade now???
Fuck idk
Idk maybe refer to me with she/her for awhile and I'm seeing if that's actually right or not, sorry
Like I came out gender wise as a trans woman initially a long time ago, then felt more comfortable being nonbinary, and I guess now I've kinda done full circle?
I dunno
I'm queer
spoiler . and my junk is small
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I'm in a similar position, might fjck with they/she. And wore a dress awhile ago. Didn't feel any gender feelings, just thought I looked pretty in it.
Finally gonna go to my GP today and ask for a referal to a transgender clinic. I'm so excited/nervous I couldn't even sleep.
Having that first appointment at a gender clinic changed my life. Haven't even started hormones yet, but I feel like a new woman
omg good luck!! you got this 
very mild injury mention
rediscovering the joy of model making (accidentally knifing myself when my hand slips while struggling to do a conversion i thought was gonna be fun and easy)
don't worry the glue on my fingers sealed the cut up immediately -_-;
lmfao rest in piss anita bryant
anita bryan't
Lord help me quit TikTok. Iβm so tired of the weird prescriptivism that invades queer discourse there. And what happened to the trans prime directive? Every single video with someone saying eggy shit is full of comments just telling that person theyβre trans and to start hormones. And it understandably freaks people out. Itβs the same 3 egg jokes over and over and the person gets absolutely no support because people are too busy making inside jokes. Not to mention everyone jumping straight to the person being not only trans, but binary trans.
imo the trans prime directive is lame but there's definitely a right way and a wrong way to go about things. and can't imagine being bombarded by tiktok comments is the right way
imo the trans prime directive is lame
Can you say more? I can understand why youβd ignore it if itβs someone you know whose asking you pretty directly, but other than that it seems valid to me.
Itβs the same 3 egg jokes over and over and the person gets absolutely no support
doesn't seem like shit has changed since i uninstalled. i think people on there are too conditioned to the whole "follow up video resolves everything" thing, so expect to see someone fully come to terms with an earth-shattering concept like being trans on-demand (lol maybe they should all read Nevada). egg prime directive should seriously be respected tho
i've actually been so much happier after getting off the app but finding things that fill the attention void is the most challenging part. i support your endeavour to quit 
I just uninstalled. Iβll let you know if I make it more than a day before reinstalling haha
A thrift store near me is doing a sale where a ton of the stuff there is 80% off and the rest is 25% off so I might be taking home a giant haul
Yoooo, love me these sales it's how I get my drip
spoiler drug
THIS DRUNK KNOWS HOW TO REMEMBER TO USE SPOILER TAGS. WHAT IS YOUR EXCUSE
GIVE ME 10 PUSHUPS
also drunk rn
DID HANDCLAPS FOR EXTRA ZEST BECAUSE TODAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A REST DAY
fuck it, we ball
I decided to check up on r/MTF, which I haven't done in a long time. Unsurprisingly, that sub is still as embarrassingly lib as it ever was. More so than most other trans subs. They're still unable to connect the dots, and constantly making excuses for democrats, and acting like they're protectors of trans rights while they've actually shown that they do not care. Now I remember why I stopped visiting that place years ago. I have little patience for this lib shit.
r/MTF looked disgusting (liberalism protruding) in their subreddit before the internet. Very very disrespectful.
We love our RADICAL ANTIFA MARXISTS, don't we folks? 
They're doing gender! They doing gender, and we're hearing this more and more. That's okay... and we like it! Don't we like it folks?! But Anna Wintour has been very unfair to me for many years, I will say that.
i thought i was really gonna miss having gargantuan pockets when i moved to more femme clothing, but honestly i love having a silly little handbag so much.
do any trans people listen to The Front Bottoms 
I don't got out of my way to listen to them, but they show up occasionally and I listen to them.
depression/dysphoria/dooming
I've been crying all day. It hurts so much. I could barely talk earlier. So dysphoric about my voice. Just in general too.
I keep doing worse and worse. I've been "trying" (half assed and lazily) to get my shit together for years. Haven't been able to. I'm doing worse now. So how am I going to be able to now when I couldn't then.
I can't start hrt because I can't get better. I can't get better because I'm trapped in a disgusting man body with a disgusting man voice. There's nothing to do. I can't force myself to get better. To work on myself, to voice train, none of it. I can't. I never really could. Not quitting if I never tried.
I have failed life. So many things I will never get to see or experience. Because I'm a failure. All evidence points to me just being born wrong. Defective. Whatever ig. What makes a person turn out like this. I can't blame my parents. They tried. I wish I tried harder. Whatever. Hurts too much. What a shame. Not good enough to even try. I am such a disgusting waste of life. I wish I could give this to someone else.
Hey, from one severely struggling queer trans commie weirdo to another, I know it sucks ass and unbearably hurts sometimes but I genuinely love you as much as an internet rando can, please be safe and kind to yourself
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I've been "trying" (half assed and lazily) to get my shit together for years. Haven't been able to. I'm doing worse now. So how am I going to be able to now when I couldn't then.
Yeah, also where I'm at now
Pls reach out if you want
We're gonna get better I swear
or else 
Thank you I am safe right now and trying to be nice.
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pretty rough spot to be.
I might take you up on that offer, ty. I hope it does
Just wanted to say you're not alone, I always upvote your posts when I see them but I don't always reply because I don't know what to say since I struggle many of the same thoughts and feelings as well.
I can't start hrt because I can't get better
CW: alcoholism
I feel this so much, I might be able to start HRT soon but the closer I get to the day where they do blood tests to make sure my health is in order, the more I feel like my health is too fucked from years of general neglect and alcoholism. I tried to quit a while back, and managed a little over a month sober, but relapsed in November. I'm trying to commit to staying sober until then (I've at least managed to have some sober days in the last couple weeks, as opposed to near zero for most of my adult life), but I know it's too little, too late.
Thank you, knowing you (and others here) are listening helps. I don't know what to say either. I'm sorry you have the same struggles.
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Good job being even a little sober. Its hard. I hope its not too little. I'll be thinking of you and wishing you well, please update when you get your tests back.
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Firstly, in terms of your health, you should of course quit and get sober and I doubt I even need to say it. If you need extra help you should seek it out, quitting can be difficult. Alcohol is quite harsh on a number of your organs and can give you cancer (which is much underestimated in the general population). If you're drinking enough a day, you may need medical observation to make sure you get through withdrawals okay. How much depends on your genetics and other factors, but generally if you're drinking first thing when you wake up and continuing through out the day that's about where you'd need medical observation. It sounds like you aren't drinking that much because you've been able to have sober days and even a sober month (congrats for that!)
The tests they'd be doing would be about your testosterone levels, your estrogen levels, and your electrolytes if the plan is to start on spiro. Alcohol and spiro aren't a great combo, it'll make you feel pretty weird. Alcohol can mess with your magnesium levels which in turns mess with your potassium, potassium is the one that spiro acts on. Spiro (spironolactone) is a potassium sparing diuretic, it acts on your kidneys to make you pee more but keep more potassium than usual. It has an off label use as an anti androgen. If they test your liver enzymes and iron - there's not really a reason to do it just for HRT - then they'd see how alcohol has been affecting your liver. When you've started on E, eventually you will be closer to how cis women are affected by alcohol. Yes it will take you less to be more drunk and it will affect your health more with fewer drinks.
I don't know if this is the case for you, but I've found a lot of people with a - let's say problematic relationship with alcohol tend to rely on it as self-medication for anxiety. Anxiety is also super common with trans people. If that sounds like something you're dealing with, see if you can get on something like an SNRI and/or getting a short term benzo as needed for panic attacks (if you have them). Those kind of psych meds do not play well with alcohol, one drink every once in a while is fine but every day would affect you way differently than you might be used to. You could, again if this is something that affects you, also seek out some therapy and get tools for dealing with anxiety in addition or instead of medication.
Quitting is hard but doable, you can do it! You made it one month before which means you can do it again. Peoples' bodies are generally pretty resilient especially before advanced age (think like over 70 lol). If you start picking up good health habits like limiting or quitting alcohol, eating a more balanced diet with plenty of fibre, and making sure you get at least 30 minutes of activity a day you will be in pretty great health in short order! There is no "too late to start" it will always benefit you β‘
emotional, addiction
This made me cry lol (good, cathartic)
Been rly struggling and fucking up lately but we're gonna make it
