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I'd like to think this is how people talk about me :neofox_laugh_tears:

Screenshot of Genshin Impact showing Lumine and Paimon talking to an NPC named Dragov in the Schneznayan wilderness. Lumine stares piercingly at Dragov, who responds "This lady looks so noble and elegant, yet the moment she opens her mouth, it's to suggest grabbing someone by the collar."

I find it mildly amusing (in a positive way) that out of all the different ships between Star Rail characters, the one I see _most often_ is literally just one girl shipped with her own headmate :neofox_laugh:

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qualia @qualia.floofy.tech.ap.brid.gy · 19h

TIL active lightning rods are a thing. look at this angry bastard. it tries to, faster than Zeus himself, fire its own lightning (early streamer emission innit) back at the sky to beckon a strike to hit it instead of something more important. long live the fantastical hubris of NF C 17-102

brochure ad for the Indelec Prevectron 3 Connect IOT connected lightning rod. it is a cone-shaped metal thing with several pointy things at the tip aimed at a center upwards spike, a large metal band just beneath that, and several sharp looking triangular spikes aimed downwards in a cone. a bit beneath it is a small solar panel.

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Nall :therian: @nallwolf.yiff.life.ap.brid.gy · 19/02/2025

I saw this weird ad and now I'm shedding everywhere, my computer is clogged help

A web ad with a clock on the right side and text on the left that reads you still have time become aminal today with a button that has a therian symbol on each end and the text click here now! There's also warning text at the bottom that reads Warning: changes are permanent. TheriCo cannot be held liable for any damages induced by side effects of the conversion.

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 29/09/2026

I'm tired of having this same conversation: "I don't like X." Oh, why not? "I don't like X because some of them are Y." So the real problem is Y? "No, the problem is still X." Why is X the problem? "Because some of X are Y." Got it - you have an unconscious bias against X, and you're using Y […]

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 29/09/2026

HRT changes do not stop after 2 years. Some of them don't even _start_ until then! The timelines and change tables offered by most doctors are largely inaccurate, based on very flawed conclusions from a limited number of old studies. HRT makes its changes by triggering a second puberty, and that […]

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IFTAS @iftas.mastodon.iftas.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

IFTAS is observing an uptick in PortalKombat activity. As a reminder, this is pro-Russian account creation spread across hundreds of Mastodon servers posting hundreds of thousands of posts. Here's a reminder of what these profiles look like in case they show up on your service […]

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 27/09/2026

**Feminizing HRT Facts that You (Probably) Won't Hear From a Doctor** (everything moved to replies for Mastodon and BlueSky friends with a short character limit) #HRT #Trans #Transgender #TransFem

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 28/09/2026

HRT is among the safest, best-tolerated, and least-regretted of all medical therapies. It's very safe and far more reversible than people claim.

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 27/09/2026

HRT can be customized. You can tweak doses and intervals to adjust various levels up and down, and this is entirely safe as long as you stay within typical human ranges. Hormones naturally follow a bi-modal bell curve, and anything along that curve is safe. Adjust things however you want to get […]

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 27/09/2026

The majority of "side effects" from HRT are not caused by the medication, they're just standard differences between testosterone-dominant and estrogen-dominant hormone systems.

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 27/09/2026

Modern HRT carries no additional risk of Deep-Vein Thrombosis. This was true of older, non-bioidentical estrogen forms, but the warning is no longer relevant.

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 27/09/2026

HRT will _usually_ last longer than the listed expiration date - provided that it's stored under optimal conditions. Store away from sunlight, at room temperature, and in a sealed container. For injection vials, sanitize and avoid coring (punching holes in) the seal, and you can keep using the […]

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 27/09/2026

Frequent hormone level tests are important at first, but you can taper them off as your dose is locked in and levels stabilize. Long-term, you should only need a single annual test to make sure nothing's changed.

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 27/09/2026

If possible, buy injection supplies from a medical supplier instead of a pharmacy. They're cheaper, come in bulk, allow you to pick the exact needle size you want, and are far less likely to be out of stock when you need a refill. Some locations have restrictions on this, but you can just get an […]

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 27/09/2026

Standard injection guides / training materials make it seem way more complicated than it is. Just stick to the "safe" injection areas, use a thin needle (25g - 30g), inject vertically, use the pinch-pull technique, and avoid scars, stretch marks, _obvious_ blood vessels, and hair follicles.

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 27/09/2026

Estradiol Valerate injections are typically prescribed as a weekly shot, **but this is wrong**. The half-life is way too short for that, so most people get better (more stable) results by injecting every 3 - 5 days instead. Your doctor might push back on this, but you can easily provide evidence […]

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 27/09/2026

On the flip-side, Injected HRT (periodic IM/SQ injections of a bio-identical estradiol pro-drug) tends to produces the most-stable levels. There are different esters (pro-drug forms) available depending on region, with the difference primarily being in the half-life - how long each dose lasts […]

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 27/09/2026

Estrogen pills (especially "E2" Estradiol as prescribed in the USA) tend to produce the least-stable hormone levels out of any common form. Most doctors will start you with those because they're "easy", but it's worth switching as soon as possible.

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 27/09/2026

You probably don't want zero Testosterone. It's not as critical as many resources claim (since Progesterone fills many of the same roles in Estrogen-dominant hormone systems), but your body does still need it for proper regulation. Just target the standard female ranges and you'll be fine.

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 27/09/2026

Speaking of ranges, your level targets should be within the standard ranges for cisgender women. That's true of E, T, and P - even if some doctors want to zero-out your T or limit E levels. All humans have all of these hormones in some amount, and HRT is about adjusting them to levels consistent […]

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 27/09/2026

Progesterone is _also_ well established and not experimental, though there's no good consensus on when to start it. If in doubt, start P as soon as your E and T levels are within range. Also, consider taking it as a suppository instead - the same soft capsules can be used either way. When taking […]

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 27/09/2026

Spironolactone is a very poor anti-androgen (T-blocker), and is basically useless for many people. The side effects can be severe enough that it should generally be avoided without good reason.

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 27/09/2026

"Mono-E" therapy (taking Estrogen without a T-blocker) is well established, not experimental. It's just difficult to achieve with pills, so doctors tend to ignore it.

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 27/09/2026

**Feminizing HRT Facts that You (Probably) Won't Hear From a Doctor** (everything moved to replies for Mastodon and BlueSky friends with a short character limit) #HRT #Trans #Transgender #TransFem

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 25/09/2026

One of my biggest pet peeves: when software documents the configuration file in extensive detail, but never fucking says _where the file is_

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 25/09/2026

For context, I'm getting a massive barrage of spam calls from Quebec, and it's been going for long enough that just blocking the entire region seems appropriate. It also seems like Google's call screening can't reliably answer those calls so they get through my spam filter easily.

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 25/09/2026

Is it possible to block all phone calls from Canada?

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 25/09/2026

[minor spoilers for Genshin Impact 7.0] the Rokot girls and their token straight guy

Screenshot of Genshin Impact showing Vodyanitsa, Alyosha, Odette, Paimon, and Lumine standing in a group, staring at something off-screen

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 25/09/2026

[minor spoilers for Genshin Impact 7.0] the Rokot girls and their token straight guy

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Site Reliability Enby @siterelenby.transfem.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Need advice from people with experience: Friend had a gmail account compromised and they apparently added their own account as a parent to it, says standard recovery question process isn't working. Is there a known-good recovery flow for this state?

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 24/09/2026

My PCP sent out a batch of "new" patient education materials for all my conditions, and one of them is for ADHD. I opened it expecting some embarrassingly-outdated and incorrect garbage, but it's actually pretty decent?? It even starts with the fact that ADHD is widely under-diagnosed, and how […]

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Postmortem of a little community hobby wiki struggling to survive an extinction-event-tier DDOS purely because they banned one guy for using Claude on the wiki blog.xkeeper.net/the-cutting-room-f…

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Jess👾 @jesstheunstill.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

It's okay to just keep your head down and live a quiet little life that doesn't hurt anyone from time to time. Nobody can healthily spend all their time and effort and energy fighting to change the world. You can just take a month or a year off and let others deal with it when you need to.

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solo @solonovamax.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

[discord, age verification] fyi, discord is going to roll out global age verification sometime on september 23 if you have a discord account and don't intend to verify your age, I recommend you edit your bio to include alternate contact info & a reason why you might not respond

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 22/09/2026

I wonder if I can use the "public" Sharkey API process as a fail-over for the other three? They're all identical monoliths, the only difference is config and network routing :neofox_thinking:

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Hazelnoot @hazelnoot.dev · 22/09/2026

Side note: "deleting" something on social media rarely works as expected. You should assume that once you click "post", it's out there forever and there is nothing you can ever do about it.

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 22/09/2026

This is why you don't vibe-code stuff

$Screenshot of a Windows error dialog produced when trying to exit BitWarden: A JavaScript error occurred in the main process. Uncaught Exception: TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'webContents') at BrowserWindow.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\resources\app.asar\main.js:130237:26) at BrowserWindow.emit (node:events:521:24)$

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 22/09/2026

Finally wrote a little script to handle #VaultWarden upgrades: #!/bin/bash # Stop vaultwarden echo Stopping vaultwarden... sudo systemctl stop vaultwarden # Make backup # TODO backup PostgreSQL database too echo Saving backup... 7z a -tZIP backup-$(date […]

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PolyWolf @polywolf.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

sorry non-followers u get zero context for this cool image

a busty butch lesbian labeled "Rust" is pinning "the value (me)" to the wall with a "std::pin::Pin". I am blushing and holding my tail bashfully as we gaze into each others' eyes. Hearts, sparkles, and roses adorn the pink-colored image.

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 21/09/2026

TIL: 5 vaccines at once = **ouch!** Glad I got them all done, though! Was only there for the updated flu and covid shots, but found out I was due for TDAP, Hep B, and HPV. So I just said yolo and got them all at once! :neofox_bongo:

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

I've had people ask before why I post art that's been drawn on lined or grid notebook paper and not blank drawing paper. It's honestly a big psychological hack: blank drawing paper is for "real" art and I'm afraid to mess it up, but art on lined paper is legally "a doodle" and the art cops have […]

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Ret @ret.furry.engineer.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

one of those days

A mug of tea

"Relaxing Tea Better Fucking Work"

(The Onion)

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₌🎴₌ 𝖒𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎 𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖎 ₌❤️‍🩹₌ @machitoons.newgrounds.com · 12/04/2026

i dont want to be surrounded by people that would reject my truest self so might as well be as weird as possible all the time..

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 20/09/2026

Ohhh I might be going through a depressive switch right now, but didn't notice because this is the first time I've been on working antidepressants when one started. But if you take my typical depressive phase symptoms and subtract the ones that bupropion usually helps with, then what's left is a […]

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 18/09/2026

Notable recent examples including "future OSDD type-2 case study", "completely avoidable tragic death", "rejected Criminal Minds episode", "escape a cult just to get human trafficked", "existential crisis about the nature of memory", "existential crisis about the nature of souls", "existential […]

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Hazelnoot @fedi.hazelnoot.dev · 18/09/2026

Hoyoverse really loves putting their characters in situations, huh

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

RE: fedihum.org/@lavaeolus/117248029115… The webarchiving effort of #noblogs I'm involved in (one of many independent efforts) is nearing completion. For a couple days now, the task is quality assurance to catch potential systemic issues. (Luckily nothing like this has manifested […]

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