Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 07/10/2026Yeah sounds like it, that's quite low for 6mg EEn unless it's on the very last day before your injection. 050
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 07/10/2026Hera HRT have posted their statement. herahrt.com/on-thr-testi... This is largely what they shared with us including the eponymous Hera leaving the team, our advice remains unchanged.herahrt.comOn THR testing – Hera HRT 0221
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 07/10/2026HRT for cis women's menopause was incredibly niche until a big education wave swept social media during the pandemic. It's still incredibly gatekept even though it's about as benign as Ibuprofen for them. 0480
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 07/10/2026Most of the reasonable concerns are just the profit incentive hiding under a Scooby Doo mask too. "People might take medications they don't need" why would that be a problem if millions hadn't been spent marketing it to them? In Europe there's chronic underprescription for almost everything. 1560
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 06/10/2026Until Hera gets confirmation on some of their theories about what happened our advice is this: There are no safety worries. If you have a batch from May then try to get a blood test ASAP. If the blood test suggests you're underdosed then you can simply double your dose until you finish that vial. 2530
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 06/10/2026Hera should be posting a longer statement of their own very soon. They've given us a more insight into what exactly they're investigating and an independent expert we spoke to agrees this all seems like a straight forward honest mistake that presents no real risks besides possible underdosing. 2461
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 06/10/2026Trans Harm Reduction's latest test set showed that at least one batch in May from Hera HRT was at half the advertised concentration. Hera have posted an update on their website indicating they're aware of it and looking into it. 312530
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 30/09/2026Not that you need to justify why AI political writing is bad on this side of Bluesky, but Orwell wrote everything that needs said 80 years ago. These are long paragraphs with lots of em dashes though so maybe he used Claude too. bioinfo.uib.es/~joemiro/Rec... 0532
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 30/09/2026Not wild about that "Erin Reed uses AI" piece. It reads like someone with an unhealthy fixation asked Claude to help prove she uses AI, and then lightly reworded the output. There are a hundred issues more deserving of the time and word count than firing the starting gun on a prominent trans person. 31045
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 30/09/2026This isn't to say things aren't bad, but for a marginalised community where poor mental health is rampant it's so so important that we accurately assess threats and focus our energy on the fights that matter. 133469
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 29/09/2026In the long run, anything you write is as good as public unless it's an E2EE message or lives on your computer. 2716
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 28/09/2026Inhouse Pharmacy posted an important update about US shipping import changes. "Based on the information currently available [...] we intend to continue accepting and dispatching orders to the United States after October 22" blog.inhousepharmacy.vu/important-up...blog.inhousepharmacy.vuIMPORTANT UPDATE REGARDING U.S. SHIPPING - Inhouse Pharmacy ArticlesWe want to reassure our U.S. customers that we will continue shipping prescription medicines to the United States. 1222
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 27/09/2026Racism has always existed but this "we must defend our borders" stuff is a new phenomenon that's emerged within living memory. They invented it whole cloth in the mid 20th century, it has no precedent. We live in historically evil times, never let anyone gaslight you about that. 0949
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 27/09/2026A universal imperative to save those in distress at sea exists across all of recorded history. "We must feed the homeless" was uncontroversial in Rome. The last century has seen massive social progress, but so much is just a contrast against the unprecedented barbery of the previous three. 1877
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 27/09/2026One of the most striking things if you read some real history is that people in the distant past were not as brutal or selfish as you were taught. When these people complain about "woke policies" towards immigrants and the disabled, they're talking about social norms that predate most religions. 18911
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 27/09/2026Just the most narcissistic malcontents civilisation has ever produced, perched atop a mountain of wealth and privilege, sneering down at anyone with the audacity to assert their most basic needs. History will not be kind to them. 211312
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 27/09/2026It's incredible the extent to which modern society is helmed by absolute buffoons with no meaningful expertise on any topic. These people genuinely just sit around all day coming up with the dumbest worst opinions they can think of, and then get to inflict them on the rest of us for money. 127948
Reposted by Valerie.vgErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/09/2026We are at the break glass moment on the Democratic Party and its treatment of transgender people, and it is my opinion that if we don’t act now and loudly demand to be heard, we will suffer the consequences of their shift. 753770739
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 24/09/2026The worst people in the world are already aware and have been for a long time. you just gotta be thoughtful about who and when. 240
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 24/09/2026Yep! That's why we've been talking about it recently. There's been a lot well-meaning misinfo spreading around that it's actually the opposite so just wanted to correct that. 🙂 060
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 23/09/2026None are interested in setting minimum order quantities, but they'd desperately prefer that you buy 2-3 vials at a time instead of 1 vial at a time because again, that shipping is most of the work for them. 0542
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 23/09/2026We've had some casual conversations about this with most brewers over the last few days and there's two overwhelmingly common themes: 1. There's no mass panic buying of large order quatites. 2. Yeah, 1 vial is the most common order we get and we'd really appreciate it if that changed. 1562
Reposted by Valerie.vgAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 22/09/2026Has anyone else noticed there are fewer prominent trans writers around than there used to be? assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...assignedmedia.orgParker Molloy and the Subtraction Game - Assigned MediaWe're losing prominent trans writers much faster than we can replace them. 2946190
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 21/09/2026Just a reminder that when things like this happen you should be verifying the source of the information and any cryptographic keys if provided, that's why we had a slight delay posting an update. This site is great for AstroVials specifically. femish.neocities.org/astrovials_c...femish.neocities.orgAstroVials' Canary 0350
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 21/09/2026So yeah bit of a weird way to bring the site down but otherwise it seems all is well and they'll be back in a few weeks. 1300
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 21/09/2026Astrovials site is now back with a new landing page saying they'll be back open soon. They've updated their warrant canary with this statement and we've verified the cryptographic signature. astrovials.com/canary.txt We've set them to closed on the site with a note showing this information. 1364
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 21/09/2026Huge shoutout to everyone who participated in this. We dream of a day when our site doesn't need to exist. 11025
Reposted by Valerie.vgSeraphina @serapharma.net · 20/09/2026Hi! We've had multiple people from Norway lose their packages because they ordered to PO-boxes or kiosks in Sweden. We explicitly warn against doing this on our checkout page, as the only addresses we know to be reliably reachable are home addresses. 1355
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 19/09/2026I mean the problem is these are all just transport layers, you need something to actually receive and present the messages to the user they already have and pay attention to, otherwise there's no point. You have to strike a balance between security and accessibility. 010
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 19/09/2026yeeeeep that's why we're talking to some cybersecurity researchers before doing anything. If emails go away it would be because we'd run into some cost or practicality wall with the site's size, not because we just felt like doing mobile notifs instead. 060
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 19/09/2026There isn't, but the site can work as a Progressive Web App. It's still just a web page, but it can install some code on your phone to do things like a normal app if you let it. If you've ever seen the Add to Home Screen pop up on a website, it's that. 150
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 19/09/2026Also reminder we have discord webhooks, though it's just an unfiltered feed of the Recent Changes you see on the front page. 1270
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 19/09/2026Yeah we're talking about both with the option to phase out emails later if needed. Right now we're sending out hundreds of emails some days and it's inevitable we're going to run into scaling issues as the site keeps growing. 030
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 19/09/2026Yeah that's another aspect we were thinking about but didn't have a good answer for. Obviously with most email services you can get really granular with notification settings, but an app approach would be more binary. 150
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 19/09/2026We're discussing moving towards mobile notifications instead of emails for Back in Stock notifications if we can verify the data privacy side of things. You'd use the Install App/Add to Home Screen thing and then get notifications from it like a normal app. How do you feel about this? 11961
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 19/09/2026Just to clarify since a couple folks were worried, the nicotine vape liquid was clearly labelled as such. It didn't come labelled as estradiol. 190
Reposted by Valerie.vgSeraphina @serapharma.net · 19/09/2026While we aren't planning on imposing minimums, ordering two vials is generally the better choice. There's no guarantee that any brewer has stock right when you need it, so planning ahead is always a good choice. 2714
Reposted by Valerie.vgTransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026TransActual is working with Dr Kat Gupta, a researcher in Politics, to examine how trans people and our supporters responded to this consultation. Please visit transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/09... for more information. 1192
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 19/09/2026We've set Astrovials to Suspended with a note and removed their product listings as we've been unable to get a direct line of contact with them. We'll give it a week or so to see what happens but currently we don't have any more information than what's already public. 71348
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 19/09/2026A minimum order quantity of 2 used to be the norm for brewers, I don't think it'd be a bad idea to move back in that direction. 31522
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 19/09/2026You should always have a vial you're using and a fresh untouched one ready to use next. You then look to order a new 2-3 vials once the last one gets opened, not when it's nearly empty. This obviously isn't hindsight 2020 for the folks in a bad spot now, but advice for everyone going forwards. 11627
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 19/09/2026Something we need to get serious about with the recent stock issues is that absolutely no one should be buying individual vials. Brewing vials is easy, the shipping is the hard part. You put far less strain on brewers by buying 3 vials every 2 years than buying 1 vial every 9 months. 626240
Reposted by Valerie.vgProleta HRT @proletahrt.com · 18/09/2026A small operational update and other things read more: proletahrt.com/Blog/4/small...proletahrt.comSmall Break and Next Batch Estimate - Proleta 0243
Valerie.vg @valerie.vg · 18/09/2026Huh that's strange. Are you you 100% definitely sure they're the only place you've used that email? Have you checked for malicious browser extensions, virus scanned your computer, etc recently? 100
Reposted by Valerie.vgSeraphina @serapharma.net · 15/09/2026Hey there, We've added a small but important note to our crypto payment guide: If you use PayPal to buy crypto on Kraken, your funds might be held for three days. We recommend using another payment method or planning ahead accordingly before our next drop. serapharma.net/guides/crypt...serapharma.netCrypto Guide – Serapharma 0253