[-] VegaLyrae@kbin.social 55 points 11 months ago

Ears neutral, whiskers forward, mouth closed.
All signs of friendliness and acceptance.

Eyes are fully open so kitty is aware and alert, but pupils aren't in attack mode.

Seems fine, kitty is probably going to be annoyed about the whisker touching if it keeps happening tho.

[-] VegaLyrae@kbin.social 66 points 11 months ago

Without saying anything about politics, environment, or source:

Why, for the love of Satan, does this graph have only 2 data points per source?

Why use a line chart 📉 for that?

This is clear bar chart territory 📊.

[-] VegaLyrae@kbin.social 44 points 1 year ago

Oh boy, what can't we put ads in?

Can we get MtDew Green Lights with Coca-Cola Red lights?

The spacebar on laptops is free game, just asking for it.

It really is a shame that I can still buy bedsheets that aren't branded with a corporate advertising campaign.

[-] VegaLyrae@kbin.social 210 points 1 year ago

Accidentally made a hot-girl union.

Now they can organize and demand higher quality pickup lines.

[-] VegaLyrae@kbin.social 39 points 1 year ago

Fetch: grab the toy if they play with it and it ends up close by, use verbal reinforcement

Names: the cats recognize everyone's name in the hous thanks to reinforcement learning

Locations: the cats know where I'm going and can beat me there because I tell them where I'm going, sounds like reinforcement learning again?

Activities: set phrases like "let's go", "come on", "let's get some food", "jump up", etc, all by reinforcement training.

Paw-touching: slowly touch more and more often, for longer, until nail clipping is a breeze. Hmm... Might be reinforcement training again.

To end bad behaviors, hiss, it's a built-in "no" for cats.

[-] VegaLyrae@kbin.social 184 points 1 year ago

I explicitly support this and encourage the cultural exchange.

If someone wants to come to America and wear a cool cowboy hat and shoot a wheel gun, please, enjoy. Have fun. Welcome.

[-] VegaLyrae@kbin.social 35 points 1 year ago

Thankfully RHEL/Centos/Fedora also get attention thanks to the large corporate influence.

Anything else can just be compiled from scratch, after spending 6 hours trying to figure out what ajfiwn-0-libs-dev is in redhat land, only to find out it was libfiwn-devel all along.

[-] VegaLyrae@kbin.social 81 points 1 year ago

US gun owner here:

It 100% warrants a call to the police.

Sounds like assault with a deadly weapon, and if he took it out to show, then it's brandishing. It doesn't matter if it was non-firming because the target didn't know that, and typically these laws are written to be what "a reasonable person would believe".

Also, at the time this happened he was a known user of Marijuana and thus not eligible to own a firearm, as that rule had not yet been struck down.

[-] VegaLyrae@kbin.social 78 points 1 year ago

I do have to admit, after getting concussed I also appeared to freeze but I was thinking hard of what the right word is to say next.

That said, probably anyone in concussion recovery should be on leave from legislating. The brain will heal more slowly, and your work will be of poor quality.

That's all before getting into the actual politics of having a gerentocracy.

I know a lot of people have talked a out adding an age limit, but it seems to me most of the ancient ones are skating by on incumbent effect. If we had term limits it would resolve that. Alternatively something like the Virginia Gubernatorial rules where you cannot hold the position successively.

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Hello all,

I am planning to start looking into phalloplasty options for patients who have had a vaginoplasty with penectomy. I am particularly focused on phalloplasty methods that allow for innervation via microsurgery.

This is a small cohort but those in it suffer significantly due to lack of known surgical options, lack of community support, and internal emotional issues such as guilt. As such, providing a satisfactory surgical intervention to this group is essential to permanently resolving their prolonged dysphoric emotional state.

I will drop information in this thread as I find it, in an informal way. In the future I will assemble the information in a more formal way. I invite you, dear reader, to leave any journal articles or personal knowledge here as well.

If you are a surgeon or investigator in this area, I welcome your input and assistance. If you wish to publish a paper based on this investigation, please do not hesitate to contact me.

[-] VegaLyrae@kbin.social 46 points 1 year ago

So Canadá is going to let trans people get treatment with informed consent model, right?

Right?

Some of our states are really good for trans people. A map of which regions yo avoid would be far more helpful than a blanket warning.

[-] VegaLyrae@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago

I make the private option easier than the locked in version.

Homeassistant will let us see our locations, run lights, run media centers, control AC, etc. So why do you need Google Home or Google Maps Location Sharing?

Signal will let us chat over WIFI unlike texts, and I will answer it unlike a Google chat account. Before the SMS death it was easier since it did SMS and signal in one app, easier to convince someone if it can replace the old one and add new features.

I configure two SSIDs, one for things I trust and one for those I don't. I can run firewall rules and add security on the backend where they can't see it.

Tiktok you can run a campaign against it by saying it damages cognition, is harmful to youth, supports the CCP.

You can run a pi hole style filter list,ehich might break some stuff so you have to be willing to play tech support.

I don't know anything about kids but it couldn't hurt to teach them some simple skills like html so they get a taste for what's happening behind the scenes.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by VegaLyrae@kbin.social to c/altersex@kbin.social

A reddit user who got ~~penis and~~ testicle preserving vaginoplasty!

I know a lot of people have been curious about this or wanting it, so this is a good opportunity to get greater visibility on this option.

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Why does the clinical trial for this still languish?

This has been a trial in progress since 2018, so human trials have been backlogged for 5 years now.

[-] VegaLyrae@kbin.social 51 points 1 year ago

So we're going to pursue PPP fraud as aggressively as welfare fraud right?

Or do we have separate systems for the rich and for the poor?

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As someone who used to have a penis and wants one again, I have very high standards.

This is bad because meeting them is going to be a pain in my ass.

Here's some information about next generation penis technology that I've been keeping my eyes on the past few years.

Please feel free to add your own information and I'd love to hear about what ideas you think might help things.

Pedicled Gracilis muscle based erectile control

This appears to give voluntary erectile control after a period of learning. Additionally it provides enough rigidity to do some kind of sex, presumably penis-in-vagina since the study participants didn't elaborate. Everyone has these muscles so there isn't much limit to where it could go.

https://academic.oup.com/jsm/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jsxmed/qdac022/6986025

Complete Human Penile Scaffold for Composite Tissue Engineering: Organ Decellularization and Characterization

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6841966/

Dr. Yu Tan under Dr. Coon seems to have expanded significantly on the work that previously had been led by Dr. Atala, et al. Dr. Tan went above and beyond, starting some preliminary work on reseeding.

The Atala lab worked on a rabbit model back in 2009, which we can see here: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0909367106

The jump from rabbit to human is large and I hope to see a continuation of this line of research either from Dr. Tan or Dr. Coon's lab.

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Altersex FAQ (kbin.social)

FAQ

Welcome to the FAQ.

I know you're all impatient as all hell to learn about doing something, so I put surgery first.

Surgery Related

General Applicability

  • Do I need to be on hormones to get surgery?

    • If hormone replacement therapy doesn't apply to your body/gender identity mix, then no. There are explicit carve outs in the new transgender care guidelines that make the HRT requirement not applicable to people who don't need HRT.
  • How much does surgery cost?

    • This is HIGHLY variable. Many US insurance companies will cover surgery and so far all surgeons accept insurance. Cash price may exceed 100k USD.
  • Does it feel as good as a natal penis/vagina after surgery?

    • No one has yet answered this because people with penises don't tend to get more penises, and people with vaginas don't tend to get more vaginas. Most people who get any form of bottom surgery end up sensate and orgasmic. Truthfully there isn't much point to comparing against natal genitalia as you can't obtain any more than what you're born with.
  • Where can I get surgery in my town?

    • You probably can't. As of now, providers are scattered around the country. Be prepared to travel.

For people with a natal penis

  • Can I get a vagina without removing my penis?

    • Yes, you can. This is called Penis Sparing Vaginoplasty and multiple surgeons provide this.
  • Can I keep my testicles?

    • Yes. You can keep them where they are, as-is. Moving them internally has not yet been approved by any surgeon known to the wiki author. Surgeons typically cite the inability to check for cancer.
  • Can I have labia? Will it look like natal labia?

    • Yes, you can have labia. Surgery has improved over time and labia are now possible, but may require two stages. Any labia can look natal because nature makes all kinds of labia, see the Great Wall of Labia project to see why pretty much any labia, or even no labia, is possible by birth.

For people with a natal vagina

  • Can I get a penis without removing my vagina?

    • Yes, you can. You can get meta, phallo, or both. Be sure to be explicit with your surgeon about NOT wanting vaginectomy. Urethral lengthening is more difficult in phalloplasty without vaginectomy because the vaginal tissue is usually used to lengthen the urethra. This means lengthening almost always requires additional surgery. DON'T LET THAT STOP YOU! Just keep future repairs in mind when you are scheduling and planning.Citation
  • Can I get testicles without removing my vagina?

    • Yes, there are options for testicular implants without vaginectomy.
  • Can I keep my clit/t-dick?

    • Yes. Phallo can be done with or without burial. Opting not to bury your t-dick does technically mean you'll have two penises.
  • Can I keep my vulva?

    • Yes. The only surgeries that would impact this are scrotoplasty and metoidioplasty if you want the vulva foreskin-ized. Some creative salmacians have combined their scrotum and vulva.

For people with (a) natal genital(ia) that isn't explicitly a penis/vagina

  • Can I get surgery too?
    • Yes, probably. It is best to contact one of the known surgeons and discuss your specific situation with them. They can create a care plan that meets your needs. You can also ask on the discord and we can try to help guide you to a surgeon.

For people who already got a bottom surgery that removed and replaced a genital

  • What can I do?
    • I'm not sure yet. The FAQ author is also in this category and is always looking for solutions.

Identity

  • Do I belong here if I'm cis and just want a penis/vagina added?

    • Yes. Your gender isn't important to salmacian identity. Just the number of genitals.
  • Am I still salmacian if I haven't/can't/won't have the surgery

    • Of course. Circumstances may vary, but your identity is your own. The only requirement is that you prefer to have a mixed set of genitalia.
  • Am I trans?

    • If you're trans, then yes. If you're not trans, then no.
  • I'm not trans?

    • That's not really a question Q&A strawman, but that's totally fine. Many cis people are salmacian.
  • Does cis and trans even mean anything if you just leave it up to self identity?

    • It's a useful shorthand for most communities. Unfortunately, salmacians in general don't do very well to being told to pick one. In our spaces, your self identification is probably the most useful role of these terms.
  • Am I salmacian if I want no genitals?

    • No. That is called nullification.
  • Am I salmacian if I want new/novel/xeno genitals?

    • Depends. Do you want more than one? We have decided to be as accepting as reasonably possible, so if your setup involves 2 or more genitals then we think so.

Other Groups

  • Isn't this perisexist (anti-intersex)?

    • We do not believe so. Some salmacians are intersex. Some intersex people are salmacian. We are separate groups with overlapping membership. The mods also believe that solidarity and mutual aid with the intersex community is extremely important to ensure both of our communities are safe in a world that holds perisexist and isosexist (anti-trans/salmacian/gnc) views.
  • Does getting surgery make me intersex?

    • No. Intersex people are often misrepresented as having full sets of both genitalia. Genitalia is not the end-all-be-all of the intersex experience. Intersex people have a medical condition that can impact genitalia, hormones, childhood development and much more. A perisex (not intersex) person getting a genital surgery does not become intersex.
  • Futa/futanari is a slur against trans women?

    • That's not actually a question, strawman-question-asker, but we do get that a lot. We DO NOT approve of the label being used on someone without their consent. Large portions of our community identify as transfem, MtF, as trans women, etc. and some use the term futanari as their identity. Futanari roughly means "someone of two kinds" and is not specific to feminine people. Masculine people can be futanari as well!
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