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Captain Janeway

@ captainjaneway @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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  • Postal privacy is amazing

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  • Well not these days! Postal services were actually one of the first institutions to start using a ML based image classifier to determine zip codes automatically from people's hand writing. I could easily see something like that existing for X-rays to auto-classify package contents if they wanted. That being said, I agree that they haven't seemed motivated to implement that (thank goodness).

  • [CW: body dysmorphia] I need advice for my body type and belly fat

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  • That's super interesting! Seems like difficulty to juggle all of that tbh, but it makes sense.

  • [CW: body dysmorphia] I need advice for my body type and belly fat

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  • I can definitely increase my caloric intake a little bit. To be honest, I usually hit 1700+ since I'm not super strict. But I think I just need to be a lot more focused I suppose. It's so hard to lose weight at this point.

  • [CW: body dysmorphia] I need advice for my body type and belly fat

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  • Yeah I use MyFitnessPal right now to track my calories. I'm aiming for 1600 calories a day which is kinda hard. I skip breakfast and sometimes lunch but I'm vegan so my meals tend to be carb-forward. I try and eat things like just Tofu

  • Transfem @lemmy.blahaj.zone
    Captain Janeway @lemmy.blahaj.zone
    CW: body dysmorphia

    I need advice for my body type and belly fat

  • Trans @lemmy.blahaj.zone
    Captain Janeway @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    Postal privacy is amazing

  • Well done

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  • 🤯

  • Trans Memes @lemmy.blahaj.zone
    Captain Janeway @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    Gandalf is going to be sent to HR

  • J.K. Rowling uses Harry Potter wealth to fund anti-transgender organization.

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  • I don't understand her hate. I don't understand how someone could have access to the best this world has to offer and - in exchange - uses their time and power to injure people who have done nothing to them. If I had more than $10mil, you'd never hear from me again. I'd be in a different country every month. Staying at hotels and eating good food. I'd probably only use my phone to map to the nearest train station. I can't even fathom wasting my money and time trying to physically injure people who are doing nothing but existing. The biggest insult to injury is that she's a children's book author. Hell, Harry Potter ironically was my escape as a kid. Dreaming of a world where I could be anything through the power of magic.

    I know everything I've said has been addressed ad nauseam, but I just truly can't wrap my head around this vitriolic, vile, behavior.

  • I'm taking the plunge at 32 years old!

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  • Thanks! Yes while I'm waiting for my shipment, I'm going to spend time figuring that all out. I'll reach out to you if I hit a wall in my understanding.

  • TransLater @lemmy.blahaj.zone
    Captain Janeway @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    I'm taking the plunge at 32 years old!

  • I have United Healthcare for insurance and I don't think they cover gender affirming care. How can I get HRT?

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  • Thanks for your help! I ended up picking monotherapy and going on the matrix subreddit to double check my plans for DIY HRT.

  • I have United Healthcare for insurance and I don't think they cover gender affirming care. How can I get HRT?

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  • I can't join the Matrix server. When I try registering with the server chat.blahaj.zone and blahaj-20250508 I just get a 500 Internal Server Error response from the server. I tried different username/password combinations in case there was an issue with special characters, but nothing seemed to change. Instead I registered with matrix.org and was able to get accepted. I'm learning how to use Matrix, but I'm getting the hang of it a bit. I'll try and find the HRT room :)

  • I have United Healthcare for insurance and I don't think they cover gender affirming care. How can I get HRT?

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  • Are you comfortable describing where you source your Estradiol Enanthate and anti-androgens? I am looking at Open Gate Labs since they ship from the US and I live in the US. But I can't find any sources that are selling Bicalutamide. Each seller is out of stock or saying they aren't shipping due to the Trump tariffs. I don't really want to go on Spiro since they say it's weaker and then the side effects of Cyproterone acetate scare the heck out of me (e.g., benign brain tumors).

  • I have United Healthcare for insurance and I don't think they cover gender affirming care. How can I get HRT?

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  • Advice on starting the journey?

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  • In my experience, my wife flip flops a bit between accepting and feeling sad about it. Sometimes our conversations are similar to yours: practical, forward thinking, assuming I'll transition, etc. Other times, our conversations are more reflective, sadder, concerned about the future, uncertain about my transition, etc. We've decided to put a pause on conversations about it. As you can see from my post history, I'm still leaning towards HRT, but I'm running into a lot of insurance blockers that make it difficult. I'm now considering the DIY route, but it's kinda complicated looking. Not too bad, but it requires learning a lot of stuff I was hoping my doctors would figure out for me.

    I hope your journey goes well! I'll probably be on this community fairly frequently over the coming months.

  • I have United Healthcare for insurance and I don't think they cover gender affirming care. How can I get HRT?

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  • Thanks for the guide. It sounds like it's mostly a cost based issue then? The DIY route seems a bit more expensive than insurance, but it's fairly reasonable.

    How do you handle injections? I feel like it'd be super hard to put a needle in me. I've never done something like that before.

    Edit I watched a video on how to do it. Doesn't actually look too bad. I hate needles, but for some reason the 45deg. angle and pinching the skin made it seem less daunting.

  • I have United Healthcare for insurance and I don't think they cover gender affirming care. How can I get HRT?

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  • That's fair. I can try giving them a call, but most of my experience on UHC phone trees end up frustrating and unhelpful.

  • AskTransgender @lemmy.blahaj.zone
    Captain Janeway @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    I have United Healthcare for insurance and I don't think they cover gender affirming care. How can I get HRT?

  • Out with the old

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  • Kahless in Payless 😎

  • Does anyone have gender affirming video games suggestions?

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  • I just finished the first climb of the mountain. Awesome game. So stressful though lol

  • If you're saying I play favorites, you're wrong. I love all of my crew equally. -Lucille Janeway

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  • If you're saying I play favorites, you're wrong. I love all of my crew equally. -Lucille Janeway

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  • It's true you know.

  • Advice on starting the journey?

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  • Sorry that I'm late to the party. My egg cracked last month. 31 MTF and I'm also figuring things out. My wife is also cis and she's also struggling to support me. I've been all over the emotional map these days. I have a daughter, but she's only a baby so maybe that's a bit easier to deal with. I'm not really through this journey so I'm not much help in terms of advice, but you're definitely not alone.

  • Transgender @lemmy.blahaj.zone
    Captain Janeway @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    How do I learn about HRT in greater detail?

  • TransLater @lemmy.blahaj.zone
    Captain Janeway @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    What positive things have happened to you this week?

  • memes @lemmy.world
    Captain Janeway @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    Corporate calls are full of energy vampires

  • AskTransgender @lemmy.blahaj.zone
    Captain Janeway @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    Does anyone have gender affirming video games suggestions?

  • Trans Memes @lemmy.blahaj.zone
    Captain Janeway @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    Jadzia Dax has some good quotes for trans folks

  • Trans @lemmy.blahaj.zone
    Captain Janeway @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    FaceApp is making me a little desperate for change

  • Goblincore @lemmy.blahaj.zone
    Captain Janeway @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    My cat

  • egg_irl — Memes about being trans people in denial and other eggy topics @lemmy.blahaj.zone
    Captain Janeway @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    egg_irl

  • TransLater @lemmy.blahaj.zone
    Captain Janeway @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    Workout routine recommendations for pre-HRT individuals?

  • Transprogrammer @lemmy.blahaj.zone
    Captain Janeway @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    I installed Arch Linux on my Macbook Pro, but then I installed KDE Plasma with the default packages. Did I do it wrong?

  • Transfem @lemmy.blahaj.zone
    Captain Janeway @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    My pets don't care if I'm trans

  • AskTransgender @lemmy.blahaj.zone
    Captain Janeway @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    Is there a place to contribute, use, and discover trans developed software?