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I first read that as “interested in threats” and I almost shouted out loud “SAANNDDDYYYY NOOOOOOOO!!” Expecting to see a porcupine or something in the photo.

VPN worked for me and others all through uni, adding in the seed box layer seems even better.

I started transition at 27 and while I do feel a lot of my childhood was essentially robbed from me, I also feel I was far better equipped to navigate all the decisions needed around transitioning. You’ll get there. If your primary goal is to move and eventually get a job, you could look into a trade school. You’ll come out the other side with a very employable skill set. The one tricky part would be finding a trade that is slightly less dominated by men, or just full send it and be the token femme that shatters their understanding of gender norms. Besides, trans girl mechanics and carpenters are hot af

Woah!! Never would have expected to see a post about this spot on Lemmy!! I know that area well! Such a beautiful part of the world!

I didn’t have a particularly negative connection with my given name, and I always liked the people I knew I shared it with. Some of them role models and mentors, some of them ancestors, and even the saint I shared a name with was oddly fitting, even though I’m not religious. I wanted to honor that connection while also taking the chance to reconnect with my family’s ancestry and the language of that land, on top of picking a more femme name. I started researching names from the language of my ancestors but eventually broadened my search to the geographic region as there is pretty heavy overlap between names in the languages of the region. While I was searching I happened to read a book by an author with an unusual name that looked familiar. I realized I had glanced at it in my searching and I took it as a bit of a sign. I researched the name, found it not only is explicitly the femme version of my given name, but its meaning also worked very well. On top of that I like the letters that are in it slightly more than my given name.

Sorry to never actually reveal the name. It’s odd enough I’m pretty sure with that and my post history across the fediverse you could dox me.

I’m going to mention SLSKD if you’re at all into self hosting. I run that on a crap laptop at home, and can access it via wireguard/tailscale, then from my phone handle adding new downloads. This is borderline a required feature for me because I learn about a lot of music via word of mouth and being able to go grab it on the spot is great functionality.

If you liked this maybe check out Hi-Fi Rush. Very good third person fighting rhythm game.

Spotify’s payment model also adds a ton of bias to their suggestions. Artists need to hit a threshold number of listens a month to get paid at all, so Spotify ends up just suggesting music from artists they are already paying, rather than letting other folks hit that threshold. It’s also why the “shuffle” feature never actually shuffles a whole playlist before starting to repeat songs. If you really pay attention the songs that get repeated by the shuffle algorithm are the ones from bigger artists to try and keep smaller groups from getting paid at all.

Please let this be your sign to start ditching corporate platforms across the board. Enshitification will come for your pristine app experience eventually. Go spend your Spotify monthly bill on one album every month from bandcamp or something. Own your own media. Share it with friends. GET OFF CORPO AD PLATFORMS! I realize this is the fediverse, so people are already kind of on board, but I think music streaming is often given a pass, or sneaks by our focus when discussing these issues.

Came here to say the same thing.

Oh my gosh, wait. This is so nice. Like I almost cried a little. Thanks!! 🌹 🌺 🌼

Woah, I just got an ad for this today, and was intrigued enough to see what their monetization model was (in app purchases/subscriptions for “pro” features) and took a big pass on it.

Okay, I’ve been following your posts for a while, but never commented. Wanted to finally say I’ve been really loving getting to see your journey with Sandy. I feel like I’m seeing her grow into herself under your care and it’s honestly very sweet. Brightens my day whenever I see a post of yours!