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Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 31m

doing some calculus of variations on the floor, stopped for a selfie

Aurora in an off-white sweater top lying on carpet

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1h

americans are increasingly supportive of immigration rights in light of ICE crackdowns

but they are also less supportive of trans rights amid attacks on trans care, per polling

the difference? politicians and cultural figures are talking about the first thing and not the second

More Americans see a future where gender-affirming care will be harder to access

A new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll shows that the share of people who think gender-affirming care will get less accessible jumped to 38% from 20% in 2024.

19thnews.org

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RJ Barker @rjbarker.bsky.social · 9h

Me an international Art Police officer grabbing a thief surrounded by his spoils. "I have you at last! Jail for you! For ten thousand years!"

Art Thief "But I'm using it to train my AI."

Me. "Me, oh, sorry, be about your business. I'll close the door on my way out."

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Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 45m

thread 🧵

tl;dr — timeline doctor

kit spooks 👻 @kitsparks.bsky.social · Jul 3

A handy guide to online abbreviations:

IRA — Individual Retirement Army
MLM — Multi-Level Men
MSM — Men who have Sex with Media
CBT — Cognitive Behavioural Torture
ATM — Ass to Machine
STD — Sexually-Transmitted Disability
WAP — Wet Application Protocol

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Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 58m

i am really ready to not feel continually dizzy. i haven’t had the awful “room is spinning like mad” moments or any falls since saturday but i am still unsteady on my feet at times, and always just a little queasy

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Ripperoni @ripperoni.com · 3h

Don’t know if this is a hot take, but I do prefer it when people don’t have notifications display the message on the lock screen

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Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 3h

not worth compromising having the right name in the interest of minor conveniences

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Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 3h

when i legally changed my name, retaining the first 2 letters of my first did make a few things simpler (didn’t change my signature scrawl, didn’t feel i had to change email/userid in many systems) but honestly i don’t think it’s worth it if a name with different initials feels better, speaks to you

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 1d

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Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 3h

aha… i wonder if the occasional firework (i hope) around the neighbourhood the last few nights was prepping for diwali

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Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 4h

ouch! i thankfully not done that yet, afaik … when i was doing i.m. In my thigh though i would regularly tweak something which would cause the muscle to twitch as the needle went in, and while not exactly painful it was unnerving 🙂

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Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 4h

i might just be pinching too strongly based on watching a couple of videos

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Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 4h

oof … i don’t know if my pinch was a problem (not enough fat gathered?) or the location somehow unlucky, but it’s more painful than usual afterwards

i need to do more research in slow-release region / subq technique i think

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Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 4h

i like to line things up in order before starting

a table with a sharps container, a vial of estradiol valerate in oil, and from left to right:
alcohol pad
low waste syringe
draw needle
alcohol pad
injection needle
cotton ball
cute bandage

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Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 4h

shot time

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Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 5h

*cough* louvre heist *cough*

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Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 15h

i did manage a few things this weekend but i find the time i spend doing nothing, just sitting and waiting for life to move on, can really be awful

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Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 15h

tbh my work IT set-up is painfully inconvenient at this point, and if i were a functioning normal person i would have made enough noise to have it fixed but i am a scared ashamed little kid who just makes do with whatever

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Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 15h

now the thought of quitting my job wormed its way in, i keep thinking about that as an escape hatch

not clear financially what i would do next…

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Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 15h

i’m generally okay with my manager position but ugh i have some intense interpersonal stuff to do asap that sends me into overwhelm/dissociation if not careful

Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 16h

desperately waiting for it to be late enough that i can plausibly go to sleep

though the thought of having to do monday tomorrow is causing me no end of stress

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Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 16h

why am i so broken

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Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 16h

desperately waiting for it to be late enough that i can plausibly go to sleep

though the thought of having to do monday tomorrow is causing me no end of stress

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Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 16h

breaking into the louvre to fill it with bucket and ladder trucks, the second part of my performance art piece

Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 17h

breaking into the louvre to rearrange the letters, it’s now the u-lover, bitches

Frances "Are You Scared Yet" Meh @francesmeh.reviews · 17h

breaking into the louvre to steal back my heart after it was purloined by a certain little lady's inscrutable smile

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Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 17h

i do have a family connection to st. helena, my gut feelings must be right on this one

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Aurora, all boo Aurora @auroragirl.bsky.social · 17h

breaking into the louvre to rearrange the letters, it’s now the u-lover, bitches

Frances "Are You Scared Yet" Meh @francesmeh.reviews · 17h

breaking into the louvre to steal back my heart after it was purloined by a certain little lady's inscrutable smile

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