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@alea.bsky.social
Prosthetics control engineer, paraglider, artist, community organizer, cat mom, she/her, trans.
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Support trans scientists at https://sculptr.co
Find me on other sites at http://linktree.kootz.com
אַנטיפֿאַ
فلسطين حرة
Support trans scientists at https://sculptr.co
Find me on other sites at http://linktree.kootz.com
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Day 1,798 of not regretting being gorgeous and happy.
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Day 1,798 of not regretting being gorgeous and happy.
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Make cake, get married.
August 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Make cake, get married.
The correct way to thank a vet for their service is to give them at least $20 in cash.
Using venmo or paypal is generally fine too.
Using venmo or paypal is generally fine too.
I'm a vet, it's veterans day. AMA.
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The correct way to thank a vet for their service is to give them at least $20 in cash.
Using venmo or paypal is generally fine too.
Using venmo or paypal is generally fine too.
I'm a vet, it's veterans day. AMA.
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I'm a vet, it's veterans day. AMA.
I can use a lot of water and make bad art too, why not invest millions of dollars in me?
November 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I can use a lot of water and make bad art too, why not invest millions of dollars in me?
She died doing what she loved, women.
November 9, 2025 at 5:14 AM
She died doing what she loved, women.
Reclaiming "tribades".
November 9, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Reclaiming "tribades".
The US ATC requires a minimum of one year of college before applying to train and work as an ATC Controller.
Using inflation adjusted college cost, applicants have a 4 times greater barrier to meeting the ATC requirements than in 1981 when PATCO went on strike for better working conditions and pay.
Using inflation adjusted college cost, applicants have a 4 times greater barrier to meeting the ATC requirements than in 1981 when PATCO went on strike for better working conditions and pay.
November 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The US ATC requires a minimum of one year of college before applying to train and work as an ATC Controller.
Using inflation adjusted college cost, applicants have a 4 times greater barrier to meeting the ATC requirements than in 1981 when PATCO went on strike for better working conditions and pay.
Using inflation adjusted college cost, applicants have a 4 times greater barrier to meeting the ATC requirements than in 1981 when PATCO went on strike for better working conditions and pay.
Why are there such counterproductive requirements?
The US ATC workforce is 83% men and 75% white.
The application requirements while not race or gender based, seem designed to select for privilege.
This isn't enlistment, so there are filters even after meeting the application criteria.
The US ATC workforce is 83% men and 75% white.
The application requirements while not race or gender based, seem designed to select for privilege.
This isn't enlistment, so there are filters even after meeting the application criteria.
Would a former Air Force command center controller, who then got an aerospace engineering degree, before working as a spacecraft flight controller, be a good fit as as an Air Traffic Controller?
No. She'd be too old.
But yeah, it's important to hire people with less experience for some reason?
No. She'd be too old.
But yeah, it's important to hire people with less experience for some reason?
A lot of age floors for opportunities are bullshit.
Want to be an air traffic controller, but worked your way through school and graduated at 25 debt free, then worked in science for a while before realizing that the ATC would be a good fit?
Fuck you, apply before 31, because at 32 you are old.
Want to be an air traffic controller, but worked your way through school and graduated at 25 debt free, then worked in science for a while before realizing that the ATC would be a good fit?
Fuck you, apply before 31, because at 32 you are old.
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Why are there such counterproductive requirements?
The US ATC workforce is 83% men and 75% white.
The application requirements while not race or gender based, seem designed to select for privilege.
This isn't enlistment, so there are filters even after meeting the application criteria.
The US ATC workforce is 83% men and 75% white.
The application requirements while not race or gender based, seem designed to select for privilege.
This isn't enlistment, so there are filters even after meeting the application criteria.
Would a former Air Force command center controller, who then got an aerospace engineering degree, before working as a spacecraft flight controller, be a good fit as as an Air Traffic Controller?
No. She'd be too old.
But yeah, it's important to hire people with less experience for some reason?
No. She'd be too old.
But yeah, it's important to hire people with less experience for some reason?
A lot of age floors for opportunities are bullshit.
Want to be an air traffic controller, but worked your way through school and graduated at 25 debt free, then worked in science for a while before realizing that the ATC would be a good fit?
Fuck you, apply before 31, because at 32 you are old.
Want to be an air traffic controller, but worked your way through school and graduated at 25 debt free, then worked in science for a while before realizing that the ATC would be a good fit?
Fuck you, apply before 31, because at 32 you are old.
November 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Would a former Air Force command center controller, who then got an aerospace engineering degree, before working as a spacecraft flight controller, be a good fit as as an Air Traffic Controller?
No. She'd be too old.
But yeah, it's important to hire people with less experience for some reason?
No. She'd be too old.
But yeah, it's important to hire people with less experience for some reason?
A lot of age floors for opportunities are bullshit.
Want to be an air traffic controller, but worked your way through school and graduated at 25 debt free, then worked in science for a while before realizing that the ATC would be a good fit?
Fuck you, apply before 31, because at 32 you are old.
Want to be an air traffic controller, but worked your way through school and graduated at 25 debt free, then worked in science for a while before realizing that the ATC would be a good fit?
Fuck you, apply before 31, because at 32 you are old.
November 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A lot of age floors for opportunities are bullshit.
Want to be an air traffic controller, but worked your way through school and graduated at 25 debt free, then worked in science for a while before realizing that the ATC would be a good fit?
Fuck you, apply before 31, because at 32 you are old.
Want to be an air traffic controller, but worked your way through school and graduated at 25 debt free, then worked in science for a while before realizing that the ATC would be a good fit?
Fuck you, apply before 31, because at 32 you are old.
It is still fascist behavior and it still erodes democracy even when it is your side doing it.
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
It is still fascist behavior and it still erodes democracy even when it is your side doing it.
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Day 1,784 of not regretting being gorgeous and happy.
November 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Day 1,784 of not regretting being gorgeous and happy.
Day 1,784 of not regretting being gorgeous and happy.
November 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Day 1,784 of not regretting being gorgeous and happy.
Baltimore I am in you.
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Baltimore I am in you.
Raising a glass to the girls who read Ranma 1/2 then developed an interest in east asian hydrology maps and practiced showering in cold water just in case.
November 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Raising a glass to the girls who read Ranma 1/2 then developed an interest in east asian hydrology maps and practiced showering in cold water just in case.
All 103,597 names.
Honestly I should have done this before I picked a name that everyone always mispronounces, or lets spell check turn into "Alex".
Honestly I should have done this before I picked a name that everyone always mispronounces, or lets spell check turn into "Alex".
For all the eggs out there who will crack from wearing a dress "as a costume" today.
Here is a comprehensive list of all names in the US Social Security Database from 1880 through 2024:
github.com/pilotchute/S...
Here is a comprehensive list of all names in the US Social Security Database from 1880 through 2024:
github.com/pilotchute/S...
github.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
All 103,597 names.
Honestly I should have done this before I picked a name that everyone always mispronounces, or lets spell check turn into "Alex".
Honestly I should have done this before I picked a name that everyone always mispronounces, or lets spell check turn into "Alex".
From Aaban to Zzyzx.
For all the eggs out there who will crack from wearing a dress "as a costume" today.
Here is a comprehensive list of all names in the US Social Security Database from 1880 through 2024:
github.com/pilotchute/S...
Here is a comprehensive list of all names in the US Social Security Database from 1880 through 2024:
github.com/pilotchute/S...
github.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
From Aaban to Zzyzx.
For all the eggs out there who will crack from wearing a dress "as a costume" today.
Here is a comprehensive list of all names in the US Social Security Database from 1880 through 2024:
github.com/pilotchute/S...
Here is a comprehensive list of all names in the US Social Security Database from 1880 through 2024:
github.com/pilotchute/S...
github.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
For all the eggs out there who will crack from wearing a dress "as a costume" today.
Here is a comprehensive list of all names in the US Social Security Database from 1880 through 2024:
github.com/pilotchute/S...
Here is a comprehensive list of all names in the US Social Security Database from 1880 through 2024:
github.com/pilotchute/S...
If you see someone stealing food, no you didn't.
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
If you see someone stealing food, no you didn't.
I use transsexual.
I like that it states that I changed my sex, through my medical transition.
I like that it provides solidarity through terminology with heterosexual/homosexual/bisexual.
I like that it reclaims a term for people like me.
But it is an old term, and has history, not all of it good.
I like that it states that I changed my sex, through my medical transition.
I like that it provides solidarity through terminology with heterosexual/homosexual/bisexual.
I like that it reclaims a term for people like me.
But it is an old term, and has history, not all of it good.
How are we feeling about the word "transexual" to mean a transgender person who undertakes some sort of medical transition?
I have a draft from a freelancer that repeatedly uses "transexual" this way - okay/not okay?
I have a draft from a freelancer that repeatedly uses "transexual" this way - okay/not okay?
October 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I use transsexual.
I like that it states that I changed my sex, through my medical transition.
I like that it provides solidarity through terminology with heterosexual/homosexual/bisexual.
I like that it reclaims a term for people like me.
But it is an old term, and has history, not all of it good.
I like that it states that I changed my sex, through my medical transition.
I like that it provides solidarity through terminology with heterosexual/homosexual/bisexual.
I like that it reclaims a term for people like me.
But it is an old term, and has history, not all of it good.
Whoa, that's not just similar to a Totenkopf, it's exactly the Totenkopf that is used as the cover image by the ADL.
www.adl.org/resources/ha...
www.adl.org/resources/ha...
www.adl.org
October 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Whoa, that's not just similar to a Totenkopf, it's exactly the Totenkopf that is used as the cover image by the ADL.
www.adl.org/resources/ha...
www.adl.org/resources/ha...
My wife and I have a term "media gaze" to describe the way that movies and shows depict women.
Like the "media gaze doesn't like women, only girls."
Where things like spider veins, cellulite, body hair, and other secondary sexual characteristics of mature women are displayed as though undesirable.
Like the "media gaze doesn't like women, only girls."
Where things like spider veins, cellulite, body hair, and other secondary sexual characteristics of mature women are displayed as though undesirable.
October 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
My wife and I have a term "media gaze" to describe the way that movies and shows depict women.
Like the "media gaze doesn't like women, only girls."
Where things like spider veins, cellulite, body hair, and other secondary sexual characteristics of mature women are displayed as though undesirable.
Like the "media gaze doesn't like women, only girls."
Where things like spider veins, cellulite, body hair, and other secondary sexual characteristics of mature women are displayed as though undesirable.
I trust people to know their own finances and to do their own value calculations when donating.
People choose to support sculptr because their support goes directly to helping trans people. That's money for people retaining housing, or meds, or me getting covered in blood when caretaking.
People choose to support sculptr because their support goes directly to helping trans people. That's money for people retaining housing, or meds, or me getting covered in blood when caretaking.
Everything the Autopilot thing can do is a dark predatory pattern.
The cancelation offer is particularly egregious: "Offer select members who are cancelling their paid membership a discount on their next month".
Instead of canceling, the cancel option would instead have ads? Nuke it from orbit.
The cancelation offer is particularly egregious: "Offer select members who are cancelling their paid membership a discount on their next month".
Instead of canceling, the cancel option would instead have ads? Nuke it from orbit.
October 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I trust people to know their own finances and to do their own value calculations when donating.
People choose to support sculptr because their support goes directly to helping trans people. That's money for people retaining housing, or meds, or me getting covered in blood when caretaking.
People choose to support sculptr because their support goes directly to helping trans people. That's money for people retaining housing, or meds, or me getting covered in blood when caretaking.