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Children of Time is a 2015 science fiction novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

In the distant future, humanity seeks to create new habitats for itself on distant planets, terraforming them and seeding them with life. Dr. Avrana Kern is heading one such project, orbiting the tentatively named "Kern's World", where the plan is to release monkeys le-monke infected with a nanovirus that will accelerate their evolution. Through an act of sabotage from an anti-technology group that has also destroyed much of Earth, the monkeys are never released, and the virus instead infects a species of spider, Portia labiata. The book follows the evolution of the spiders and their eventual civilisation, as well as a remnant of humanity that fled to Kern's World hoping to find paradise.


also children of ruin and children of memory, the sequels, are really good


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[–] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I think I may have just cooked up some new type of sex toy/BDSM wear but I have no idea if it already exists but it feels so obvious that I'm pretty sure it does but I've never heard of it...

I'll post MS paint doodles of it later after work

EDIT: made a post in the new general megathread

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[–] imogen_underscore@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (6 children)

introspection on libido/sexuality, sex stuff (not explicit), a bit sad. looking for advice.


over the last year and a half or so, my sex drive has been mostly very low. i don't really feel sexual attraction to other people like i used to. i have long-term depression and it's something i've always struggled with, but much more intense the last couple of years. i hardly feel like a sexual being. i'm on 200mg prog and i only get horny once or twice a month, i get myself off and enjoy it. i've been considering that i may fit into the ace spectrum, but this is an idea i've been struggling to accept. i want to feel sexual attraction. i want to feel like a sexual being. but it's felt totally muted for a while now. there are other aspects than physiological, i definitely have some catholic brainworms and shit about sex. but i can't help but feel like the main factor is HRT, as my sex drive and proclivity for sexual attraction has seemed to gradually dwindle over the past few years. i was really excited to get on prog because of the mythical horny but it didn't really happen. i'm also on CPA and already halved my prescribed dose to no avail. T levels are still on the floor so maybe i could try reducing that even further.

what i'd like to ask is, does anyone have any advice on combating this? i feel like maybe eating better and exercising might help, i'm NEET and really depressed and sedentary so that's probably a factor too. i guess if anyone has gone through something similar and managed to rediscover the horny i'd love to hear about it. like i used to fuck loads in my first year and a half or so of transition and i loved it. i wanna go back to that. but it feels almost like a different person now. idk.

[–] rtstragedy@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

just some things that have worked for me latelyhonestly, i doubt any of this will be relateable or helpful but at the very least i hope you feel seen.

i have been struggling with this. i was on 300mg spiro for a number of years and it i thought it had suppressed my sex drive, but when i switched to CPA things started changing for me, i think? but years ago i was kind of insatiable.

i find that arousal for me if a longer-term thing, vs an "in the moment" thing. if i read something that really tingles me, it'll start the little steam engine in my chest in a way that's difficult to ignore. it seems for me that my arousal needs time to breathe and needs to be more stoked like a fire. i think i enjoy the feeling of it building more than the release of orgasm. there's also like a kink element sometimes to it too, and there's a specific tone of voice that really works on me, too.

i started to put this picture together in the past few months - i thought i was acespike or even entirely asexual for a while because of how little of the kind of fantasy i needed to engage with i was engaging with. now i'm not really sure but i know there's at least more to it than just an alarm clock that goes off in my head that says i need to sex.

my therapist talked about the ideas of "brakes" and "accelerators" in sex - you know, classic stuff. brakes, for example, like your parents coming home, kill arousal. accelerators, for example, [insert secret fantasies here], will build arousal. i don't know if any of that would be helpful to you but separating these two kinds of inputs has been helpful for me.

i can't deny that mood could be a factor, though. for me, brakes also include a lot of second-guessing and performance anxiety, which can really make me anxious enough to not be able to be in the moment and enjoy. explicit roles helps me with that, letting someone else take the lead, etc.

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i’ve been considering that i may fit into the ace spectrum, but this is an idea i’ve been struggling to accept. i want to feel sexual attraction. i want to feel like a sexual being. but it’s felt totally muted for a while now. there are other aspects than physiological, i definitely have some catholic brainworms and shit about sex. but i can’t help but feel like the main factor is HRT, as my sex drive and proclivity for sexual attraction has seemed to gradually dwindle over the past few years.

For me, I knew I was ace before realizing I was trans, so can't really comment on sexual attraction. Spiro+E really nerfed my libido within a couple weeks, but horny has returned occasionally (to my annoyance), but that might sometimes be related to missing spiro doses (not sure how the pharmacokinetics work for that - sometimes it seems delayed from the missed doses by a couple days). OTOH, I've probably started appreciating other people's bodies more, but that's probably just that I subconsciously learned to avoid paying attention to human bodies and now I have less reason to do that.

Hope you are able to figure something out, whether learning how to work with your current sexuality or get back what you had before.

[–] SadArtemis@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

cuddle mood... Not really much to contribute but I can relate almost 100%.

Being NEET and depressed has to be the biggest bulk of it in my case, though. Hard to be sexual when I'm dissociating from my physical body (still alive and doing my stuff but not really feeling it) and needs on some considerable level 24/7.

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Had to remind an ex that we will remain exes for the foreseeable future, that sucks.

[–] Babs@hexbear.net 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wearing swords should come back in fashion. My outfit would look much more complete with a smallsword.

[–] Eco@hexbear.net 13 points 6 days ago

matching scarf and moonlight greatsword

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[–] JohnBrownsBussy2@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Was looking for a PCP now that I am off the student health plan and working as a post-doc, and I got lucky. The one PCP that's accepting clients at the closest (good) in-network clinic notes an interest/specialty in LGBTQ+ primary care. I don't know if I need to switch my GAC from Planned Parenthood, but it does make me hopeful that they won't be in the dark or bigoted about trans health care.

EDIT: Well, that PCP isn't available until June, and in fact it doesn't seem like any PCP is available in the clinic system to establish care until April, when I will probably be moving out of town. So fuck me I guess. Looks like I will be relying on urgent care for health issues then, or at least I have to find someplace that's farther away.

EDIT2: Well, nowhere else within 25 miles or so seems to have a physician available as a PCP until June or July, so I just scheduled an appointment that I will likely not be around for in hopes that someone else cancels. Even if you have insurance I guess healthcare is a lottery in this fucking country.

[–] Moss@hexbear.net 20 points 6 days ago

dysmorphiaOh God I reeeeealllly hate the way I look so much. I got a look at my side profile today and I just hate the way I look, I can't believe I appear to other people like this. I have way too much fat on my face, my neck is too wide so my face just looks like a blob. I'm also overweight and just fucking hate the way my body looks

[–] Seryph@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Just paid my semester's tuition and... I have more money than I thought I would, I've got an entire extra month's rent compared to what I expected and then some more to cover all my books. I'm starting to feel actually kind of okay being independent? A lot of the worry about if I'd be able to be okay is gone now, replaced, admittedly by other worries, but I feel okay about my situation, even if it's not super secure or the most comfortable, its become livable. Especially since the past few weeks finally gave me my first real break in over a year and I was able to rest a little.

[–] khizuo@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago

So happy for you!!! cat-trans

[–] QueerCommie@hexbear.net 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Muddled philosophy brain go brrr.

[–] QueerCommie@hexbear.net 14 points 6 days ago

I must know everything about everything else before I know anything about gender or sexuality. I think it’s weird most people aren’t foundationalists, but I suppose it’s a matter of efficiency.

i have the irresistible urge to be gay AND to do crime... i wonder what that's about

spoilergayroller-2000

[–] Wmill@hexbear.net 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Had a dream I had an avatar to go out in my place to do stuff for me, felt nice since I didn't have to mask so much creature only downside was resisting the urge to bunnyhop everywhere to save time no-copyright

[–] Wmill@hexbear.net 15 points 6 days ago

Realizing there was a period of my life where I'd skip everywhere since I thought it was both fun to do and got me around faster ohnoes what if I'm actually in some sort of simulation

[–] rtstragedy@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

cw bodily fluids, advice wantedok, so, i'm losing my mind here. for like as long as i can remember, every time i go to brush my teeth, i gag on the damn toothpaste or brush. but lately, its getting really bad. this morning, i literally puked up a bunch of water (and maybe my meds that i just took??) i had just drank and just now at night i nearly lost my supper. i've been having trouble eating as-is for various reasons so i think its understandable that i'm frustrated at trying to keep food down and maintain dental hygiene.

wtf, chat? like, what do i even do about this? has anyone run into this before? i'm not like jamming anything on my tongue back there, so i don't know why - i've given up trying to brush my tongue at this point due to this.

[–] SadArtemis@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago

While I don't have this issue, sometimes I just use (a long tweezer I then wash) to scrape my tongue (with the blunt, long side) instead. Maybe that can help? I also brush my tongue interchangeably, but this way is presumably less gag-inducing (and faster somewhat).

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[–] AshenWolf@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Having to take language classes for my degree might actually break the my horrible procrastination on learning Spanish. Then again, I've always been bad at learning languages and especially speaking them, so it could also just be a way to tank my GPA.

[–] bubbalu@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I strongly strongly strongly recommend Language Transfer for learning Spanish as an Anglophone. It's based around transferring language principles from English to Spanish.

I'm a school teacher working with mostly hispanic immigrants and I was able to have useful conversations with my students after about 4 hours of mindfully listening to the lessons.

[–] AshenWolf@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago

That sounds promising, thank you! catgirl-salute

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago

Intrinsic motivation is "better" than extrinsic motivation, but extrinsic motivation is "better" than no motivation.

I think. I was a pretty terrible student

[–] MoonElf@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

I love you all so much. Thank you for helping me be my best self and finding true happiness πŸ’•πŸ’•πŸ’•

[–] AshenWolf@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I've finally started to recover. Still have a cough, throat still feels weird, but my energy is coming back.

Dyed my hair red. It was pretty red, but then I washed it, and it came out a bit more purple-red. Thought this was because I had dyed purple a but ago (it was really faded), but then I realized that the color-preserving conditioner that came with the purple dye might actually have purple dye in it. Color looks really cool though, almost exactly what I had originally expected.

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[–] Wmill@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago

Got a metallic blue nail polish that by itself looks pretty great but I'm no longer content with just one polish so I added another glitter polish on top of it. Thing with glitter polish I feel is that it should really be labeled as more a top coat than anything, imagining just applying the glitter polish on my nails would be pretty underwhelming.

[–] MoonElf@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Eco@hexbear.net 13 points 6 days ago (6 children)
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[–] Eco@hexbear.net 13 points 6 days ago

why is olympic swimming pool a measurement people use. all i know is they're big. i've never swum in one

[–] MoonElf@hexbear.net 13 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Bunch of fashion blathering

I thought puffy head bands were the ultimate head feminizer but i have discovered barettes and ohhhh my it's so lovely.

I got a light blue dress for myself and I have just been rolling in euphoria. Today is my 6 month HRT anniversary and it's only getting stronger as i figure out more feminine combos.

It's a little weird being so old and transitioning directly into an old lady I sort of worry about not dressing my age. I don't act weird or anything though when i go out (beyond the regular autism and adhd and bipolar stuff i reckon) so im trying to be a good ambassador. My bffs say im not overdoing it 🀞🏻

One thing that is very difficult is how much trouble it is keeping nice clothes clean!!! I have had to rescue my new dress twice already, once from au jus splashing onto the hem and just this morning from leaning against the car bumper while getting groceries. You have to be sooooo careful at all times which i find tough as i was a slob who didn't give any fucks about myself or my appearance before.

It's so worth it when a girl compliments your dress or your outfit or makeup though i treasure that shit sooo much. I joked with my partner (who is not into it but being nice) about detransitioning and she said that she didn't believe I could if I wanted to. She said I have a woman's heart and there's no putting that genie back in the bottle. She is right of course.

[–] khizuo@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago

"Dressing your age" is some shit society made up to deny people having fun with clothes. I'm sure you look great in the new dress! Light blue is such a lovely color.

And yeah I feel the pain on trying to keep nice clothes clean. Laundry especially is so much more of a chore than it used to be too when everything is more delicate than T shirts and sweatpants.

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