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james @james.claims · 29m

Abigail Shrier must work at HiveAI

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james @james.claims · 30m

Incroyable

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james @james.claims · 30m

I also have it set to “warn” because I don’t think anyone sharing their nudes necessarily means for everyone on the train around me to see them too.

Although I can now only unhide things if I use a VPN, because I refuse to do age assurance for Bluesky.

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james @james.claims · 33m

Did you know that the labeller labels some topless trans men who have had top surgery, as adult content? Great times

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james @james.claims · 36m

I don’t really fuck with describing things as denegenerate.

As for your second point, I did see devs talking recently about how “show less of this” is not really doing its job, so hopefully that can be fixed (I don’t even know it existed)

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james @james.claims · 38m

If som random *sent* me porn, I would be unhappy. Because that’s intentional, and it’s creepy.

But that’s not what we’re talking about. I don’t cry when people bone on TV shows, or see a suggestive advert.

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james @james.claims · 40m

I’ve never once had literal porn come across my timeline. And the only time I see it is when I search “trans men” and it’s cis men with chaser vibes and to that I say “fuck off chaser” not “oh no, a pornographic image”

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james @james.claims · 43m

See people always do the “I don’t want porn in my timeline” thing but really… how often are things labelled “adult content” actually coming into your timeline. I very rarely do. And if I do it’s like, someone posting a nude.

To which I go “yes that is a nude” and carry on with my day.

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james @james.claims · 48m

1) not interested
2) work in progress
3) I suppose this is me

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james @james.claims · 1h

Though, I don’t actually talk out loud to people much at all. Nor have any full length mirrors. But I visit my girlfriend next week so she perhaps she will notice differences and can tell me :)

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james @james.claims · 1h

I haven’t been tracking anything tbh. Feels a bit early. No-one’s remarked on any voice changes, but when they do I’ll start tracking.

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james @james.claims · 2h

I haven't really had many noticeable changes on T at all.

But just because I have a lot of goop in my soup, doesn't mean it's had enough time to do anything remarkable with it :)

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james @james.claims · 2h

As far as I can tell by looking up what other trans guys have posted about their levels at the same time frame on the same dosage - I am taking to T extremely well. Didn't expect my levels to be that high after 3 months.

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james @james.claims · 2h

The lab who ran my test assumed I was a man (though the data output matches me against female ranges, as expected as thats what I put in my profile)

And said "Your testosterone would be considered normal for a male."

We're just normal men, we're just innocent men (Lauren and Hacker: full clip)

YouTube video by Antigone Journal

www.youtube.com

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james @james.claims · 3h

Testosterone Levels Update:

A table with the heading "Testosterone Ranges"

"Normal" "Female" = 0.29- 1.67 nmol/L
"Normal" "Male" = 8.7–29.0 nmol/L
James Pre-T = 2 nmol/L
James ~3mo (Low Dose) = 8.58 nmol/L

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james @james.claims · 3h

A very apt username you have there

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james @james.claims · 7h

Remind me to write an essay about how software developers as a group egregiously and knowingly erode the already heavily eroded concept of “consent” far beyond what we do with our little computers.