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They/Them (T. T. Perry)
@ttpphd.bsky.social
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Applied and translational sensory scientist. https://ttpphd.com
https://mastodon.social/@ttpphd

PFP: Sculpture of a distorted face and neck
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Me and a friend and a colleague.
Two people stand on either side of a llama. The people look incredibly happy to be with the llama. The llama looks like it's giving a flirtatious wink
December 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Book boook booook boooook!
Book cover. seahorses: trans, non-binary, and gender expansive pregnancy. Edited by Simon Knaphus. Forward by Jacoby Ballard. Cover art is a 4 by 3 grid of squares, each with a simple cartoon related to the book topic, like a chest after top surgery, a pregnant belly, a guy in swim trunks doing the cannonball, vague silhouettes of bodies, a leg with tattoos. Dominant colors are red, grey-blue, white, and yellow.
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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This is going in my collection of amusing glittery health stickers.
A sticker that says "ask me about your sperm" in holographic sparkle colors
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Infants assigned male are circumcised with inadequate pain relief, resulting in "clinically significant pain".

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The results of these trials show that none of the analgesic strategies used obtained the absence of pain. Some differences between circumcision techniques can be noticed, but most assessments exceed the score of 3, chosen as the clinically significant pain.
November 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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In memory of my mother, Marjorie, who died from COVID complications. May we never forget how tightly our lives are tied to the lives of our neighbors.
Receipt for 100 dollar donation to Midwest immigration bond fund
November 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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We're snail posting. Post your snails.
A 3D printed human cochlea including stapes over the oval window and the three vestibular canals. The cochlea is spiral shaped, hence being named "snail" in Latin.
November 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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The anti-circumcision activists are dunking on RFK Jr. for being an unhinged crank and conspiracy theorist. This is the top comment from this link:

www.reddit.com/r/Intactivis...

#Reddit #RFK #Tylenol #intactivism #autism
Reddit comment from user flipin75: RFK Jr has effectively buried the legitimate reason to not inflict genital cutting in babies with shit conspiracies and a large amount of bigotry. Fuck this man and the harm he is doing to Intactivism!
October 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Don't forget to spank Grandma, I guess.
A kitschy homemaking sign that says many a child is spoiled because you can't spank Grandma
October 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Any comment on key members of the 2012 circumcision taskforce now saying their old conclusions were not grounded in medical evidence, and they do not recommend circumcision?
"It is a non-therapeutic procedure. If it can be called a preventative medicine, it is at the very weakest level. There is nothing wrong with the [uncircumcised] penis; you cannot recommend circumcision based on the medical benefit alone. Nothing about the potential benefits is communicable, so I don't see how it could be called a public health concern. ...Maybe the AAP should get out of the [circumcision] business, since it's not really a medical practice. It's only a 'medical procedure' in the sense that medical professionals are performing it." - Andrew Freedman, M.D., Bioethicist for the American Academy of Pediatrics 2012 Circumcision Task Force. Buckler, Max. 2025. "As controversies mount, circumcision policies need a rethink". Journal of Medical Ethics, in press.
October 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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"It's only a medical procedure in the sense that medical professionals are performing it."
"It is a non-therapeutic procedure. If it can be called a preventative medicine, it is at the very weakest level. There is nothing wrong with the [uncircumcised] penis; you cannot recommend circumcision based on the medical benefit alone. Nothing about the potential benefits is communicable, so I don't see how it could be called a public health concern. ...Maybe the AAP should get out of the [circumcision] business, since it's not really a medical practice. It's only a 'medical procedure' in the sense that medical professionals are performing it." - Andrew Freedman, M.D., Bioethicist for the American Academy of Pediatrics 2012 Circumcision Task Force. Buckler, Max. 2025. "As controversies mount, circumcision policies need a rethink". Journal of Medical Ethics
October 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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The bioethics conference has achieved llama.

Video description: A llama with a luxurious coat is led across the convention floor, bringing oohs and aahs and awwws.

#Llama #ASBH #Ethics
October 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Circumcision is not a medical procedure and cannot be recommended based on "medical benefits" according to key members of the AAP's taskforce that released the 2012 religion-based statement about circumcision.

#Medicine #Peds #AAP #Parenting
"It is a non-therapeutic procedure. If it can be called a preventative medicine, it is at the very weakest level. There is nothing wrong with the [uncircumcised] penis; you cannot recommend circumcision based on the medical benefit alone. Nothing about the potential benefits is communicable, so I don't see how it could be called a public health concern. ...Maybe the AAP should get out of the [circumcision] business, since it's not really a medical practice. It's only a 'medical procedure' in the sense that medical professionals are performing it." - Andrew Freedman, M.D., Bioethicist for the American Academy of Pediatrics 2012 Circumcision Task Force. Buckler, Max. 2025. "As controversies mount, circumcision policies need a rethink". Journal of Medical Ethics, in press.
October 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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I'm going to be, uh, occupied with other matters tomorrow, so he's an early #Caturday photo.

#CatsOfMastodon #Cat
a black cat is peering out from under a blanket, like two yellow eyes in a blanket pita filled with darkness
October 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Neonatal Injury Results in Sex-Dependent Nociceptive Hypersensitivity and Social Behavioral Deficits During Adolescence, Without Altering Morphine Response
Burke, N. N., & Trang, T. (2017). J Pain.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Can injury in early life have consequences? 🧪
#Science
Screenshot of article title: Neonatal Injury Results in Sex-Dependent Nociceptive Hypersensitivity and Social Behavioral Deficits During Adolescence, Without Altering Morphine Response Burke, N. N., & Trang, T. (2017). J Pain.
October 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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So far this is my favorite swag from #GLMA25 🌈
A sticker that says "ask me about your sperm" in holographic sparkle colors
October 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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white person with long black curly hair smiling in front of an academic poster. They are smiling and excited to present the information on the poster. The poster is light blue, pink, and white like the trans flag.
October 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Power Lines goes so hard! Wow! 📖

"Zero-sum alliances arise from an individualistic impulse in which the woman who builds alliances for power emerges as both the subject and object of empowerment."

#Book
Zero-sum alliances arise from an individualistic im- pulse in which the woman who builds alliances for power emerges as both the subject and object of empowerment. The individualistic im- pulse, in turn, animates gender-based notions of feminism as the sub- ject/object of empowerment is also cast as the subject/object of femi- nism. That is, she—the ally striving for power—is the subject and object of both projects.
October 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Very rare bed-share for #Caturday.

#CatsOfMastodon #Cats
two cats laying in the same raised bed. the tortoise shell cat is laying on top of half of the black cat. they look cuddly.
October 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Seen in #Portland. Life is worth living.

#pdx #trans
sketchbook with an ink drawing of hands, one giving a peace sign. A trans flag with the message "life is worth living"
September 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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When a stream flows and moves (change!) it creates eddies, back-channels, and diversions as well as flowing to new grounds. Stay connected with your inner fire throughout any turbulent flow, and keep going.
8. Persevere. If you fall off the horse get back on and keep riding. This is a crucial step. It’s like keeping the weight off after you start a diet, continuing to take steps to meet a new partner, or play- ing more with your children. Don’t lose heart if you start backtrack- ing from the changes you are making. Most people fall off and get up many times before a new behavior is incorporated into their way of living. I was unable to finish a manuscript or article for over ten years before I finally completed one—a four hundred page book. I was watching the world figure skating competition and a Chinese skater said she fell forty-four times before she was able to land a quadruple jump. It was agonizing to see the videos of her falls . . . but beautiful to see the first time she made it—the joy radiated on her face. People who stay unstuck are good at getting back on the horse. It’s not that anything is magically easy. They struggle, make mistakes, feel chal- lenged, take a few spills, and keep going.
September 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Resuming right where we left off yesterday, let's wrap up Step 45 with sub-steps 7 and 8...

Being stuck means not changing. Being unstuck means accepting life's flow of changes. Change inherently includes going toward one possibility and closing the door on others.
7. Take action! At this point the dream, whether large or small, has become reality, you become a bit more congruent internally, and you experience yourself living more in the flow of your life. You’ve taken a morning walk three times in the last week, started the book group, bought the land, signed up for that class, invited your sweetie out on a date, attended your first Weight Watchers meeting. Each clear step that expresses heart, mind, and body will stimulate your energy. You’re on the upswing. Big changes may also leave you feeling a bit disoriented. It might take a while for your inside world to catch up to your new behavior or situation.
September 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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If you feel stuck, it might be that you need to involve someone in your steps of planning, action, or reflection. Something feels like it's just not for you, just not working? Try something else that keeps your momentum up.
September 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Overcoming fear and/or inaction happens by doing, not just by thinking and planning, so keep up with the doing. Go back and review previous exercises that call to you, that seem incomplete, or that energize you to continue your cycle of action-reflection-reconnection (to your inner fire).
6. Remember, repetition is the mother of learning. You don’t become relaxed about jumping off a high diving board through ana- lyzing, insight, or listing all the reasons why it’s scary. You jump! fear and all, then do it fifty more times. You recondition your brain and nervous system to realize, “I can jump off this high board, I will be all right, and nothing terrible is going to happen. Even if I get a little smack on my butt, I’ll survive.”
September 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Let's do one more step, step 5 of 45 of 6.

You've exercised your "taking action muscles", you've practiced looking at the big picture, you've talked to yourself, and now to the world. It's time to get that down in writing.
5. Make plans. This is where you say out loud, “It’s decided. I’m going to do this. Here’s my list and my schedule. This is what I’m go- ing to do to eat better, exercise, be kinder to my family, be more dili- gent in my work, take time off, start looking for a new job, find someone to date,” and so on. It may be a one-time plan like signing up for a workshop or a change that requires a series of steps.
September 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Life is about difference and repetition. You are different and your problems are different from other people, but also everyone faces problems and finds ways to cope and move through obstacles in life.

Talking with others, listening, and using your curiosity: those are all ways to unstuck yourself.
At this stage you ask yourself, “What are the possibilities? What do I need to do? What do I need to let go of? How do I gather infor- mation? Who can I talk to? Who has faced a similar situation?” You can go to libraries, read books, look on the internet, and again, talk with people. Put out your antenna in all directions. So often the Bud- dha is just around the corner waiting to help you if you’ll only open your eyes. She may be the woman standing at the check-out counter, your child’s school teacher, your office assistant, your neighbor, or she may be sitting next to you on a bus.
September 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM