Xenia, the fox girl mascot of Linux, was first designed in 1996 by Alan Mackey. She was meant to be an alternative to Tux, the official mascot.
She had fallen into obscurity, but was noticed by a Twitter user in 2019 and was redrawn as a fox girl. But as it turned out, Xenia was originally meant to be male! The original creator, Alan, was cool with this, saying "It matches the transition of a lot of the smartest, nerdiest Linux users I know" and "And sure, you made her trans!".
So now we have a trans Linux mascot. And I think that's neat.
Join our public Matrix server! https://matrix.to/#/#tracha:chapo.chat
As a reminder, be sure to properly give content warnings and put sensitive subjects behind proper spoiler tags. It's for the mental health of not just your comrades, but yourself as well.
Here is a screenshot of where to find the spoiler button.
i am attempting a scientific experiment. i have been using a plant oil that is supposed to act as a topical antiandrogen that reduces sensitivity to androgens in the places u rub it in, leading to less hair. i have been using it on my face for a couple weeks and it feels like it's changing.
BUT
i plan to conduct an experiment on my arm hairs. i'm gonna do the exact same hair removal on each arm, but i'm gonna put the oil on one arm, for 6 months. i will report on the results.
Please keep us informed
will do!
ooo like reverse monoxidil. i also would like your results
between the DIY electrolysis device, this, and other stuff this place is turning into the bleeding edge of DIY trans healthcare
What ever happened with the Sphynx? I havent seen any more posts
3 months ago she ran into issues. was last post
Tysm! I actually commented there, cant believe i didnt save the forge link
looks like the last commits were like 6 hours ago, so the EE folks are still going strong it seems! Ill peruse the git log to see whats been happening ^^
sup
i've been avoiding making a post for... reasons? it's basically just been incrementally closing out the last 10% and i don't want to say that over and over again and not have new news, plus since this is a free time endeavor for me, actually documenting and writing the post was becoming a non-trivial slice of the time i spend on the project at all in a week. i feel really bad for leaving y'all in the dark but nevertheless we persist ✨
we do in fact have a matrix chat as @Edie@hexbear.net
). if you're here and you're seeing this you're invited. DM me wherever I accept DMs (hexbear or matrix) and i'll send you an invite. matrix has been a lot better for me because i don't have to think and curate and take screenshots and instead i can just spend thirty seconds writing a couple quick messages and get to the rest of my day.
linkedmentioned (thanks friend you're a real one and i deeply appreciate your persistent checking insphynx is absolutely not dead. 💪
I didn't actually link the chat. I must said we had one
you're so right
We have a matrix chat, I'll ping her and tell her to check hexbear if she hasn't.
CC: @Des@hexbear.net
hi hello i'm here thanks for sharing that i'm alive
oh i have an electrolysis device as well. but it's so much trouble ffs
trying this first but i might just go at my face hairs with the electricity sometimes
I used this oil before if it's the same I'm thinking of. Unfortunately it didn't really do anything for me after a few months, but other people swear by it and have said they had good results. Maybe it's an application error on my part? Not sure how I could mess that up but if anyone could it'd be me.
Anyway I'm curious to see the outcome of your experiment
as far as i know the main thing is to do hair removal, then put the oil on. but i assume u know that already. i will report in a few months anyway
very interesting, pls keep at it!