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Unfortunately I've not got any recommendations for binding tape - I tried transtape but it wasn't nearly as good as my gc2b binder.

Note: I'm writing from an American perspective - sorry if this doesn't apply to your situation.

I know this is literally a 3 month old post but: I'm a transman programmer. I'm still at the job I initially came out at, and things are great - everyone uses my correct name and pronouns. It's been two years since I came out at work and I've been here seven years. Higher Ed seems to be a very good place for transpeople right now, particularly private sector higher ed. Public higher ed can be dicey depending on your state - there's talks of banning transpeople from working with children in my state, but that would only apply to public.

The other posters already covered a lot of reasons you might not see a lot of visible FTM men in tech, but an additional one is that our...uh...background tends to push people like us away from tech. At least in the US, there's still a major gender gap in how science and especially tech are taught. I was lucky to get into a lot of girl exclusive science camps, which helped prepare me for being the only "girl" in non-gender-specific camps. I was the only person of my gender to attend the robotics camp that launched my love of programming for the 6 years I attended, and once I hit college, there were only two girls (including me) in my entire computer science program. Then you figure that a small percentage of AFAB people end up being transmen, and we end up being a minority of a minority.

Additionally, anecdotally, at least in my area, FTM individuals tend to be poorer and/or from poorer families than MTF individuals. That can lead to a big gap in professionals, because it can take a lot of money, sanity and support to get started.

I don't think any of those are reasons to be scared of going into tech - it's not like it's an awful death trap and that's why everyone avoids it. It's just a leftover product of societal norms that are slowly changing.

I agree that kicking the can down the road isn't going to help anything at this juncture, but it isn't a good idea to fund the government for the next 100 years. The world changes drastically pretty much every year at this point, and funding needs to change with it. We just need actual adults as representatives so it doesn't take the entire legislative session to do the basic upkeep of our nation.

They're literally cockroaches. Even Wikipedia agrees: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_woods_cockroach Fuck that hotel, lol

What is that?

Not a runner, but for me the feeling is that I can workout for 364 days a year, but if I miss one single day, then the habit is broken and it takes the willpower necessary to move a fucking mountain to get back to the gym after that. It feels like I don't built habits no matter how many times I do it.

It's still necessary to rest, but the fear is legit.

Yeah, that's fair. FWIW it's still uncommon enough that "Eh it happens" isn't reasonable.

Living in a red state, I would? It's not every year that an elected official gets whacked, even one that's a member of a hated minority. For reference, there's been 57 assassinated government officials in the US total: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assassinated_American_politicians

Saying "Eh this is just par for the course all countries are like this" feels like it minimalizes the problem.

Another article specified that they were literally found stabbed to death. How the fuck is there not foul play involved? Sounds like the AG is in on it or at least permissive of anti-LGBTQ+ violence.

Extremely fascinating! How do people come up with ideas like this?

Explain like I'm a boomer (specifically who is on the right and how do they relate to Nixon?)

I stopped using Dr Squach when I found out their toothpaste omits Flouride for REasOnS.

Ugh, gross. Thanks for the heads up. That's a shame.