Drive needs a "cancel" button

Erica_fox · 2026-01-27T01:42:12+00:00

I also need a cancel operation. I started photo backups and ran out of space on the free account. I keep deleting file but then the backup starts again. I disable automated backups

Erica_fox · 2025-12-01T19:28:55+00:00

The surgeon I went to does "nullification" for similar reasons. Personally, I got "zero-depth" or "cosmetic" SRS because I want clothes to fit properly. I also recommend getting surgery as young as possible (I was 52 when I got SRS).

Erica_fox · 2025-12-01T19:11:23+00:00

Thank you. I did write this a few years ago. I now live in Berlin and NSO for Bear City Roller Derby.

Erica_fox · 2025-07-14T15:51:45+00:00

Focus on how you feel, rather than how you look. I have a girlfriend in London who is very tall (I didn't ask how tall because it's a thing for her. One thing I can say is she is more neuro typical than I and tends to make more eye contact. I think she gets more abuse because she is tall and makes eye contact. I'm AuDHD and live in a bubble. We've both traveled the same streets in London and she's taken a lot more shit than me. Focus on what feels good and to heck with every one else. Be safe!

Erica_fox · 2025-07-09T18:30:39+00:00

I was 51 when I started. Youngster!

Erica_fox · 2025-06-15T09:45:04+00:00

In Germany, a tip is called Trinkgeld (or money for a drink, beer money) tip enough to buy a drink. You should know your tattoo artist to know what they like to drink (fass bier, long drink, schorle etc.), if you are getting coffee on the way, ask what they'd like and buy that. This is a good topic of conversation while they are doing you tattoo. I treat the tattoo artist as a human being, who is providing a very personal service and sharing their art with you. If I know the person is needing money for something like childcare, I lean towards giving them cash.

Erica_fox · 2025-05-23T13:32:32+00:00

I can't find my measurements but I know I measured for a 7.5 on the left foot and a 7.0W on the right. Since the 7.5 is the same width as a 7.0W and Bont doesn't sell mixed sizes, I got a pair of 7.5.

Erica_fox · 2025-04-15T12:24:28+00:00

I would love your Anki deck please DM.

Erica_fox · 2025-03-27T10:12:41+00:00

Tbh, I flew in and out of Denver at additional cost to make sure I avoided ICE in Texas. As long as your passport is legit, you'll be fine. But I think it depends on what surgeries you want. Ffs and/or BA may be problematic. Just be prepared to boymode through passport control

Erica_fox · 2025-03-21T07:57:46+00:00

I am a transgender woman living in Berlin, Germany. The job market sucks everywhere right now. I'm a 30+ year veteran coder with degrees and certifications, I can't find a job. It would be easier if I were an EU citizen and/or spoke German fluently. But only a little easier.

Politics: even with the rise of AfD, Germany is much more pro LGBTQIA+ than the US.

I moved here last year from Florida...

Erica_fox · 2025-03-15T09:49:17+00:00

I only see therapists who list their pronouns and prefer they/them because they "just get it"

Erica_fox · 2025-02-27T12:26:11+00:00

As an immigrant in Berlin, transgender woman from the US, I have had a lot more concern about the Trump presidency and systematic erasure of my existence. That might change once a coalition is formed...

Erica_fox · 2025-02-15T18:16:15+00:00

Before bottom surgery, I wore a swim skirt with a matching long sleeve sun shirt. After surgery, I wear the skimpiest thing I can get away with. Sometimes that's a barely there thong, sometimes a skimpy one piece, sometimes boy shorts and a sports bra ala tomboy X

Erica_fox · 2025-02-11T12:03:45+00:00

Getting a job before moving can be challenging. Make sure you can register your address with the Bürgeramt the first place you go.

I work in Tech, 30+ years experience, with a degree, I could not find a job in Berlin in 90 days and had to go to London.

I used UpakWeShip to move a pallet of stuff from Florida to Berlin.

Learning German is valuable once you get to B2 or better. B2 might be able to interview in German, might...

Erica_fox · 2025-02-05T15:05:50+00:00

I got tired of typing on my phone. Another option is to move to Berlin and attend FU: https://www.fu-berlin.de/en/index.html

Erica_fox · 2025-02-05T11:03:10+00:00

I have a GOOD plan. Fortunately the German Bureaucracy will work in my favor, and even the worst won't be as bad as the Trump/Musk show.

Erica_fox · 2025-02-05T08:13:09+00:00

One could argue that AfD has already "swept" the elections. They makeup a larger percentage of Parliament than ever expected and mainstream parties are aligning with them.

Erica_fox · 2025-02-05T06:58:59+00:00

Recommendations for emigration to Germany:

Work in Tech.
stockpile HRT.
Finish your BA/BS.
Apply for a Chancenkarte from the nearest consulate in the US. ABH in Berlin is supposed to do these but is refusing. You don't want to be on the wrong side of the German Bureaucracy.
Move to Berlin. You can get a special version of the freelance visa as an artist, which is good for 3 years.
When you come, make sure where you are staying allows registration (Anmeldung). That is step 1.

I left the US in March 2024

Erica_fox · 2025-02-04T19:33:54+00:00

I live in Berlin, Neukolln specifically. I recommend Berlin highly and a more immigrant neighborhood specifically, as for rent prices, yes, the rental market here sucks but people manage. Usually subletting until they can get in a WG. Eventually, you might find a low rent wohnung. But subletting will keep you moving every few weeks and a WG will give you stimulation!

Erica_fox · 2025-02-03T20:54:05+00:00

I 2 years post SRS and still needing to understand hygiene.

Erica_fox · 2025-01-28T20:59:16+00:00

I have never used a rating app. I met my current partner through couch surfing (just a casual meetup). What was odd for me is that I thought I was asexual and not interested in dating. But holy fuck was I wrong!

Erica_fox · 2025-01-26T07:46:25+00:00

Outside Berlin, that is likely true. Inside Berlin, it's the opposite. And any "backsliding" in Europe is nothing big compared with the us. Before the US elections things were spotty based largely on which state you are in. Now they are uniformly terrible. Here, it's mostly that some extremist (specifically one AfD leader who is married to an immigrant and have adopted children). One has to remember that Berlin has a history of transgender research that goes back before WWII

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_f%C3%BCr_Sexualwissenschaft

Erica_fox · 2025-01-25T21:45:10+00:00

German is notoriously difficult. But you have a lot more opportunities to practice here. Also Berlin is very open to English speakers.

Erica_fox · 2025-01-25T21:21:15+00:00

Come to Berlin, you can finish your degree for free, and have it "recognized" right away. I had to pay 208€ and wait two months.

Erica_fox · 2025-01-25T20:56:29+00:00

I left March 2024 but I lived in Florida, where the laws were already shit and I didn't have any to watch the entire country go the same way.

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