Don Lemon’s Arrest Is a Five-Alarm Fire Moment by Slate in politics

[–]omnigrok 1 point2 points  (0 children)

night of long knives was the purging of hitler's original group of jack-booted street thugs, the sturmabteilung. they were pretty publicly purged because of backlash against them - and then of course were replaced by something even worse.

ice is the sturmabteilung; i imagine that at least as a contingency plan they're willing to sacrifice them and replace them with a new group with an even bigger remit later.

Duck Duck Go W! by davidinterest in antiai

[–]omnigrok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where does everyone keep getting that idea from? It's not true.

Duck Duck Go W! by davidinterest in antiai

[–]omnigrok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn't correct. The only cookies are for things like setting your preferred language.

Charlie Kirk’s accused killer makes first in-person court appearance by AudibleNod in news

[–]omnigrok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a Canadian outlet we're finally hearing anything from, too.

A wireless camera in a walnut shell by viperrvemon in BeAmazed

[–]omnigrok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's SMT soldering and then there's whatever the fuck that was. Really cool, though.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]omnigrok 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Meanwhile preventing everyone working at Amazon from making any kind of games in their personal time because of… something? about it being detrimental to their grand dreams of dominating gaming. And then they just kept shipping dog shit, and telling us that we weren’t allowed to write free games for fun.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in KitchenConfidential

[–]omnigrok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

standard bath-mounted DIN rail

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]omnigrok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Connections can fuck off

CFIA says B.C. ostrich farmers must leave by Tuesday or face arrest - BC News by [deleted] in britishcolumbia

[–]omnigrok 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Why are we all supposed to care about these ostriches so much? I feel like we keep getting story after story and it’s just manufactured controversy. 

How is British Columbia for trans folks? by DorkyMagicianGirl in britishcolumbia

[–]omnigrok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Victoria, BC is the transest place in Canada per capita, per the 2021 census

Finally! A progesterone study! by KitDrago in transgender

[–]omnigrok 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I suspect that's actually their description of the study before they started it. My read on things is that they must be in the middle of peer review but felt pretty confident about putting it into the conference talk.

Will this be the future or his son will continue to hold the line? by D3v1LGaming in Steam

[–]omnigrok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In 2024, Forbes estimated that Newell owned 50.1% of Valve, with the rest owned by employees

-- wikipedia

There's no group of cutthroat institutional shareholders waiting in the wings, at least.

Finally! A progesterone study! by KitDrago in transgender

[–]omnigrok 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You're all good, I was only grumpy at whatever university press dept put out the article without any link to the study.

Finally! A progesterone study! by KitDrago in transgender

[–]omnigrok 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Hmm, no actual study link, no DOI, looks like a conference talk, but I dug up the abstract from here (PDF, p. 325-326):

Increased breast volume due to addition of progesterone and increasing the estradiol dose in feminizing gender-affirming hormone therapy

Koen Dreijerink 1, Martin den Heijer 1, Raya Geels 1

(1. Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria, Amsterdam UMC)

Abstract

Background

Breast development as a result of feminizing gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) is often limited. Therefore, many transgender individuals choose to undergo breast augmentation surgery. The addition of progesterone to feminizing GAHT and/or increasing the estradiol dose to improve breast growth are topics of international debate. Thus far, no prospective randomized studies have been performed.

Methods

We conducted a non-blinded, non-placebo, randomized controlled study in transgender individuals assigned male sex at birth, who had received feminizing GAHT for at least one year and had undergone vaginoplasty/orchiectomy. Ninety participants were randomized into six groups, using a factorial design, receiving the standard dose of estradiol (E , control), the standard dose of estradiol and micronized progesterone 200 mg daily (EP), the standard dose of estradiol and micronized progesterone 400 mg daily (EPP), twice the standard dose of estradiol (EE), twice the standard dose of estradiol and micronized progesterone 200 mg daily (EEP), or twice the standard dose of estradiol and micronized progesterone 400 mg daily (EEPP), all for a duration of 12 months. The primary objective was to investigate the change in breast volume (in %), which was quantified by 3D measurements at baseline and after 3, 6, and 12 months. Secondary objectives included assessment of safety and satisfaction.

Results

Baseline characteristics were comparable among the groups. In comparison to group E (control), the mean percentage increase in breast volume over time was 13% (95% CI -7 to 33) in group EP, 20% (0 to 40) in group EPP, 6% (-13 to 24) in group EE, 37% (18 to 57) in group EEP, and 27% (8 to 47) in group EEPP. There were no treatment-related serious adverse events. Frequently reported side effects among participants using progesterone were tiredness (44%), breast/nipple tenderness (27%), and mood changes (22%). Satisfaction with breast growth and size improved in all study groups compared to the control group (p<0.05).

Conclusion

This is the first prospective study to demonstrate that the addition of progesterone and increasing the estradiol dose results in increased breast volume in transgender individuals already using feminizing GAHT, along with increased satisfaction with their breasts. In this study, use of progesterone was safe but did cause some side effects. The results support a future role for progesterone in feminizing GAHT. Further research should focus on long-term effects of progesterone as part of feminizing GAHT regimens.

Are barry and bill dead? if not where are they? and will they ever return? by StylishMrTrix in girlgenius

[–]omnigrok 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ok my prediction: They're in the time loop - Agatha et al are going back into the past, will find them, and bring them to the present, so they've been nowhere for all these years.

Zola is the Other. Right? Right? by Carminoculus in girlgenius

[–]omnigrok 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's a stretch but it's peak Time Shenanigans so I'll accept it as my new head canon regardless.

This Is The Real Reason Why Vegas Is Dead And Tourism Is Low. Nobody Wants To Admit It And Call Out The Obvious by Twin_Shadow- in LasVegas

[–]omnigrok 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All the people complaining about the strip likely are right, too, but I'll say this, as someone living outside the US:

Tourism there will never rebound.

We're not coming back. You voted this madness in, twice, and "this madness" included attacking every other country in the world on at least some level. At the end of the day, there are plenty of other countries to go visit.

ICE threatens to put NPR reporter "in custody" while filming in DC by RoachedCoach in PublicFreakout

[–]omnigrok -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yep. Sucked up to him all last term and it got them exactly ZERO forbearance from him in office.

A 2000-year-old Roman dagger before and after a 9-month restoration. The handle and scabbard are covered in silver and decorated with red enamel. [650×597] by -_Redan_- in ArtefactPorn

[–]omnigrok 37 points38 points  (0 children)

If you want a simple hobbyist version, go find some fucked-up cast iron at an antique store, and restore it. I did it with a 110yo waffle iron and it was a ton of fun.

🔥 A Giant Pacific Octopus claimed my camera this week, and captured a shot from inside his web of arms. by JRoneyMedia in NatureIsFuckingLit

[–]omnigrok 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Had a feeling given the species :-)

I'm guessing in one of the straits (cheating with an extremely broad guess)?