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lisamelton

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My name is Elizabeth but please call me Lisa.

I'm probably best known as the person who started the #Safari and #WebKit projects at #Apple. You may think you know my deadname but... you don't.

I've drawn underground comics, pioneered using a Mac for newspaper graphics and developed software at Adobe and Netscape.

Now I write video #transcoding scripts and sometimes podcast.

Follow me and I'll fill your timeline with boosts.

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GottaLaff, to random
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Yesterday’s COVID shot hit me like a freight train. I’m pretty useless today. ☹️

lisamelton,
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@GottaLaff Ouch! 😬 I suppose you already know to rest and hydrate. Anyway, I hope you feel better soon! That shot is still worth it. 🫂💜

Alice, to random
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I like when people tell me they unfollowed me as if I’m a subscription service that's somehow losing money as a result.

lisamelton,
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@Alice This. 💯 Seriously, it's entertaining. 😂

lisamelton,
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@Alice Oh, I'm definitely laughing! Hell, I think I actually boosted one of those silly-ass announcements. 😂

miriamrobern, to random
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Me: Brain, please stop drafting three books at once.

Brain: ooooh, you know what the FIFTH book in the series should be?! Listen to this...

lisamelton,
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@miriamrobern LOL! My sister does this same thing all the time. 😂 So, don't feel bad. Just feel "blessed" with creativity. 🥰

miriamrobern, to overwatch
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Good morning.

All of my limbs hate me.

lisamelton,
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@miriamrobern Ibuprofen, sweetie. In mega doses. It is the miracle cure. 💊

Hugs and here's hoping none of your limbs go rogue. 🫂

DemocracySpot, to photography
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📷 Breakfast.

#FediversalPictures #Photography #Abstract

lisamelton,
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@DemocracySpot You are very welcome, sir! Beautiful shot. 💖

WrenArcher, to trans
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Ooof.

0/10 do NOT recommend two days in a row of hour long electrolysis sessions.
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I don't think I have the stones to do this once a week for a year or more. 😜 ( humor)

lisamelton,
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@WrenArcher Hugs, sweetie. 🫂🫂🫂

It does get more tolerable over time. And it helps if your electrolysis technician understands that managing your pain/tolerance is the highest priority, followed closely by not damaging your collagen and keeping your skin healthy.

miriamrobern, to random
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Okay time to put on my big girl boots and unload two storage containers. I'm gonna try to take it slow and safe, but pray for me and my back.

lisamelton,
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@miriamrobern ROTFL!! 🤣😂🤣

This is exactly what happened to me during my post-separation house move last year. Yeah, that guy was such an asshole.

portugeek, to trans
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I have a breast growth question. I have read and heard from multiple sources that I should not expect any changes in body shape in the first 3 months (and sometimes even beyond that point), that the fat redistribution won't happen overnight, etc etc. And so I was fully prepared to wait and not fret too much about when my boobs or hips were going to start growing.

But then, this week the bras that I bought well before beginning HRT and that had always felt snug and comfortable were not feeling so snug and comfortable anymore. I noticed they started leaving significant marks on my skin and the underwire was poking my sideboob and armpit a bit. I loosened the shoulder straps, which helped alleviate the problem a bit, but it still didn't feel right.

I didn't take any measurements before going on hormones, but then I remembered that early on I did take some pictures of my breasts, for future reference. I scrolled through my pictures, and then took off my clothes and stood in front of my mirror... and I gasped. There is a very significant difference, specially in the left breast. It's really noticeable, even with just a passing glance. It's not from weight; in fact, I lost a kilo since starting HRT.

I know that of course everyone is different and that there are exceptions to every rule; also, I am certain that if this is happening to me it has certainly happened to others. But I am still stumped. Has this happened to anyone out here?

I also noticed a significant hardening of the tissue in the centre, close to the areola; is that to be expected?

So yeah, I am obsessing with my boobs (boobsessing?) right now. I am sitting in bed topless, and every 30 seconds or so I look down to admire them. I am in awe. As if I needed another reason to be blissful.

EDIT: Just to add that next week I will have been 3 months on HRT (15/2).

lisamelton,
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@portugeek Congratulations on the new boobage, girl! Also, that's a fabulous dress. 🥰

WrenArcher, to trans
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So today, I will have a teeny, tiny needle jabbed into my face a couple hundred times. With each stab it will have an electric current turned on to kill a hair follicle.

Yes... A single hair follicle. One hair follicle at a time, for an hour.

I am not looking forward to this at all. Not all trans women/transfemme people get electrolysis on their face but I am.

<sarcasm font>Let me tell ya folks... being isn't all rainbows and unicorns 24/7 like you might think. </sarcasm font>

lisamelton,
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@WrenArcher Wishing you as pleasant an experience as possible, sister! 🫂💜

Is this your first time riding the lightning? 😬

lisamelton,
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@WrenArcher Woof. Well, make sure you have some numbing cream, hydrate and do what you can to make sure your head is in the right place before it starts. 🤞

I'm doing 90 minutes this afternoon "downstairs" so just remember we're all in this together. 🫂

lisamelton,
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@WrenArcher Thanks, sweetie! It's... unpleasant, but I can endure it. This will be my fifth(?) session. TBH, the really annoying thing is getting reimbursed for any of this electrolysis. Medicare and supplement plans really suck for this particular procedure.

jessica, to random
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No makeup but I do t think I’m going to be misgendered at Home Depot

(Watch me totally jinx myself saying that)

CW: selfie disinterested look

lisamelton,
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@jessica "Do" or "don't?" Not sure if that's a typo.

I can't see how a girl looking like you would ever be misgendered. Especially when your voice is on point, too.

Willow, to trans
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A year ago, tonight, a girl who’d never seen her own reflection was sitting with her Eldest child for bedtime. And after Eldest fell asleep, she came across a post suggesting that wishing that she was the other gender was not a very cis thing to do.

It only took a few days to conclude that she wanted to transition so she could show her children what it meant to live authentically. She didn’t want her example to them to be living in the closet.

Anyway. It’s been quite a year.

#Trans #TransJoy

lisamelton,
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@Willow Congratulations on being your authentic self for a whole year now! 🥳 Now keep going. 🥰

JoscelynTransient, to TransJoy
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I...um...I just got a mother's day card from my adopted nephew? 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🥰🥰🥰🥰😭😭🥰😭🥰😭

I never even conceived i could ever receive a mother's day card...I just...i'm crying again 🥹😭

A purple greeting card that says "you're loved" on the front.

lisamelton,
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@JoscelynTransient I am so happy for you, girl! 💖

There's nothing like that first Mother's Day card. Got mine from my son last year and I was a mess of happiness for most of the day. And I still have it propped up on my bookcase behind me.

danirabbit, to random
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Every girl who does electrolysis deserves pizza and ice cream

lisamelton,
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@danirabbit Oh yes! But not at the same time. 😂

lisamelton,
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@ramsey And there it is, the decline of Western Civilization.

@danirabbit

lisamelton,
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@ramsey I haven't visited New Jersey. And now? Now I may never go. 😂

@danirabbit

lisamelton,
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@ramsey Ouch. That is not a ringing endorsement for The Garden State either.

@danirabbit

jann, to random
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Okay, y'all, I need the Mastodon group mind here I think - please.

Someone told me about a TV Show or movie that was Agatha Christie talking to Poirot about Curtain...

It was older - 80's? I think...

Anyone know of that work? I keep wanting to think it's "The Murder Book" but do you know how many results that search gets you? 🤷‍♂️

Can someone in the hive mind let me know if you know?

Thanks!

@lisamelton? I'm gonna ask for a boost here if you can...

lisamelton,
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@jann Done. And I wish I could help you with this, too. No memory of it though.

jann, to random
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Oh, hell... THAT's what happened to my feed! I've been Lisa'd! 😂

@lisamelton ❤️

lisamelton,
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@jann I thought you might enjoy that. 😂💖

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    lisamelton,
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    @rooster Of course you pull it off!

    (And I will refrain from making "pull it off" jokes even though that's very difficult for me).

    The only problem with this outfit is that as a pedestrian you will be more of menace to vehicular traffic than usual. Regardless of the driver's gender.

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    lisamelton,
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    @caroline Says a girl of the same age. 😊

    @rooster

    miriamrobern, to random
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    Things I Did Not Expect From Transition :

    How much I literally squeal over cute stuff.

    lisamelton,
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    @miriamrobern Indeed. I did not expect to become so "girlie" when I became a girl. But, yeah, much squealing has ensued. 😊

    lisamelton, (edited ) to opensource
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    March 31 was already significant to me because that's the day in 1998 when I helped Navigator become .

    Now this day has a whole new meaning for me as a woman. And it's my first that I celebrate publicly since coming out to everyone on June 21 of last year.

    To all my siblings, I see you. Even if complete visibility isn't possible for you right now. You still matter. You're still loved. And you're still trans. Never doubt that. 🏳️‍⚧️🫂💖

    lisamelton,
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    @farbel Thank you so much! 💖

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