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Flicky - The Floury Baker Cicada

Nix McRetro // 10th March 2024 // Nature

Flicky! Ohhh that little cicada was such a survivor. Resting and laying eggs almost every day for ten days while in captivity. Sadly she succumbed to time on 8th March 2023. All of these events happened just about one year ago. You can view the videos below or on either... Continue reading

Blood Test Results February 2024

Nix McRetro // 21st February 2024 // News

A few milestones have been achieved this month. I’ve reached my third month of gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) and was able to get an estradiol implant (200mg, compounded). I stopped pregabalin because it wasn’t helping my anxiety symptoms, although it had helped with sleep. I also ceased indometacin successfully. Hemicrania... Continue reading

The Garden, Lizards and Bees

Nix McRetro // 20th February 2024 // Nature

We had a giant blue tongue turn up randomly on the lawn. No doubt here for the snails and slugs I keep finding at night. I picked up a tray of beef dog food with minimal grain content and he hasn’t shown up since! 😭 Stumpie continues to appear intermittently.... Continue reading

New Year, New Something That Rhymes with Year

Nix McRetro // 19th January 2024 // Nature, News

New Year, New Something That Rhymes with Year

Technically I’m still the same, but my hammock is weirdly outdoors. For the first time in years I have an outdoor area. I’m no longer trapped in a box. I hate apartments. At the same time, urban sprawl isn’t good from an environmental standpoint either. Maybe the answer lies in... Continue reading

Maintenance Complete - User Is Online!

Nix McRetro // 18th December 2023 // News

CG-NAT defeated! Cloudflare Tunnel, which I was still habitually calling Argo Tunnel, works and has done so for about a week. cloudflared makes outbound connections from my network to Cloudflare, so I can publish the web server without needing an inbound public IPv4 connection. However, due to the way the... Continue reading