Xenia, the fox girl mascot of Linux, was first designed in 1996 by Alan Mackey. She was meant to be an alternative to Tux, the official mascot.

She had fallen into obscurity, but was noticed by a Twitter user in 2019 and was redrawn as a fox girl. But as it turned out, Xenia was originally meant to be male! The original creator, Alan, was cool with this, saying “It matches the transition of a lot of the smartest, nerdiest Linux users I know” and “And sure, you made her trans!”.

So now we have a trans Linux mascot. And I think that’s neat.

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  • ValenThyme@reddthat.comEnglish
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    5 days ago

    mmm just got my lipids checked and if i have successfully lowered my cholesterol i get to switch from the patch to estradiol injection monotherapy. 🤞🏻

      • ValenThyme@reddthat.comEnglish
        4·
        4 days ago

        there’s an increased stroke risk with high cholesterol. Estradiol itself comes with an increased stroke risk as well.

        The patch gives you a slow trickle which i understand offers slightly less risk than injections?

        My cholesterol was double the legal limit (like 195) but i brought it down through dietary changes (mostly vegan now!) and this check is to make sure it’s really down!