JesALady

@jesalady.bsky.social

Just an Irish lady. Fan of #puns, #baking, #music when not distracted by #TransHealthcare. Or rather its non-existence. A she/it friend of Blåhaj Mainly at https://mastodon.ie/@JesALady Music: https://itisshe.bandcamp.com/

In the last week I found around 9 articles in Irish media with non-trivial mentions of #trans topics. - 4 on ex-teacher - 1 on healthcare - 1 on research - 3 on matters abroad/children's author

You know you're at a DIY punk gig when they're inventing whole new bass tunings due to a broken string, and the crowd has grabbed duct tape to effect repairs in the middle of a song.

The 4th annual LGBTBBQ+ was today. Much good food, music, and company, Blåhaj joining new humans, and the trying on of clothes. Turns out feeding 25 people 6 courses isn't that hard, and only the cleaning of the BBQ itself is left to do.

In the last week I found around 19 articles in Irish media with non-trivial mentions of #trans topics. - 6 on pride/healthcare - 4 on ex-teacher - 4 on ex-TV writer - 1 on discrimination in public art - 3 general cultural articles - 1 on matters abroad

In the last week I found around 13 articles in Irish media with non-trivial mentions of #trans topics. - 4 on ex-teacher - 3 on transphobia - 1 on healthcare - 5 general cultural/pride articles

The duality of being trans: Afternoon in the Dáil listening to TDs being broadly supportive. Evening in the local Garda Station reporting a hate crime. (Don't worry, it was pretty minor).

I've been having hum issues with my electric guitar and bass, which got noticeably worse when I start using a distortion pedal. I tried shielding them with copper tape. That removed some of the hum from the bass, but made no difference to the guitar.

A bass guitar's body which has been opened up. The cavity and underside of the pickguard have been covered with copper tape.An audio spectrogram, the first sound has has much more noise than the second sound.A blue electric guitar's body which has been opened up. The cavities have been covered with copper tape, the pickguard already has a metal shield.Two audio spectrograms, which look very similar. Each has 5 sections, one for each of the pickup settings on a guitar. It starts with the bridge humbucker.

I regret to inform all right-thinking people that my talk "Ukulele Endocrinology: Experiences of Novel Pedagogical Approaches within the Trans Community" has been accepted for Transcare 2026 in UCC.

An acceptance email for TransCare 2026 which is being held in UCC in September.

In the last week I found around 12 articles in Irish media with non-trivial mentions of #trans topics. - 1 on healthcare - 1 on RTÉ removing link to a list that included a trans book - 4 on ex-teacher - 6 on pride/matters abroad (all good news)

My 2nd public guitar performance went down well, I did Another Irish Drinking Song this time. I also politely asked for one of the other songs sung tonight to be retired due to its transphobic premise, which was taken reasonably well.