Loving your family in 2026 is discovering your female family members using insecure 3rd party apps to track their menstrual cycles and sitting down to write a private and secure one for them to use instead...
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@folfdk @Ruth_Mottram they are on Mastodon @dripapp (Maybe you don't have to sit down and write a new app from scratch).
@MishaVelthuis @folfdk @Ruth_Mottram @dripapp
There is also #Periodical, an app that lets you keep all your data and that was developed exactly like that.
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Loving your family in 2026 is discovering your female family members using insecure 3rd party apps to track their menstrual cycles and sitting down to write a private and secure one for them to use instead...
Sigh. I love my family members but still haven't convinced them to use Signal. Damnit.
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Loving your family in 2026 is discovering your female family members using insecure 3rd party apps to track their menstrual cycles and sitting down to write a private and secure one for them to use instead...
@Ruth_Mottram I know it nt trendy but paper calendar.
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Sigh. I love my family members but still haven't convinced them to use Signal. Damnit.
@lemgandi I only managed that by virtue of refusing to use anything else. But I have many friends who have still not switched. And getting the teenagers on to password managers and proton was a struggle too
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@lemgandi I only managed that by virtue of refusing to use anything else. But I have many friends who have still not switched. And getting the teenagers on to password managers and proton was a struggle too
@Ruth_Mottram @lemgandi
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Loving your family in 2026 is discovering your female family members using insecure 3rd party apps to track their menstrual cycles and sitting down to write a private and secure one for them to use instead...
@Ruth_Mottram Another vote for paper calendars.
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Loving your family in 2026 is discovering your female family members using insecure 3rd party apps to track their menstrual cycles and sitting down to write a private and secure one for them to use instead...
Brava!
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@Ruth_Mottram I know it nt trendy but paper calendar.
@ang6666 @Ruth_Mottram i love my paper diary. its my own private world. and if i dont have it with me, its the perfect excuse to not make solid plans
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@lemgandi I only managed that by virtue of refusing to use anything else. But I have many friends who have still not switched. And getting the teenagers on to password managers and proton was a struggle too
@Ruth_Mottram @lemgandi this is how i mostly have for people to signal too, or lost touch with them tbh. i have had less luck with getting my YA’s to take this kinda thing on board but this reminds me to have another go
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@Ruth_Mottram @lemgandi this is how i mostly have for people to signal too, or lost touch with them tbh. i have had less luck with getting my YA’s to take this kinda thing on board but this reminds me to have another go
@lususlumi @lemgandi if it helps neither of my teens wanted a password manager but after only a couple of weeks they got the point...
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Loving your family in 2026 is discovering your female family members using insecure 3rd party apps to track their menstrual cycles and sitting down to write a private and secure one for them to use instead...
@Ruth_Mottram I got 85% of the way through making one as a plugin for Obsidian, at a friend's request. Been too swamped lately to finish it, but I'll share it publicly once it's ready.
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@citc Why not just get a calendar or print a single page to make a few crosses every month?
I'm old, I know.@canyakker @citc digital data is easier to spot trends in and look up history.
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@Ruth_Mottram I know it nt trendy but paper calendar.
@ang6666 @Ruth_Mottram it's not about trendy, but utility. https://mstdn.games/@noodlemaz/117021800942288217
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Loving your family in 2026 is discovering your female family members using insecure 3rd party apps to track their menstrual cycles and sitting down to write a private and secure one for them to use instead...
@Ruth_Mottram I wish I have a family
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@canyakker @citc digital data is easier to spot trends in and look up history.
@noodlemaz @canyakker @citc A paper calendar is easier than you think. It worked for all us old chicks.
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@noodlemaz @canyakker @citc A paper calendar is easier than you think. It worked for all us old chicks.
@MFennVT @noodlemaz @citc Can't be hacked, can be burned or shredded when needed.
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@MFennVT @noodlemaz @citc Can't be hacked, can be burned or shredded when needed.
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@citc is this one correlating with lunar cyclicity? It calls itself by the moon but doesn't seem to bring along lunar cycle awareness.
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@MFennVT @noodlemaz @citc Can't be hacked, can be burned or shredded when needed.
It's sad that the world in some places has come to that!@canyakker @MFennVT @citc yes I get the advantages in an extreme misogynistic surveillance state. Just laying out why people do want digital tracking, it's useful.
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Loving your family in 2026 is discovering your female family members using insecure 3rd party apps to track their menstrual cycles and sitting down to write a private and secure one for them to use instead...
@Ruth_Mottram Very kind. I use the drip app. That's also tracking free.
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