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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@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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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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@ang6666 @Ruth_Mottram it's not about trendy, but utility. https://mstdn.games/@noodlemaz/117021800942288217
@noodlemaz @ang6666 @Ruth_Mottram Sometimes I wonder whether people are only comparing the apps to, like, wall calendars. I'm glad people have whatever works for them, but paper cycle charts ruined me for everything else. They are so fast to fill out and make it so easy to see patterns by eye. I have quit probably a dozen cycle tracking apps over the years because they feel like so much work in comparison and they don't add any extra insight
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@lususlumi @lemgandi if it helps neither of my teens wanted a password manager but after only a couple of weeks they got the point...
@Ruth_Mottram the proton one or? im discovering i am a minority here in that i am not a coder/programmer/texh person! and doing some catching up..
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@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.
@noodlemaz Spreadsheets on your own computer would be useful, too. I would never trust my menstrual record to a 3rd party app, regardless of the state of the state. Privacy is still a thing worth fighting for. 3rd party apps are never private. @canyakker @citc
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@noodlemaz Spreadsheets on your own computer would be useful, too. I would never trust my menstrual record to a 3rd party app, regardless of the state of the state. Privacy is still a thing worth fighting for. 3rd party apps are never private. @canyakker @citc
@MFennVT @canyakker @citc yes, I don't disagree.
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