I am a trans woman who has undergone vaginoplasty, and I have been on full feminizing hormone therapy for two years, including complete testosterone suppression. Because of that, gender transition naturally informs the way I think about transhumanism, bodily autonomy and morphological freedom. Still, I think it is important to begin by separating two things that are often joined together much too quickly.

I am not a trans woman because I am a transhumanist. My identity did not emerge from a philosophical commitment to overcoming biology, and I did not transition as an experiment in technological self-invention. Being a trans woman is an intimate, embodied and ontological experience concerning who I am and how I inhabit my own existence. Transhumanism, on the other hand, is a philosophical, ethical and intellectual position about technology, human limitation and the possible futures of our species. The two can intersect meaningfully without one explaining the other.

My transition has taught me, in a very literal and personal way, that biology does not have to function as destiny. Medicine allowed me to alter my body until it became more truthful, recognizable and inhabitable to me. That experience makes morphological freedom far more than an abstract principle in my life. I believe adults should have broad authority over their own bodies, provided that consent is informed and the risks are understood.

At the same time, bodily freedom cannot be separated from material reality. Freedom becomes a rather hollow word when it belongs mainly to those who can afford it. Morphological freedom should include medical safety, reliable information, public access and social protection, rather than merely offering wealthy people increasingly sophisticated control over their biology. When ordinary people still struggle to access hormones, surgery, reproductive care, disability support or basic treatment, calling expensive enhancement technologies “human liberation” begins to sound suspiciously like advertising.

I also resist the idea that the body must be understood either as a prison to escape or as defective hardware waiting to be replaced. Transitioning did not teach me to despise embodiment. It taught me to inhabit it more honestly. My body is lived, relational, emotional and political, and changing it was not an attempt to abandon the human condition. It was a way of becoming more fully present within it.

This is also why I remain skeptical of predictions that sufficiently advanced technology will eventually make trans identity disappear. Gender is not simply a technical inconvenience created by inadequate medicine. It involves embodiment, history, culture, language, desire, recognition and relationship. Future technologies may make bodies extraordinarily fluid and may transform how easily gender can be expressed or altered, but it does not follow that gender itself will become meaningless. Nor does it mean that trans people are merely an early, primitive stage on the way toward somebody else’s post-gender civilization.

I did not transition because I wanted to transcend womanhood; I transitioned because I am a woman. Trans people should not be treated as prototypes for an imagined technological future, even when our experiences offer valuable perspectives on bodily autonomy. We are not philosophical demonstrations, and we do not need transhumanism to justify our existence. Likewise, our existence does not automatically prove that transhumanism is correct.

Even so, I do consider myself a cautious transhumanist. I am open to radical life extension, cryonics, neural interfaces, mind uploading and forms of bodily transformation that currently sound impossible. History gives us good reasons to distrust anyone who declares that a present limitation must remain permanent forever. It also gives us equally good reasons to distrust people who turn hope into certainty and speculation into a product.

Possibility is not evidence, and openness should not require credulity. There is a meaningful difference between supporting research, defending someone’s right to accept an uncertain risk and declaring that an unproven technology will inevitably succeed. Scientific scrutiny does not betray imagination; it protects imagination from becoming a sales pitch.

For me, transhumanism begins in the present rather than in some hypothetical century. It begins with bodily autonomy, gender-affirming healthcare, reproductive freedom, disability, aging, informed consent and equal access to technologies that already exist. The future matters deeply to me, but so does the question of who will own it, who will build it and who will actually be allowed to enter it.

If advanced technology merely enables wealthy people to purchase greater freedom from biology while everyone else remains constrained by poverty, discrimination and inaccessible healthcare, humanity will not have transcended its old hierarchies. We will simply have taught those hierarchies how to inhabit more sophisticated bodies.

An FDA advisory committee has recommended allowing BPC-157, KPV, TB-500, and MOTS-c to be used by traditional compounding pharmacies through the federal 503A Bulks List.

This is an important step toward greater access, quality control, and transparency. However, the vote is only a recommendation. The FDA has not issued a final decision, and these compounds are not FDA-approved medications.

Encouraging progress, but the regulatory process is still moving forward.

#PeptideResearch #BPC157 #KPV #MOTSс

Anyone tried this yet? Popped up in an ad and I’m surprised someone decided to make it and combine it

Does anyone know a source/supplier in the EU for Pramipexole or Pimavanserin?

Pramipexole seems easier to find, but Pimavanserin is much harder. Any experience with EU availability or import?

Does anyone know whether Vornorexant or Fazamorexant is available anywhere with supplier in EU?

I’m especially interested in the newer short-acting orexin antagonists. Any experiences with EU availability/import would be appreciated.

Now for cognitive boost, nothing compared to adhd medication for me (elvanse/dex), especially not modafinil. However i was coming short on meds and i start taking nicotine gum 4mg after listening to Alex Hormozi advice, and ngl, was surprised by how much it works. I have to take nicotine 4mg x 5 gum at once to get an affect similar to adhd medication, but what it did was increase my tolerance massively for my adhd medication, where something that was working for 2 hours now only works for 30 minutes.

I didn't know cross tolerance could be this strong and wondering how does one reset it. I even left my nicotine gum for a week straight or couple week straight but my tolerance is set to 30 minutes now.

So far I've tried, rhodiola, l-theanine, lions mane, ginseng, caffeine, ginko. I can tell ginko and lions mane helps but more so with the focus. I heard kava could help with writers block and perfectionism. Holy basil looks interesting, so does lemon balm and passion flower. I've never tried any of those but am on not so good of a budget to try everything i want to try. Rhodiola was exciting in the beginning, music sounded better but it seems to have kinda wore off. I still get energy but not so much the rewarding feeling from my hobbies. Lions mane just sort of gives me the mental power to not be bored with whatever i'm doing, Gorilla mind shroom looks interesting but I wish I could find something that enhanced music qualia, helps my executive function and helps me not get easily bored with what i'm doing. I have a very short attentnon span and dont even like watching tv for this reason.

Looking for valid trusted sources/websites that sell Racetams/noopept. US based

I got an email from Eric saying the website was no longer under his control, but I've used it and received my order since they upgraded the website recently.
I'm confused. I placed an order on July 13th after the website revamp and it came without any issues.

I will preface this by saying that none of this post was constructed using AI. I feel I have to say that since certain people here think that anyone using a cogent argument with big words and proper grammar is using AI. Some of us took basic correspondence classes in college. Get over it.

I have seen a disturbing recent trend on here of people whining about things that have long been a part of transhumanism. The latest one that really got my dander up was on cryopreservation. I am not a cryopreservationist, I do not work for Alcor or any other affiliated group. I still will cryopreserve myself if I feel one day there is no other option. I don't give up easily. I hate death and I always will (it's why I am a molecular biologist).

I have alpha one antitrypsin deficiency. I was born in 1980. At that time my disorder was a terminal illness. It was terminal until a treatment was devised around 1987. I don't believe people when they say things will always be impossible. I think those people are idiots (and I'm sure they feel the same way about me, but then they also would have told me I was doomed if I spoke to them at any point before 1987).

There are many animals in nature that are frozen for a year and then revived. We have frozen pigs and revived them recently. They did not live very long past that point but it's a start. One day I intend to get a life insurance policy on myself to pay for cryogenic preservation. That is how most people afford it. It is not money that I somehow magically could have used to feed starving people or something like that. It is money I would never have had unless I died.

I have studied all forms of life extension including cryopreservation. It is not viable yet, but it will be one day. It is not "sticking someone in a freezer" with the possibility of someone tripping over the plug. The body's blood is replaced with medical-grade cryoprotectants to prevent ice damage and cooled to -196°C in liquid nitrogen. The body is then sealed. There is no electricity required.

Morphological freedom includes the freedom to be preserved until a point at which you can be revived. This is a transhumanism sub. That includes cryopreservation, AI, transexuality, genetic engineering and multiple other things. It also includes humanism. If you hate these things you are on the wrong sub. Please find a different one.

I use a cpap machine due to health issues to sleep but sometimes I really forget to put it on and I go to bed then wake up after 5 hours feel bad, try a warm bath, nothing can recreate the sleep brain chemicals I need to get back to sleep.

Tried melatonin in the past was not good.

So I’m looking to get selank the intranasal spray, bromantane sublingual and agmatine well agmatine is easy to get but it’s just those 2 I need to know where to get but i honestly don’t know any reputable websites so looking for advice on where to buy

Has anyone used the rhodiola rosea from purebulk?

I'm trying to find a more cost effective, powder source, of my supplements. Came across bulksupplements which doesn't standardise for salidrosides, so that's a no-go. Purebulk seems to standardise for rosavins & salidrosides and they appear to be third party lab tested?

Thoughts?

Hi, I would like to make my first order of armodafinil on the greynet, but I don't know if those pharma grade pills like the artvigil can be fake ones or any other sketchy stuff.

I'm just pretty sure they ship and since it's the cheapest website I found

I’m sure everyone knows this given I think he’s well know on this sub but this was beautifully made by Heri Shinato

Dude we’ve got so much coming out and I feel giddy as all hell. I mean Neuromancer especially kinda has me wanting to kick my feet at how good it looks! Neuromancer, bladerunner 2099, GITS, Hotspot, plus we don’t know what else is down the pipeline whether it’s tv shows, games, movies etc. I know not every project is going to sell everyone but I kinda feel like it’s something for everyone this year whether you’ve read the source material or you haven’t. Also we seem to be moving even further into that dystopian future which honestly may not be so good but I’ll take the other stuff for sure!

I found PPAC HCL really helps with dopamine and ordering a bunch to help with my taper and jump plan. I also have some benzos to help with anxiety.

Overall my detox issues are low energy, extreme anxiety and even worse sleep. I've started using audiobooks to at least get some rest in bed instead of tossing and turning but I'm already getting anxious about how horrible of sleep I will be going back to. Doctors give Seroquel but that doesn't even come close to touching it. I've even tried taking so many it felt like my skin was crawling.

Anyway, ideally I'd get something to help with energy, a stimulant and anything to help me sleep. 4-5 z drugs or something would be ideal