Children of Time is a 2015 science fiction novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

In the distant future, humanity seeks to create new habitats for itself on distant planets, terraforming them and seeding them with life. Dr. Avrana Kern is heading one such project, orbiting the tentatively named “Kern’s World”, where the plan is to release monkeys le-monke infected with a nanovirus that will accelerate their evolution. Through an act of sabotage from an anti-technology group that has also destroyed much of Earth, the monkeys are never released, and the virus instead infects a species of spider, Portia labiata. The book follows the evolution of the spiders and their eventual civilisation, as well as a remnant of humanity that fled to Kern’s World hoping to find paradise.

also children of ruin and children of memory, the sequels, are really good

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  • gaystyleJoker [she/her]@hexbear.netMEnglish
    10·
    3 months ago

    hi, does anyone wanna make the mega in the upcoming weeks? if so, reply to this post and i’ll add you to the list!

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  • Tommasi [she/her, pup/pup's]@hexbear.netEnglish
    26·
    3 months ago

    1 year of HRT, let’s fucking goooo!!! transshork-happy

    Might write a bit about it later, but the short and sweet is that estrogen fucking rocks and idk how I ever lived without it catgirl-peace

  • EstraDoll [she/her, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    24·
    3 months ago

    I tried speed dating and this is about how it went:

    Them: Says some presumably interesting anecdote about themselves but I can’t hear them

    Me: “WHAT?”

    repeat for two hours

  • AcidSmiley [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    22·
    3 months ago

    Inside of you are two wolves:

    two-wolves-1 One of them wants to form a big cuddle pile with all your trans cuties and make animal noises

    the other wants to wave a giant red banner in front of a burning skyline while calling the masses to the barricades two-wolves-2

  • yewler [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    22·
    3 months ago

    I’ve said this all before but I’m feeling it real good again. I’m so freaking thankful for this website. I’m so so so glad I came on here and made that post with my feels and met you all. I’m almost certain I would still be calling myself a cis man i it wasn’t for you all 😭, and because I don’t, I’m happier than I’ve ever been. I’m still trying to figure out the details, but realizing I don’t have to be a guy has been so unimaginably freeing, and I wanted to thank you all again for helping me realize it.

  • Yukiko [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    22·
    3 months ago
    CW: Extreme depression, dysphoria

    My brain is screaming out in agony tonight. I was watching GDQ and a lot of donations started to come in about how trans folks families were so accepting and supportive. What a stark difference between them and myself where I lost literally everyone except for my mother. I even lost my fucking husband. It’s so painful. I’m so happy others had it better than me, but gods it’s killing me on the inside and I just want to cry. It hurts so much. Sometimes I wish I wasn’t trans and this is one of those moments. I fucking hate everything right now.