If you're willing to hit up Ebay for "new in box" options, you can get some pretty good stuff under $180. For wireless:
Fairbuds XL: Made by the Fairphone folks, who have a very good reputation for repairability and longevity.
Sonos Ace: Stainless steel pivots, replaceable earpads, huge battery, no glitchy touch controls. Mine have treated me well so far. Absurd you can find them this cheap, considering the original MSRP.
About 1 months to lose, 2 to regain. ~3.5% of body mass. Normal amounts of weekly exercise throughout (walking, stair climbing, calisthenics).
I hardly speak for everyone, but I though the objective was pretty clear: attract cameras and control the narrative for once.
The first round was intentionally scheduled so that the news would publish pictures of massive protests alongside Trump's pathetic military parade. I'd speculate the date for the second round was chosen in anticipation of a deadlock over the appropriations bill (it was selected by August 23rd).
Optics aren't my thing. I'm not good at them, and I care a lot more about direct action. Nevertheless, I still think seizing control of the narrative is important work. Trump relies on image projection and promises of power to corral Republicans, after all. Put him on the defensive, and the image falters.
Spoiler: sadly not true. EO 10834 (called out in 4 USC SS5) specifies placement and proportions and colors of all elements.
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Just started Beyond Good and Evil on GameCube.
I never played many console games in 2003, so I don't have much point of reference, but I'm impressed so far. I think the stylized graphics aged well. Environments look organic and detailed without losing readability, and characters look like they belong. The voice acting is solid, and I-Can't-Believe-It's-Not-Porco-Rosso's banter is good. I don't expect much from the plot, but the characters and world seem well-realized.
I don't recommend the upcoming Lenovo Legion Go 2. The Go 2 is around $1300, and only offers some 20% performance increase over the previous gen (with the Z1E CPU) which is currently $750. The ROG Xbox Ally X pricing is yet to be revealed.
The elephant in the room is the Steam Deck OLED, which you can find refurbished/certified for $440. It's not as powerful, but power is never going to be a handheld's strong suit anyway. They're everywhere and tons of indie games are made with it in mind.
If you're willing to get a bit nerdy, game streaming is getting pretty good these days, and is really easy on battery life. Moonlight lets you stream games from your desktop PC, while Xbox Remote Play can stream from your Xbox. If cloud gaming is your jam, Nvidia Geforce Now and Xbox Cloud Gaming are available. For any of these, the Steam Deck would be perfectly adequate, but if you want something smaller and lighter, you could also go with an AYN Odin 2 Portal, which is an Android-based handheld with WiFi 7 and a nice 120Hz OLED screen for around $330.
Not an expert, but here are some good ones:
Earthbound (SNES) - Kids-on-bikes fight aliens and meet cryptids in a quest to stop a cosmic horror in a JRPG set in suburban America. It's weird, wonderful, musical, and sometimes startlingly heartfelt. Not too grindy as JRPGs go, but keep the 2x fast,forward button handy anyway.
Chrono Trigger (SNES) - Another must-play. It's a time-travelling fantasy JRPG with one of the best OSTs ever made. While playing it, I had an existential crisis realizing I'd never run a D&D campaign this cool.
Metroid Fusion (GBA) - A metroidvania (duh) set in an infested space station, where an injured Samus races to arm herself against an unknown enemy. It manages to feel desperate, claustrophobic, and fast-paced, which -- hot take -- I feel is rare for the genre.
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (GBA) - A self-indulgent pick for me, as I imprinted on this short-but-sweet game at an early age. It's the last isometric Zelda and a swansong to the genre. The central gimmick, shrinking Link to the size of a mouse, gives the pixel artists the rare chance to show environments in lush, up-close detail that makes the world spring to life. Also: Ezlo sounds like Danny Devito. That is all.
Google's ongoing Android lockdown feels like the end of an era, with the understanding that eras don't end overnight. They fade away slowly.
Most of what I have to say is just signal boosting everyone else here.
Since you identify as cisgendered, it's a good idea to speak with a therapist about your self-image and feelings of worth, as those may either be caused by or be the cause of the wrongness you're experiencing. Ask the therapist about body dysmorphia, not gender dysphoria. They're similar, but not identical. And finally, a few things that we trans girls do to help ourselves through the bad days: