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Erin @fujoshi.bsky.social · 35m

"Fuck 12" is a reference to the number of followers the average reply guy has

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Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 48m

ACAB includes reply guys!

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Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 1h

Yes, significantly. Insurance has to cover preventative care with $0 copay, and must cover pre-existing conditions and mental health conditions. They also can’t charge cancer survivors or ppl with existing health conditions more than others in their group.

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a wicked and unusual boy @myrrlyn.net · 1h

nobody’s accidentally made a pink shirt since the bush era

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midgie @midgie.bsky.social · 1h

when i was a kid i noticed that
pros and cons
rhymed with
frozen prawns
i waited to be able to make use of this in a way that would make it clear i was particularly impressive and amusing
i am still waiting

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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 1h

Biomarkers / oncotyping revolutionized cancer treatment since 2006, full stop.

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Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 1h

The reference to AI says a lot here but ignoring that, the answer is obviously “literally everything”

jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 2h

what exactly has gotten better for the average person in the past 20 years with all the innovation such as AI, exactly? what's the social use case here

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Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 1h

The biggest difference is that I had access to oncotype testing. Which meant I wasn’t sent for chemo. Oncotype testing has led chemo use to go down and survival to go up for our very common cancer (invasive Ductal carcinoma)

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Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 1h

20 years ago my mom got the same kind of cancer I got anf my experience is much much better!

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Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 1h

It really is wild!

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Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 1h

I’m so surprised by this take! I had my first two babies in 2002 with 80s or 90s era laundry machines and it sucked. My sister has six kids and contemporary machines and her kids clothes are holding up much better?

thejeromesix.bsky.social @thejeromesix.bsky.social · 2h

Laundry Machines have not gotten better, especially if you have kids. After over a decade of struggle with fancy new washing machines, we've gone back to an old school Speed Queen and have never been happier.

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Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 2h

The improvement and wide spread adoption of HPV vaccines is pretty big. But besides that we really do/did have incredibly cheap consumer goods and transportation thereof over the past 20 years.

Televisions are so so so cheap now (even if you do need a sound bar now too) and “devices” too

jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 2h

what exactly has gotten better for the average person in the past 20 years with all the innovation such as AI, exactly? what's the social use case here

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Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 2h

We added a lot more coverage, like pre existing condition coverage.

You can argue that that juice isn’t worth the squeeze but like it’s (part of) the reason (to the extent that premiums have risen at all)

jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 2h

how do health care premiums just double? where are these alleged efficiencies, or even our share of these vaunted efficiencies

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Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 2h

I kind of believe in cursed places because of Killeen Texas but SF makes another compelling case

ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 4h

i think the SF part is underrated because the only exposure to american governance they have is a city with very unique problems. and also one with a history of cultism that goes back much longer than people imagine

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 4h

i think the SF part is underrated because the only exposure to american governance they have is a city with very unique problems. and also one with a history of cultism that goes back much longer than people imagine

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The Wicker Dan (1973) @danlehner.bsky.social · 4h

rewatched “Monsters, Inc.” with the kid and it’s a great movie but there’s a scene where a toddler just falls asleep instantly in a bed and I’ve never been angrier in my life

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Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 5h

See also: using “females” lmao

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Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 5h

It’s so weird that he signs his posts now because he was a frequent tweeter of unsigned tweets wasn’t he?

Makes me think this is just a thing that will happen as part of aging the way I’ve started using way more emojis in texts after entering the age accelerator

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h

This has real -- I intended to dm "Pam" -- energy.

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Candy Corn Woman 🌽 @womancorn.bsky.social · 2d

Suppose you accidentally walked in on a bunch of lizard people with their human disguises half off.

How would you go about telling anyone about this without being dismissed as either joking or insane?

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5h

With the government closed and official data collection on hold, economists are scrambling to find any clues on the economy.

They’re looking at paychecks, restaurant reservations, Broadway show bookings and even Statue of Liberty visitor numbers.