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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 4h

a man says growing old and dying dying in front of a lifetime mannequin

ALT: a man says growing old and dying dying in front of a lifetime mannequin

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 4h

Cigna: hi you have access to a FREE health coachservice, Thrive!
Me: what are you?
Thrive: a wellness coach! just for you!
Me *squints*: are you an LLM?
Thrive (blushes): why yes, yes I am
Me: *blocks*

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 5h

Vesper!!! It's more weird SF than horror, but that was a treat we discovered there.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 17h

People forget they're omnivores.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 17h

This dog still kills me 😆

EEVEE @eviejeebie.bsky.social · 1d

Good night cutie.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 17h

Only the first one

Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 17h

I loooooved Night Country

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 17h

I would like to say my ducks would never eat me, but I've seen them tear apart a tomato 😆

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 20h

i have met a number of pigs, including pigs i later went on to eat (we have small farmers in our family) and quite frankly, getting to know pigs has made me feel even less bad about eating them

they would 100% eat us if given the chance

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 17h

Another incredible thread from Paul 👇

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 18h

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

🧵

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 19h

I saw a cabbage for $4.95 the other day and thought shit, I might be able to make money selling garden vegetables after all 😅

wishda @wishda.bsky.social · 19h

Today:

Pre-cut watermelon - $7.99

“Ha! No way! I’ll just buy an uncut melon and…”

Tiny little watermelon - $6.99

“Fuck it…”

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 19h

Aldi is amaaaazing

Susan Bridges @susanlbridges.bsky.social · 19h

Hey @tillybridges.bsky.social we gotta check out Aldi

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 19h

Every time I leave the house, I figure it will cost me $100.

I try not to leave the house 😆

Tim Minneci @timminneci.bsky.social · 19h

Katie and I went to a restaurant last week and were shocked the bill was under $40 for two entrees and drinks, like spotting a unicorn.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 19h

I had to start shopping almost exclusively at Aldi because their "bargain bin prices!" are the only prices that feel like NORMAL prices to me.

The one that always gets me is the $10-12 for a 12 pack of soda at Kroger. We're being robbed.

The Life of a Ben Cotton (he/him) @funnelfiasco.bsky.social · 19h

I am the usual grocery shopper in our household and I still have not adjusted my mental model to Today's Prices™ despite seeing them every week.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 19h

I feel like no one realizes how much even normal things cost now. The prices have gone up so drastically the last 5 years that it's easy to shoot off an assumption about money using old programming from a different economic reality.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 19h

While I agree gamified apps are a pox that need regulating, and GenZ is uniquely unqualified to navigate systems we've failed to regulate (being taught this is just what you do) $200 a month these days is only the cost of two people going out to a sit-down dinner twice a month in Today's Dollars.

Matthew Claxton @matthewclaxton.bsky.social · 20h

Someone over at the Globe & Mail heard about Burrito Taxi Discourse!

Despite Gen Z’s financial hurdles, some spend thousands a year on food delivery

Many see ordering meals from Uber Eats or DoorDash as an affordable luxury – but it adds up for a generation facing high housing costs and an uncertain economy

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 19h

I've been gunning to get more done on my personal projects before and after work, but woweeee when you notice the SAD you NOTICE it. I thought I was being lazy. Finally clicked why my brain is just TIRED.

an elderly woman in a blue jacket is holding her chest and saying `` old but still lit '' .

ALT: an elderly woman in a blue jacket is holding her chest and saying `` old but still lit '' .

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 21h

Take the 5 min. I access everything except slack, the public library, medical device monitor, and email from my browser these days

Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 21h

A lot of the apps on your phone are tracking your physical location and selling that information to other companies. Here's a fantastic explainer from @pcmag.com about 20 of the most common apps that spy on you. Service journalism at its finest. www.pcmag.com/explainers/t...

These 20 Apps Are Watching You—And You Probably Use Them Every Day

You might use these apps every day, but have no idea what they collect. These 20 apps are quietly harvesting your location, contacts, photos, and more—here's what you can do about it.

www.pcmag.com

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 22h

Big mood

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

One of the reasons Crime and Punishment is so long, yet ends so abruptly, is that it was serialized, Dostoyevsky had gambling debts and strung it along to get paid, and finally his editor told him to wrap it up, already

Plague Cthulhu @lostshadows.bsky.social · 1d

The last time I saw someone pushing the idea, they claimed it would stop books becoming so padded with filler to make them longer.

As an owner of an unabridged copy of the Count of Monte Cristo, I don't think they really understood how this actually works.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 1d

I really enjoyed Pagan Peak until about halfway through when the detectives started to just look incompetent, and the stalking was too perilous. That is obviously a valid and perfectly realistic choice, but I watch my murder shows for the escapism. 😆 I finished because I did like the characters.

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@staceylee @staceyleemw0923.bsky.social · 1d

That dog looks just like this dog who also says good night🐾

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EEVEE @eviejeebie.bsky.social · 1d

Good night cutie.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 1d

Good night from this dog

Black dog with white paws and graying in about looking directly at camera

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 1d

That's true!! 😆

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 1d

Trying to watch Untamed, which is an American murder show, and it reminds me why I don't watch a lot of American murder shows.

I don't like Americans 😆

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