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Why have the squirrels destroyed my pumpkin within 24 hours but the neighbors' are fine?!

I had to argue with the AI bot at the insurance concierge for a minute, but once I got to a human she was like "You're right, that's usually covered. We'll call the insurance company and look into it"

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 4h

[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!

forbes.com

Knobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of Many

Auto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back.

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 11h

This is a community note for the ages.

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 3h

I let my kids have it all, but they usually lose interest and I end up throwing the rest away around valentines day

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 3h

I'm not one of those authors, but my friends are. My son razzes me about my "author friends" (air quotes are mandatory) but they are actual friends!

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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 6h

never the wrong time for this classic

Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?"
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 3h

Logged in to get the actual EOB and it did say denied, but what do you mean a lipid panel isn't covered??

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 3h

So true. People complain about the gluten free "trend" but it means my husband can eat sorta normal

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 5h

Bill from the lab said my insurance denied the coverage, claim information from the insurance company said 100% insurance discount, $0 owed. Is the lab trying to scam me???

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 5h

Couldn't have happened to a worse company 🥰

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 7h

Anyway, Sugar free cocoa mix + ultra processed milk (fairlife) + scoop of plain whey protein isolate is like 26g of protein, if you also need help

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 7h

Everyone's always like "stop putting protein in everything, nobody needs this much protein!" but it's for me. I am the person who, despite the craze, does not get enough protein. Hate protein. Hashtag Carbs4Lyfe

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 9h

Boy, I just never knew where this sentence was going next

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 23h

Damn, hit ‘em with the lookback

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I don't know how much Sundae Sunday has improved anyone's health--I suppose one Oreo after dinner is still a better choice than a bowl of ice cream every night--but it certainly makes the ice cream more exciting.

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My next job, I am hiding my light under a bushel. Let me be a fairly compensated middle of the pack 🙏🏻

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You don't have to be the best to succeed, you just need to be good enough that someone else is worse. There's someone lousy in our department who has survived there for nearly 20 years simply by not being The Literal Worst employee.

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If you have burgers on the menu, you should have grilled cheese on an inside out bun on the menu

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I was all "forget the Art Institute, we're going to the pinball expo for my birthday!" But then I found out that the pinball expo is $60 each for everyone over 10. We can go to the art museum for $64 TOTAL.

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

One of my favorite things: The way we meet people online or at events and carry on a relationship by sending each other jokes, memes, photos, posts. It feels so special when a far away friend sees something and thinks specifically of me and reaches out. I was a lonely kid, and this gives me life.

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

One time Adam woke me up and made me drink his (room temperature) water because apparently he was dreaming that we were stranded in the desert and he was giving me cold water

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I am still good at remembering how to get places, because I still look at the map before I go to determine the route and then just...do it.

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

They already have a ROBUST security department! I know, I worked in it!!

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

They never make sense, which is the easiest way to tell if they're not actually awake. Also usually pretty easy to herd back to bed compared to an awake child

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yes! I sent it in pounds because our friend did my husband a favor (buying something not available here) and I didn't want him to take the hit, which meant that I definitely did

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Every single person in this family except me walks and/or talks in their sleep and may I just say, what the hell did I do to deserve this

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Not really. It's very heavy, and our plaster walls are babies

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We think we're so smart and evolved, but you put a whole bunch of crap on the same tray and your brain goes "okay, that is all One Object now, much more pleasant."

A picture of my nightstand. There is book and my reading glasses case at the botton, the base of a lamp and a silver hand mirror at the top (I don't know where to store a silver hand mirror!) and in between is a long tray with a bunch of pill bottles and lotion and Dr Pepper tic tacs and whatnot.

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We just packed a LOT of squishmallows cross country, and a compression bag works wonders

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I believe the PayPal fee was $5 when I sent money to a friend in the UK last month. The exchange rate is less favorable, though

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

International payments really nickel and pound you!! I've heard good things about Wise, but never actually used it

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Sarah @sarahjwh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"the people who are the most “polarized” in the U.S. electorate are those who are racist and sexist, and those who oppose racists and sexists."

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Frankenstein Iscariot @deaconblues1979.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I am often thankful that, if I had to grow up in a conservative Christian religion, it was one that held dances and Halloween parties.

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If there was opposition, it means they were ALREADY considering it! They decided not to pursue it, but it clearly was under consideration!!

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s, um…interesting that the documentation req’d by disadvantaged folks to access social safety net programs - in the interest of “accountability” to ensure no improper use - is not req’d by the very politicians who rail about the need to be responsible with taxpayer dollars.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Happy to report that Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany are the eras least aligned with my beliefs. Along with Habsberg Spain, which I admit I'm not super knowledgeable about. (In the individual section, Columbus was one the furthest individuals, so it tracks.)

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I had to work general conference and I was allllways driving to and from in a dusting of snow

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's so wild that when I lived in Utah two decades ago it always snowed the first weekend in October and now it's like 80 degrees

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Gotta go on airplane mode or something

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We used that too! Or shuttle runs, which I think technically are different

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Cath @cathinator.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You could do it by soda or flavoring! A Coke Suicide or a Strawberry Suicide. Presumably if you wanted ALL you'd just do all the flavors of one soda and then just add the base of all the other sodas, right??

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