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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · 4d ago

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The Delight of a Breast Reduction One of my favorite things about being a writer is exploring topics that I have no real connection to personally. Here, I became interested in data showing more than half of all breast reductions happen on women over 40, and I wondered why. Let me share a few things that didn't make it into the article! Also, no paywall 😜 https://hellogloria.com/essays/the-delight-of-a-breast-reduction/

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The Delight of a Breast Reduction - Hello Gloria

By Jill E. Duffy

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Jul 31, 2026

Replying to @Amoshias@esq.social

@Amoshias@esq.social LOL. All good ;)

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Jul 31, 2026

Replying to @JustinDerrick@mstdn.ca

@JustinDerrick@mstdn.ca That's actually kind of frightening from a security perspective 😬

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Jul 29, 2026

Replying to @jilleduffy@mastodon.social

@Amoshias@esq.social I still want to know what kinds of words a normal person would use if they were looking for answers. Sometimes the mismatch is in the wording. For example, the word "probate" would never ever come to my mind naturally. (I used it previously here only because that's how the lawyer described what she did.) But I would think about "inheritance" perhaps.

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Jul 29, 2026

Replying to @Amoshias@esq.social

@Amoshias@esq.social I went a step further and interviewed the chief lawyer who worked on the state law in place in 48 of the US states. And then I talked to another trust and probate lawyer who spends time explaining the law and giving recommendations. But even they both admitted that the biggest pain point is lack of knowledge and education about what people can do and what laws can help them.

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Jul 29, 2026

Replying to @JustinDerrick@mstdn.ca

@JustinDerrick@mstdn.ca Yeah, I have considered the local backup method, which is good for a number of reasons, not just in case of death or incapacitation. What it doesn't address is shutting down online accounts. Say I want my Instagram account terminated after I'm dead. Nor does it address collecting future assets--like say a website, blog, or social media account that pays dividends. A local backup also doesn't have access to new, incoming email or other messages. It's really a huge undertaking!

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Jul 28, 2026

Open question: Say a loved one dies and you want to look up information about how to get access to their online accounts and non-physical belongings, like digital photos. What kinds of words or phrases would you enter into a search? Or if you use AI for search, how would you phrase the question?

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Jul 21, 2026

Currently working on 3 stories. 🤖 One is about using AI for job applications 👙 One is about breast reduction surgery 🤑 One is about inheritance of digital assets I can't tell you how nervous I am that I'll look at the wrong question list during an interview with a source

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Jul 14, 2026

"much token usage, or ‘chewing,’ is not from supercharged engineers creating lots of code, but people converting PDFs into presentation slides." In other words, AI doing "grunt work" is too expensive. You cannot make this up. https://www.404media.co/companies-are-throttling-employees-ai-use-because-its-too-expensive/

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Jul 10, 2026

What's real? What's not real? What's being pumped up by foreign actors? Does a pumping up even really matter if the issue is true? This is honestly so confusing https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/business/china-russia-ai-data-centers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wlA.2J54.HqMHfuvSeUxd&smid=url-share

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · May 07, 2026

Replying to @jilleduffy@mastodon.social

Likewise, I reply to a *lot* of messages I get from readers, and I usually open with, "Thank you for taking the time to read my work and to write to me." Truly, thank you for taking that time. It is meaningful to the recipient.

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · May 07, 2026

Never be too shy to send an email. As a writer, I reach out to different people all the time, but even in my personal life, I will email just about anyone. An author whose book I loved? Email delivered! A professor who might point me toward new resources on a topic? Check my sent folder. Write your message with love and care, even if it's to correct something, and you will be surprised at the number of people who reply.

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · May 06, 2026

Replying to @roknrol@beige.party

@roknrol@beige.party That's really it, isn't it? It's like, "Well, we HAVE a ton of money, but we want more, so..."

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · May 06, 2026

Interesting design, and it's true about the ear being a good, steady source for HR via the skin, but aren't we all just so over "innovative" wearables? Give me a watch or give me nothing

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lumiahealth/lumia-2-smart-earrings-discreet-next-gen-health-tracking

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · May 06, 2026

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The construction is simple (used to + root verb), but the concept is surprisingly hard to explain. I remember learning the equivalent in Spanish (solía que...) and understanding quickly since English has a direct translation. But it was tricky for some of my students! "It's something that you did many times in the past, but you no longer do," I said, though it also works for things that were continuous but no longer are ("I used to be a little girl"). I'm excited to keep working on this one

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · May 06, 2026

I just wrapped up another English lesson with the farm Lao workers. They've been practicing making small talk with customers. It's a small farm with a ceramic studio on site, and the aim is for it to grow through added tourism, hence the English lesson.

Lao language has no verb tenses, so today we talked about the phrase "used to." 1/2...

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · May 05, 2026

One of America's leading tech writers, Geoffrey Fowler, has announced he's leaving the newsroom to start the Youth AI Safety Institute at Common Sense Media

https://geoffreyfowler.substack.com/p/what-is-ai-doing-to-our-kids-im-going

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · May 05, 2026

We may have a winner for Shittiest Announcement to Fire Employees

https://www.coinbase.com/blog/building-a-leaner-and-faster-coinbase

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · May 05, 2026

Do you ever listen to a podcast about movies and suddenly realize you have no idea who a major actor is?

Like, you've heard the name a thousand times, but you cannot imagine their face or voice?

Sorry, Vin Diesel

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · May 04, 2026

Replying to @jilleduffy@mastodon.social

LOL! Who are these people making up these numbers? "a 2024 report by HTF Market Intelligence found the worldwide sector is worth more than $690bn (£544bn) and is forecast to grow by another $400bn (£315bn) between 2024 and 2028." https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/what-is-sleep-tourism-and-why-is-it-on-the-rise

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · May 04, 2026

Tom's Guide said "sleep tourism" would be "one of 2025's biggest travel trends"

Was it? I thought "sleep on vacation" was something parents of small children do when their kids are finally old enough to be left with another adult, but not an industry

https://www.tomsguide.com/wellness/sleep/what-is-sleep-tourism

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · May 04, 2026

Replying to @benjamineskola@hachyderm.io

@benjamineskola@hachyderm.io Exactly! English is hard. It is my first language, and I still have so many memories of learning spelling, rules of capitalization, grammar that I thought were ridiculous! But it is my favorite language

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · May 04, 2026

Replying to @mashedpotato@twit.social

@mashedpotato@twit.social Trippple!

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · May 03, 2026

Replying to @essjax@m.essjax.com

@essjax@m.essjax.com Badum dum

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · May 03, 2026

Replying to @kongakong@masto.ai

@kongakong@masto.ai 🙃

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · May 03, 2026

Replying to @DrKylara@sfba.social

@DrKylara@sfba.social Right?!

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · May 03, 2026

Replying to @jilleduffy@mastodon.social

I used to have a co-worker who told me he created passwords by picking a word he could not spell and using it, in combination with numbers and symbols. This is a good trick, I guess, if you want to learn to spell "ophthalmology" or if you want to get locked out of your password manager.

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · May 03, 2026

Why does it bother me so much that "vomited" only has one 'm' and one 't'?

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · May 02, 2026

RE: @D_J_Nathanson@esq.social

Teach the kids this when they're age-appropriate

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Apr 30, 2026

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hypebot @hypebot@goingdark.social

Tip: If you cannot locate an email address for customer service for a company, open the Terms of Service, search for (press ctrl+F) "@". Almost always, you can find an email address in there.

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Apr 30, 2026

Replying to @LovesTha@floss.social

@LovesTha Gah....

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Apr 30, 2026

If you run a website, check that your copyright footer says 2026.

I see outdated ones all the time, and it always makes me wonder whether the person is keeping up their site

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Apr 22, 2026

Replying to @TechDesk@flipboard.social

@TechDesk Reuters has the details. PCMag has re-reported them, as per paragraph 1.

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Apr 20, 2026

Replying to @craignicol@glasgow.social

@craignicol@glasgow.social @GlasWolf@mastodon.scot @Nickiquote@mstdn.social Americans saying the Canadians have it so special with their healthcare, and the Canadians be like, "We fought so hard for that, you dummies! You could do it, too!"

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Apr 20, 2026

The acronym POS will never ever
mean "point of sale" to me

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Apr 20, 2026

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The "getting your work done" and "not leaving your immediately coworkers in a lurch" are essential components to this I did work with someone who was very obviously ditching work to, I don't know, probably snowboard for hours every day, but he didn't get any work done and everyone knew it. The team resented him. He was also mean. Point being: Get your work done and then go live your life. However you make that happen is fine (assuming the job doesn't ask for an unreasonable work load)

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Apr 20, 2026

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Mass layoffs really picked up momentum in the 1990s. If you read the popular business books of the time, many of them were basically in defense of layoffs. The absolutely awful Who Moved My Cheese? comes to mind. It's only in the last 10 years that companies have been firing people by email or instant message and locking people out of their company-issued devices, which is the height of disrespect in terms of firing practices

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Apr 20, 2026

Soft off days for remote workers. I'm 100% in favor of this. If you get your job done and do not leave your immediate coworkers hanging, by all means, live your life

This is pushback from the last two decades of corporations/organizations (in the US, where there are so few labor laws) treating workers as disposable. When a company shows no loyalty, commitment, or respect to the worker and their time, the relationship is going to eventually mirror

https://www.fastcompany.com/91528048/no-one-knew-i-was-in-a-different-time-zone-the-workers-who-travel-play-tennis-and-do-chores-on-the-clock

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Apr 19, 2026

Replying to @LovingFalloutLondon1954@mastodon.social

@LovingFalloutLondon1954 I also had to look up that word!

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Apr 19, 2026

Replying to @dustin@linernotes.club

@dustin Eileen is an amazing book. Let me know if you want trigger warnings, although it's best to go into the book knowing nothing. The novel she wrote after that, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, is my favorite novel ever

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Apr 18, 2026

Replying to @jilleduffy@mastodon.social

I also love that she has absolutely no social media presence, as far as I could find. Her publisher links to a supposed Facebook page that doesn't exist Reminds me of Mary Roach's social presence. She built one when her most recent book came out, made a few posts during book tour, then abandoned it

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Apr 18, 2026

Went back and read that 2016 Guardian interview with Ottessa Moshfegh where she says she wrote Eileen by buying a book called The 90-Day Novel and following all its instructions. I know she got some shit for it, but honestly, she's a complete bad-ass throughout the whole thing

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/16/ottessa-moshfegh-interview-book-started-as-joke-man-booker-prize-shortlist

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Feb 18, 2026

CBS's lawyers wouldn't allow Stephen Colbert to air an interview w Texas Rep James Talarico. So he recorded one anyway & put it on YouTube

Talarico is the same person who was interviewed on The View that prompted the FCC to investigate The View

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ7Pz_59A

Colbert DID air a segment explaining why he couldn't broadcast an interview w Talarico https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh7DPSP65JA

YouTube

Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Dec 07, 2025

Replying to @jcsteh@aus.social

@jcsteh@aus.social Yes. This. We need to start talking about "cost" differently.

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Nov 21, 2025

Replying to @TransitBiker@urbanists.social

@TransitBiker Wow! I would love to hear more stories about and from people who bugged out, bunkered down, and battened their hatches. Totally heard no stories of this kind before!

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Nov 21, 2025

Replying to @donkey@mastodon.nz

@donkey @SimonCHulse That's terrible, and I'm sorry you lost relationships there

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Nov 21, 2025

Replying to @brianvastag@mas.to

@brianvastag Depends on which 20% of the population, sadly Elders? Poor people? Kids?

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Nov 20, 2025

I'm still a little miffed that when an actual worldwide pandemic came, the bunker people didn't go into their bunkers

Instead they demanded haircuts and tickets to the cinema

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jilleduffy @jilleduffy@mastodon.social · Nov 18, 2025

Replying to @Gargron__dup_1@mastodon.social

@Gargron@mastodon.social Thank you for your service to this community, and I appreciate your honest words in your decision to step down

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