Linda Bernstein

Chimps ‘catch’ yawns from a robot — and think it’s time for a rest Why are yawns contagious? Scientists address the question by testing whether a chimpanzee can be set off by a tired-looking android, with surprising results

You know how when somebody in a small group yawns, everyone else starts yawning too? Seems that chimps can catch yawns from #robots. Solution: keep your robots away from chimps, or vice versa. #science
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

Not often that Bari Weiss can make me burst out laughing.

Immigrant founders are the norm in key U.S. AI firms, study finds OpenAI and Databricks are among the 25 of 42 top AI firms that count immigrants among their founders.

Just something interesting: Over half of American #AI #startups and companies have immigrants among their founders. Certainly says something about the importance of immigrants in our American culture and businesses.
www.axios.com/2025/04/16/a...

Tapestry's app can now de-dupe your social feeds | TechCrunch Tapestry, a new app designed to organize the open social web, is adding a valuable feature to help people who are keeping up with multiple social

For all needing better ways to manage cross-posts on #Fediverse platforms (or non-Fediverse adjacent ones, like @bsky.app): Tapestry has a tool for you.

techcrunch.com/2025/04/08/t...

Punctuation marks hanging out YouTube video by Elle Cordova

Hey! #Grammar nerds! English composition teachers! Writers! Copy editors!
Here's a must watch.
www.youtube.com/shorts/ky0YO...

‘Profiting from misery’: how TikTok makes money from child begging livestreams Exploitation fears as people in extreme poverty perform stunts and beg for virtual gifts

Another example of why we can't have nice things. (Also why we can't have nice things: DJT.)

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Longer TikToks Get More Views — Data Shows Best TikTok Video Length Buffer is an intuitive social media management platform trusted by brands, businesses, agencies, and individuals to help drive social media results.

Yeah, of course TikTok would favor videos that keep users on the platform longer.
Best length: 3-10 minutes.

buffer.com/resources/lo...

I STAND WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY

By "people like Chuck Schumer" Trump means American Jews, right?

I love this!

🙏"Oxford comma" is so fancy schmancy, though. When you look at any grammar book from the late 1800s on, it's called the "serial comma" a comma for "items in a series." 😂 Always so nice to touch base with you!!!!!!!!!!

Knew what you meant. His nickname is “Scalito” after all.

People say, do you still read books📚? LMK and I'll follow you.
Hey, look at my profile pic.

#BookSky

example of why we need a 😂 emoji reaction

One really good thing about being Jewish is that you've been constructing escape plans and wondering about hiding places your whole life. Also, you generally have enough gas in your car to drive to Canada.

Listened in a bit. Weird. Scary.
But, were you expecting something different?

This is an interesting place.

U.S. companies are stocking up to cushion incoming Trump tariffs — accelerating what Trump wants to prevent Some companies are pushing through orders sooner to try to beat the clock on the expected harsher trade regime — the type of activity that, if widespread enough, could temporarily jolt GDP.

Home Depot/Lowes/Hardware Store addicts like me gonna be in shock. Thanks Mr Trump.

How did I not know about this account until @bsky.app tipped me off? I mean, they must have seen into my brain.

I basically agree with you about Bluesky. But it does kind of remind me of early Twitter. I've been on it since the beginning, but I never post. I just read. And not even every day. I wish Bluesky could be more. I wish. Because Threads isn't more. It arrived broken.

I read this and thought, "weird way to report on this, NYT." Thanks for flashing the lights around "weird way to report on this, NYT."

Yeah, this was pretty dumb, but what else can we expect from their op ed side.

I can't even
www.vice.com/en/article/p...

If I were to take the position that we first world people spend so much time complaining about housing — what needs to be fixed, how much it costs, how it doesn't get done right — that maybe we should all go back to living in mud huts or caves—what would be the reaction to that here on Bluesky?

Hi @patriciakitchen.bsky.social! I know you'll love this.

smh

I'm trying to describe this place to people who want invites. Suggestions appreciated.

Hey, Bluesky has 1 million users.

Which means that I'm one in a million!

techcrunch.com/2023/09/12/b...

I have no idea what's going on here in BlueSky.

Back in the Flipboard days, I had a Flipboard magazine called "According to Science" where I collected news articles with headlines that said, "according to science."