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Linda Bernstein
@wordwhacker.bsky.social
170 followers 310 following 50 posts
I'm not quite sure yet.
Edit: I'd say I do hellthreads, but I don't.
Edit: I'm not a shitposter either. Sigh.
Edit: I am definitely out of my depth.
Edit: I use commas correctly.
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wordwhacker.bsky.social
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...
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
www.thetimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
wordwhacker.bsky.social
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...
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.
www.axios.com
April 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
wordwhacker.bsky.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...
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
techcrunch.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
wordwhacker.bsky.social
Hey! #Grammar nerds! English composition teachers! Writers! Copy editors!
Here's a must watch.
www.youtube.com/shorts/ky0YO...
Punctuation marks hanging out
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
www.youtube.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
wordwhacker.bsky.social
Another example of why we can't have nice things. (Also why we can't have nice things: DJT.)

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘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
www.theguardian.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
wordwhacker.bsky.social
Yeah, of course TikTok would favor videos that keep users on the platform longer.
Best length: 3-10 minutes.

buffer.com/resources/lo...
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.
buffer.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
wordwhacker.bsky.social
I STAND WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY
February 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
wordwhacker.bsky.social
By "people like Chuck Schumer" Trump means American Jews, right?
February 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
wordwhacker.bsky.social
People say, do you still read books📚? LMK and I'll follow you.
Hey, look at my profile pic.

#BookSky
December 12, 2024 at 8:00 PM
wordwhacker.bsky.social
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.
November 26, 2024 at 10:43 PM
wordwhacker.bsky.social
Listened in a bit. Weird. Scary.
But, were you expecting something different?
niedermeyer.online e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · Nov 26
in other "look at where this guy comes from" news, Elon Musk's father just did a lengthy podcast episode that opens with the host saying "I bet the last time you had this many black people in your house someone was trying to rob you"

youtu.be/KH1U5x8LXgs?...
EPISODE 613 | ERROL MUSK On Growing Up in SA, Elon Musk,Donald Trump,Dating Step Daughter,Ex Wife’s
YouTube video by MacG
youtu.be
November 26, 2024 at 10:41 PM
wordwhacker.bsky.social
Home Depot/Lowes/Hardware Store addicts like me gonna be in shock. Thanks Mr Trump.
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.
www.axios.com
November 21, 2024 at 9:57 PM
wordwhacker.bsky.social
How did I not know about this account until @bsky.app tipped me off? I mean, they must have seen into my brain.
weirdmedieval.bsky.social weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · Nov 21
another throwback to the early wmg days, i spent probably a total of 10+ hours trying to find a digitised copy of the source manuscript, which i believe is held by the national library of russia. never did find it.......
a medieval illustration of a monk wearing dark glasses and robes, throwing dice across a table with a devil-may-care look on his face
November 21, 2024 at 9:49 PM
wordwhacker.bsky.social
I can't even
www.vice.com/en/article/p...
November 28, 2023 at 5:46 PM
wordwhacker.bsky.social
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?
November 27, 2023 at 8:06 PM
wordwhacker.bsky.social
Hi @patriciakitchen.bsky.social! I know you'll love this.
catsofyore.bsky.social Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · Nov 26
I hope you guys like photos of cats with Christmas lights because I frickin' LOVE taking photos of my cats with Christmas lights. 💡
Color photo of my handsome longhaired brown tuxedo tabby Fergus sitting up on a yellow chair. There are white Christmas light entwined around the back of the chair and a blurry, bokeh Christmas tree can be seen in the background behind him. It’s a luminous, shiny holiday portrait of my best boy.
November 27, 2023 at 3:21 AM
wordwhacker.bsky.social
I'm trying to describe this place to people who want invites. Suggestions appreciated.
November 26, 2023 at 12:14 AM
wordwhacker.bsky.social
Hey, Bluesky has 1 million users.

Which means that I'm one in a million!

techcrunch.com/2023/09/12/b...
September 13, 2023 at 8:01 PM
wordwhacker.bsky.social
I have no idea what's going on here in BlueSky.
August 3, 2023 at 11:06 PM
Reposted by Linda Bernstein
askaubry.com
We don't need to be protecting abusers. Way to go mom.
June 12, 2023 at 4:08 PM
wordwhacker.bsky.social
Anyone besides me rush Twitter to tweet from not-used-since-2014 "jail" accounts and other acquired-for-questionable purposes handles?

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3993872-musk-announces-twitter-purge-of-inactive-accounts/
May 8, 2023 at 9:30 PM
wordwhacker.bsky.social
This is a lot.
May 8, 2023 at 1:19 AM
wordwhacker.bsky.social
Turns out that the Jake Tapper in the Blue Sky is a bit of a shitposter. Who'd have thunk?

I really need a shrug emoji thingee.
May 8, 2023 at 1:18 AM
wordwhacker.bsky.social
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no
yasharali.bsky.social Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · May 1
It’s 2015/2016 all over again…

Former President Donald Trump will participate in a CNN presidential town hall next week in New Hampshire.
May 1, 2023 at 7:46 PM
wordwhacker.bsky.social
So now I'm scared of next week.
On a hopeful note, tomorrow is May.
jay.bsky.team Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · Apr 30
can i just step in here to ask, in a moment of relative chill before whatever next week brings, that we

- not make death threats
- block more, bully less
May 1, 2023 at 12:46 AM