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Linda Bernstein

@wordwhacker.bsky.social
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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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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
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...
thetimes.com
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
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Not often that Bari Weiss can make me burst out laughing.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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...
axios.com
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.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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...
techcrunch.com
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
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Hey! #Grammar nerds! English composition teachers! Writers! Copy editors! Here's a must watch. www.youtube.com/shorts/ky0YO...
youtube.com
Punctuation marks hanging out
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Another example of why we can't have nice things. (Also why we can't have nice things: DJT.) www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
‘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
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Yeah, of course TikTok would favor videos that keep users on the platform longer. Best length: 3-10 minutes. buffer.com/resources/lo...
buffer.com
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.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I STAND WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
By "people like Chuck Schumer" Trump means American Jews, right?
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I love this!
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
🙏"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!!!!!!!!!!
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Knew what you meant. His nickname is “Scalito” after all.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
People say, do you still read books📚? LMK and I'll follow you. Hey, look at my profile pic. #BookSky
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
example of why we need a 😂 emoji reaction
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
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.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Listened in a bit. Weird. Scary. But, were you expecting something different?
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
This is an interesting place.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Home Depot/Lowes/Hardware Store addicts like me gonna be in shock. Thanks Mr Trump.
axios.com
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.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
How did I not know about this account until @bsky.app tipped me off? I mean, they must have seen into my brain.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
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.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 07/06/2024
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."
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 30/05/2024
Yeah, this was pretty dumb, but what else can we expect from their op ed side.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 28/11/2023
I can't even www.vice.com/en/article/p...
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 27/11/2023
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?
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 27/11/2023
Hi @patriciakitchen.bsky.social! I know you'll love this.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 26/11/2023
smh
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 26/11/2023
I'm trying to describe this place to people who want invites. Suggestions appreciated.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 13/09/2023
Hey, Bluesky has 1 million users. Which means that I'm one in a million! techcrunch.com/2023/09/12/b...
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 04/08/2023
I have no idea what's going on here in BlueSky.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 14/06/2023
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."
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AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @ask-aubry.com · 12/06/2023
We don't need to be protecting abusers. Way to go mom.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 14/05/2023
OK, as long as you don't go Team Hamilton.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 12/05/2023
I’d say WTF except it’s “what else did you expect.”
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 08/05/2023
Anyone besides me rush Twitter to tweet from not-used-since-2014 "jail" accounts and other acquired-for-questionable purposes handles? thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-roo…
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 08/05/2023
Respectfully, I read it a second time after seeing your Twitter post. But I keep remembering how she wrote and wrote about Hillary's email server, even though she sort of disclaimed a bunch of stuff in her memoir. Is she subtle or just cringe? I dunno.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 08/05/2023
This is a lot.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 08/05/2023
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.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 05/05/2023
! So true. When I first did this, I was surprised. Years ago I apologized to some guy I was really mean to in college, and he didn't even remember. So that was a relief bc I had felt bad for years.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 04/05/2023
Tinu, Tinu. I’m here. Because you could not block, I saw this and see you’re here. So silver lining? 😊 Anyway, you still can’t block?
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 04/05/2023
Ain’t it the truth.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 04/05/2023
I was just thinking where’s #teamfollowback?
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 01/05/2023
I would definitely classify that as an idea.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 01/05/2023
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 01/05/2023
So now I'm scared of next week. On a hopeful note, tomorrow is May.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 01/05/2023
While the smart people here are discussing the difficulties in coding a new social media app, I’m posting a pic of my dinner.
Dinner plate with tofu, green beans, and a biscuit.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 30/04/2023
So let's say Twitter dies, will we end up calling "skeets" "tweets" bc, like, I dunno. Just bc?
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 30/04/2023
I'm sad. I'm an old person on Blue Sky.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 30/04/2023
"Hello," says I in a skeet.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 30/04/2023
Hahahah. I want a laugh emoji on this platform. I want to be the dictator of emojis, though.
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Linda Bernstein @wordwhacker.bsky.social · 30/04/2023
oh, yes, me.
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