Jessica Bursztynsky

Managing content at SISU. Former @fastcompany @CNBC. Mostly posting dogs

[Jessica Bursztynsky @jbursz]

🚨 Some personal news: I’ll be in the Bay Area full time starting later this month

[Jessica Bursztynsky @jbursz]

ISO some contacts to pitch a few SF/national news story ideas (not tech!). Please shoot me a note if you know of anyone accepting pitches at the moment. Thanks!

[Jessica Bursztynsky @jbursz]

My dad passed last week. I’m taking some time off of work, but he was always my biggest supporter and fan, printing out my first freelance articles for the local paper and writing notes on them. I’ll miss him a lot.

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[Jessica Bursztynsky @jbursz]

When I worked at CNBC we used to send him our Thx Points which could be redeemed for some p nice gifts lol

[Jon Savitt @savittj]

you should be able to send steve kornacki sponsor gifts like in the hunger games

[Jessica Bursztynsky @jbursz]

Very cute Halloween moment from @Waymo

[Jessica Bursztynsky @jbursz]

Poppy had a costume party yesterday with her dog friends for her very first Gotcha Day 💖

[Jessica Bursztynsky @jbursz]

Name a more sf tweet

[Grace Ge @badgalgge]

If VCs were DJs - no explainers.

Sequoia: Kaskade
Greylock: Dom Dolla
Lachy Groom: John Summit
Amplify: Bicep
Benchmark: Four Tet
Lux: Anyma
Tiger: Grimes (@coachella)
Index: deadmau5
Lenny Rachitsky: Fred Again
a16z: DJ Khaled

[Jessica Bursztynsky @jbursz]

While incarcerated, he lost his job and his apartment. Unmarried, he is back living with his elderly parents in Michigan, lacking the financial means to establish a new life. He has started a GoFundMe campaign.

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[Techmeme @Techmeme]

Sources: Uber has explored a possible bid for Expedia as it seeks to grow into a super app; Expedia, valued at nearly $20B, would be Uber's largest acquisition (Financial Times)

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[Techmeme @Techmeme]

Instacart names Anirban Kundu, head of engineering for Uber's delivery business, as its new CTO, a position that has been vacant for eight months (@natlungfy / Bloomberg)

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[Jamie Wilde @jamiekaywilde]

The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show's collab with Amazon may be the best execution of live shopping so far

[Peter Hamby @PeterHamby]

TikTok admits in their own research:

“compulsive usage correlates with a slew of negative mental health effects like loss of analytical skills, memory formation, contextual thinking, conversational depth, empathy, and increased anxiety.”

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[Leon Yin @LeonYin]

NEW INVESTIGATION:
Uber and Lyft locked drivers out of work to game a NYC minimum wage law. We crowdsourced screenshots, monitored surge pricing and ran financial models to reveal the devastating impact on drivers. w/ @natlungfy @A_W_Gordon @DeniseDSLu
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[Muttville Senior Dog Rescue, San Francisco @Muttville]

Great news! We're taking part in the 16th Annual @MarsPetcareUS Adoption Weekend this Friday through Sunday, October 11th to 13th. Adoptions are being covered by Mars Petcare and @PedigreeFound! Adopters will go home with a welcome kit, courtesy of the Mars family of pet care brands, including a variety of food and treats to try, veterinary and accessory coupons, and toys to play with together to help build a strong bond. We have so many wonderful #mutts waiting for a long home. We hope you’ll visit and we can help you find a perfect match! 🐾 https://t.co/p19sJ7ebnd

[Freddy Vega @freddier]

A Waymo car driven by AI crashed with a Muni bus driven by a human in San Francisco. Right in front of YC’s founder after party. So here’s a bunch of CEOs trying to help a helpless robot find his way again ✨

[Jessica Bursztynsky @jbursz]

Stay cool out there

[San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle]

A video of a San Francisco woman’s harrowing experience in a Waymo vehicle — in which two men stopped the vehicle in the middle of the street in an effort to get her phone number — has raised fresh concerns about passenger safety in autonomous vehicles. https://t.co/gWur31vCFI

[Jessica Bursztynsky @jbursz]

My two worlds collide!!!!! @FastCompany covered the new @Muttville

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[Jessica Bursztynsky @jbursz]

He’s doing the slack dancing parrot reaction

[Rafa Sales Ross @rafiews]

Please help: I can’t stop watching Adam Driver’s “so go back to the claaaaaahb” line delivery from the motion picture MEGALOPOLIS

[Jessica Bursztynsky @jbursz]

@Muttville @48hills Best in the world!!!!

[Jessica Bursztynsky @jbursz]

Poppy had dental surgery, and I don’t think she will ever forgive me