Jessica Bursztynsky

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

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!

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. gladfelter-roetker.com/obituaries/zen…

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

Very cute Halloween moment from @Waymo

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

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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. nytimes.com/2024/10/21/wor…

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) ft.com/content/94a25b… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… #a241016p40" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">techmeme.com/241016/p40#a24…

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) bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… #a241016p32" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">techmeme.com/241016/p32#a24…

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

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.” npr.org/2024/10/11/g-s…

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 bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

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! 🐾 Muttville.org

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 ✨

Stay cool out there

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. trib.al/dhlU89b

My two worlds collide!!!!! @FastCompany covered the new @Muttville fastcompany.com/91199968/new-m…

He’s doing the slack dancing parrot reaction

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

#ThankYouThursday Wow!! Muttville won BEST ANIMAL RESCUE in the "Best Of The Bay" from @48Hills. 🎉 Check out all the categories from the 50th annual Readers' Poll celebrating everything that's Best about the Bay Area! buff.ly/3zzAHQb

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