September 17, 2025: Friends From All Squawks Of Life

According to a Financial Times article (which may or may not be paywalled . . . my browser keeps acting weird with that link), scientists have devised a way for parrots to communicate via the Internet. The 26 participating parrots would have video chats for up to three hours a day, and most of them had "favorite" friends that they liked to interact with most often.

I guess the only question I have is: If the birds can't get online for some reason, is that a parrot-y error? (I'm probably showing my late-1900s origins with that joke . . .)

-- Steven Marsh