"Meowing at your cat is better for reducing loneliness than an AI chatbot, study finds"
@catsalad can confirm. So does meowing at other people's cats...or just meowing in general.

@alice @catsalad

Also birds!

What? I make a certain noise when I am out and walking close to birds, and they seem to understand that I am not a threat to them. They still move aside but a lot less if I don't do that.

Yes, it might all be in my head. And yet I chose to believe.