Preston Gralla

@THErealDVORAK It's an altered fake, debunked quite some time ago. (usatoday.com/story/news/fac…) You used to know enough about technology to find out those kinds of things. But going to the dark side has clearly altered your brain chemistry for the worse.

Drunk or not Drunk?

@lindayaX The Anti-Semite in Chief who runs your company -- your boss -- didn't seem to get the memo.

X’s point of view has always been very clear that discrimination by everyone should STOP across the board -- I think that's something we can and should all agree on. When it comes to this platform -- X has also been extremely clear about our efforts to combat antisemitism and discrimination. There's no place for it anywhere in the world -- it's ugly and wrong. Full stop.

Microsoft claims Big Tech and the feds need to regulate A.I. If so, why did the company kill its most important ethics team regulating A.I. months ago, as I reported a few days ago in my Computerworld column? bit.ly/3MCQxMw

@MerriamWebster Delete "the justice's disclosure of"

Writing Puzzle #68 Warning: This one’s hard. The highlighted sentence below, from the New York Times, creates some confusion about what exactly came after the justice’s appointment. Fix the problem by deleting four words in a row

Rabbit apocalypse: How can I stop them from eating all the herbs and greens in my urban garden, without resorting to the stew pot? instagram.com/p/CrebC_Evv4V/…

What happens to everyday life when missiles rain from the sky? I review "War Diary" by Yevgenia Belorusets, which chronicles life in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, after the Russian invasion. It blends the visceral with the mundane, dread replacing normalcy. artsfuse.org/271569/book-re…

One more sculpture made of found materials on the Somerville Community Path. What’s the caption — Highway to Hell? Given the Santa hat, maybe The Ghost of Christmas Past? instagram.com/p/CqQWEQIuyKg/…

One piece in a sculpture garden-zoo made of found materials by an anonymous artist on the Somerville Community Path. instagram.com/p/CqEZm_zvOYO/…

Bing’s AI chatbot came to work for me. I had to fire it. computerworld.com/article/368892…

New photo reveals the wizard behind China's spy balloon fleet! Fox News is on the case: Notice the disturbing resemblance to President Biden!

@elonmusk You've already addressed the "too-frequent" ad problem -- chased away most of your advertisers so your revenue has plummeted and you're running on empty.

Ads are too frequent on Twitter and too big. Taking steps to address both in coming weeks.

New England winters these days: snowflakes on Snow Drops. instagram.com/p/Cne4WKqJJmp/…

This lawsuit against Microsoft could change the future of AI computerworld.com/article/368473…

@ron_miller I was writing a column, not a book the length of the bible, which is what would be required to detail all the advice Musk could use. But I've been wondering if his plan is to turn the site into a hellscape of hate. As Infowars and Trump show, there's money to be made that way.

@pgralla Just five?

5 things Elon Musk could learn from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella computerworld.com/article/368289…

The Three Wise Chickens come to Somerville bearing gifts. The top chicken carries the most important present of all, gold-foil-wrapped Hanukkah gelt. instagram.com/p/Cly9FGWPhaq/…

Update: The Twitter wildfire is at 44 billion acres and 0% contained.

Elon Musk: I need $1.5 billion or SpaceX will go broke Feds: Approved Intel CEO: We need $76 billion or we're moving to Asia Feds: Approved (Intel cuts jobs) United CEO: Airlines need $54 billion Feds: Approved Average Joe: My wife got cancer. Can we get Medicare? Feds: Denied

My review of the very funny novel Shmutz concludes, to paraphrase Tolstoy: “Happy families are all alike; every meshugenah family is meshugenah its own way." artsfuse.org/262435/book-re…

What price have civilians been paying for the war in #Ukraine? Only literature can capture it and offer solace and understanding. Read my review of two books, Andrey Kurkov's "Grey Bees" and Yevgenia Belorusets' "Lucky Breaks,” that do that and more. bit.ly/3KP7HVN