My short story "The Cremains" was just published by the literary magazine Pangyrus. You can read it online now. pangyrus.com/fiction/the-cr…

My short story “Josef Stalin’s Hurdy-Gurdy Man” published by MQR is set in 1930’s Ukraine when Stalin tried to starve Ukraine into submission. Today Stalin 2.0 (aka Putin) is trying bombs and missiles. It won’t work! instagram.com/p/CbX_BfIpnKC/…

There's been a myth that Russia's cyberwarriors are the most advanced in the world. But that myth has now been debunked. For details check out my article "Russia is losing the cyberware against Ukraine, too." computerworld.com/article/365895…

Reviewed a biography of Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand. I decided the catalog was less a how-to manual for back-to-landers than a virtue-signaling book for latter-day Marie Antoinettes and Marc Antoines playing at shepherds and shepherdesses. bit.ly/3zB8d4r

When the president comes out as anti fascist and pro democracy and you feel attacked… Perhaps you need to do some introspection

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

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…

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

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

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/…

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

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

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

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

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

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/…

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/…

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…

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/…

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