Why word order matters

The radio news has been reporting that in the California wildfires, a grandmother and her two grandchildren “were reported killed by their relatives.”

Uh… no. They were reported by their relatives as having been killed. Their relatives didn’t kill them.

Facebook algorithms

Crazy…it worked! After reposting this to all my friends, and muttering arcane incantations under the nearly-full moon, friends started appearing out of nowhere. Some seemed surprised to be there.
Here’s how to avoid hearing from the same 25 Facebook friends, due to Facebook’s new algorithm. What happened to their old algorithm, by the way? Is there a used algorithm market somewhere? Can I buy it and start Footbook or something?
If you are reading this message, leave me a message. If you are NOT reading this message, leave me two messages. Tell me what a good time you’re having doing whatever you’re doing instead of reading my message.
Then, copy and paste onto your wall so you can have more interaction with all your contacts. Or your contact lenses. I’m not sure which. Copy and paste what? I don’t know. Be creative. And don’t use library paste. I see you eating the library paste. Shame on you. I don’t think that’s on the Paleo diet.
I don’t know what happens then. Maybe we all go bowling. People don’t bowl enough these days.