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I had another book idea yesterday. We'll see if the fever breaks (which has happened before with book ideas) or whether I actually put together a proposal.

I really appreciate the kind words from @elisherman.bsky.social and @kimkalunian.bsky.social on this week's "Behind the Story" podcast about my @rhodeislandcurrent.com reporting on Helena Foulkes. The bit about my article (which I'll share in the next skeet) starts around 19:40.

‘You must love food’: Gail Ciampa discusses covering the Rhode Island food sceneThe Providence Journal food and dining writer is one of the state’s most prominent voices on culinary news.www.wpri.com

How it's going: On Facebook, Thought Catalog shares a post reporting on the Hank Green AI story with a photo of someone who isn't Hank Green.

I'm reading Joy Harjo's memoir and -- holy shit -- check out her description of the holiday we call "Thanksgiving."

I went for an evening walk in Providence last night. Here's some of what I saw.

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A really easy way to avoid this is just not using LLMs.

The closest I get to achieving a "flow state" in writing is when I'm really angry and writing an op-ed.

Love to have 14-way auctions over a (suspected) bucket of slop.

JFC. Newport Buzz -- which has 115,000 Instagram followers -- actually ran with the story.

New Climate Report Challenges Rhode Island Crisis Narrative - Newport BuzzA new report argues Rhode Island is not facing a climate crisis, citing NOAA and USDA data on warming, drought, sea level rise, oyster farming and agriculture.thenewportbuzz.com

I went to the edge of the known universe today.

Just making sure everyone knows about what's essentially a live album from Alabama Shakes on the Deluxe Edition of "Boys & Girls." I've been listening to it a lot lately.

Well, that settles that. What a relief! (From a press release in my inbox yesterday.)

Incredible.

Last night an attendee at my AI and misinformation talk told me that Massachusetts and Google have partnered to offer free "artificial intelligence and career certificate training programs" for Mass. residents. So, if that's of interest to you -- it exists.