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How an AI-generated summer reading list got published in major newspapers Newspapers around the country, including the Chicago Sun-Times and at least one edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, published a syndicated book list featuring made-up books by famous authors.

www.npr.org/2025/05/20/n...

Built a wall at work. Painted it, too...

You were awesome, Rachel. Kept your team in the game.
(Oddly enough, my father in law mentioned the Spanish nougat earlier today. Weird coincidence.)

❄️ So... Let’s kick things off here with an advent calendar of entries from the latest Haggard Hawks book, A WINTER DICTIONARY—a collection of obscure words for the festive season

👉 amazon.co.uk/Winter-Dicti...

🧵 We’ll be sharing a new word every day throughout December!

Guess food memories are important, right?
Hope you're well.

I often had a pizza they called Prosciutto Crudo: tomato pizza sauce, Prosciutto, basil, a little parmesan. Simple. Glorious. I've been looking for someone to match it ever since. No one has. Often, like Papa Gee, they'll use rocket rather than basil. But VIP hit the mark. That's why I like 'em.

Well I'm blowed. So you did. I'm glad you liked it. And I understand the feeling of cheating on Papa Gee.
Here's a thing you may appreciate, tho. The wife and I used to go to Nino's in Market Place regularly, back in the day. Got so the waiter greeted us like old friends. It was lovely....

They've got a restaurant in central Brighton, too, but it's not as nice:
pizzavip.co.uk/about-us/

It's called "VIP Very Italian Pizza". The one we went to was set incongruously in an urban area, rather like Whitley. Imagine an authentic Italian on Northumberland Avenue (not meaning to be rude to Saltdean).
It's was great, tho. Delicious, fresh pizza. Deli items galore. Really enjoyed it.

Found a great pizza place down near Brighton (in Saltdean). Had a deli and all. Really enjoyed it.

Thank you, Doctor.
(Tested out a new set of earbuds with The Garden, last song on their final studio album. A fine piece of work)

You must have a shed it can go on 🙂

Bit on the nose, I know, but how about Bruce Cockburn's 'How I Spent My Fall Vacation'? And Jeff Wayne's 'Forever Autumn' of course. I'd also put in 'Change Of Heart' by Joanne Shaw Taylor. Autumn's all about change, yeah? Preparing for a new tomorrow? This track works, I'd say.