Jason Piscia

C’mon #Cubs. #HarryCaray

It hits the high points. And it pronounced most proper nouns correctly (it missed on Illinoisans -- saying 'illi-NOISE-ans). Also, Pritzker called out Pres. Trump by name (six times in the prepared text), but the "podcasters" didn't mention his name once, instead just referring to the federal govt.

I loaded in the text of Gov. Pritzker's State of the State speech. Here's the result: notebooklm.google.com/notebook/477.... To be clear, this is an AI-produced audio file that is only based on what the governor said.

I've been experimenting with NotebookLM, a Google AI tool that can help people understand and boil down complex topics. It has a feature where you can upload content and it will produce a podcast-sounding audio file.

State anti-book-ban law leads some school districts to forsake grants to maintain local control Several Illinois school districts have chosen to pass on state grant funding that would require them to comply with an anti-book-banning law.

Starting this year, public libraries in Illinois could adopt principles against book banning or give up state grants. A number, many in conservative areas of Illinois, appear to have chosen the latter. By @olivia0.bsky.social and Jeremy Gorner:
www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/08/i...