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  1. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    “We getting any robots soon?”: AI in Senior Living (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 24, 2026

    The Lady Vanishes (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 21, 2026

    I like covering front desk (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    I got an email offering to help promote my book – but the book was one my father wrote in 2002 (opens the original)

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    Last year I wrote about how unpleasant I found the new crop of AI-generated publishing spam:I don’t like getting spam emails as a general rule, but they’re usually pretty easy to filter and don’t cause more than a momentary spasm of irritation:Zodiac Signs That Were Born To Be BillionairesYou earned this: $5 restaurant creditFollow up: Rib Remodeling Craze: How Patients Are Losing 4 Inches - Not RibsBeauty Marks or Cancer Clues?You’

  5. Issue · Sep 15, 2026

    Turnabout is fair play: I asked my friends about the worst thing they’ve ever said to their mothers (opens the original)

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    Last week I asked some of my friends about the worst things their mothers ever said to them (and in the interest of fairness, the nicest things their mothers had ever done).Best thing is a no-brainer. When I was six, my mother took me on an Amtrak from Chicago to Los Angeles to visit my aunt and take me to Disneyland, which was all I wanted as a child. I barely remember Disneyland, funnily enough, but I remember that train trip: three or four nights without a sleeper compartment. We ate snacks a

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