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A Wild Hog Tale for ChristmasThis is the second of two Christmas stories for this year written by the ChatGPT AI chatbot. The prompt was: “Write a story about the…Dec 24, 2022Dec 24, 2022
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Mr. Gaetz Goes to Washington: A Review of Matt Gaetz’s “Firebrand” (2020)Review written in April 2021:Dec 22, 2022Dec 22, 2022
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