Last week I wrote about ChatGPT’s attempt to tell the story of J. Edgar Hoover’s great-grandfather William Hoover. Today, I will report what we really know about him. William Hoover was born in June 1804 in Washington, D.C., the son of William Hoover, who himself was born in Pennsylvania. The younger William Hoover married Elizabeth […]
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Y’all–– it’s the last Saturday in April and we’re catching a break in the rain, sort of. This Saturday is a big one, so I have several suggestions that are high fun and low pressure. Today is the Friends of the National Arboretum Garden and Plant Sale and our friends Del Voss and Jan Day will be there […]
Arrests and other crime information in the area, directly from MPD. If you have a tip, you can always call 202-727-9099. You can also send info anonymously to the TEXT TIP LINE by texting 50411. Crime Solvers of Washington, DC currently offers a reward of up to $1,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and indictment […]
Supposedly, AI is going to replace all of us––even those of us who spend their time digging up old history. So, I decided to see if this was at all yet possible. My prompt to ChatGPT was ‘write a 500 word essay about William Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover’s great grandfather.’ The result is below, but […]