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The LLM wiki automates my old blips system—each morning it generates new pages for concepts in the news and updates a home page highlighting current stories, which directly generates podcast segments and story ideas.
The wiki automatically creates pages for new concepts as it reads daily news and maintains an updated home page, which has already led to podcast segment ideas by surfacing connections between current events and stored knowledge. ✦ AI generated
Casey Newton · Platformer · 2026-08-19 · original ↗
It also gives me useful story ideas — and it does it by automating my old blips system. Each day as it reads, the wiki generates new pages for concepts in the news — like 'tokenmaxxing,' or 'youth social media bans,' or 'AI copyright.' It also updates a 'home' page every morning that highlights stories in the news. This week, spotting the 'AI and Congress' concept in my wiki led me to open the page and see a number of recent stories on the subject; I later pitched it as a podcast segment.
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- ·Wiki generates pages for news concepts daily
- ·Updates home page every morning with current stories
- ·Surfaces connections between events and stored knowledge
- ·Directly generates podcast segments and story ideas
- ·Spotted 'AI and Congress' concept in wiki
- ·Led to discovery of multiple related stories
- ·Pitched as podcast segment that same week
- ·Example of wiki-to-content pipeline working
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