Geoffrey Ballinger

Writer, editor and eater based in Istanbul.

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Pro tip: If Claude's moving slowly, open up ChatGPT in another tab to spook him.

If that still doesn't work, click on "View plans", then he'll really get his butt in gear.

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Size matters, y'all

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I don't want to put in the hours I want to watch YouTube tutorials on it until I'm a master

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What do the Byzantine Empire and the mulberry tree have in common? Find out the tasty history here!

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What if the best use case for AI was an excuse to play?

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Not sure what to have for lunch? With this delightfully thin flatbread, the world is your dürüm!
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hardboiled eggs and coffee, folks... don't sleep on it...

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Don't eat the ghostly asparagus! I spotted this plant on my perambulations around Istanbul and, upon some digging, discovered the spooky truth of canavar otu...
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And, if you are hungry for more spring delights, here are some works on mulberries—known as dut in Turkish—on my Medium:
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When the loquat — known as yeni dünya or Malta eriği in Turkish — ripens, spring is in full swing. Grab a bite here:

https://t.co/GxrKepQZbU

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Did you know you can eat unripe apricots—and that they are delicious with salt? https://t.co/JY0NIMswyV

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Judge me not by my achievements, but by the contents of my YouTube Watch Later playlist.

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My latest on Substack: a meditation on pets, Neopets, and the future of care
https://t.co/YHb7D2SX2l

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Taste spring in a single bite! The warm sun, the cool breeze off the Bosporus, the bright crunch of unripe almonds.

Bring some salt, and I'll bring the çağla badem: https://t.co/VUCe2dQEGD

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And, if you're wondering what it's like to have a coffee at one of Istanbul's best traditional roasters, check out my video from my visit to Kurukahveci Hafız Ahmet in Üsküdar: https://t.co/9fJFlvn4Fg

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Forgive the terrifying thumbnail--here's my latest video on an interesting wild green from Turkey's Black Sea coast: Hodan
https://t.co/CpPTpBIBgL

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Let's keep reading, no matter what else is going on. And if you can, read my Substack!
This week, we cover polemics from Swift, Orwell and Didion: https://t.co/1dQ1a7onoN

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Me and my gigachads working at the Gigafab
—generated with Gemini

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You're using ChatGPT to write marketing emails. I'm using Gemini to generate illuminated medieval manuscripts depicting semiconductors.

We are not the same.

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Join me as we dive into two of history's greatest essays on my Substack: https://t.co/cTkOPZGUrB