Plus, a daytime cafe and high-end lounge bar to open in the Longfellow Hotel; Blue Lobster Urban Winery moving to a bigger space down the street; the owner of Helm Oyster Bar & Bistro explains why she's closing; and the Incredible Breakfast Cook-Off returns for a 14th year.
Also, Wine Spectator gives its annual Awards of Excellence to 14 Maine restaurants, bagels from 2 Maine bakers among the country's best, and Allagash partners with Patagonia.
Here we go: there is now a “plagiarism checker and AI detector.” The State Department changes its internal document font and war breaks out. Barnes & Noble has had a remarkable comeback how? A Colorado library closes to clean up meth contamination. Zillow CEO writes that “traditional offices are as outdated as typewriters.” Graphene-enhanced gear can help protect firefighters. Celebrate Burns Night next Wednesday. FEMA attempts to translate typhoon aid instructions into indigenous languages with surreal results. A new startup aims to make carbon credits credible. A new fridge container has a built-in dial to indicate when it was stored. This Valentine’s Day, send your beloved an “Idaho potato bouquet.” All that and more in WhatTheyThink’s non-AI-generated weekly miscellany.