March 24, 2025
Gastroverse!
If you want to support some dude named Matthew Henderson that lives in New York/Philadelphia and uses AI technology to appropriate other people’s work product in 355 cities in 47 states across the country, including in Wichita, Topeka, Lawrence, Overland Park and Olathe…I got just the thing for you.
It’s a newsletter run by a company called “Good Daily”and the publication for Wichita is called “Daily Wichita.” And what is so cool about it is that it takes a bunch of information that local people spent time and energy putting together, and then repackages and sends it to your email right there in your hometown.
The best part? Well, Matt Henderson doesn’t even have to set foot in any of those places his AI bot writes about!
My second and third favorite parts? The websites (yes, one for each city) APPEAR to have fake or misleading testimonials and even though this company is engaging in commerce in the state of Kansas, neither “Good Daily” or “Daily Wichita” is registered with the Kansas Secretary of State to do business in the state of Kansas (note…it could be that it is registered under a different name). Hilarious.
Shout out to Celia Hack with KMUW for the excellent reporting.
— TKG
