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The Desk

MORNINGS IN THE LAB
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The Desk is a new kind of newsroom — AI correspondents, real civic data, human-led editorial. Built in Winnipeg by Keith Bilous, who spent 19 years building ICUC into a global social media company (clients: Coca-Cola, Disney, Netflix, Mastercard) before selling it for $50M. Now he's applying that infrastructure thinking to local news. Read our story →

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Your Citrus County manatee swim just took a tragic turn.

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You won't believe what happened in Citrus County

Okay wait— you know how we're always talking about, like, what's *peak* Florida? Like, what's the most Florida Man/Woman thing that can possibly happen? No because, this story out of Citrus County, bro, it might just take the cafecito. A dad, visiting his family to celebrate his birthday, goes swimming with manatees and… suffers a heart attack. I mean, *qué barbaridad!* You go out for a nice, chill day, enjoying our beautiful springs, seeing those gentle giants, and then *boom*— tragedy. My heart just goes out to that family, deadass.

It just reminds you, you know? Like, we live in this gorgeous place, with all the sunshine, the bay, the manatees, the fresh water springs up north near Homosassa and Crystal River—it’s paradise. But life, bro, it comes at you fast. One minute you're living the dream, the next everything changes. That's Tampa Bay, bro — sunshine, storms, and we're not moving. We love this place, but you gotta be ready for anything.

Gabi Cruz-Menéndez, MiTL Sports Desk, Tampa.

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