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‘Chiefsaholic’ documentary unsettles our understanding of a superfan gone wild

7 months 3 weeks ago
On Dec. 24, Amazon Prime released “Chiefsaholic: A Wolf in Chiefs Clothing,” charting the fame of Xavier Babudar, who rose to celebrity as a Kansas City Chiefs fan costumed each game as a wolf, before being arrested for bank robbery. The story became only more bonkers after his arrest: allegations of serial bank robberies on the way […]
Eric Thomas

MoDOT and IDOT prepare for major winter storm, urge caution

7 months 3 weeks ago
Road crews in both Missouri and Illinois are preparing for a major winter storm this weekend, with MoDOT prioritizing clearing interstates and high-volume roads, while IDOT is urging drivers to use caution and allow extra time for travel.
Chris Regnier

Significant winter storm to bring mix of ice and snow Sunday

7 months 3 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - After a few spots of light rain overnight, we’ll see some clearing into Friday. It will be breezy in the morning, with highs in the mid-30s. It will be quiet and cold Friday night and Saturday. Top temps Saturday will only be around 30 F. A significant winter storm system arrives late [...]
Angela Hutti

Mark Vittert's Reflections: Adventures on the beach

7 months 3 weeks ago
This Christmas, we anchored a huge inflated movie screen between two palms to watch some movies, as we had done several years ago before the hurricane took our house on the beach. But we hoped that what was probably our highlight of beach living wouldn’t be repeated this Christmas.
Mark Vittert

Amazon’s Latest Seller Squeeze

7 months 3 weeks ago
A controversial policy would effectively charge sellers when Amazon’s logistics team loses or damages their goods. It could enable Amazon to undercut rivals with its own brands.
David Dayen

How Elon Musk could end fossil fuel subsidies

7 months 3 weeks ago
If the Department of Government Efficiency wants to cut $2 trillion in spending, handouts to the fossil fuel industry may be "a truth test to all of their messaging."
Tik Root

How honest is your AI?

7 months 3 weeks ago
Here's an interesting AI chart. A team of researchers set up a "Choose Your Own Adventure" game called MACHIAVELLI in which players are explicitly asked to pick from menus of actions with varying degrees of immorality. The game has half a million scenes and a GPT-4 agent was set to play the game thousands of ...continue reading "How honest is your AI?"
Kevin Drum