NASA took a picture of St. Louis from space on May 2, 2023. In the picture, you can see the city coming into view along the banks of the Mississippi River, spreading out and getting darker as it goes.
From the New York Times, describing a massive internal strategy document posted today by Ron DeSantis's Super PAC: The main strategy memo for the debate contains no mention of policy — and the advice steers Mr. DeSantis away from talking about specific solutions because doing so won’t get him headlines. It's all zingers and attack ...continue reading "Quote of the day: No boring policy blather for Ron DeSantis"
A new documentary about the legendary Carlos Santana is set to hit theaters next month. Carlos, directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Rudy Valdez, is getting a three-day premiere event from Sony Pictures Classic and…
Missouri's approach to athletes profiting from their name, image and likeness lets even high school recruits earn money. It all should give Mizzou a recruiting boost.
In the New York Times today, Julia Angwin talks about the various problems created by social media algorithms deciding what you see. She lists several: Yet not one of those problems is as damaging as the problem of who controls the algorithms. Never has the power to control public discourse been so completely in the ...continue reading "Who controls your media consumption?"
Online chess website Chess.com plans to no longer support events staged by the Saint Louis Chess Club, a decision that stems from sexual assault allegations against a former Chess Club employee, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Last week, cops in a small Kansas town decided they’d just toss aside the First Amendment and raid a local newspaper. There were competing narratives. The first was that the paper was in possession of information related to the drunk driving arrest of local business owner Kari Newell, who had allegedly been convicted of DUI […]
Thursday 08/17 Old Habits Die Hard
Surely you've seen the 1992 Whoopi Goldberg classic that serves as the source material for the Sister Act musical, a riotous romp that features Goldberg's Deloris Wilson joining the witness protection program and hiding out in a San Francisco convent after seeing her gangster boyfriend kill an informant.
The 2023 Complete Python Boot Camp Bundle has 12 courses to help you strengthen your Python coding skills. Python is a high-level, general-purpose language with an emphasis on readability and extensibility. Its versatility provides developers with a robust skill-set that can be adapted to numerous projects, making it a highly desirable language to pursue. Whether […]