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Real gross domestic product growth in the St. Louis metro last year was good enough for 16th among the 30 largest U.S. metros, according to an analysis of federal data.

In 2023, the extreme ideology of “human extinction from AI” became one of the most prominent trends. It was followed by extreme regulation proposals. As we enter 2024, let’s take a moment to reflect: How did we get here? 2022: Public release of LLMs The first big news story on LLMs (Large Language Models) can […]

Today we get one second more daylight than yesterday. Hooray! That may not seem like a lot, but don't worry: it adds up fast. This week, instead of a boring old accurate photograph of Hilbert, I asked GPT4 to create a portrait of him. This turned out to be surprisingly difficult. It says it can't ...continue reading "Friday AI Cat Blogging – 22 December 2023"

Today on TAP: The assault on the beleaguered president of Harvard continues.

An animated short film inspired by John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s classic holiday tune, “Happy Christmas (War Is Over),” is officially in the running for an Oscar nomination. War Is Over! Inspired by…

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Councilmen who voted against the bill cited the unclear language in Missouri state law that grants local authorities the power to offer a tax break.

First things first: maybe I'm an idiot. It's always a possibility. But more and more I find myself wondering: Where is all the antisemitism on university campuses that we hear so much about? Are there examples? I'm very much not talking here about merely pro-Palestinian activities. Nor about "river to the sea" or any of ...continue reading "How much antisemitism is there on university campuses?"

The 15,000-square-foot store is part of the Home Depot-anchored shopping center Lindbergh Plaza II, a shopping plaza near Interstate 255 and South County Center mall.

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The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in locating 31-year-old Trenton Ivy, who has been reported missing by his family in St. Louis City. Ivy was last seen in the company of 29-year-old Marquisha Williams.

Inflation just keeps dropping and dropping: The headline rate in November for PCE inflation was substantially negative. The core rate, which the Fed tracks closely, was 0.7%, far below their 2% target. Measured on a more conventional year-over-year basis, PCE headline inflation came in at 2.6% while core inflation was a bit higher at 3.2%. ...continue reading "PCE inflation goes negative in November"

A Dish Worthy of Song I never think of chowder without having the words of the Bing Crosby melody pop into my head: Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder? In the Irish folk tune, Tim Nolan gets fuming mad and declares he’ll “lick the mick,” who did the dastardly deed. No one owns up.... 

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Obituary: Tony “Butch” Winterbauer Formerly of St. Louis, Florissant Anthony “Tony” or “Butch” James Winterbauer was born in St. Louis, MO on August 1, 1946, to William Joseph Winterbauer and Dorothy Roehr Winterbauer. He passed away peacefully on December 10, 2023, at home in Anaheim, CA. Tony grew up in St. Louis with his older […]

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While the bells may be ringing out for Christmas Day, The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" won't be the #1 Christmas single in the U.K. The beloved 1987 tune came…

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Back in April we noted that the EU had designated 17 sites as “VLOPs” (Very Large Online Platforms), the “ROUSs” (Rodents of Unusual Size) of the internet. Some of those sites are still contesting the designation, but in the meantime, the EU Commission has dug deep into its porn viewing habits and designated three more […]

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen went through a major political and structural transformation in 2023. On “The Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air,” St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Megan Green talked about some of the highlights of the past year and what to expect from her aldermanic colleagues in 2024. This interview was recorded on Dec. 18, 2021.