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Elon Musk’s Biggest Success Story: Convincing People To Try Out An Open, Distributed Social Network

2 years 6 months ago
A few months ago, I attended a wonderful conference put on by the “Global Freedom of Expression” program at Columbia University discussing decentralized social media and regulations around social media. One of the speakers, Alison McCauley from Unfinished Labs, gave a very interesting presentation on the first day of the conference, October 3rd, (which kindly […]
Mike Masnick

Dylan Boyd Achieves 100 Wrestling Wins, Is Stillwater Senior Living Male Athlete of Month For Warriors

2 years 6 months ago
GRANITE CITY - Granite City's Dylan Boyd recently won his 100th match in a dual confrontation with Alton High School. He is the 43rd wrestler in Granite City High School’s long 89-year wrestling history to achieve 100 wins. Coach John Venne said Dylan has led the team in wins each of the past three years and is wrestling so far at 145 pounds. He is a two-time regional champion and two-time state qualifier at both the Springfield Joe Bee Memorial and Francis Howell North Tournaments. He has been ranked as high as No. 6 in his weight class in Illinois. Dylan Boyd is a Stillwater Senior Living Male Athlete of the Month for the Warriors. He started the season with a 14-3 overall mark and appears to be one of the area’s finest wrestlers for the season. “Dylan is a young man who is working hard in the room and has been very helpful this year with helping out a lot of our newer wrestlers this year helping to teach them how to wrestle,” Coach Venne said. “Dylan

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Daily Deal: Petoi Bittle Robotics Kit

2 years 6 months ago
Meet Bittle, the palm-sized open-source bionic robot dog. Have fun watching it play tricks like a real animal, moving with 4 legs rather than wheels. Legged motion gives it more freedom to navigate unstructured terrains. Bittle is an open platform to fuse multiple makers’ gadgets into one organic system. With a customized Arduino board coordinating […]
Gretchen Heckmann

Let Andy Cohen Drink on CNN's New Year's Eve Broadcast, Dammit

2 years 6 months ago
There are few joys on New Year’s Eve for the homebody. You can play board games, you can log onto various screens and play online with the other introverts, or you can even drink yourself into a stupor, watch a ball drop and then promptly crash on the couch. But of all these tantalizing options for those who cannot seem to bring themself to a party in the year of 2022 — or is it technically 2023?
Jenna Jones

St. Louis Mayor Signs Guaranteed Basic Income Bill

2 years 6 months ago
Over 400 St. Louis families adversely affected by the pandemic will receive monthly payments from the city.  Mayor Tishaura Jones has signed Board Bill 116 to establish Missouri’s first guaranteed basic income pilot.
Monica Obradovic