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Why Do ChatGPT Users Keep Committing Mass Shootings?
Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. On February 10, an 18-year-old named Jesse Van Rootselaar killed two family members at her home,
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Hiker survives rattlesnake bite on a Southern California trail
A rattlesnake has bitten another hiker in Southern California, sending them to the hospital after being carried off the trail by firefighters over the weekend, according to Santa Barbara County officials. On Sunday around 3:38 p.m., the Montecito Fire Protection District responded to the Buena Vista Trail to an injured hiker, according to an agency
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Even Trump’s allies worried about new admin shake-up causing staff walkouts
A sweeping reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service signals that the agency is planning to lean heavily on states to help manage millions of acres of federal land, foresters across the West say. State officials and timber industry leaders say they’ve been given scant details about the plan, which will move the agency’s headquarters from
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‘Godzilla Minus Zero’: The King of Kaiju Comes for New York in First Teaser
Three years after “Godzilla Minus One” became a global box office hit and the first “Godzilla” film to win an Oscar, writer-director Takashi Yamazaki is back with the first look at his sequel, “Godzilla Minus Zero.” The Japanese director unveiled never-before-seen footage exclusively to movie theater owners at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Tuesday, revealing
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United Airlines CEO pitched megamerger with American in White House Trump meeting: report
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby pitched a blockbuster merger with rival American Airlines during a White House meeting with President Trump, according to a report. The proposal came during a Feb. 25 White House meeting, where Kirby argued a combined airline would better compete globally — though a person close to the administration said there
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Lena Dunham’s ‘Famesick’ memoir is out today — here’s how to read it for free
“Girls” creator and actress Lena Dunham’s new memoir, “Famesick,” has officially hit bookstore shelves. In the follow-up to her 2014 essay collection “Not That Kind of Girl”, Dunham reflects on the past decade, opening up about chronic illnesses, the end of “Girls” in 2017, sobriety, her love life and more. In addition to hardcover and
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The True Story Behind #Skyking and the Airline Worker Who Flew a Stolen Plane
An Alaska Airlines Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 operated by Horizon Air takes off from at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport International Airport one day after Horizon Air ground crew member Richard Russell took a similar plane from the airport in Seattle, Washington on August 11, 2018. —Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images The first four minutes of #Skyking:
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The Price of Being Lena Dunham
Recently, idly researching, I happened upon a Vanity Fair video from about a decade ago in which a 29-year-old Lena Dunham, wearing a shiny olive blazer with her cropped hair swept into a quiff, speculates what the future will bring. “In 2025, I think that feminism is no longer a dirty word,” she says confidently.
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Unearthed FBI records contradict Melania Trump’s denial of connection to Epstein
A newly released 2019 FBI interview summary contradicts First Lady Melania Trump’s sudden statement denying Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to President Donald Trump. According to the FBI document, a Polish woman who worked for Epstein in the mid-2000s stated that “Epstein introduced Melania Trump to Donald Trump.” Melania claimed she met Trump “by chance” at
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The Strange Origin of AI’s ‘Reasoning’ Abilities
In July 2020, 4chan’s video-game discussion board looked much like the rest of the notorious online forum. There were elaborate, libidinal fantasies involving “whores” and “dragon cum,” and comments on how long a gamer had to wait “before my dick can get up for another beating,” as one put it. And yet, as the gamers