Art Sterling follows the day’s serious and strange stories: PewDiePie’s Odysseus self-hosted AI workspace, Amazon overtaking Walmart on the Fortune 500, the hidden power and water costs of AI data centers, new species discovered on Angola’s Lisima plateau, Oamaru’s steampunk festival, humanoid robots in Tokyo, WKRP becoming real radio in Cincinnati, Bryce Harper’s unusual toothbrushing routine, and a For What It’s Worth closer on the surprising science of homing pigeons.