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Here was a quote from Lincoln Riley yesterday that wasn’t earth-shattering but still telling. “The standard is championships every year… it’s USC,” Riley said. What Riley said it’s true. It’s also similar to what he said at his introductory press conference in 2021. But maybe Riley should spend more time explaining why he hasn’t upheld the standard? What’s he done wrong the past four years? How much is his fault? Does he take any accountability? In the past four years, it’s not really his style to take blame for his wrongdoings. By the way, what’s his signature accomplishment so far at USC? Destroying the nation’s greatest intersectional rivalry. Congrats to Mr. Muleshoe! Remember last weekend, when I said USC officials refused to confirm when training camp opened? They finally said it will open Friday (July 31). Not July 30 as some around here erroneously insisted.

It’s not even August yet and the Giants have already given us some real good “Wow, they’re gonna be a disaster again” content. We got Cam Skattebo doing backflips fresh off an open tibia fracture and right ankle dislocation. We got John Harbaugh getting torched online for giving a very cringe speech. And now, we got maybe the best one yet: Matt Nagy sputtering through a PowerPoint slide about being Physical, Tough, Smart, and Detailed – or having PTSD, for short: Giants OC Matt Nagy on physical & tough portion of "Physical, Tough, Smart, Detailed" pic.twitter.com/gaMZ4zluNF— Giants Nation Show (@GiantsNationPod) July 22, 2026 “So. A few things offensively you’re gonna hear us talk about over and over and over: physical, tough, smart, and detailed. And you can sit there and talk about, like – the one thing with – You – We all know it when you walk – when the teams walk off of the bus, you’re – you’re in pre-game, you’re doing your, your, your, uh – routes on an air or stretching – middle of the game you look out and look at the other team and you could say, ‘Man, these freaking dudes. This is a physical team. We’re walking into a street fight.’ That’s gonna be us. That’s gonna be us offensively. That’s who we’re gonna be. That’s a mindset. Physical. Right? Physical. How you put that on tape of what you do is a mindset, and then there’s a physicality part of it that every team in the NFL, the 31 other teams, are gonna feel that from us. I promise you that… Tough. Right? Same thing. Tough. What does that mean? Well, that – we all say we’re tough, but are we really tough? Well, we gotta put it on tape. We gotta show it in practice. That’s mentally tough. And physically tough. See, there’s a lot of guys who are physically tough. But they’re mentally weak. You gotta have both.” I had to listen to this speech like six times to transcribe it and now I myself have PTSD. So damn funny. Here are a few things about it I particularly like: -The headliner, of course, is the PTSD acronym. Insane that he either didn’t realize it spelled PTSD, or he did notice and thought,“No, that’s good. I want it to have a double-meaning. On one hand, it’s the mental health disorder that those who suffer intense trauma must endure, and on the other hand, it’s about football. It’s about offense. It’s about what the other team senses when they see you get off the bus. They’ll sense that our team is all about PTSD. We eat sleep and breathe PTSD. We can’t get away from it. It weighs us down. But that’s actually good. That’s my whole point. All these things go hand in hand and I’m being crystal clear. I’m doing a good job.” Both possibilities are very good. -Really enjoyed that it’s a D.E.N.N.I.S System-style speech. I don’t hear that many acronym-based presentations in my life. Would like to hear more: -Nagy’s struggling so hard to get through this speech. He is not good at this. Makes you wonder how the hell he got his job. He couldn’t have been this inarticulate during the interview process, right? Could he have been? Could it have been this bad? Look at this sentence – this was my favorite part of the video: “And you can sit there and talk about, like – the one thing with – You – We all know it when you walk – when the teams walk off of the bus, you’re – you’re in pre-game, you’re doing your, your, your, uh… (long pause)… routes on an air or stretching…” The presentation had just started! He was already lost! He couldn’t think of the word “routes!” His job is pretty much entirely thinking about the word “routes,” and he couldn’t find it! Wish we could see the footage of the job interview. Imagining it going as bad as this presentation, but it was on Google Meet and Nagy had to wear a button-up shirt on camera but was barefoot and had on basketball shorts off camera and had to deal with laptop lag time. Sounds incredible. -Having fun thinking about what other poorly named, acronym-centered offensive philosophies Nagy has lined up for the rest of his speech. A few guesses: Creative • Tenacious • Even-keeled Inventive • We Are Smart • Attentive • Be A Dog • Have Intelligence Remember Everything Forget Our Underdog Repertoire • Won’t Instill Nonsense • Severing Everything About Sloppy Offense Now Please keep the content coming, Giants. Real good stuff here. The post Matt Nagy and the New York Giants Offense Will Give You Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder appeared first on Crossing Broad.

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CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that global time spent on Instagram grew by double digits year over year this quarter.Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesMeta said that time spent on Instagram grew by double digits year over year this quarter.Zuckerberg said that Instagram recommendations are "becoming more personalized" because of AI.Zuckerberg called feeding public content to AI "a key building block" toward personalization.If you can't seem to get off your Instagram scroll, it is not an accident.During Meta's second-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that global time spent on Instagram grew by double digits year over year this quarter, "largely driven by improvements to our feed and Reels recommendations.""Our recommendations are also becoming more personalized, surfacing more fresh content while giving people more direct control over what they see," Zuckerberg said, adding that Instagram reels combined "faster inference with a new architecture that draws on deeper user history to improve predictions.""This drove a 15 basis point increase in sessions on Instagram, with particular strength in reshares and time spent, which are both strong indicators of better content-to-user matching," Zuckerberg added.According to Zuckerberg, recommendations are trained through automatically feeding every public Reel and post on Instagram to an LLM and analyzing them for topics and tone, which he called "a key building block toward greater personalization.""And we're working towards including more surfaces on Facebook as well," Zuckerberg said.Zuckerberg's comments came weeks after the company launched Muse Image in early July, which lets users create AI-generated images from photos on public Instagram accounts of people over 18. By default, eligible public accounts were included without prior notice, triggering a privacy backlash that led to the generation function being shut down in less than a week.Users could prevent Meta's AI from accessing visual content by going to Instagram's Settings, opening the Share and Reuse section, and switching off the option that lets Meta access photos and videos. There was no such option for text, comments, or audio.The algorithms have been central to multiple lawsuits filed by more than two dozen states that alleged that Meta designed its products to be addictive to teenagers and children. During the call, Meta CFO Susan Li said the company expects continued "scrutiny on youth-related issues in several markets" and has "a number of youth-related trials scheduled for this year," which could result in financial losses. The company reported $2.40 billion of charges "related to legal proceedings."Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comments.Read the original article on Business Insider

Lilian Weng, a Thinking Machines Lab cofounder, is returning to OpenAI.Business Wire/AP; Tyler Le/BIThinking Machines Lab cofounder Lilian Weng returns to OpenAI, leading an AI research team.Weng said she left Thinking Machines Lab for health reasons, writing that the gig was grueling.At OpenAI, she'll support the high-stakes push to build AI models that can improve their successors.Lilian Weng, a cofounder of the AI startup Thinking Machines Lab who stepped down this week, is rejoining OpenAI.The researcher will lead a team focused on accelerating internal research at the ChatGPT maker, as part of OpenAI's bid to develop AI that can improve itself, a company spokesperson told Business Insider.Weng had shared on Monday that she would be leaving Thinking Machines after a grueling stretch at the startup, writing, "I don't feel I'm able to continue at the pace a startup requires.""It has been an extremely hard decision, as I hate myself to let down people at Thinky but at the same time I'm constantly worried about my health," she added, referring to the startup's nickname.Weng wrote that she still enjoys working in the field and reading papers about frontier AI progress, saying that a "scoped role in a more predictable place, and not as a cofounder" would suit her better.That role will now be at OpenAI, the company where Weng worked from 2018 until late 2024, after stints at Facebook, Dropbox, and Affirm. During her first tenure at OpenAI, she helped build the Applied AI Research team and later led its Safety Systems work.Weng and Thinking Machines Lab didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.Previously, Weng helped develop OpenAI's GPT-4 model, working on pretraining data, model safety, evaluations, and deployment.Upon her return, Weng will lead a team supporting OpenAI's high-stakes effort to achieve "recursive self-improvement," in which AI models can train and improve their successors.The OpenAI spokesperson praised Weng's combination of research experience, technical know-how, and skill in building teams.For Thinking Machines Lab, Weng's departure is the latest of many. Business Insider, in May, reported that nearly a third of the company's original founding members had left the startup since it launched.Of the startup's six cofounders, only two remain: Mira Murati, the CEO, and chief scientist John Schulman. Barret Zoph and Luke Metz left for OpenAI, while Andrew Tulloch left for Meta. Zoph left OpenAI in June, The Verge reported.Mira Murati, the former OpenAI CTO who leads the startup, thanked Weng for her service on X after she announced her departure on Monday."We'll miss you, it's been wonderful building Thinky together," Murati wrote. "I'm glad that you're putting your health first. Thank you for everything."Have a tip? Contact this reporter via email at scouncil@businessinsider.com, or over text, Signal, Telegram, or WhatsApp at 415-757-8198. Use a personal email address, a nonwork WiFi network, and a nonwork device; here's our guide to sharing information securely.Read the original article on Business Insider

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Jersey Mike's has big expansion plans, according to its IPO prospectus.Bloomberg/Getty ImagesSandwich chain Jersey Mike's is gearing up for an initial public offering on Thursday.It spent $41 million on a jet for its founder and has big expansion plans, according to its IPO prospectus.Here are four interesting tidbits from the restaurant chain's 220-page document.Jersey Mike's IPO is almost here.The restaurant chain said it expects its shares to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday using the ticker "JMKE," according to an SEC filing. The company expects the stock to price between $21 and $25 a share, though investors will get an exact price before the IPO.Unlike its peers, many of which went public earlier in their histories, Jersey Mike's is an established brand with thousands of restaurants.Founder Peter Cancro started Jersey Mike's after buying a single sandwich shop in New Jersey in 1975. Since then, Cancro has grown Jersey Mike's into a national chain. Last year, private equity firm Blackstone acquired a majority stake in the company for $8 billion.Its latest S-1 securities filing, a document that companies file with the Securities and Exchange Commission in preparation to go public, divulges new information about the company, its strategy, and the people who have led it.Here are some of the most interesting aspects of the business that the prospectus includes:Jersey Mike's wants to more than quadruple its store baseThere are about 3,300 mostly franchisee-operated Jersey Mike's restaurants in the US, and that number could grow considerably, the company wrote in the filing. Its densest concentration of stores is in some Southeastern states, such as North and South Carolina.Jersey Mike's estimated that it could open as many as 7,500 stores in the US."While we operate in all 50 states today, we believe we remain under-penetrated in all markets, providing substantial runway for growth," the document reads.That number could grow to 15,000 with international expansions. Jersey Mike's plans to open 300 stores in Canada and another 300 in the UK and Ireland, per the prospectus.Jersey Mike's describes its menu as 'protein-forward'The sandwich chain is catering to two big diet-related trends: Protein consumption and weight-loss drugs like GLP-1s.Jersey Mike's menu "is well-suited to meet a wide range of dietary preferences, including protein-focused and GLP-1 users," the prospectus said.The chain points to its Italian sub, which it said contains about 47 grams of protein, as an example. Ten other subs contain at least 35 grams of protein, Jersey Mike's said."Our subs are inherently protein-forward," the document read.Two-thirds of the subs it sells are cold, and the largest share of its sales (47%) happens at lunchtime.Cancro's family members have made tens of millions from the businessPeter Cancro started Jersey Mike's after buying a single sandwich shop in the 1970s.Lisa Aileen Dragani/Getty Images for Best Buddies InternationalBefore the Blackstone deal, several of Cancro's family members worked at Jersey Mike's, according to the filing. Collectively, those family members made millions of dollars from the investment.Between 2023 and 2025, for instance, the company paid John Cancro, the founder's brother, about $21 million. Daniel Powers, his brother-in-law, made about $32 million over the same period. And Phillip Sivolobov, his stepson and a director at Jersey Mike's until early 2025, made almost $51 million, per the document.None of the family members received compensation from Jersey Mike's during the first quarter of 2026, according to the prospectus.The company bought founder Peter Cancro a private jetIn 2024, Jersey Mike's spent $41 million on a plane for Cancro, a footnote in the prospectus's financial information reads. Cancro is a member of the company's board and served as CEO until April 2025.The jet was transferred to a business entity controlled by Cancro, according to the document. The chain also paid Cancro about $2 million last year to cover costs "related to air transportation to travel from time to time for business purposes."The jet purchase and payments came shortly before Blackstone acquired its majority stake in January 2025.Have a tip? Contact this reporter at abitter@businessinsider.com or via encrypted messaging app Signal at 808-854-4501. Use a personal email address, a nonwork WiFi network, and a nonwork device; here's our guide to sharing information securely.Read the original article on Business Insider

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Disney is leaning into AI under CEO Josh D'Amaro, but it's dropping Microsoft's GitHub Copilot.Blanca Cruz / AFP via Getty Images; Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesDisney plans to dump Microsoft's GitHub Copilot while bringing OpenAI's Codex aboard.Eight Disney employees said they didn't rely on GitHub Copilot, which faces stiff competition.Claude and Cursor have become beloved inside the Mouse House as tech staffers push AI adoption.Disney has decided it no longer needs a Copilot on its AI coding journey.The Mouse House is ditching Microsoft's GitHub Copilot and several other AI coding tools in August in the US, tech leaders told select staffers on Tuesday afternoon, according to a screenshot of an internal message viewed by Business Insider. These changes don't apply internationally, a Disney tech leader told employees.A breakup with Disney is the latest headache for Microsoft's Copilot, which "lags behind" rivals like ChatGPT and Claude in adoption, as Business Insider's Ashley Stewart has reported. GitHub Copilot is the coding assistant in Microsoft's AI product suite.Microsoft's loss is Sam Altman's win. Disney is preparing to adopt OpenAI's Codex coding tool, according to the screenshot. The message didn't give a timeline for the tool's introduction.Disney will also keep staffers' access to Anthropic's Claude Enterprise and Cursor, while dropping two AI tools from Amazon: the agentic code editor Kiro and the AI assistant Q. (Claude will also no longer be accessible through the Amazon Web Services Bedrock platform.)Copilot's challengesEight Disney tech employees told Business Insider that they rarely or never used GitHub Copilot.One product manager said GitHub Copilot produced code that was "needlessly complex" and required clean-up.A longtime software engineer said their access to GitHub Copilot had "lapsed for lack of use.""Once I got Cursor and Kiro, there was no need to use it," this staffer said.Copilot frustrated some users last month by updating its pricing to charge customers based on their AI token usage, which is industry-standard. The company said GitHub Copilot's request-based model was "no longer sustainable" as it unveiled the shift.However, a Microsoft executive said in June that this move helped fuel the "best month ever" for the GitHub developer platform, Business Insider previously reported.Microsoft has set out to revamp GitHub while shaking up its Copilot teams to help its many Copilot tools compete with rivals from OpenAI and Anthropic.Disney staffers are enchanted by Claude and CursorClaude and Cursor have become fan favorites among Disney tech employees, as some superusers use agents to invoke those AI tools tens of thousands of times per day, Business Insider previously reported.One high-level software engineer said their AI tool usage was "probably around 80% Claude at the terminal when coding."Disney's streaming leaders created an AI adoption dashboard to track usage and have encouraged tech employees to use it to work faster, Business Insider previously reported."The No. 1 thing is to increase velocity," or the speed of output, a high-level AI staffer said.Have a tip about Disney? Contact this reporter via email at jfaris@businessinsider.com or Signal at @jamesfaris.01. Use a personal email address and a nonwork device; here's our guide to sharing information securely.We want to hear from you about your AI usage:Read the original article on Business Insider

Here are eleven things to do in KC this weekend, July 30—August 2 including Celebrate Ameri’kana, Mumford & Sons and Kansas City Invitational Black Rodeo. Darius Rucker Darius Rucker launched his career as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of roots rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, ultimately reaching number one on Billboard’s Top 40 chart with the 1995 hit “Only Wanna Be With You.” But after more than 20 years leading the group, Rucker struck out on his own and made a successful shift to country music. Evan Honer and Austin Williams join him on the Songs of Summer Tour. July 31. 7 pm. Starlight Theatre. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Darius Rucker (@dariusrucker) Celebrate Ameri’kana Free music and arts festival Celebrate Ameri’kana returns to the Historic Northeast. This year’s headliners include local favorites like Afro-Latino rock band Making Movies, local Congolese gospel group Salvation Choir and punk-rock band Radkey. Produced by local nonprofit Art as Mentorship, director (and Making Movies frontman) Enrique Chi describes the event as a “living love letter to the Black, indigenous, immigrant and Latino heroes of American music.” Plus, the community-centered festival will also feature an array of food trucks, an open air mercado, kid-friendly activities, soccer matches and more. August 1. 3 pm. Concourse Park. The Salvation Choir returns to Celebrate Ameri’kana. Photography provided. Mumford & Sons English rock band Mumford & Sons entranced audiences and dominated airwaves in the 2010s with folksy, stomp-and-clap hits like “I Will Wait” and “Little Lion Man.” Now, the group hits the road to promote its sixth studio album, Prizefighter, performing new songs alongside better-known hits from earlier records like Sigh No More and Babel. Singer-songwriter Medium Build opens. August 2. 7:30 pm. Morton Amphitheater. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mumford & Sons (@mumfordandsons) Kansas City Invitational Black Rodeo Following the Civil War, cattle drives relocated millions of Texas Longhorns to northward railheads. Of the cowboys leading the charge, it’s estimated that roughly a quarter were Black Americans, often tasked with some of the most treacherous jobs. Yet as mainstream rodeo circuits emerged across the West in the decades following, Black riders and ropers were frequently prohibited from participating. The Kansas City Invitational Black Rodeo honors that history and continuing legacy across two days of barrel racing, bull riding, bulldogging and more. July 31 & August 1. Times vary. Hale Arena. MR340 The world’s longest nonstop river race returns for its 20th year. Spanning 340 miles of the Missouri’s muddy waters, 600 daring paddlers departed from Kaw Point on Tuesday morning, heading Eastward to the race’s finish line in St. Charles. This Missouri River Relief competition draws paddlers from across the country. July 28—July 31. Missouri River. Photography by Ian Ritter. Coffee Club At Central Park Each Thursday morning throughout the summer, families can enjoy the fresh air in Zona Rosa’s Central Park while the kids play at the playground and splash fountain, along with rotating pop-ups and activities. This week, the series will offer hands-on, sensory activities from Busy Bean Play Cafe and Sensible Play. May 28—July 30. 9 am. Central Park (Zona Rosa). View this post on Instagram A post shared by Zona Rosa (@zonarosakc) Max Amini Comedian and actor Max Amini stops in KC on his world tour. With extensive acting credits, Amini has appeared in television shows like Heroes and Mind of Mencia, but is better known for his viral crowdwork clips. July 30. 8 pm. The Midland. Festival of Butterflies Powell Gardens’ annual Festival of Butterflies returns to celebrate these striking pollinators. From native butterflies like monarchs and giant swallowtails to rainforest dwellers like blue morphos, the festival includes approximately 50 varieties of the insect throughout the course of the colorful botanical exhibit. July 16–August 2. Times vary. Powell Gardens. Courtesy photo. KC Current vs. Angel City FC Although Kansas City has wrapped up its hosting obligations for the World Cup, there’s no shortage of futbol in the metro this summer—this weekend, KC Current faces off against Angel City FC. Although the Current lost when it last played the Los Angeles club, the KC team has an impressive reputation when playing on its own turf, holding the NWSL’s unbeaten home streak record. KC baby! August 1. 5:30 pm. CPKC Stadium. Photography by KC Current. Hot Country Nights: Redferrin Hot Country Nights are back, bringing live music to the Power & Light District on Thursdays through August. This week, singer-songwriter Redferrin performs selections from his EPs Old No. 7 and Some City, Somewhere. July 30. 7 pm. KC Live! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Blake Redferrin (@redferrin) Mini Golf At The Museum It’s back! Art Course offers an artist-designed mini-golf adventure within the Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park at the Nelson-Atkins Museum. Play nine unique holes, each offering a creative spin on a masterpiece from the museum’s collection. April 10—October 25. Times vary. Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park at the Nelson-Atkins Museum. Photography by Dana Anderson. The post Eleven Things To Do In KC This Weekend, July 30—August 2 appeared first on Kansas City Magazine.

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“My clients wanted to make their home feel less formal and more inviting,” says Nina Schmidt of Schloegel Design and Remodel, the firm who handled a complete main-floor overhaul for a late ’90s Leawood home. Originally the home had ornate molding throughout and it changed from room to room and more formal spaces that were rarely used. “Our clients only got a little use out of their formal living room except for their very spoiled feline,” says Schmidt, who has been working in the design industry for more than a decade. “Overall, the house felt quite formal and a bit dark. Our clients wanted to make it less formal, [more] cozy and inviting.” Although the footprint of each room remained the same, Schmidt and the homeowners focused heavily on design, including flooring, ceilings, staircases and lighting. Dream Kitchen ©2022 Matthew Anderson, all rights reserved ©2022 Matthew Anderson, all rights reserved Schmidt transformed the dark kitchen by bathing it in shades of white and then adding a few natural wood elements to keep it warm and inviting. The original dark wood cabinets were replaced with soft-white cabinets that reach to the ceiling. In contrast to the white cabinets, the island and range hood are a white oak. “It took some time to match the island with the [kitchen] pocket door as well as the beam wrapping the case entry into the kitchen,” Schmidt says. The pocket door hides a walk-in pantry with custom cabinets. Schmidt and the homeowners worked tirelessly to find the perfect backsplash tile. “So many were too white, cream or had a tint of blue,” Schmidt says. Ultimately, they selected a handmade square tile made by Sonoma Tilemakers. Staircase ©2023 Matthew Anderson, All rights Reserved Originally the main entry staircase had carpeted treads, a curved, “snail-style” bottom railing and half-moon-shaped sides on the bottom step. To give the stairs an updated, clean look while still presenting a grand entry, Schmidt switched out the ornate anchor posts, wood spindles and fully carpeted treads with square wood posts, iron spindles and wood treads with a stair runner. In order to achieve the modern-rustic look and keep the staircase curved, Schmidt brought in expert craftsmen who used mostly hand tools. Formal Transformation ©2023 Matthew Anderson, All rights Reserved ©2023 Matthew Anderson, All rights Reserved A two-sided fireplace encased by a solid wall separated the formal living room and family room, creating formal spaces not often used. Schmidt decided to keep the fireplace but remove the walls on either side, opening up the living areas. In the process creating a cozy home. The see-through fireplace was given a facelift with a new rustic wood beam mantle and limestone veneer. “We’re huge fans of how the messy over-grout turned out,” Schmidt says of the limestone work. The ceilings became a huge focus for this project, Schmidt says. The home’s two living spaces are two different heights. The family room and kitchen have nine-foot ceilings whereas the formal living room’s ceilings were a few feet higher. “[The homeowners] knew they wanted beams, but they decided to do something a bit different on the lower ceilings,” Schmidt says, adding that the beams on the lower ceilings would have made the rooms appear small. Ultimately, a shiplap ceiling in the family room and a criss-cross beam pattern in the living room were chosen. Dining Room ©2023 Matthew Anderson, All rights Reserved The goal in the dining room was to create a more inviting space, toning down the heavy molding. This was accomplished by removing the half-wall wainscotting, heavy dental crown molding, the tray ceiling and the molding at the cased entry. Powder Room ©2023 Matthew Anderson, All rights Reserved Also overly ornate, the downstairs powder room needed a change and a color pop. “In addition to making it a bit more contemporary, our client wanted the powder room to inject color into the otherwise neutral main floor,” Schmidt says. Ultimately the bathroom was washed in a dusty navy blue and the vanity was replaced with cabinets that mimic the wood colors throughout the rest of the main floor. The post A late ’90s Leawood abode turns into a cozy home. appeared first on Kansas City Magazine.

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THE IDAHO MURDERS: COLLEGE NIGHTMARE on Netflix is a true crime documentary series in three parts. It comes from award-winning documentary filmmakers Skye Borgman and Joe Berlinger. Read our The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare docuseries review here! THE IDAHO MURDERS: COLLEGE NIGHTMARE is a Netflix true crime docuseries with three episodes. There’s also a Prime Video documentary series covering the same case, but this one comes from Skye Borgman and Joe Berlinger. Two true crime documentary filmmakers behind some amazing productions. It’s a fairly straightforward true crime documentary, where we follow the police investigation via bodycam footage. Also, there are interviews with law enforcement alongside friends and family of the victims. It’s a brutal case, and there was a lot of confusion at first. Continue reading our The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare docuseries review below. Find it on Netflix now. A brutal and senseless crime Murder is always a brutal and senseless crime, and yet, this one did hit extremely hard as it was so difficult to get to the facts at first. Rumors ran rampant because the police were slow to officially state anything. Many people (including friends and family of the victims) found out about the homicides from social media. It all began on November 13, 2022, when four University of Idaho students were murdered. The four victims were Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin. It was a quadruple homicide, where the victims were stabbed to death, so it seemed very personal. Their bodies were discovered in an off-campus home, where some of the residents had been left alive. Yet another strange and intriguing element of the case. The college town of Moscow was traumatized, and the police (I am repeating myself, I know) did not handle this case particularly well at first. Protect those who have already suffered Right off the bat, I have to admit that I am not a fan of the build-up. This is a true crime documentary where the quadruple homicide has been solved. In other words, we know the identity of the killer. I recognize that not everyone knows this case, but ending episode one with essentially lining up someone else as the perpetrator is just cruel. As much as I love it when the focus is on the victims and their loved ones, we also have to protect those who were wrongfully suspected or even accused. I think The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare fails at that. Of course, they follow the police investigation and the chronology of it, but they could have included a disclaimer. Imagine having been suspected (even briefly) of having killed someone you loved, and then having it repeated and highlighted in a Netflix docuseries. Again, maybe just briefly, but I do loathe this kind of cliffhanger. Watch The Idaho Murders Netflix Docuseries now The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare comes from director Skye Borgman. Previously, Skye Borgman has delivered such fascinating and dark true crime productions as Unknown Number: The High School Catfish and American Murder: Laci Peterson. The executive producer is Academy-Award nominated Joe Berlinger. Among his previous credits, we find Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey and Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes. In other words, The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare comes from two veteran true crime documentarists. And yet, this is a good production, but it does also deal a little too much with theories before getting to the actual killer. Once again, hurting the one who was not involved. So, instead of getting to the real killer, the one falsely suspected and accused is retraumatized with this docuseries. Just like in the real case, the killer walked free for weeks as they investigated. The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare is out on Netflix from July 29, 2026. The post The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare – Review | Netflix appeared first on Heaven of Horror.