By JW | Thu, 09/22/2022 - 08:24

STL: Thursday, September 22, 2022

Events 📆

  • Missouri Botanical Garden celebrates drop in temps with extended hours – FOX 2
  • St. Mary’s Oktoberfest Returns With Strong Lineup Of Activities October 7-9 In Alton – RiverBender

BuySTL 👜

  • What’s fresh at St. Louis-area farmers markets this week – feastmagazine.com
  • Cardinals fans frenzy over legends’ bobbleheads – FOX 2
  • The Armory, The Largest Indoor Entertainment Venue In St. Louis, Sets Opening Day – RiverBender

Restaurants 🍲

  • Lucky Inn Chop Suey – stlamerican.com
  • Carl’s Drive-In owner wants to create a new burger-and-entertainment destination in Winghaven – St. Louis Magazine
  • Grab a burger, ride a go-kart! Carl’s Drive-In explores expansion in O’Fallon – FOX 2
  • Carl’s Drive-In has expansion plans, and more in the news – 40 South News
  • Sweetie Pie’s to close last St. Louis-area location on Delmar Boulevard – stltoday.com
  • Sweetie Pie’s Upper Crust announces closure – FOX 2
  • Sweetie Pie’s Upper Crust to Close September 25 – RFT
  • Sweetie Pie’s announces closure of Upper Crust location – KSDK
  • Founder thanks customers as Sweetie Pie’s Upper Crust closes – FOX 2
  • Assault Allegations Against St. Louis Chef Detail Pattern of Abuse – RFT
  • Chef of popular new Tower Grove South restaurant Snō charged with domestic assault – stltoday.com
  • Chef Tony Nguyen of Snō Charged with Felony Domestic Assault – RFT

STLfood ⚜️

  • Why taco pizza is making a comeback in St. Louis – feastmagazine.com
  • Papa John’s Pizza Bowls pose the important question "what is food?" – Boing Boing

Neighborhoods 🏡

  • Latest closure brings South Grand vacancies to new high, official says – KSDK
  • Neighbors push back against proposed Herculaneum truck stop – KSDK

STL100 💯

  • The American Red Cross in need of volunteers for disaster response – FOX 2
  • Less Visited Missouri State Parks that are Hidden Gems – Terrain Magazine

STL99 😱

  • 13 pit bulls rescued from alleged dogfighting operation in north St. Louis County – KSDK
  • Fox 2 anchor Vic Faust fired from TV station after tirade – stltoday.com
  • Post-Dispatch Comics Page Shakeup Draws Ire — And Concern – RFT
  • Construction Mishap Again Delays St. Louis Soccer Stadium Opening – RFT
  • Driver fires shots during road rage over merge in north St. Louis – FOX 2
  • Victim in I-64 fatality fell through sunroof, Illinois State Police says – FOX 2
  • Police: Woman died after falling from sunroof of moving car on I-64 – stltoday.com
  • Passenger falls out of car sunroof on I-64, dies from injuries sustained – KSDK

99MO 😱

  • More states extend postpartum Medicaid since Roe’s demise – stltoday.com
  • Doctor admits to fraud involving more than 2,000 Missouri patients – FOX 2

WW99 😱

  • European Spyware Investigators Criticize Israel and Poland – SecurityWeek
  • Russian airlines ordered to stop selling tickets to Russian men aged 18 to 65 – Hacker News

Pox Populi™ 🦠

Police 🚓

  • St. Louis family releases video clip of teen’s fatal police shooting – stltoday.com
  • Killer of Officer Langsdorf sentenced to life in prison – KSDK
  • Construction to start on new St. Louis County police stations at long last – stltoday.com
  • San Francisco cops can use private cameras to live-monitor ‘significant events’ – The Register
  • Police Tased and Hogtied a 12-Year-Old Autistic Boy – VICE US
  • Ohio Supreme Court Says There’s Nothing Wrong With Cops Seizing A $31,000 Truck Over An $850 Criminal Offense – Techdirt

DotGov 🏛

  • NY attorney general sues Donald Trump, 3 kids for alleged business fraud – FOX 2
  • GOP Attorney General Nominee Wants to Ban Plan B, Compared It to Fentanyl – VICE US

CityGov 🏛

  • Budget Analyst (Senior) – Jobs
  • Administrative Hearing Officer Parking Commission RFP – City of St. Louis
  • STL aldermen hold hearing on intersection safety for emergency vehicles – FOX 2
  • Warrant pins new schemes on former St. Louis Alderman John Collins-Muhammad – KSDK
  • BB 93 – Redevelopment Plan for the Cass Ave./N. 14th St./O’Fallon St./Hogan St. Redevelopment Area – Board Bills
  • BB 89 – Green Street Armory Project TIF – Board Bills
  • BB 92 – Yard Waste from Private Lawn Services – Board Bills
  • BB 91 – Waste Disposal Fines – Board Bills
  • BB 88 – Flora Place Community Improvement District – Board Bills
  • BB 90 – Green Street Armory Project Redevelopment Agreement – Board Bills

LocalGov 🏛

  • Water system failure reported by Moscow Mills – r/StLouis
  • How this school district in St. Louis County is stopping phone use in class – KSDK

MoGov 🏛

  • Schmitt signs onto brief backing Trump in legal battle with Justice Department over classified documents – stltoday.com
  • Missouri judge again delays decision on Agape Boarding School as more abuse alleged – stltoday.com
  • Missouri judge once again delays decision on closing Agape Boarding School – Missouri Independent
  • Missouri’s Child Welfare Agency Is Dangerously Understaffed – RFT
  • Missouri lawmakers push ahead on tax cuts, rural credits in special session – Missouri Independent
  • Missouri Senate passes individual income tax cuts – FOX 2
  • Scaled-Back Income Tax Cut Wins Initial Approval in Missouri Senate – RFT
  • Missouri Senate passes individual income tax cuts, bill heads to House – KSDK
  • Tax cut debate moves to Missouri House after Senate approves bill – stltoday.com
  • Missourians Support Legal Weed By Wide Margin, New Poll Finds – RFT

FedGov 🏛

  • The Senate just approved an international climate treaty, with bipartisan support – Grist
  • Clash over climate change funding emerging in farm bill debate – Missouri Independent
  • Federal Reserve to increase interest rates by 75 basis points for the third time – Hacker News
  • Fed raises rates by another 75 bps to fight inflation – Hacker News
  • Whistleblower: Pentagon Purchased Mass Surveillance Tool Collecting Americans’ Web Browsing Data – Gizmodo
  • US accident investigators want alcohol breathalyzers in all new vehicles – The Register
  • Trump’s Business Empire Could Be Crushed With New Lawsuit – VICE US
  • Majority of Republican Voters Want to Make Christianity the Official Religion – VICE US
  • Republicans Want to Declare Fentanyl a ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction.’ That’s a Terrible Idea. – VICE US
  • Revealed: US Military Bought Mass Monitoring Tool That Includes Internet Browsing, Email Data – VICE US

Jobs 📄

  • The World’s Largest Four-Day Work Week Experiment Reveals Increase in Employee Wellbeing – Gizmodo
  • There’s no labor shortage at fast food restaurants – Kevin Drum

History 🦕

  • 75 years ago: How Cardinal Ritter’s firm hand led St. Louis Catholic schools to integrate – stltoday.com
  • Missouri Town Was Founded as Atheist Utopia [PHOTOS] – RFT
  • Segregated Schooling: Mapping St. Louis’s Colored Schools – History Happens Here

Sustainability ♻️

  • Spotlight On: Midwest Recycling Center – Clean Air Partnership
  • World’s largest geothermal lagoon planned for Canada – New Atlas
  • Fluorescent molecule could verify recycled content of plastic products – New Atlas

Infrastructure 🚽

  • Chicago’s Tap Water Contaminated With Lead, Analysis Finds – Gizmodo
  • Tesla Megapack battery ignites at substation after less than 6 months – The Register
  • Emissions-slashing hybrid trains to hit tracks in Europe – The Register
  • How much has North American freight increased over the past year? – Kevin Drum
  • There Have Been Decades Of Broadband Policy And Subsidies And We’re Only Just Now Accurately Measuring Their Impact – Techdirt

Ecology 🦤

  • 230 Whales Mysteriously Stranded on Beach Exactly 2 Years After Similar Event – VICE US
  • Study shows plastics disrupting metabolism of lung and liver cells – New Atlas
  • Tiger population in India, 2018. – Maps on the Web

WWwx 🌦

  • Photos: Monster Typhoon Smashes Into Japan – Gizmodo
  • Puerto Ricans Now Face Heat Wave After Days Without Power and Water – Gizmodo
  • UN climate report projects path into "uncharted territory of destruction" – New Atlas

WWW99 🕸

  • Danish Data Protection Agency concludes Google Analytics cannot be used lawfully – Hacker News
  • Meta and Google are cutting staff – Hacker News
  • Getty Images will cease to accept art created using AI generative models – Hacker News
  • Getty Says ‘No’ to AI-Generated Images Because it Doesn’t Want Any (More) Copyright Headaches – Gizmodo
  • TikTok will start banning political campaign fundraising – Search Engine Land
  • Antivirus Used by Millions Blocked All Google Sites by Mistake, Sowing Chaos – VICE US
  • Domain shadowing becoming more popular among cybercriminals – BleepingComputer
  • 2K confirms its support desk was hacked to send malware to gamers – Engadget
  • On Bloomberg: De-platformed Disinfo Site Sees Resurgence with Help of Alt-Right Social Platforms and Ad Networks – EQ

Twitter 🐦

  • Twitter is logging out some users following password reset ‘incident’ – Engadget

Space 🚀

  • NASA Declares Tanking Test of SLS Megarocket a Success – Gizmodo
  • Saudi Arabia Buys Two Tickets to the ISS Aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket – Gizmodo
  • With War Raging in Ukraine, NASA Astronaut Flies to ISS Aboard Russian Rocket – Gizmodo
  • Watch Live as Russia Launches the Next ISS Crew—Including a U.S. Astronaut—to Space – Gizmodo
  • Scientists Think They’ve Solved the Mystery of a Bizarre Repeating Radio Signal from Space – VICE US
  • James Webb Space Telescope captures the best image of Neptune’s rings in decades – Engadget
  • New Webb image captures clearest view of Neptune’s rings in decades – Hacker News
  • Bezos’s ‘Orbital Reef’ Space Station Is Set to Be Hollywood’s Newest Star – Gizmodo
  • Giant Centrifuge Startup That Wants to Hurl Things Into Space Raises $71 Mil – Gizmodo
  • Mars Is Littered With Over 7 Tons of Trash From Robotic Space Exploration – HowStuffWorks

DIY 🪓

  • Pork and Veggie Pan-Seared Dumplings Recipe – VICE US
  • A text adventure game on TypeScript’s type system – Hacker News
  • Whisper – open source speech recognition by OpenAI – Hacker News
  • The Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition – Hacker News
  • Framework’s Chromebook Is Bringing Modularity to ChromeOS – Gizmodo
  • Framework made a modular, repairable Chromebook – Engadget
  • Websdr.org – Software-Defined Radio receiver connected to the internet – Hacker News
  • Entitlement in Open Source – Hacker News
  • The most controversial change in Emacs history (2021) – Hacker News
  • Next steps for Rust in the kernel – Hacker News
  • ‘I Don’t Care About Cookies’ extension sold to Avast – The Register
  • Mapping the unknown – Steps to map any industry – Hacker News

Captain’s Blog 🏴‍☠️

  • The Deceiving Stretch of Water with 100% Mortality Rate – Hacker News
  • Domesticated Prairie Dog Travels Across the United States With His Humans – Laughing Squid
  • Apple’s next victim: the SIM card (Macworld/Jason Snell) – Six Colors
  • What we learned from launching a hyperlocal news brand – Google
  • Ultralight carbon teardrop utility camper tows via EV or motorcycle – New Atlas
  • Renault electric camper urges solo nomads to ditch office, go outdoors – New Atlas
  • Mercedes tempts freight operators with eActros LongHaul electric truck – New Atlas