By JW | Tue, 02/22/2022 - 00:57

💬 Topics | stLouIST

Events 📆

  • Weekly Events Thread 2/21/21 – 2/27/22 – r/StLouis

    Mardi Gras 🎭

  • Soulard begins prep ahead of busy Mardi Gras weekend – KSDK
  • Soulard Mardi Gras 2022 Bud Light Grand Parade route – FOX 2
  • DJ Diesel, aka Shaquille O’Neal, sells out Mardi Gras St. Louis party – stltoday.com
  • Pet Parade, Taste of Soulard give preview of Mardi Gras protocols – KSDK
  • Pets parade through Soulard for first Mardi Gras since pandemic began – KSDK
  • The Purina Pet Parade Brought Happy Pets (and Their Parents) to Soulard [PHOTOS] – r/StLouis

    STLfish 🐟

  • How to get your fish fry featured on our fish fry map – KSDK

BuySTL 👜

  • Weekly Marketplace Thread (Buy, Sell, Trade) 2/14/21 – 2/20/21 – r/StLouis
  • Looking for MO print shop for promotional materials – r/StLouis

STLfood ⚜️

Neighborhoods 🏡

DIY 🪓

  • Community garden where I could take my compost? – r/StLouis

Infrastructure 🚽

  • St. Louis-area hardware stores, auto shops dealing with supply shortages this winter – FOX 2
  • Is it possible for America to thrive without Chinese manufacturing? – Boing Boing
  • Report shows dangerous roads for pedestrians in St. Louis City and County – FOX 2
  • St. Louis lawmakers OK $22M plan for downtown bicycle path, bridge reconstruction – KSDK
  • Raw data: Reliability of the US electricity distribution system – Kevin Drum

Nature 🦝

  • Missouri catch-and-keep trout fishing season to open on March 1 – KSDK
  • Horseshoe crabs are drained for their blue blood. That practice will soon be over. – Freethink

STL99 😱

  • Best dumpster diving spots in STL? – r/StLouis
  • Frustrated yet excited learning a new driving pattern because of all the new potholes. – r/StLouis
  • Strange noise reported in north St. Louis County – FOX 2

STLhelp ☎️

  • Small grant/Free programs in STL city? – r/StLouis

Crime 🗯

  • Car owners across the region frustrated by car break-ins – FOX 2
  • Police: Woman strangled to death inside south St. Louis home, initially reported as burglary – KSDK

Police 🚓

  • Prosecutors hope more victims of online stalker come forward after arrest made – KSDK

DotGov 🏛

  • Has Russia invaded Ukraine? – FOX 2
  • If you think you are living in a divided America, it’s nothing new | Opinion – Missouri Independent

    MoGov 🏛

  • ‘It’s a nightmare’: Texts reveal last-ditch efforts to save Parson’s health director – Missouri Independent
  • Flaw that exposed Missouri teacher data existed since 2011, report says – KSDK
  • Police probe shows Missouri data weakness existed a decade​ before Post-Dispatch exposed it – stltoday.com
  • Prosecutor: No ‘criminal intent’ by reporter Missouri governor accused of hacking – Missouri Independent
  • Report: Flaw that exposed teacher data in Missouri existed since 2011 – FOX 2
  • MoDOT adjusts $62M road project in St. Charles County after complaints – FOX 2

    FedGov 🏛

  • US: Biden agrees to meet Putin if he halts Ukraine attack – FOX 2

Jobs 📄

  • Career Central: 5 great hiring opportunities this week – KSDK

History 🦕

TechSTL 💾

  • Privacy Watch – stLouIST
  • NGA Signs Data partnership Agreement with T-Rex – EQ
  • St. Louis Startup Founder Finds Traction in Silicon Valley – EQ

Captain’s Blog 🏴‍☠️

  • I was wrong, we need crypto – David Heinemeier Hansson
  • Millions of WordPress sites receive forced patch for critical plugin flaw – Engadget
  • Time for people to patch backup plugin for WordPress – The Register
  • Panasonic’s 25-megapixel GH6 is the highest resolution Micro Four Thirds camera yet – Engadget
  • What’s the Most Dangerous Emerging Technology? – Gizmodo
  • Mermaid Test – JWblog
  • CapsBlog STLduJournal Battle 🏴‍☠️ – JWblog