By JW | Tue, 07/12/2022 - 01:36

STL: Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Events 📆

BuySTL 👜

  • Commercial District Coalition – stLouIST

Restaurants 🍲

  • St. Louis Restaurants Openings and Closings: June 2022 – RFT
  • Eovaldi’s Deli – Businesses
  • Jovick Brothers Deli – Businesses
  • Carl’s Deli – Businesses
  • Protzel’s Delicatessen – Businesses
  • The Gramophone – Businesses
  • Mom’s Deli – Businesses
  • The Google One-Star Review Scam Targeting Restaurants – NYT > Food
  • Down and dirty or hole in the wall restaurants? – r/StLouis
  • South city restaurant steps up to tackle childhood hunger – FOX 2

STLfood ⚜️

  • Sandwiches 🥪 – stLouIST
  • Final round of r/STLFood Mexican restaurant bracket – r/StLouis
  • These food and drink businesses are giving back while serving St. Louis – feastmagazine.com
  • McDonald’s On Broadway Back Open After Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony – RiverBender

Neighborhoods 🏡

  • Park Central Development – stLouIST
  • ACLU Report on Flock Safety – stLouIST
  • Fast-Growing Company Flock is Building a New AI-Driven Mass-Surveillance System – stLouIST
  • Welcome to the Neighborhood! (Southside Edition) – r/StLouis

STL99 😱

  • See what the average commute is in St. Louis – FOX 2
  • The world’s most violent cities – r/StLouis
  • Sea Lion instructor addresses animal abuse accusations at St. Charles fair – KSDK
  • ‘They can’t show me his body’: Wife mourns man eaten alive by dogs in St. Louis – KSDK
  • Man killed in suspected dog attack in St. Louis, police say – KSDK
  • Elderly man dies after dog attack in St. Louis – FOX 2
  • 1 killed, 1 injured in weekend dog attack – FOX 2
  • Huge problem for MSD means big headache for 81-year-old homeowner – FOX 2
  • Man dead after possible dog attack in St. Louis’ Penrose neighborhood – stltoday.com

STL100 💯

  • Press Freedom Award for Josh Renaud – stLouIST
  • Residents Campaign To Clean Up St. Louis Motel – RFT
  • St. Louis County Library partnering with Operation Food Search to provide free produce boxes – KSDK
  • St. Louis County Library & Operation Food Search Provide Fresh Produce at 9 Library Branches – stlamerican.com

99MO 😱

  • Schools for sale: What happens to Kansas City Public Schools buildings after they close – Missouri Independent

100MO 🐴

  • Missouri town embraces Mo Mo the monster 50 years after original sightings – stltoday.com

Police 🚓

  • Reverse Keyword Warrant Challenged After Cops Asked Google To Search Millions Of People’s Data Multiple Times – Techdirt

DotGov 🏛

  • About a third of everyone doesn’t trust elections – Kevin Drum

CityGov 🏛

  • Special Districts 👓 – stLouIST
  • Local Taxing Districts Map – stLouIST
  • Cherokee Street CID – stLouIST
  • July 12, 2022 St. Louis Land Tax Sale – NextSTL – r/StLouis
  • St. Louis mayor heading to DC to celebrate Safer Communities Act signing – KSDK
  • St. Louis mayor joins Biden, others to tout new federal gun law – stltoday.com
  • Comptroller’s office to host American Red Cross blood drive Aug. 10 – MetroSTL.com

LocalGov 🏛

  • DUI cases appear unaffected by St. Charles County prosecutor’s potential legal troubles – FOX 2
  • Sunshine Law expert sounds alarm over St. Louis County Council plan – stltoday.com
  • Jeff Roorda, lifted by labor money, attempts another political comeback in Jefferson County – stltoday.com

MoGov 🏛

  • Hartmann: Missouri Democrats Are Their Own Worst Enemy – RFT
  • Missouri Democrats seek contraception, ectopic pregnancy session – stltoday.com
  • Missouri Democrats call for special session on contraception, ectopic pregnancies – Missouri Independent

Covid19 Info 🦠

Jobs 📄

History 🦕

  • See Incredible Footage of KISS Playing the KSHE Kite Fly in 1974 in St. Louis – RFT
  • Discover the many historic sites of Springfield, Illinois – St. Louis Magazine

DIY 🪓

  • Browser Extension for local Library Inventory – stLouIST
  • Pork Chops in Creamy Garlic Mushroom Sauce Recipe – RiverBender
  • Detecting harmful gases with a single sensor and tinyML – Arduino Blog
  • This IoT weather monitor can track environmental data from almost anywhere – Arduino Blog

Sustainability ♻️

Infrastructure 🚽

  • Grain Belt Express developer says new $7 billion plan will boost wind energy power – stltoday.com
  • Ameren, Peabody beef up solar power as fastest-growing power source in US – stltoday.com
  • I have long referred to the criminality of the fossil fuel industry, and people say I’m conspiratorial. Well, the evidence is on my side: “Spire criticized for destroying documents about controversial St. Louis pipeline” (Bryce Gray – Post-Dispatch) – Global Energy and the American Dream
  • Texas grid operator urges electricity conservation as heat wave drives up demand – Main Feed – Environmental Defense
  • Low Water Temporarily Closes Dorena-Hickman Ferry – The Waterways Journal
  • Cave-In-Rock Ferry Again Continues Ohio River Service After Last-Minute Deal – The Waterways Journal

Ecology 🦤

  • 90% of the earth’s surface sees extreme heat increase…. – Maps on the Web
  • Wild video of beachgoers running from annoyed sea lions in San Diego – Boing Boing
  • Bear doesn’t like the bear it sees in the mirror – Boing Boing

Twitter 🐦

  • Now everyone can ‘unmention’ themselves from Twitter threads – Engadget
  • Twitter tells Musk his attempt to bail on $44 billion acquisition is ‘invalid and wrongful’ – Engadget
  • Some Thoughts On Twitter (continued) – AVC
  • Musk Ditches Twitter Deal, Triggering Defiant Response – SecurityWeek RSS Feed
  • Twitter Rolling Out ‘Unmentioning’ for Leaving Conversations – MacRumors
  • Looming Musk-Twitter legal battle hammers company shares – The Big 550 KTRS
  • Twitter claims Elon Musk bailed from sale with ‘invalid and wrongful’ reasons – The Register

Captain’s Blog 🏴‍☠️

  • Behold, the Incredible First Image From NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope – VICE US
  • Asteroid NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission landed on had a surface like a ‘pit of plastic balls’ – Engadget
  • There’s a 10% Chance Rocket Debris Will Kill Someone on Earth This Decade, Study Says – VICE US
  • Keep an eye on your Experian accounts: Some profiles hijacked using personal info – The Register
  • Rivian reportedly plans to lay off around five percent of its workforce – Engadget
  • You Don’t Own What You’ve Bought: Sony Removes 100s Of Movies Bought Through PS Store – Techdirt
  • Repeatedly Hacked T-Mobile Ramps Up The Sale Of User App Download And Behavior Data – Techdirt
  • Google One now has premium Google Workspace features – Google
  • There is a museum dedicated to food additives in Hamburg, Germany – Boing Boing
  • How Investigators Use OSINT to Track Down IPTV Pirates – TorrentFreak
  • How data on a billion people may have leaked from a Chinese police dashboard – The Register
  • Massive Chinese Police Database Hacked/Sold, Gov’t Responds By Trying To Bury The News – Techdirt
  • After Years Of Being Called An IP ‘Thief,’ China Now Out-Patenting Others… And Suing – Techdirt
  • China Tests Gigantic Drag Sail for Removing Space Junk – Gizmodo
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