STL: Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Events 📆
- Roll Cart Trash Collection Schedule Adjusted to Accommodate Labor Day, 2022 – City of St. Louis – News
- Weekly Events Thread 8/29/21 – 9/4/22 – r/StLouis
- Stormy weather ends Festival of Nations early – FOX 2
- Paint Louis celebrates 25 years of art and hip hop at the flood wall – St. Louis Magazine
- Elsah Festival On Saturday Was Event To Remember – RiverBender
- The best in chess will be in St. Louis for the Sinquefield Cup – FOX 2
BuySTL 👜
- The estate of the late Bob Cassily is open for bidding – St. Louis Magazine
- Here’s when the St. Louis area’s newest Costco is set to open – KSDK
- These St. Louis businesses are involved with NASA’s Artemis moon mission – FOX 2
- $500k building permit application submitted to renovate 701 S. Broadway (ex Beale on Broadway) for restaurant/bar – r/StLouis
- Cahokia Rice is a key provider of nutritious rice for the Midwest – including the Cincinnati Bengals – feastmagazine.com
Restaurants 🍲
- Tempus Closes Temporarily as Chef Ben Grupe Departs – RFT
- Acclaimed chef Ben Grupe leaves Tempus in The Grove – St. Louis Magazine
- St. Louis’ best date night restaurants from the STL 100 – stltoday.com
- Looking Meadow Coffee Co. plans to open at former Stone Spiral spot: in the news – 40 South News
STLfood ⚜️
- Here’s where you can get the ‘best sandwich in the world’ for 1 day only – KSDK
- Honey Keeps You Buzzing – Good Food St. Louis
- Fresh Pasta – r/StLouis
Neighborhoods 🏡
- Soulard Business Association giving out steering wheel locks to Hyundai and Kia owners – KSDK
STL100 💯
- St. Louis pushes US to send more refugees here. ‘We are ready.’ – stltoday.com
- Since the collapse of Kabul, St. Louis region welcomes more than 600 Afghan refugees in 1 year – KSDK
- Afghan refugee resettlement discussion taking place Aug. 29 – FOX 2
- Over 900 Ukrainian refugees may be coming to St. Louis – FOX 2
- FEMA disaster recovery center to open in Ferguson – KSDK
- St. Louis is #1 among best U.S. cities for new grads to start a career – St. Louis Regional Freightway
STL99 😱
- ‘Can’t replace those memories’: Couple’s U-Haul truck stolen hours after moving to south city – KSDK
- Soaring costs have St. Louis renters struggling to stay in their homes – stltoday.com
- Break-ins reported at marijuana dispensaries in St. Louis, Festus Monday – KSDK
- Marijuana dispensary break-ins on the rise in St. Louis region – FOX 2
- More marijuana dispensary break-ins – FOX 2
- Hartmann: There’s Nothing Exceptional About the AT&T Tower – RFT
- Ill. teen running from dog shoots 13-year-old – FOX 2
- Teen boy charged for shooting 13-year-old girl in St. Clair County to thwart dog attack – stltoday.com
- Illinois man accidentally wounds himself during shooting event – FOX 2
99MO 😱
- University City officials still working to pick up trash 1 month after flooding – KSDK
- Missouri’s top educator hesitant about four-day school week – FOX 2
WW99 😱
- Ozzy Osbourne on moving away from the US: “I’m fed up with people getting killed every day” – KSHE 95
Police 🚓
- Leaders push for end to police chases after man killed in St. Louis over weekend – stltoday.com
- Appeals Court Tells Government It Needs Actual Evidence If It Wants To Keep The $70,000 It Seized During An Accident Investigation – Techdirt
CityGov 🏛
- City of St. Louis threatens to sue Kia, Hyundai over car thefts – FOX 2
- St. Louis City Threatens To Sue Kia and Hyundai After Wave of Car Thefts – RFT
- St. Louis threatens to sue Kia, Hyundai after more than 660 August thefts – stltoday.com
LocalGov 🏛
- Area schools remove books under new law that is unlikely to be enforced – stltoday.com
MoGov 🏛
- New law, less sunlight: Missouri takes down contract website – stltoday.com
- Blunt: Trump should have turned over ‘all’ documents – FOX 2
FedGov 🏛
- FTC Sues ‘Massive’ Data Broker for Selling Location Info on Abortion Clinics – VICE US
- Lindsey Graham Threatens ‘Riots in the Streets’ if Trump Is Indicted – VICE US
- Senator Klobuchar’s Latest Bad Idea: Letting Smaller Journalism Outlets Demand Payments For Links – Techdirt
- Manchin Delivered ‘Game Changer’ to His Top Donor – Sludge
- New FCC Broadband Maps Are A Bit Of A ‘Train Wreck’ – Techdirt
History 🦕
- A Look Back • Zooline was popular from its first run – stltoday.com
- This rare art deco building in the Loop was a link to one of the first supermarkets in the US – r/StLouis
Sustainability ♻️
- The Toothpaste Argument for Universal Basic Income – Hacker News
- Texas-Mexico Border Town Approves Air Pollution Monitoring Following ProPublica and Texas Tribune Investigation – ProPublica
- Raw data: The price of natural gas – Kevin Drum
Infrastructure 🚽
- Central West End MetroLink elevator out of service – FOX 2
- STL Conducting Preventive Maintenance in the Lindbergh Tunnel – City of St. Louis – News
Ecology 🦤
- Fight over silica mine rekindles fears about Missouri’s Old Lead Belt – Missouri Independent
- Illinois EPA Director Kim Announces Second Electric Vehicle Rebate Program Funding – RiverBender
- Outstanding Biologist Fills a New Role at NGRREC – RiverBender
- EPA: Missouri among states that missed air pollution plan deadline – FOX 2
WWwx 🌦
- Americans are convinced climate action is unpopular. They’re very, very wrong. – Grist
- Drought continues to plague Europe. According to the Copernicus… – Maps on the Web
Twitter 🐦
- Elon Musk Subpoenas Twitter Whistleblower Ahead of Trial – SecurityWeek
Space 🚀
- LIVE: NASA scrubs Artemis I launch attempt – FOX 2
- Fuel leaks force NASA to scrub launch of new moon rocket – FOX 2
- US court backs FCC decision to let SpaceX fly Starlink sats at lower altitudes – The Register
- Nasa scrubbed moon rocket launch due to leaks and a "possible crack" – Boing Boing
- NASA scrubs Artemis SLS Moon rocket launch – The Register
- NASA’s Artemis I launch scrubbed due to engine problems – Engadget
- NASA Artemis I Launch – Hacker News
- Watch the First Launch of the Most Powerful Rocket in History – VICE US
- NASA Says Megarocket Could Launch Friday as Engineers Race to Resolve Engine Issue – Gizmodo
WWW99 🕸
- Is Over, Bye GitHub – Hacker News
- Malicious Plugins Found on 25,000 WordPress Websites: Study – SecurityWeek
- Age Verification Providers Say Don’t Worry About California Design Code; You’ll Just Have To Scan Your Face For Every Website You Visit – Techdirt
Captain’s Blog 🏴☠️
- Don’t keep all your digital services with one company – David Heinemeier Hansson
- How AI could learn from Aesop’s fables – Freethink
- Work of Japanese artist Takahiro Iwasaki who makes maps and… – Maps on the Web