By JW | Sat, 08/06/2022 - 12:52

STL: Saturday, August 6, 2022

Flood 🌊

  • Resources You Can Use: Flood Damage – BSD
  • East St. Louis native and McDonald’s owner helps flood victims in his community – stlamerican.com
  • One Shelter Closed, One Remains Open; Multi-Agency Resource Centers Continue – RiverBender
  • Flood victims say they need physical help, not paper pushing – FOX 2
  • A disaster relief team in Bridgeton seeks more volunteers to help flood victims – FOX 2

Events 📆

  • Serbfest this weekend – r/StLouis
  • An Afro-Futuristic ‘Midsummer’ Comes to St Louis Parks – RFT
  • 5 family-friendly activities in St. Louis: August 1–14 – St. Louis Magazine

BuySTL 👜

  • St. Louis-based coffee roaster expands footprint with Walmart deal – KSDK
  • local handmade soap? – r/StLouis

Restaurants 🍲

  • St. Louis Standards: Mama Lucia’s Pizza is Frozen Gold – RFT
  • St. Louis restaurant openings, closings, and coming soons – St. Louis Magazine
  • St. Louis restaurant openings and closings: July 2022 – feastmagazine.com

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STLfood ⚜️

  • Good morning St Louis! Here’s the latest episode of the STL Donut Tour highlighting Fried Glazed Croissants! – r/StLouis

Neighborhoods 🏡

STL100 💯

  • Four dogs rescued in St. Francois County after photo of injured dog goes viral – KSDK

STL99 😱

  • Commerce Bank customers report deposit, payment issues – FOX 2
  • Truck located, no arrest made after teen’s death in St. Louis hit-and-run – FOX 2

Police 🚓

  • St. Louis County plan will poach police from St. Louis city, union says – stltoday.com
  • Application process to become St. Louis police chief extended – St. Louis Business Journal
  • San Diego Citizens Wrest Control of Surveillance Tech Away From Police – Gizmodo

DotGov 🏛

CityGov 🏛

  • St. Louis Municipal Courts Dismisses Backlog Of Low-Level Cases – RiverBender
  • RFP Towing Services – City of St. Louis Procurement Opportunities

    LocalGov 🏛

  • HNTB recommended to design MetroLink fare collection gates – stltoday.com

    MoGov 🏛

  • Missouri law didn’t require environmental review before issuing silica mining permit – Missouri Independent
  • Missouri eases requirement for substitutes – FOX 2
  • 2022 Missouri Senate Democratic Primary Map – St. Louis City – r/StLouis

    FedGov 🏛

  • Did Lindsey Graham Help Trump Try to Steal Georgia? – VICE US
  • FCC votes to boost manufacturing in space – Engadget
  • Comcast Using Civil Rights As Cover To Scuttle Appointment Of Gigi Sohn To FCC – Techdirt

Jobs 📄

  • Chart of the day: Net new jobs in July – Kevin Drum

History 🦕

  • St. Louis Couple Uncovers the Secret History of Soulard Homes – RFT
  • Early Federal Warrior-Tombigbee Boats – The Waterways Journal

Pox Populi™ 🦠

  • As monkeypox cases rise, experts worry stigma will create more problems – St. Louis Magazine
  • CDC stops reporting COVID-19 cases on cruise ships – Boing Boing

Sustainability ♻️

  • Glass Half Full is Louisiana’s grassroots glass recycler – Boing Boing
  • Auto vloggers test out fuel-saving myths – Boing Boing
  • Economic mystery of the month – Kevin Drum
  • Countries which will double their population by… – Maps on the Web

    Infrastructure 🚽

  • FEMA Urges Patching of Emergency Alert Systems, But Some Flaws Remain Unfixed – SecurityWeek RSS Feed
  • Warning! Critical flaws found in US Emergency Alert System – The Register
  • Wind turbine fitted with recyclable blades starts generating electricity – New Atlas
  • How to Prep for a Power Outage – Gizmodo
  • The VICE Starter Pack for Casual Doomsday Prepping – VICE US
  • Number of McDonald’s outlets per 1 million inhabitants…. – Maps on the Web

    Ecology 🦤

  • 200 million acres of forest cover have been lost since 1960 – Grist
  • We Are Not Freaking Out Enough About Climate Change – Gizmodo
  • The U.S. Is Dry, Dry, Dry – Gizmodo

    Animal Kingdom

  • Protect Threatened Mussel Populations, Volunteer Today – RiverBender
  • El Jefe, North America’s Long Lost Jaguar, Is Back – VICE US

Twitter 🐦

  • Elon Musk accuses Twitter of fraud for hiding real number of fake accounts – Engadget
  • Twitter Obliterates Elon Musk’s Excuses for Trying to Kill $44 Billion Deal in Blistering Court Filing – Gizmodo

Space 🚀

  • NASA reportedly had contingency plans for Russia’s ISS exit last year – Engadget
  • NASA develops ingenious solution to fix its troubled ‘Lucy’ asteroid explorer – Engadget
  • Yesterday Was a Remarkable Day in Spaceflight – Gizmodo
  • Distant Star or Smoked Sausage? Astronomer Apologizes After Joke Tweet Goes Viral – Gizmodo
  • Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their View – Gizmodo
  • Virgin Galactic delays commercial suborbital flights again – The Register
  • South Korea’s lunar orbiter launches and phones home happily – The Register

DIY 🪓

Captain’s Blog 🏴‍☠️

  • GeoCities’ founder explains the death of the old Internet – Boing Boing
  • Winamp Is Back From the Dead, but These Classic MP3 Players Are Sadly Gone for Good – Gizmodo
  • Alex Jones and Infowars Must Pay Sandy Hook Parents More Than $45 Million In Punitive Damages, Jury Finds – VICE US
  • No, you can’t tell the difference between analog and digital – Kevin Drum
  • Amazon buys Roomba maker iRobot for $1.7b – The Register
  • Amazon Buys Roomba Company, Will Now Map Inside of Your House – VICE US
  • Amazon Acquires iRobot—Everyone’s Favorite Robot Cleaning Company – Gizmodo
  • Visa and Mastercard Cut Ties With Pornhub’s Advertising Network – VICE US
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