STL: Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Events 📆

• Weekly Events Thread 7/11/21 – 7/17/22 – r/StLouis
• The Witches and Wizards Festival Brings Goth Vibes to O’Fallon – RFT
• Tuesdays in the Park – Events Calendar – Explore St. Louis
• STL Riverfront Adventure – Events Calendar – Explore St. Louis
• 2022 All-Star Restaurant Week to kick off in Alton and Collinsville Tuesday – KSDK
• Slide In To Alton and Collinsville For 2022 All-Star Restaurant Week – RiverBender

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 🦠

• Vaccines found to prevent 10 million Covid deaths – The Labor Tribune

Jobs 📄

• Transfer Coordinator – APA Adoption Center
• Population Manager – APA Adoption Center

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 ♻️

• U.S. mortgage rates fall again following historic rise – St. Louis Business Journal
• Population comparison of present Nigeria and old Africa. – Maps on the Web

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