Skip to contentSTL: Thursday, July 14, 2022
Events 📆
- Corpse flower at MoBot still blooming, and stinking, for visitors Wednesday – stltoday.com
- Corpse Flower bloom @10:24pm – r/StLouis
- Luna the corpse flower is in bloom at MOBOT, and you can see and smell it until midnight tonight – stltoday.com
- Eckert’s peaches ripe for the picking starting Wednesday – KSDK
- Taste of North St. Louis comes to Crown Square Plaza this Saturday – St. Louis Magazine
- World’s largest nonstop river race begins Tuesday, ends in St. Charles – FOX 2
BuySTL 👜
- Schwegel’s – Businesses
- One-Of-A-Kind Mom and Pop Store: Friend Of Schwegel’s Says Business Needs Support After Pandemic, Etc. – RiverBender
- Dubious St. Louis Character Billy Busch Releases New Beers – RFT
Restaurants 🍲
- Chuck’s Hot Chicken opening third location in Rock Hill – St. Louis Magazine
Retail 🏪
- Yelp names Top 25 places to shop in STL, best in Webster Groves – FOX 2
STLfood ⚜️
- Schnucks expands meal delivery through DoorDash – KSDK
- Cajun vs. Creole Cuisine: So What’s the Difference? – Good Food St. Louis
- Kaldi’s Coffee reopening café at Citygarden on July 18 – St. Louis Magazine
- Kaldi’s Coffee reopening Citygarden location in downtown St. Louis – KSDK
Neighborhoods 🏡
STL99 😱
- Soulard bar owner avoids murder trial with plea deal in 2020 homicide – stltoday.com
- St. Louis Man Gets 4 Years for Killing Unarmed Man on Camera – RFT
- 3rd victim of dog attack in north St. Louis ran to firehouse for help – KSDK
- Wildwood man charged with possession of 400 pounds of methamphetamine – KSDK
- Authorities Find 400 Pounds of Meth in St. Louis Storage Unit – RFT
- Convention might not consider St. Louis due to Missouri’s abortion ban, report says – KSDK
- Historic bust: Wildwood man found in possession of 400 pounds of meth – FOX 2
- Judge orders downtown club Reign, owner Dana Kelly to pay landlord $388K – KSDK
- Police: Baby ingests fentanyl, goes into cardiac arrest in St. Louis County – FOX 2
- St Louis man was beaten & arrested by security at a St. Louis hospital, who thought he wanted to steal cars. He was a kidney patient, suffering from stage 4 renal failure about to go to surgery. Attorneys tried to keep the videos out of the public eye. – r/StLouis
- Alton business owner dies after bus crash in Jamaica – KSDK
- Belleville Diocese to sell bishop’s residence, use cash for anti-abortion battle – stltoday.com
STL100 💯
- Mercy Hospital system launches blood test to detect 50 types of cancer – KSDK
- Chouteau Boat Ramp – r/StLouis
- Dog friendly places – r/StLouis
- Spot the stlouisian – stLouIST
99MO 😱
- Pregnant Women Can’t Get Divorced in Missouri – RFT
- In Senate testimony, Illinois abortion provider describes ‘mass chaos’ since Roe overturned – stltoday.com
WW99 😱
- Russia fines Apple and Zoom for failure to prove domestic data storage – The Register
- Shitposting Shiba Inu Accounts Chased a Russian Diplomat Offline – VICE US
Police 🚓
- Suspected shootout near St. Louis Police headquarters – FOX 2
- Video: Hazelwood police chief was ‘hammered drunk’ during stop, driven home by another chief – stltoday.com
- Amazon gave Ring footage to police without customer consent – Engadget
- Cops Pulled Their Guns on Unarmed Teen Filming Them: ‘What Weapon?’ – VICE US
- Everything Cops in Uvalde Were Doing While They Weren’t Saving Kids From Massacre – VICE US
- FBI’s Crime Data Collection Still Being Stymied By Major Police Departments Not Reporting Crime Stats – Techdirt
- Police Continue to Evade Uvalde Shooting Records Requests – VICE US
- Uvalde’s mayor is angry about the attention his police department’s inaction is receiving – Boing Boing
DotGov 🏛
- St. Louis Enterprise Portal Maps – stLouIST
- Charter’s Running A Fake Consumer Group In Maine That’s Killing Community Broadband–With The Help Of A Democratic Advisor – Techdirt
CityGov 🏛
- BB 73 – Honorary Street Naming for Rev A.L. Manson Sr. Way – Board Bills
- BB 74 – Chapter 99 Redevelopment Plan for the 3101, 3117-3123 Delmar Blvd. & 3107-3115 Franklin Ave Area – Board Bills
- BB 75 – 4400 Gibson the 1100 Taylor Avenue Residential Parking Districts – Board Bills
- BB 76 – Chapter 99 Redevelopment Plan for the 3629 Hydraulic Ave Area – Board Bills
- Election of new 11th Ward alderman leaves St. Louis board 3 short – stltoday.com
- Grass Cutting for Vacant Buildings Request for Proposals – City of St. Louis Procurement Opportunities
- In St. Louis’ booming Grove area, aldermanic courtesy has become a hurdle to development – stltoday.com
- Jack Coatar joins Megan Green in qualifying for St. Louis aldermanic president race – stltoday.com
- New Alderman Elected in St. Louis’ 11th Ward – RFT
- Political support for St. Louis tech district wanes as key deadline approaches for TIF package – stltoday.com
- St. Louis aldermen advance bill for new agency to probe police misconduct allegations – stltoday.com
LocalGov 🏛
- City of Manchester seeks to annex some unincorporated parts of St. Louis County by 2023 – KSDK
- Missouri History Museum Subdistrict Commission Meeting – Events and meetings from the City of St. Louis, MO
- St. Louis County Council to keep federal aid planning sessions open to public – stltoday.com
- St. Louis County sex tape scandal leads to introduction of bill – FOX 2
MoGov 🏛
- Berkeley professor to Hawley: ‘Your line of questioning is transphobic’ – FOX 2
- Here’s a detailed list of where every Missouri congressperson stands on legalizing marijuana (plus you can register to vote) – r/StLouis
- How Missouri’s abortion ban could affect state business – FOX 2
- Missouri health department’s new guidance on abortion fails to ease doctors’ concerns – stltoday.com
- Missouri’s answer to abortion law questions: don’t ask us – FOX 2
- Parson rejects plan to regulate kratom in Missouri – stltoday.com
- Schmitt says FBI ‘illegally’ seeking Missouri concealed carry permit information – stltoday.com
- What Missouri voters should know before August primary election – KSDK
FedGov 🏛
- Pegasus Spyware Maker NSO Is Conducting a Lobbying Campaign to Get Off U.S. Blacklist – ProPublica
- NSO Group’s Reportedly Throwing Cash at Lobbyists to Get Off Biden’s Blacklist – Gizmodo
- St. Louis area officials speak at Senate abortion hearing – FOX 2
- Trump tweet invited ‘wild’ mob to block transfer of power on Jan. 6, House panel says – Missouri Independent
- Watch: Jan. 6 hearing aims to tie Trump to rioters – FOX 2
- ‘American Carnage:’ Jan. 6 Committee Lays Out How Trump Plotted to Steal the Election – Gizmodo
- Congress Has Roger Stone’s Encrypted Chats With Proud Boys and Oath Keepers – VICE US
- Could Trump Be Charged Like a Mob Boss in Georgia? Lawyers Think So. – VICE US
- Giuliani Called Trump Lawyers ‘a Bunch of Pussies’ in ‘Screaming’ White House Meeting – VICE US
- Ring Tells Senator: No, We Won’t Enhance Doorbell’s Privacy – Gizmodo
- The FBI Keeps Losing Desktop Computers – VICE US
- Trump’s ‘March to the Capitol’ Was Totally Planned, Unsent Tweet Shows – VICE US
Pox Populi 🦠
- City Of St. Louis Health Department Reports Its First Probable Case of Monkeypox – RiverBender
- First Probable Case Of Monkeypox Reported in St. Louis – RFT
- First probable monkeypox case in St. Louis under investigation – KSDK
- Probable case of monkeypox discovered in St. Louis City – FOX 2
- St. Louis city reports probable case of monkeypox, likely first in region – stltoday.com
- Desperate Long Covid Patients Paying Thousands for Unproven Blood-Filtering Treatments: Report – Gizmodo
Jobs 📄
History 🦕
DIY 🪓
- A PDA-style mini pocket computer – Arduino Blog
- DIY project transforms a Game Boy Camera into a modern mirrorless – Engadget
- Minecraft controls this LED array – Arduino Blog
- This Tiny DIY Plotter Makes Labels On Masking Tape – Make
Sustainability ♻️
- Reasonably Sized Homes magazine should exist – Boing Boing
Infrastructure 🚽
- Metallic, Earthy or Chlorine – JWblog
- Ameren Missouri improves reliability for 3,500 people in St. Louis County – KSDK
- Amtrak adding second Missouri train next week – stltoday.com
- Electric vehicle charger ready to be used – 40 South News
- IDOT Announces Intermittent Lane Closures On Illinois Route 109 Between U.S. 67 and Illinois Route 3 – RiverBender
- ‘It does save lives’: New 988 suicide prevention number will have faster response times – KSDK
- Panasonic is building the world’s largest EV battery factory in Kansas – Engadget
- Smart thermostat swarms are straining the US grid – The Register
Ecology 🦤
- How does Caribbean fire coral thrive as others vanish? – Science Magazine
- In ominous sign for global warming, feedback loop may be accelerating methane emissions – Science Magazine
- Shocking Photos Show Lake Mead’s Historically Low Water Levels – Gizmodo
- Toxic algal blooms are driving up water costs in the Great Lakes – Grist
- The US has caused $1.9 trillion in damage to other countries with its greenhouse gas emissions—leading China, Russia, and India. – The Morning News
- US emissions cost the world $1.9 trillion in economic damages – Grist
- The Other Amazon Just Set a New Deforestation Record – Gizmodo
Twitter 🐦
- 10 Outlandish Elon Musk Tweets Twitter Used as Evidence in Lawsuit Against Him – Gizmodo
- And We’re Off: Twitter Sues Elon Musk And Lays Out A Strong Case – Techdirt
- Elon Musk’s Tweets Are the Main Evidence Against Elon Musk In Twitter Lawsuit – VICE US
- Former Twitter employee said they tried to warn ‘people were going to die’ on Jan. 6th – Engadget
- The One Good Thing About the Elon Musk Twitter Acquisition Saga: Matt Levine’s Coverage – Daring Fireball
- Twitter Calls BS on Elon Musk Trying to Weasel Out of $44 Billion Deal – Gizmodo
- Twitter Sues Elon Musk to Force $44 Billion Merger – MacRumors
- Twitter Sues Indian Government Over Orders To Block Content – Techdirt
- Twitter sues Musk: He can’t just ‘change his mind, trash the company, walk away’ – The Register
Space 🚀
- Dying stars, steamy atmospheres, and black holes: Here are the first breathtaking images from the Webb Space Telescope – Boing Boing
- Mind-Blowing James Webb Space Photos Reveal ‘Structures That We Don’t Even Know What They Are’ – VICE US
- NASA reveals more stunning images from James Webb telescope – Engadget
- See the Winners of NASA’s 2022 Photographer of the Year Competition – Gizmodo
- These centrifugal moon towers could be key to life off-planet – The Register
Captain’s Blog 🏴☠️
- Let them Fight – JWblog
- Celebrate Prime Day by Deleting the Data Amazon Has on You – Gizmodo
- Hive to pull the plug on smart home gadgets by 2025 – The Register
- ‘They Are Not Who We Need:’ Meta Reportedly Advising Managers to Axe Poor Performing Employees – Gizmodo
- Apple Ends Partnership With Former Design Chief Jony Ive – MacRumors
- BMW will charge $18 per month for heated seats in select regions – Engadget
- BMW’s Push To Make Heated Seats A $18 Per Month Subscription Portends A Dumb And Costly Future – Techdirt
- CP/M is now open-source for real – Boing Boing
- Fake Sky Representative Abuses Copyright Claims Board to Target Pirate Streaming App – TorrentFreak
- Google files a lawsuit that could kick Tinder out of the Play Store – Engadget
- Julian Antonisz was a Polish animator who scratched images directly onto film stock – Boing Boing
- Medium founder and CEO Ev Williams is stepping down – Engadget
- Nothing Has Officially Launched its Phone, and It’s Too Bad It’s Not Coming to The U.S. – Gizmodo
- Nothing Phone 1 hands-on: Not just a pretty face – Engadget
- Peloton gives up on building its own products after just three years – Engadget
- Reddit won’t make you pay to comment in GIF form anymore – Engadget
- Rivian CEO tells staff the company is carrying out a ‘major’ cost-cutting effort – Engadget
- Scaling Content Moderation Is Impossible: YouTube Flags Horror Video As ‘For Kids’ – Techdirt
- Tesla’s Director of AI is leaving the company (Updated) – Engadget
- Walgreens allows employees to pick and choose who gets birth control – Boing Boing
- Walmart Aims to Expand Delivery Fleet with Canoo Electric Vehicles – Gizmodo
- Why Are Elon Musk and Marc Andreesen Obsessed With Birth Rates? – VICE US
