STL: Monday, August 1, 2022
Flood 🌊
- Where to go to get help after St. Louis-area flooding – stltoday.com
- United Way launches Flood Relief Fund – KSDK
- American Red Cross helping flood victims – FOX 2
- American Red Cross Opens Shelter In East St. Louis; Distribution Of Emergency Supplies Begins – RiverBender
- Public price tag for St. Louis floods tops $87 million, officials say – stltoday.com
- Mayor Tishaura O. Jones Offers Strong Support: FEMA Enters St. Louis Area Flood Recovery – RiverBender
- Governor Parson tours University City homes to assess flood damage – FOX 2
- Anheuser-Busch donates 50,000 of emergency drinking water to St. Louis – FOX 2
- Anheuser-Busch donates 50,000 cans of drinking water to St. Louis areas impacted by flooding – KSDK
Events 📆
- August begins with excessive heat in St. Louis – KSDK
- 10 things to do this month in St. Louis – St. Louis Magazine
BuySTL 👜
- Lux Living proposes plan for 260 apartments in Maryland Heights – stltoday.com
- Gas prices in St. Louis area continue to decline – KSDK
Restaurants 🍲
- Seoul Taco – Businesses
- Lion’s Choice – Businesses
STL99 😱
- St. Louis leaders demand change on intersection in front of Ted Drewes after hit-and-run death of high schooler – KSDK
- Police seeking help identifying vehicle that hit and killed 17-year-old on Chippewa Street – KSDK
- St. Louis child care providers warn parents of pop-up summer camps – FOX 2
- St. Louis mass overdose suspect identified as woman who died in custody – stltoday.com
- Man shot dead inside downtown St. Louis train station – stltoday.com
- Teen shot in the head, killed at Greyhound station in downtown St. Louis – KSDK
- Surging Hyundai and Kia thefts causing Club shortage – KSDK
WW99 😱
- Japanese police crack down on aggressive monkeys, killing one of them – Boing Boing
Police 🚓
- Downtown violence, 12-hour shifts, dwindling roster stressing St. Louis police – KSDK
- NYPD must disclose facial recognition procedures deployed against Black Lives Matter protesters – Engadget
- City Of Chicago, Chicago PD Officers Sued Over Their Use Of Questionable ShotSpotter Technology – Techdirt
- ShotSpotter Asks Court To Hold It In Contempt Rather Than Turn Over Information To Defense Lawyer – Techdirt
- Entire police department quits after Black woman hired as city manager in North Carolina – Boing Boing
- Training And Expertise: Denver Cops Hit Five Bystanders While Shooting At ‘Felony Menacing’ Suspect – Techdirt
- San Francisco Mayor Wants PD To Be Able To Commandeer Cameras Owned By Residents Because Reasons – Techdirt
DotGov 🏛
- How California’s ‘Transparency’ Bills Will Only Make It Impossible To Deal With Bad Actors: Propagandists, Disinfo Peddlers, Rejoice – Techdirt
- Michigan Supreme Court Says Photographing, Fingerprinting People Without Probable Cause Is Unconstitutional – Techdirt
- The Case Against Reality Winner Was A Travesty – Techdirt
CityGov 🏛
- Mayor Jones appoints Hogan and Wright to St. Louis Board of Education – stlamerican.com
- Mayor fills two vacancies on St. Louis Public Schools board – stltoday.com
- St. Louis judge boots independent candidate from aldermanic president ballot – stltoday.com
- Kummer removed from September St. Louis Board of Aldermen election – KSDK
- Buyer gets result for refund on land tax sales from the City of St. Louis – FOX 2
LocalGov 🏛
- The future of Florissant’s swimming pools hangs on Tuesday’s ballot measure – stltoday.com
- 557 area code will be activated in 314 region this month – FOX 2
MoGov 🏛
- See what’s on the August 2 Missouri primary ballot – FOX 2
- Missouri’s Sales-Tax-Free Weekend Starts Aug. 5 – RFT
- Congratulations to Eric For Getting Donald Trump’s Endorsement – RFT
- Trump endorses ‘Eric’ in Missouri GOP Senate primary, but doesn’t clarify which one – Missouri Independent
- Greitens, Schmitt accept Trump’s endorsement of ‘Eric’ in Senate primary – FOX 2
FedGov 🏛
- Hawley vows to vote ‘no’ on adding Sweden and Finland to NATO – FOX 2
- Chipmakers warned: US CHIPS Act funds are not for ‘stock buybacks’ – The Register
- Biden Just Killed One of the Original 9/11 Masterminds – VICE US
- Democrats “Strategically” Push Net Neutrality Bill That Won’t Pass And Won’t Be Noticed In The Summer Heat – Techdirt
PoxPopuli™ 🦠
- Governor Pritzker Issues Monkeypox Virus Public Health Emergency Declaration – RiverBender
- Governor Pritzker declares monkeypox public health emergency – FOX 2
Jobs 📄
- Career Central: Get ready for the Urban Expo Career Fair on Friday, Aug. 5 – KSDK
DIY 🪓
- A HomeKit dimmer for my outdoor patio lights – Six Colors
- A toy remote login server – Julia Evans
- The Antique Mouse and Rat Trap Gallery – Boing Boing
Sustainability ♻️
- After all the rain last week, shout out to MO Confluence Water Keepers for their rain barrel program! – r/StLouis
- Google: We had to shut down a datacenter to save it during London’s heatwave – The Register
Infrastructure 🚽
- U.S. ISPs That Ripped Out Huawei Gear After Promise Of FCC Funding Now Struggle To Get FCC Funding – Techdirt
- Comcast Loses 500k Video Customers, Fails To Add Broadband Users For First Time In History – Techdirt
Ecology 🦤
- The St. Louis Zoo is using fitness trackers to help save endangered cattle – stltoday.com
- Mass of river plastic flowing into oceans in tonnes per… – Maps on the Web
- James Lovelock, creator of the Gaia hypothesis, RIP – Boing Boing
Twitter 🐦
- Have we seen peak social media? – Marginal REVOLUTION
- It’s on: Twitter vs Elon Musk trial to start October 17 – The Register
- What the Hell Is Twitter Blue and What Makes It Worth $5 per Month? – Gizmodo
- Twitter’s latest test lets people cram video, images and GIFs into one tweet – Engadget
- Twitter trial against Elon Musk begins October 17th – Engadget
- The problem with Facebook – On my Om
Space 🚀
- Spent Chinese rocket booster splashes down over Southeast Asia – The Register
- SpaceX upgrades Starlink to reflect less light, can’t launch without its Starship – The Register
- Russia solidifies plans to leave the international space station after 2024 – Boing Boing
Captain’s Blog 🏴☠️
- Make an emoji concoction at the Emoji Supply Kitchen – Boing Boing
- A Geeky Filter for Acorn Arriving in 7.3 – The Shape of Everything
- MarsEdit 4.6: Share Extension, Color Scheme Choice, and Micro.blog Improvements – Red Sweater Blog
- Area emu stops drunk driver from fleeing the scene of a crash – Boing Boing
- Site taxonomy for SEO: A straightforward guide – Search Engine Land