Skip to contentSTL: Thursday, September 1, 2022
BuySTL 👜
- Stelmacki’s Super Market remains an independent customer-driven grocer for North County – feastmagazine.com
- Jay’s International Gets a Face Lift – RFT
- Schnucks Opens First Convenience Store – RFT
- Videira Wine Shop & Bar Will Open in Midtown This Fall – RFT
- Imo’s Holding Company announces new chief executive officer – St. Louis Magazine
- Imo’s, iconic St. Louis family-owned pizza company, names new leader – KSDK
- Imo’s Pizza names new CEO. And it isn’t an Imo. – stltoday.com
- New CEO of Imo’s Pizza isn’t named Imo – FOX 2
Restaurants 🍲
- Press Brings Smashed Pizzas and Draft Cocktails to Fox Park – RFT
STLfood ⚜️
- I posted a few days ago about a friend in spokane saw an ‘arch’ and didn’t feel the need to come to stl anymore. Now they’ve found this! – r/StLouis
Neighborhoods 🏡
- Join Us for the 26th Annual SLACO Regional Neighborhoods Conference on 9/10! – SLACO
- Decade old flooding issues still raises concerns in University City – FOX 2
STL100 💯
- Frankie Muriel of Dr. Zhivegas shows off his house of rock – St. Louis Magazine
- St. Louis’ Washington University named 15th best college in America – FOX 2
- SLPS adds hotspots and Chromebooks as a part of their Connectivity Fund – FOX 2
STL99 😱
- Renewed stress over buying school meals for students – KSDK
- Metro Leaders Vote To Throw More Money Into Trolley-Shaped Black Hole – RFT
- Loop Trolley approved for 2-year grant – St. Louis Business Journal
- Loop Trolley to get $1.26 million after regional board approves federal grant – stltoday.com
- St. Louis area leaders approve $1.2M for Delmar Loop Trolley – FOX 2
- Suspect in deadly hit-and-run crash near Ted Drewes charged – KSDK
- Driver charged in fatal hit and run near Ted Drewes – FOX 2
- Thieves ram cars through Academy Sports stores in Metro East, St. Peters – KSDK
- Hazelwood cannabis dispensary targeted in break-in – KSDK
- Video: St. Peters smash-n-grab burglars drive car into store and start shooting – FOX 2
- Edwardsville Amazon warehouse rebuilding without storm shelter, documents show – KSDK
99MO 😱
- Is Missouri’s Legal Weed Amendment Too Good To Be True? – RFT
WW99 😱
- Taliban Claims It’s Upgrading Afghanistan to 4G Despite Ongoing Online Censorship – Gizmodo
- Olympic Gold Swimmer Investigated by Police—For Smoking Weed 4 Months Ago – VICE US
- Homicides in Europe – Maps on the Web
Pox Populi™ 🦠
- Omicron COVID vaccine booster authorized in US, roll-out begins in days – New Atlas
Police 🚓
- A decline of officers in St. Louis raises concerns – FOX 2
- Judge fines Northwoods officer $10,000 for assaulting woman at DMV – stltoday.com
- Former police officer fined $10,000 after admitting to assault of woman at DMV – KSDK
- Former officer fined $10,000 for assaulting customer at Florissant DMV – FOX 2
- Alabama Town Disbands Police Force After Racist Text Message Surfaces – Techdirt
DotGov 🏛
- Chattanooga’s City-Owned ISP Pushes 25 Gbps Broadband – Techdirt
- Michigan Republicans refuse to approve abortion initiative just because they don’t feel like it – Kevin Drum
CityGov 🏛
LocalGov 🏛
- Critics blast St. Louis County for no-kill reversal at dog shelter – stltoday.com
MoGov 🏛
- Missouri lawmakers postpone special session for tax cut proposal – FOX 2
- Missouri among states tapping historic surpluses for tax cuts and rebates – FOX 2
- Missouri special session on tax relief postponed for continued talks – stltoday.com
- Missouri lawmakers delay meeting for tax cut proposal – The Big 550 KTRS
FedGov 🏛
- FEMA announces O’Fallon disaster recovery center – stltoday.com
- U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutive decline – Hacker News
- U.S. Life Expectancy Falls Again in ‘Historic’ Setback – Hacker News
- US life expectancy continues to fall in a "historic" drop – Boing Boing
- FDA Authorizes Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech Bivalent Covid-19 Vaccines Booster Dose – Hacker News
- The Public Paid For Moderna’s mRNA Vaccine Tech; The Fact That Moderna Is Suing Over The Patent Is A Travesty – Techdirt
- Trump’s Latest Mar-a-Lago Gambit Just Backfired Spectacularly – VICE US
Jobs 📄
- Criminal Intelligence Analyst – Jobs
- Missouri construction firms say they’re still struggling to find workers – stltoday.com
History 🦕
- Rare St. Louis license plate sells for $8,500 at auction – FOX 2
Sustainability ♻️
- The Hidden Cost of Cheaper Gas – RiverBender
- New process converts old PLA plastic into a better 3D-printing resin – New Atlas
Infrastructure 🚽
- Toyota plans to spend up to $2.5b expanding North Carolina EV battery factory – The Register
- Increased wind turbine rotor blade visibility to reduce avian fatalities – Hacker News
Ecology 🦤
- Southern Illinois road set to close due to snake migration – KSDK
- Permafrost thaw seems to be draining Arctic lakes at an accelerated rate – New Atlas
Space 🚀
- St. Louis Astronomical Society welcomes all to look to the skies – FOX 2
- Startup wants to build a space station that refuels satellites by 2025 – The Register
- NASA and China Want to Land on the Same Areas on the Moon – Gizmodo
- NASA Will Re-Attempt a Launch of the Artemis 1 Mission on Saturday – Gizmodo
DIY 🪓
WWW99 🕸
- Cloudflare tries to explain why it protects far-right forums that stalk and harass victims – The Register
- Court Orders Telegram to Disclose Personal Details of Pirating Users – TorrentFreak
- Will California Eliminate Anonymous Web Browsing? (Comments on CA AB 2273) – Hacker News
- Ask HN: Am I the only one tired of seeing DALL·E /Stable Diffusion posts? – Hacker News
- ★ Facebook’s Problems – Daring Fireball
Captain’s Blog 🏴☠️
- World record set for "longest journey by pumpkin boat" – Boing Boing
- Hackers Snuck Malware into an Image From the Webb Space Telescope – Gizmodo
