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LGBTQIA+ communities have been contributing to St. Louis’s history for centuries. Now the Gateway to Pride virtual exhibit will begin to uncover the rarely-shared or

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Rep. Tracy McCreery, an Olivette Democrat, seeks to link Dr. George Hruza, a Huntleigh Republican, to the state’s abortion ban.

The bill was passed despite experts telling the Legislature how damaging it would be.

Residents in downtown St. Louis are tired of the problems plaguing their streets at night.

Albert Pujols recently achieved a level of greatness only three others in Major League Baseball history have matched as home run number 700 flew out into the dodger stadium seats Friday night. St. Peters native Julie Deters and her family were there to see it all. They were sitting in left field section 305. Home [...]

STLduJour(nal) ⏳ – MMXXII:269-PM JW Tue, 09/27/2022 - 04:06 STL: Monday, September 26, 2022 Events 📆

• 10 St. Louis pumpkin patches to visit this fall – St. Louis Magazine
• Fall maze made from hemp opens in Godfrey – FOX 2
• Taste of St. Louis drives economy during major festival weekend – KSDK

BuySTL 👜

• City Greens Market’s Liz Essman is dedicated to providing fresh produce in the food desert surrounding The Grove – feastmagazine.com
• Schnucks to acquire 2 Fricks Market locations in Franklin County – KSDK
• Schnucks makes deal to acquire stores from another family-owned grocer – St. Louis Business Journal
• Fricks grocery stores to become part of Schnucks chain – stltoday.com
• Busch Stadium customers’ credit cards were charged multiple times at one game – stltoday.com
• Popular bakery in the Metro East goes up in flames – FOX 2
• Schnucks buying remaining Fricks Market stores – FOX 2
• Boeing pays $200 million to settle SEC charges over 737 Max – FOX 2

Restaurants 🍲

• Havana’s Cuban Sandwich – r/StLouis
• Wood River’s 1929 Pizza And Wine Perimeter Wall Has Come Down – Set To Open In November – RiverBender

STLfood ⚜️

• Your new favorite tomato sauce? Try of these classics from The Hill – feastmagazine.com
• Italian Beef – r/StLouis
• The Long History of Frozen Pizza in the United States – Laughing Squid

Neighborhoods 🏡

• Project 5: STL ArtWorks adds color to the Delmar Loop – KSDK
• Herculaneum residents’ petition against proposed Love’s truck stop surpasses goal – KSDK
• Meetup At Aya Sofia – Lindenwood Park
• LinFest is Back! Saturday, October 1, 2022 – Lindenwood Park

STL100 💯

• St. Louis trucking firms gain drivers despite national shortage. Here’s how one did it. – KSDK
• St. Louis area trucking firms gain drivers in 2021, bucking national trends – St. Louis Regional Freightway
• The Biggest Tech Talent Hubs in the U.S. and Canada. – Maps on the Web

STL99 😱

• If you use gas to heat your home, expect to pay 34% more this winter – KSDK
• Body shop says cars are totaled ‘quite frequently’ from deer damage – KSDK

99MO 😱

• Where Missouri and Illinois place on the ‘happiness ranking’ – FOX 2

WW99 😱

• Putin bestows Russian citizenship upon Edward Snowden – Boing Boing
• Iran’s Internet Shutdown Hides a Deadly Crackdown – Hacker News
• You don’t understand how bad it could get in Europe this year – Hacker News
• Europe is in danger of rolling electricity shortages – Hacker News
• After Getting Blocked in Iran, Signal Wants You to Help Bypass Nation’s Restrictions – Gizmodo
• NSA super-leaker Edward Snowden granted Russian citizenship – The Register
• Brazil’s Far-Right Embraced the NRA and Gun Sales Are Soaring – VICE US
• Russian recruitment officer in intensive care after draftee shoots him – Boing Boing
• Germany’s Government Continues To Lock People Up For Being Extremely Online – Techdirt
• 13 Regions of Russia where Russians are a Minority – Maps on the Web
• Are Russians allowed to enter your country? by @Atlasova_world – Maps on the Web
• Anti-government protests have been documented in 30 of… – Maps on the Web
• The G7 consumes the same amount of Carbon as China with half as… – Maps on the Web
• China emits more CO2 than the entire Western hemisphere – Maps on the Web

Pox Populi™ 🦠

• COVID pandemic isn’t over, says Missouri Democrat Valentine in break with Biden – stltoday.com
• What to know about this year’s flu season and getting your free flu shot – St. Louis Magazine
• Japan pledges $2 billion in funding for pandemic vaccine research initiative – Engadget

Police 🚓

• St. Louis Police Union Axes Jeff Roorda – RFT
• Jeff Roorda out as manager of St. Louis police union – stltoday.com
• Jeff Roorda out as manager of St. Louis police union – r/StLouis
• Legal fight over civilian oversight of St. Louis police could have statewide implications – FOX 2
• Lawsuit: Breckenridge Hills police have a pattern of abuse – stltoday.com
• Private policing problems pinpointed – stlamerican.com
• San Francisco Legislators Approve Bill Giving Cops Live, On Demand Access To Private Security Cameras – Techdirt
• Fifth Circuit Grants Immunity To Cop Who Decided To Violently Arrest Family That Called To Report A Crime – Techdirt

DotGov 🏛 CityGov 🏛

• Mayor: St. Louis needs citywide study for safer streets – stltoday.com
• No ‘courtesy’: Development bills sidestep alderman, St. Louis political tradition – stltoday.com
• St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners Expands Opportunities to Vote for November 8 General Election, Offers No-Excuse Absentee Voting Locations – City of St. Louis – News
• St. Louis Voters Can Choose Their Polling Location in November – RFT
• SLATE Job Fair for Administrative Positions – Events and meetings from the City of St. Louis, MO
• City of St. Louis is looking for experienced workers – r/StLouis
• Purchase of Tiny Homes – City of St. Louis

LocalGov 🏛

• Suburban school districts in St. Louis area more likely to ban books under new law – stltoday.com
• University City seeks federal funds to buy out flood-damaged homes – FOX 2
• University City seeks to buy out just 24 houses, way fewer than expected – r/StLouis

MoGov 🏛

• Top Missouri lawmaker urges federal prosecutors to intervene in Agape abuse case – Missouri Independent
• Missouri failed to extend Medicaid for new moms. Lawmakers vow to try again. – stltoday.com
• Missouri House speaker urges federal investigators to shut down Agape school – KSDK
• Missouri House Speaker urges feds to shut down Agape school – FOX 2
• Missouri’s foster care system in ‘desperate need,’ director says – stltoday.com
• Fixing Missouri child welfare: Darrell Missey has it backwards – Missouri Independent
• A conspiracy-fueled push to count ballots by hand gains traction – Missouri Independent
• Missouri House leaders scramble to save the governor’s agriculture incentives bill – Missouri Independent
• Missouri House barely passes agriculture tax credits legislation – FOX 2
• Eric Schmitt absent – stlamerican.com
• Missouri judge weighing lawsuits over photo ID law – FOX 2

FedGov 🏛

• FEMA approves over $35M in flood assistance. Here’s how you can apply – KSDK
• FEMA officials offer free repair and rebuild advice at 3 different Home Depot locations – KSDK
• The Fed plans to sharply boost unemployment – Hacker News
• FBI misled judge who signed warrant for seizure of $86M in cash – Hacker News
• The CIA’s New Podcast Is Propaganda That Aims to ‘Whitewash’ the Agency’s Dark History – Gizmodo
• The Oath Keepers’ Jan. 6 Trial Is Here. And It’s Going to Be Weird. – VICE US
• Conservatives Loved Expanding The 1st Amendment To Corporations… Until Last Year. Wonder Why? – Techdirt
• ‘Securing Open Source Software Act’ introduced to US Senate – Hacker News

Jobs 📄 History 🦕

• Incredible vintage film footage of STL! – r/StLouis
• Interactive Map of White Flight in STL by Decade – r/StLouis
• Irv’s Good Eats – St. Louis, MO – r/StLouis
• 150 years ago St. Louis started its brief experiment with legalized prostitution – stltoday.com
• HISTORY! Albert Pujols slugs 700th home run one at-bat after 699th – FOX 2
• The Ancient Maya Were Regularly Exposed to Toxic Mercury, Scientists Say – Gizmodo

Sustainability ♻️

• The Racism, and Resilience, Behind Today’s Salmon Crisis – ProPublica
• Jeff Bezos is buying up single-family homes to rent-trap humanity forever – Hacker News
• Offshore Wind 125 Times Better for Taxpayers Compared to Oil and Gas – Gizmodo
• California to phase out gas furnaces, water heaters by 2030 – The Register

Infrastructure 🚽

• A new mode of shipping aims to ease supply-chain pains and breathe new life into our rivers – St. Louis Magazine
• USDA to spend $500 million extending high-speed internet to rural America – FOX 2
• Learning from Cows: Community Owned WiFi-Mesh – Hacker News
• The robot solving America’s trash crisis – Freethink
• US Rail Network Map by Line Owner/Operator 2022 by u/Entroma – Maps on the Web
• How Netflix keeps its data infrastructure cost-effective – Hacker News

Ecology 🦤

• Rainscaping provides beauty and function when heavy rains fall – FOX 2
• Axolotls can regenerate their brains – Freethink
• The World’s Largest Organism Is ‘Breaking Up,’ Study Warns – VICE US
• Ultra-Rare Diamond Reveals Secrets of Oceans of Water Deep Inside the Earth, Scientists Say – VICE US
• World’s first cloned arctic wolf is now 100 days old – Freethink

WWwx 🌦

• This summer’s drought and floods may impact 2022’s fall foliage – FOX 2
• Summer 2022: A season of extreme St. Louis weather – FOX 2
• Studying how climate change shapes floods and river landscapes – FOX 2

WWW99 🕸

• Why Browsers Are Essential to the Internet and How OS Are Holding Them Back – Hacker News
• Mozilla claims Apple, Google and Microsoft force users to use default browsers – Hacker News
• Google CEO Sundar Pichai Tells Employees They Don’t Need Money to Have Fun Amid Cost Cuts – Gizmodo
• Users reporting artifacts appearing in old images stored in Google Photos – Hacker News
• When did POP and IMAP become a “legacy protocol?” – Hacker News
• Whois: Fragile, Unparseable, Obsolete – Hacker News
• 3x new books added to the Pirate Library Mirror – Hacker News
• Google Is Showing Ads to Sell Your Kidney for $1M in India – Hacker News
• Hackers use PowerPoint files for ‘mouseover’ malware delivery – BleepingComputer
• Microsoft SQL servers hacked in TargetCompany ransomware attacks – BleepingComputer
• Number of users by country subreddits.by u/Dabatman565 – Maps on the Web

Space 🚀

• Don’t Miss Jupiter Shine Its Brightest in Almost 60 Years – HowStuffWorks
• The FCC Finally Starts Taking Space Junk Seriously – Techdirt
• Impact! NASA’s DART Spacecraft Crashes Head-On Into Asteroid – Gizmodo
• Why DART Is the Most Important Mission Ever Launched to Space – Gizmodo
• Watch Live: NASA’s DART Spacecraft Will Crash Into an Asteroid – Gizmodo
• Tropical Storm Ian Forces NASA to Postpone Upcoming Launch of Megarocket – Gizmodo
• This hero probe will smash into an asteroid to see if we can deflect future killer rocks – The Register
• NASA’s DART spacecraft is about to smash into an asteroid – Freethink
• Watch the First Asteroid Defense Test in History Happen Live in Space Tonight – VICE US
• NASA probe smashes into an asteroid in historic test for planetary defense – New Atlas
• The unpredictabilities of NASA’s wild plan to ram an asteroid off course – New Atlas
• NASA will roll Artemis 1 back to shelter it from Hurricane Ian – Engadget
• NASA battens down another Artemis launch window as hurricane approaches – The Register
• NASA’s Megarocket Heads for Shelter as Hurricane Ian Approaches – Gizmodo
• Elon Musk Says He’s Activating Starlink in Iran After U.S. Eases Restrictions on Tech Companies – Gizmodo
• Starlink now over 1M user terminals manufactured – Hacker News

DIY 🪓

• 10 Apple Recipes to Sweeten the Fall – Good Food St. Louis
• Tacos Dorados Recipe – VICE US
• Linus Torvalds predicts Linux Kernel 6.0 debut next week, dispels fear of delays – The Register
• Introducing Meridian – Manton Reece
• webЯcade – Waxy.org
• The Most Useful Twitter Bots – Digital Inspiration
• Real World OCaml: Functional Programming for the Masses – Hacker News
• Enhance: a web standards-based HTML framework – Hacker News
• 58 bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere – Hacker News
• How to Create Wavy Shapes & Patterns in CSS – CSS-Tricks
• How to 3D-Print One of the Strongest Stainless Steels – Hacker News
• macOS Free and Open-Source Security Tools by Objective-See – Hacker News
• Pdfgrep – a commandline utility to search text in PDF files – Hacker News
• Linux on the laptop works so damn well that it’s boring – Hacker News
• Harbor Freight price tracker – Boing Boing

Captain’s Blog 🏴‍☠️

• Aging programmer – Hacker News
• Ask HN: When did you stop using a printer and why? – Hacker News
• 25 Sep 2022 McKinsey and Providence colluded to force poor patients into destitution – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
• Association between meatless diet and depressive episodes – Hacker News
• ‘I’d rather eat an actual burger’: plant-based meat’s sizzle fizzled in the US – Hacker News
• Swatch Internet Time – Hacker News
• Remembering the Spoiler-Free Opinion Summary ↦ – Six Colors
• Watch the world’s first hydrofoiling ground effect vehicle take off – New Atlas
• 25 Furbies in conversation – Boing Boing

Tags STLduJournal ⏳

City engineers gear up to submit a request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to pay for the reconstruction of the Frontier Park Pedestrian Bridge after it was destroyed in the late July floods.

Authorities have confirmed to FOX 2 News that a staff member was severely beaten during an attempted mass escape at the St. Louis Juvenile Detention Center on Sunday night.

Hazelwood citizens are trying to unseat the three board members of the Robertson Fire Protection District Board of Directors.

St. Louis County Police detectives are investigating a deadly shooting Monday at an apartment complex in south county.

KAI Design is pleased to announce the promotion of Charles Keefer, AIA, NCARB, to Principal – Architecture & Engineering Operations. In his new role, Keefer will assume responsibility for KAI’s day-to-day design and engineering operations and lead both departments’ vision, project-guidance and standards. KAI hired Keefer in October 2021 as a Senior Project Manager. “Charles […]

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Dwayne's only companion at night was a Labrador retriever named Sparky. Sparky could not wag his tail because of an automobile accident many years ago, so he had no way of telling other dogs how friendly he was. He had to fight all the time. His ears were in tatters. He was lumpy with scars.

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This is truly strange. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals somehow decided it was a good idea to redact its decision finding (partially) in favor of a person whose rights were violated by DC Metro police officers. What could have been a straightforward recognition that cops exceeded their boundaries was, at least temporarily, presented misleadingly, […]

Police say the double shooting happened in the 5100 block of Gulf Ridge Lane.

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Lawmakers are starting week two of a special session, but what should have been an easy part to accomplish is actually causing some heartburn among members. 

I've been off my chemo regimen for the past six weeks, but it doesn't seem to have done me any harm: The last time I was tested was four weeks ago. Since then, I've gone from 0.76 to 0.79. That's nothing. And in this case, no news is good news. Now that I'm back on ...continue reading "Health Update"