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Clearview may as well exit Europe entirely. Things are not going to get better for it. Online privacy laws are far more restrictive on the other side of the pond and Clearview’s business model will always be in violation of those laws. European laws require companies to obtain some sort of consent from the people […]

I have been diligently looking for cats in Paris but with no success. I haven't spotted even a cat in a window. But! This morning, while we were waiting for one of those one-hour Seine boat tours, I was watching a couple of dogs play with each other in the Square du Vert-Galant. The little ...continue reading "Friday Cat Blogging – 3 June 2022"

Today on TAP: Wage growth continues to decelerate. Contrary to Larry Summers et al., wages are not driving price increases.

Jackson Browne has debuted an official video for "Minutes to Downtown," an introspective track from his latest studio album, 2021's Downhill from Everywhere. The clip, which you can watch at…

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There is electricity and lights inside the tram, but it can't move.

The state of Missouri agreed to increase its annual contributions over the next 24 years for a $60 million project to upgrade roads surrounding the future campus of the National Geo-Spatial Intelligence Agency in north St. Louis.

I understand if you're a little jaded about the January 6 insurrection. I mean, we've already seen more than enough evidence that Republicans were initially appalled by the whole thing and only later decided to pretend it was a big nothingburger that Democrats were ginning up for partisan reasons. But CNN has gotten hold of ...continue reading "On January 6, Trump’s chief of staff was overwhelmed with panicky text messages"

After spending literally decades trying to get access to Alaskan wilderness areas, it turns out that oil companies don't really want it after all. This is from the Anchorage Daily News on Thursday: Another oil company backs out of leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge . The only oil company that bought a single ...continue reading "So far, ANWR has been a bust"

On Friday morning, stones quarried more than 100 years ago performed one last service for Missouri. Until recently, the dense white Burlington limestone pieces were part of the state Capitol Building completed in 1917. They provided surfaces for sidewalks and staircases, and formed rims for the three fountains that have attracted thousands of art students […]

The post ‘A piece of history for your house’: Missouri auctions stone salvaged from Capitol Building appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Washington University researchers found that two drugs reduced the risk of death in patients with severe COVID-19.

Jeff Beck has been joined by a very famous special guest on his current U.K. tour -- guitarist Johnny Depp. At the British blues-rock guitarist's latest concert, in Gateshead on Tuesday, he revealed…

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Nurses rallied outside SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital on Friday morning, protesting chronic understaffing at the hospital.

ST. LOUIS - The FOX 2 team asked our Facebook viewers "Where is the best BBQ joint?" Some viewers said old favorites like Pappy's, Sugarfire, and Dalie's. Other viewers said their own backyard was the best spot in the area for some good BBQ. Jane said, "Pappy's- from, what I've had so far. Big Woody's [...]

On both the state and federal level, a flood of new bills are targeting companies’ efforts to monopolize repair by implementing obnoxious DRM, making repair tools and manuals hard to find, bullying independent repair shops (like Apple does), or forcing tractor owners to drive hundreds of miles just to get their tractor repaired (one of John […]