Today has been fun. Several months ago Cox decided to offload their email service to Yahoo, and this was the day. They're transitioning customers in waves, and apparently my wave came up today. So I hopped over to Yahoo for the first time in forever and chose a new password. This went wrong in some ...continue reading "I had a lovely time today getting my email unfucked"
The students launched the encampment, they said, following similar protests at Columbia University and other colleges and universities across the United States.
This is so tedious: Restaurants for months have said menu prices in California would rise as the state raised the minimum wage for fast-food workers. Now they are following through. ....Since September, when California moved to require large fast-food chains to bump up their minimum hourly pay to $20 in April, fast-food and fast-casual restaurants ...continue reading "No, a minimum wage increase in April didn’t raise prices last September"
Return to a time when steamboats ruled the river. The one-hour narrated riverfront cruise aboard the Riverboats at the Gateway Arch explores the history of downtown St. Louis, including the […]
Tough Mudder, the global leader in obstacle course adventures, will host an event at World Wide Technology Raceway on April 27 and 28. The world’s premier endurance event will offer […]
The arrests came in waves, and as students at Washington University chanted for a free Palestine, others were marched away to the beat of a protest drum in the background. Police from multiple St. Louis-area departments — including Richmond Heights Police, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the St. Louis County Police and the Washington University Police — spent hours staring down student activists praying, eating and protesting for Palestine on Wash U’s lawn. Nearly three hours after an initial warning to disperse, officers moved in with zip ties, dragging students to the ground and ripping apart a human chain as they arrested demonstrators.
Obviously I'm way out of date, but I learned something new today from Charles Homans' big Donald Trump piece in the New York Times. The setting is one of Trump's campaign rallies: As the speech neared its conclusion, the room once again filled with music, a stately cinematic swell of synthesized strings. This recording, an ...continue reading "Donald Trump loves the QAnon song"
Over 200 volunteers joined forces Saturday to bring hope and transformation to local families in need. Thanks to the tireless efforts of "Rebuilding Together St. Louis," more than a dozen homes received vital repairs, ensuring safety, comfort, and independence for its residents.
The value of having a pet or two in the home cannot be understated. The unconditional love of a dog, cat, bird or another creature gives people the drive to succeed every day.
Sonny Gray extended his terrific start with St. Louis, Paul Goldschmidt hit an early two-run double and the Cardinals beat the New York Mets 7-4 on Saturday for their first three-game win streak this season.
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