Elon Musk recently sent an email update to the staff of X: Our user growth is stagnant, revenue is unimpressive, and we’re barely breaking even. I'm . . . impressed. Seriously. Sure, this is all pretty lousy, but I thought X was losing considerable sums of money. If they're genuinely breaking even they've exceeded my ...continue reading "X is making money!"
On the latest episode of the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, STLPR's Jason Rosenbaum sits down with St. Louis County Executive Sam Page about the county's budgetary challenges and his fractured relationship with the County Council. Rosenbaum also talks with GOP Sen. Nick Schroer about his bid to place a gubernatorial board in charge of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.
Less than a month into office, St. Louis County Prosecutor Melissa Price Smith announced Friday she reached a settlement in a nepotism case filed by her predecessor Wesley Bell.
As part of the agreement, Price Smith dismissed a lawsuit against Councilman Dennis Hancock, who was accused of nepotism for hiring his stepdaughter. The county executive's staff estimated a protracted legal battle might have cost up to $100,000, which would have been paid for by taxpayers.
In return, Hancock agreed to…
Numerous articles on Walled Culture have chronicled the struggles to turn the aspirations of open access to knowledge into reality. The central reason people do not have free digital access to all academic knowledge is that publishers have been successful in subverting attempts to provide it. Publishers are strongly motivated to undermine open access, since its successful […]
Donald Trump is in town (i.e., California) today to kvetch some more about how we need to "open the spigot" and let more water flow from north to south. I gather that yesterday he even talked about "the snow caps and Canada," whatever that means. Canada is a thousand miles away and we certainly don't ...continue reading "A (very) brief primer on California water"
St. Louis City is conducting a trash blitz this weekend as residents are fed up with overflowing dumpsters due to a winter storm at the beginning of the month.
Parking used to be one of the last things attendees of the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Maryland Heights, Mo., had to worry about. Now, parking comes with a price.
ALTON — The Madison County State's Attorney's Office announced on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, that it will not pursue charges related to the death of Roedecker D. Watts, 68, of Alton. The decision comes after a thorough review by the state's attorney's office of the evidence stemming from an investigation initiated by first responders on June 7, 2024. First responders were called to the 200 block of West 19th Street in the early morning hours of June 7, 2024, where they found Watts and another man in the front yard of the residence. Both men were taken to a local hospital with injuries, police reported. Watts was later pronounced dead around 5 a.m. that day. An autopsy conducted by the Madison County Coroner's Office on June 8, 2024, revealed that Watts died from "blunt cervical trauma" complicated by "acute ethanol intoxication." Police reports indicated that there were signs of a physical altercation between Watts and the other man present at the scene. In its statement, the Madison
The reported assault happened two days after President Donald Trump, who has vowed to target immigrants with deportation and political action, was inaugurated.
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