There is still time to make your nomination for the 2024 Champions for Diversity & Inclusion Awards program.
The nomination deadline has been extended to Thursday, June 13.
The program, which includes awards for an individual, a for-profit and a nonprofit, celebrates those who have shown exceptional commitment to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace or in the St. Louis community. You can submit a nomination here.
The winners will be announced in July and profiled in a special…
A 20-year-old man, Jeremiah Stinson, has been missing since June 4 and his family is urging anyone with information to contact the Missing Persons Unit.
Alexis B. Hale, 18, has been reported missing since June 6th after finishing her shift at Walmart, and police are seeking information on her whereabouts.
Patti Smith was in Detroit Thursday to accept a special honor. According to the Detroit Free Press, Smith and her late husband, MC5 guitarist Fred “Sonic” Smith, were honored for being ambassadors for…
Atrios points me today to a piece in the American Prospect about Long COVID. I know several people with Long COVID and it's no fun. The author of the Prospect article, Maureen Tkacik, also has Long COVID, and it sounds like hers is especially acute. But the focus of the piece is the incompetence of ...continue reading "The problem with Long COVID"
A year ago, Walled Culture wrote about an extremely important case that was being considered by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the EU’s top court. The central question was whether the judges considered that copyright was more important than privacy. The bad news is that the CJEU has just decided that it is: The Court, […]
Here is Charlie in a little nest he's made on our unmade bed. Notice the lack of judgment: made, unmade, whatever. That's totally different from you lot, who are probably thinking, "Hmmm, only one side of that bed is unmade. I wonder whose side it could be?" And sure, it's mine. But that's because Marian ...continue reading "Friday Cat Blogging – 7 June 2024"