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It seems to anger certain Elon Musk fans every time I mention it, but pre-Elon Twitter was generally doing okay. Not great. Not terrible. Just okay. It wasn’t printing cash like Meta or Google, but it had been steadily increasing revenue and was profitable in 16 of the previous 20 quarters before Elon took over. […]

As artificial intelligence finds its way into aspects of everyday life and becomes increasingly advanced, some state legislators feel a new urgency to create regulations for its use in the hiring process. Artificial intelligence, commonly known as AI, has been adopted by a quarter of businesses in the United States, according to the 2022 IBM […]

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A former police officer for the city of Northwoods, Missouri, was arrested this morning in North Carolina after allegedly beating a handcuffed man in Kinloch on the Fourth of July. Samuel Davis, 26, allegedly took a man into custody at a Walgreens in Northwoods, a small north county municipality about a mile outside St. Louis city limits, and drove the man to a "remote location" in nearby Kinloch. The man was handcuffed and Davis allegedly deactivated his body cam, according to a probable cause statement.

The Powerball jackpot reaches $900 million with Missouri topping the list of states with the most large jackpot winners according to new ranking.

The CDC reports, Black children between the ages of 10 and 14 are more likely to drown in swimming pools than white kids in the same age group.

A police officer in a north St. Louis County municipality was arrested in North Carolina on an outstanding warrant for allegedly beating a handcuffed person earlier this month.

If you have fond memories of trying to knock down a Bop Bag as a child — maybe a clown, maybe a dolphin? — you're going to love the interactive art piece just installed on the roof of City Museum. It's a 14-foot, 200-plus-pound Bop Bear.

St. Louis is the first U.S. city using the app Mosquito Alert,  developed in Barcelona, Spain, and in use across Europe. This Citizen Science project combines support for our Public Health pros with rich opportunities for eco-logical messaging:
We CAN Control the Pests AND Protect our Pollinators!

     

The Mosquito Alert STL project team is promoting use of this smartphone app around our community - and taking the work an important academic step further: researching the power of Citizen Science to boost the capacity of our Public Health agencies, as they work to track and control the kinds of mosquitos that carry serious diseases like West Nile and Zika virus.    

MASTL team members Jeanine Arrighi (St. Louis Academic Health), Alexis Bingham (SLU Masters candidate and MASTL student partner), and Dr. Ricardo Wray (Saint Louis University School of Health Communications and Social Justice) talk with Earthworms host (and fellow MASTL team partner) Jean Ponzi about this exciting, locally evolving work. 

Find Mosquito Alert STL resources online and read more about this project.  Download the Mosquito Alert app and join the SWAT Team! 

Learn more about the global value of Citizen Science in dealing with mosquito-born disease from the Wilson Center for Science (and in Earthworms' archived edition).

Thanks to Andy Heaslet, Earthworms audio engineer, and to KDHX Production Pro Jon Valley.

Related Earthworms Conversations:

One Health: People, Animals, Earth with Dr. Sharon Deem

Global Mosquito Alert with Dr. Anne Bowser, Wilson Center for Science (August 2019)

Fight The Bite with the 4-Ds - Mosquito Squad, City of St. Louis (July, 2016) (where we WERE with mosquito education before Mosquito Alert STL)

 

 

 

On view at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum until July 24, “Killing The Buddha”: Reconstructing Zen is the 2023 Arthur Greenberg Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship exhibition, located in the Teaching

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On view at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum until Aug. 6, African Modernism in America is the first major traveling exhibition to examine the complex connection between modern African

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The St. Louis County Police Department need help with locating a man that's went missing Monday morning.

St. Louis City SC rolled out the red carpet on Saturday for Sterling K. Brown, who delivered the match ball to the pitch prior to City SC taking on Inter Miami CF. Brown was introduced over the PA as a "Golden Globe and Emmy award-winner, St. Louisan and St. Louis City SC supporter from day one." Brown, accompanied by his family and sporting an City SC jersey as well as a Band-Aid above his right eye, walked down a red carpet that had been laid out at mid-field and put the match ball on a pedestal.

SPRINGFIELD – Small nonprofits that help people with housing or workforce and economic development assistance are encouraged to apply for funding through the Charitable Trust Stabilization Program, Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs said today. Grant applications will be accepted through Sept. 30. “We are helping these organizations fulfill their important role in securing housing, employment, and job training for people in need,” said Frerichs, whose office manages the program. “The Charitable Trust program offers an excellent opportunity for small non-profits to have an even greater impact on the people they serve.” The Charitable Trust Stabilization Fund assists small nonprofits with annual budgets of $1 million or less. The fund’s money comes from filing fees that nonprofits pay when incorporating in the state of Illinois – not from personal or property tax dollars. For the second grant cycle of 2023, up to $200,000 is available.

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SOUTHERN ILLINOIS - The McGraw family (including Mike and Juliana McGraw, Jenna and Rich Beyers, Christa McGraw, and Dona McGraw) has partnered with Prairie Heart Institute and the Prairie Heart Foundation to begin the Community AED Program in memory of Rick McGraw. “The Community AED Program meets a significant need,” says Brandy Grove, manager of philanthropy for the Prairie Heart Foundation. “Recently the Rochester Junior High Baseball Team reached out and requested support for an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) machine at their local baseball field.” Grove says their team witnessed a tragic event when a local community member suffered cardiac arrest during baseball practice. Although 911 was called, the individual did not survive. When treating a heart attack, every second matters. Research proves Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and AED save lives. Immediate access to an AED machine could have made a difference on the field that day. “We

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Carlos Santana has teamed with his family for a brand new song. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has just released the tune “Energía,” which features his son Salvador Santana and his nephew Jose…

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