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Two weeks ago, Canada’s Heritage Minister, Pablo Rodriguez, who has been the main Canadian government official pushing for C-18, the bullshit link tax bill, that is just a corrupt wealth transfer from one disliked industry to a favored industry, insisted that it was “unacceptable” that Meta might stop allowing links to news if the bill […]

Authorities on Friday identified the man killed in an explosion Thursday afternoon while working at an East Alton ammunition plant.

This is Charlie on the balcony upstairs hiding under a quilt that's draped over the banister. He's keeping an eye on everything going on in the living room downstairs, but out of the frame he's also keeping an eye on Hilbert—who is also up there keeping an eye on the living room. Everybody is keeping ...continue reading "Friday Cat Blogging – 23 June 2023"

Today on TAP: The Titan submersible tragedy has overshadowed the sinking of a boat carrying hundreds of impoverished migrants.

The year-old program is so far yet to issue a single grant despite applications from more than 180 businesses and nonprofits.

CARROLLTON - A wide range of charges including criminal sexual abuse of a child, battery, burglary, and more have been filed by the Greene County Sheriff’s Department over the past two weeks. Jason A. Chaudoin, 53, of Greenfield, was charged with predatory criminal sexual abuse of a child and criminal sexual abuse. He also had an arrest warrant out of Greene County. Chaudoin was arrested by the Greene County Sheriff’s Department on June 15 and has since been released on bond. Casey A. Brown, 42, of Winchester, was arrested on two counts of burglary and two counts of theft between $300 and $10,000. He was arrested June 13 by the Scott County Sheriff's Department and remains in custody. Jacob A. Schofield, 35, of White Hall, was charged with one count of battery and one count of disorderly conduct. He was arrested by the White Hall Police Department on June 16 and has since been released on bond. Gary A. Morgan, 42, of Kane, was also charged with one count of battery,

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The 2022 edition of the American Time Use Survey is out, which means we can check out more recent data on what people are doing these days. Nothing has changed much over the course of a single year, but there's at least one good table about remote work that confirms something I wrote about a ...continue reading "The 2022 time use survey is out. Here’s some new data about work and church."

Mama Lucia’s is no more.  The iconic frozen pizza brand, now Lucia’s Pizza, has rebranded without its nonna as part of an aggressive marketing campaign to appeal to new audiences.

St. Louis Inno's second iteration of the Fire Awards honors 11 startups, companies and organizations that reached key milestones in the last year, helping to ignite St. Louis’ innovation economy.

USA Today's list recognized art spaces that offer "multisensory experiences that are meant to immerse you in the art itself."

An armed person fired shots at an unmarked St. Louis police vehicle Friday morning, which led to one officer suffering cuts to his arm.

Police in St. Louis' the Ville neighborhood this morning were following a vehicle that was driving erratically when someone in an alley opened fire on the officers' car. Sergeant Charles Wall with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department says that the shooting happened around 11:30 a.m.  as plain-clothes detectives in an unmarked car surveilled the other vehicle near Aldine and Billups avenues. The detectives' red sedan was then suddenly fired upon by an "unknown subject" shooting at them from an alley.

Things are getting heated in the city that never sleeps stops bitching. Private business owners don’t much care for the city telling them how to run their business, even when said business involves perhaps careless use of problematic tech. Grocery store owners in New York City oppose a bill that would limit use of facial recognition software, […]

MagPRO Smartwatch is a tracker with multiple features that make your daily life easier. Customize the face of the watch with hundreds of different custom backgrounds to fit your needs or make your own. It comes with a magnetic no-buckle wraparound band that’s sweatproof and waterproof. It’s available in four different colors and is on sale […]