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STLduJour(nal) ⏳ – MMXXII:290-AM JW Mon, 10/17/2022 - 07:42 STL: Monday, October 17, 2022 Events 📆

• Freezing temperatures expected Monday night in St. Louis – stltoday.com
• Grant’s Farm Halloween Nights are back again – FOX 2
• Check out the current fall foliage map in the St. Louis area – KSDK
• Photos: The Who "Hits Back!" at Enterprise Center – St. Louis Magazine

BuySTL 👜

• ‘The hard part is leaving this’: Sugaree Baking Company to close its doors at end of year – KSDK

Restaurants 🍲

• Non-kid friendly restaurants for parent date night? – r/StLouis

Neighborhoods 🏡

• Residents, volunteers come together to clean up St. Louis’ Hyde Park neighborhood – stltoday.com
• Dutchtown basketball court dedicated to family that changed the neighborhood – KSDK

STL99 😱

• Hyundai, Kia thefts 10 times higher in St. Louis City, County compared to last year – FOX 2

99MO 😱

• Incomes are too damn low in Kansas City – Kevin Drum

Pox Populi™ 🦠

• High demand for flu shots at SSM clinics and drive-thrus – FOX 2
• Illinois mask recommendations now include vaccinated individuals – FOX 2

DotGov 🏛

• Chaos Computer Club saves the German healthcare system 400M Euros – Hacker News

FedGov 🏛

• $101.2M of approved in funding for St. Louis area flood assistance – FOX 2
• Weber Shandwick provides PR for Moderna and Pfizer, while staffing the CDC – Hacker News

History 🦕

• Thomas Hart Benton Speaks for the Railroad – History Happens Here
• Maplewood History: The Rise and Fall of the Maplewood K-Mart – 40 South News
• ‘Haunted’ Alton hotel featured on Ghost Adventures TV show – FOX 2
• SS Admiral – 1957 – r/StLouis

Sustainability ♻️

• ACT Test Scores Drop to Lowest Levels in More Than 30 Years – Hacker News
• Rent going up? One company’s algorithm could be why – Hacker News
• Why there’s no such thing as a good billionaire – Hacker News

Infrastructure 🚽

• Tesla fires after hurricane raises alarm for Florida officials – Hacker News
• Why high speed rail hasn’t caught on – Hacker News
• The Moorish invention that tamed Spain’s mountains – Hacker News

WWW99 🕸

• Datacenter fire takes out South Korea’s top two web giants – The Register
• Pirate Sites That Rip-Off Other Pirate Sites’ Branding Are About to Regret It – TorrentFreak
• GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copyrighted code – Hacker News
• Former WSJ reporter says law firm used Indian hackers to sabotage his career – Hacker News
• Elon Musk says SpaceX will keep paying for Ukraine’s access to Starlink – Engadget
• Sad Numbers for Facebook’s Horizon Worlds – Daring Fireball

DIY 🪓

• How to Carve a Pumpkin – HowStuffWorks
• Everything You Wanted to See About Restoring a 1956 Radio – Hackaday
• 1956 Philips 353A Bakelite Vacuum Tube Radio Repair and Restoration – Hacker News
• PETamentor2 Is Latest To Turn Bottles Into Filament – Hackaday
• Privacy respecting weather app for Android – Hacker News
• A Simple Stove, Built for Beans – Hackaday
• Ghidra: Software reverse engineering suite developed by NSA – Hacker News
• VS Code Org Mode – Hacker News

Captain’s Blog 🏴‍☠️

• The Dead End – Hacker News
• Why Do People Find Leaf Blowers So Irritating? – HowStuffWorks
• Celebrating 50 years of the Unix Operating system (2018) – Hacker News
• Internet Archive to Honor Carl Malamud with 2022 Hero Award – Hacker News

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"The seeds they planted, are now blossoming," Melvin Theater Director David Godbout said.

More pics at: https://www.randymanning.com/Jersey-at-CM-Football JERSEY - Jersey High School senior rewrote Panther football history on Friday night in a 42-0 win over Civic Memorial with his six touchdowns on the ground. He scored from 63, 82 and 8 yards in the third period alone and also scored a pair of two-point conversions for a total of 40 of Jersey’s 42 points . His point total in the game eclipses Brad Brown’s record in 1988. Withrow is a Jersey Male Athlete of the Month for his performance. Chase thanked his line for their support and said it was a “team effort” to defeat rival CM on their home turf. “Our offense had a great game, but the defense was even better with the shutout,” he said. “We put it all together against Civic Memorial. They are our rivals and we felt like we had to go through. Our younger guys got in and got after it. We are looking forward to playing Columbia next week.” Chase said he wants to play

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A piping new Harvard/Harris poll is out, and it has lots of fascinating stuff on a whole bunch of different levels. Let's dig in. For starters, it turns out that of all the institutions they surveyed, Americans trust Amazon more than almost anything: Hell, I don't even blame people for this. Amazon's service isn't as ...continue reading "Here’s what the American public is thinking these days"

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A popular St. Peters barbecue joint has claimed its second world championship in less than a year, as the St. Louis area lays claim to having the best barbecue in the nation.

The fall weather has many people outside wanting to enjoy the crisp air. With freezing temperatures on the way, people are beginning to winterize their homes.