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City Threatens to Condemn Bar:PM Building Over Damage Caused by Cops

3 months 2 weeks ago
The owners of the building that houses Bar:PM, the LGBTQ bar struck last month by a careening St. Louis Police SUV, are now being told by the city their building could be condemned because of the damage done by the cop car.ย  KMOXโ€™s Sean Malone had the scoop Friday, citing a letter the City of St. Louis sent to Kevin Benear and John Claus, who own the building on South Broadway in the Carondelet neighborhood.
Ryan Krull

This Week In Techdirt History: January 21st โ€“ 27th

3 months 2 weeks ago
Five Years Ago This week in 2019, we took a close look at an interesting and challenging case about Section 230, while Google asked the Supreme Court to overturn the ruling about copyright in APIs. We wrote about the decline in broadband network investment post-net-neutrality despite promises from Ajit Pai and the telecoms. US media […]
Leigh Beadon

Wait. You do what?

3 months 2 weeks ago
Here's the line of the day: As a scholar who researches the history of Western fears about human extinction.... That's quite a specialty. This essay grabbed my attention because I've lately been on an anti-doom kick, so I was intrigued by a piece recounting our long history of always thinking we live in uniquely frightening ...continue reading "Wait. You do what?"
Kevin Drum