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STLduJour(nal) ⏳ - MMXXII:115-PM

STL: Monday, April 25, 2022

Events πŸ“†

  • St. Louis FAN EXPO Brings Sci-Fi Favorites to City - RFT

BuySTL πŸ‘œ

  • St. Louis Spiritual Supply Store Has Cursed Mummy - RFT

Restaurants 🍲

Neighborhoods 🏑

STL99 😱

  • Fire Destroys House of Small Change and Planter's House Employees - RFT
  • Viewer video catches thieves breaking into cars in downtown St. Louis - FOX 2

STL100 πŸ’―

  • Urban League hosting pop-up food distribution in Jennings - FOX 2

99MO 😱

  • Missouri gas prices rise almost 10 cents in last week, GasBuddy reports - KSDK

WW99 😱

  • Secretive Private Company Shows No One β€” Not Even The NSA β€” Is Immune From Always-On Surveillance - Techdirt
  • Environmental Lawyer Targeted by Chevron Freed After More Than Two Years Under House Arrest - Gizmodo
  • China Hopes to Redirect a Nearby Asteroid Within the Next Four Years - Gizmodo

Police πŸš“

  • When Police Do Marketing for Surveillance Tech Companies - VICE US

DotGov πŸ›

  • GOP Picks QAnon and Voting Machine Conspiracy Theorists for Key Michigan Races - VICE US
  • China again signals desire to shape IPv6 standards - The Register

CityGov πŸ›

  • Mayor Tishaura Jones discusses initiatives from State of the City address - KSDK
  • Mayor Jones ready to invest $150M in Road to Economic Justice, speaks on Cora Walker - FOX 2
  • Aldermanic president blames mayor for stalling north St. Louis improvements - FOX 2

LocalGov πŸ›

  • Residents push for state audit of troubled St. Louis County community - FOX 2
  • Alton City-Wide Litter Clean-Up Widely Successful - RiverBender

MoGov πŸ›

  • Missouri Senate overwhelmingly approves bill requiring schools test, filter water for lead - Missouri Independent
  • Judge orders Missouri DHSS to pay Planned Parenthood’s legal fees in license dispute - Missouri Independent
  • Missouri Senate committee wants to cut dozens of positions from state departments - FOX 2
  • Religious groups chosen to run Missouri's new tax-credit scholarship program - stltoday.com
  • Judge awards Planned Parenthood more money in state’s failed bid to shut down St. Louis clinic - stltoday.com
  • Audio reveals where no-show Missouri politician really lived - FOX 2

FedGov πŸ›

History πŸ¦•

  • This Week In Techdirt History: April 17th – 23rd - Techdirt

DIY πŸͺ“

  • Now You Can Make Snow Cones With Your KitchenAid - NYT > Food

Sustainability ♻️

  • Climate Activist Who Self-Immolated in Front of Supreme Court Dies - VICE US
  • Man Self-Immolates in Front of the Supreme Court on Earth Day in Protest of Climate Change Inaction - kottke.org
  • 'We don’t want this here': Sisters start petition to try to stop silica sand mine in Ste. Genevieve Co. - KSDK

Infrastructure 🚽

  • Hackers say cracking power grid tech was easiest challenge yet - Freethink
  • Here’s a long, boring look at the housing market - Kevin Drum
  • New York State Embraces Community Broadband - Techdirt
  • Hawaiian Airlines will be the first major air carrier to offer Starlink internet - Engadget

Ecology 🦀

  • 50-pound endangered fish caught in Lake of the Ozarks - FOX 2
  • Take Down Your Birdfeeders - stLouIST
  • IDNR Recommends Halt Of Bird Feeder, Bird Bath Use Through May 31 Until Avian Influenza Subsides - RiverBender
  • To escape death, these male orb-weaver spiders catapult away after mating - Science Magazine
  • These Male Spiders Evolved a Post-Sex Catapult to Escape Cannibalistic Females - Gizmodo

Twitter 🐦

  • Elon Musk Might Actually Buy Twitter, Like for Real - Gizmodo
  • If You Want to Leave Twitter Because of Elon Musk, These Are Your Options - VICE US
  • What will Elon Musk do with Twitter? - Kevin Drum
  • Ways In Which Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Could Be Good - Techdirt
  • Either/or with Mr Spaceman - David Heinemeier Hansson
  • Jack Dorsey on Musk’s Twitter takeover: β€˜Elon is the singular solution I trust’ - Engadget
  • Trump: "I Am Not Going on Twitter, I Am Going to Stay on TRUTH." - Gizmodo

Captain's Blog πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈ

  • All Hail the Spiedie, the Greatest Sandwich on Earth - VICE US
  • Bored Ape Yacht Club Instagram Hacked, NFTs Worth Millions Stolen - VICE US
  • Debian faces firmware furore from FOSS freedom fighters - The Register
  • The first all-civilian space crew has safely returned to Earth - Engadget
  • Panasonic GH6 review: A vlogging workhorse, with some caveats - Engadget