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⏳ STLduJour(nal) - MMXXII:14-PM

⏳ STLduJour(nal) - MMXXII:14-PM JW Sat, 01/15/2022 - 00:08

Events 📆

BuySTL 👜

Restaurants 🍲

  • Good morning Donut Lovers! Check out STL Donut Tour Episode 049 - Pharaoh's Donuts (CWE) on YouTube! - r/StLouis
  • Bluewood Brewing Finds New Partner in Burger 809 - RFT
  • Burger 809 is the new food partner at Bluewood Brewing - St. Louis Magazine
  • Fuzzy's Taco Shops temporarily closes all St. Louis-area locations - FOX 2
  • Chez Ali proves long-anticipated Food Hall at City Foundry worth the wait - stltoday.com
  • City Winery to open at City Foundry STL this summer - FOX 2
  • A new year brings new owners at five St. Louis restaurants - St. Louis Magazine
  • STL Toasted - feastmagazine.com
  • Fleur STL - feastmagazine.com
  • Living Room Coffee & Kitchen is now a whole lot bigger in Maplewood, Missouri - feastmagazine.com
  • Pizza Champ - feastmagazine.com
  • Living Room Updates Exterior - feastmagazine.com

Neighborhoods 🏡

  • Located in the Cabanne Neighborhood (West End) of St. Louis is an eclectic Victorian Era home unlike any you've ever seen before. Boasting a crenulation adorned tower, a modern kitchen, curved glass doors, and so much more. (Link in the comments) - r/StLouis

DIY 🪓

Sustainability ♻️

  • Residents and businesses grapple with highest consumer costs in 40 years - KSDK
  • EPA denies extension for Ameren to stop dumping coal ash, gypsum at two power plants - Missouri Independent
  • Energy Department slammed for funding ‘false’ plastics solutions - Grist

Nature 🦝

  • Watch this caterpillar make a tent out of a leaf so it can eat without being eaten - Boing Boing

STL99 😱

  • St. Louis City Firefighter Killed Battling North St. Louis Blaze - RFT
  • Community mourns St. Louis firefighter killed in roof collapse - FOX 2
  • ‘No words to describe’: St. Louis fire department mourns firefighter killed in north city blaze - stltoday.com
  • World News LTD in Clayton Is Closing - RFT
  • FBI investigated NorthSide Regeneration tax credit deals, report shows - stltoday.com

STL100 💯

Crime 🗯

  • Trial set for Crestwood man accused of stabbing dog to death - FOX 2

DotGov 🏛

  • Cyberattack hits Ukraine government websites amid tensions with Russia - Engadget
  • Russia Says It Arrested Members of Notorious ‘REvil’ Ransomware Gang - VICE US
  • Lacy Clay Lobbying for Companies with Interests in North Korea - RFT

CityGov 🏛

  • Effort underway to repeal ‘approval voting’ in St. Louis, replace it with new system - stltoday.com

LocalGov 🏛

  • Fitch will sue St. Louis County to get pension - stltoday.com

MoGov 🏛

  • MoDOT expecting longer wait times for snow clearing due to driver shortage - KSDK
  • Missouri Representatives once again try to withdraw funding from Planned Parenthood - FOX 2
  • Missouri rejected these naughty requests for license plates in 2021 - FOX 2
  • GOP measure would raise bar on constitutional changes in Missouri - stltoday.com
  • Court rejects Missouri treasurer’s appeal against Ashcroft - stltoday.com

FedGov 🏛

  • Oath Keepers leader charged with 'seditious conspiracy' for role in US Capitol breach - Engadget

Covid19 Info 🦠

  • St. Louis area schools continue to struggle in second week of record staff absences - stltoday.com
  • Weekly COVID-19 Round-up - 1/13/22 - River City Data
  • Parkway school board votes to extend mask requirement through Feb. 18 - KSDK
  • 'Numbers do not lie': Boosted population is small percentage in record-breaking COVID numbers - KSDK
  • Multiple pop-up testing sites close after questions arise about lab processing results - KSDK
  • Company processing COVID tests at Ballpark Village, other locations comes under scrutiny of BBB - KSDK
  • COVID-19 testing chain under investigation, temporarily shuts down - FOX 2
  • Dr. Walensky says CDC not changing mask guidelines - KSDK
  • University of Missouri curators vote against requiring masks on campuses - stlamerican.com
  • Mask mandate is back at largest school district in Jefferson County - FOX 2
  • COVID forces Saint Louis Science Center closure - FOX 2
  • Missouri COVID update: State adds 12,520 cases, 9 virus deaths - FOX 2
  • COVID testing sites in St. Louis closing over complaints, poor BBB rating - FOX 2
  • Illinois pastor encourages people to get vaccinated after wife dies from COVID - FOX 2
  • Missouri hits new monthly record for COVID cases as omicron variant spreads - Missouri Independent
  • Missouri businesses oppose ban on COVID vaccine mandates, argue it’s their choice - Missouri Independent
  • COVID-19 hits Missouri nursing homes again, after months of calm - stltoday.com
  • A new year brings new owners at four St. Louis restaurants - St. Louis Magazine
  • Hospitals look for emergency staffing as COVID-19 admissions continue to break records - stltoday.com
  • Algorithmic Method Identifies Epidemic Waves of COVID-19 - ACM
  • So, What Is Happening With COVID Testing Right Now? - VICE US

Captain's Blog 🏴‍☠️

  • Train Robberies Are Back - VICE US
  • Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ronnie Spector, voice of The Ronettes, dead at 78 - KSHE 95
  • Ronnie Spector (1943–2022) - Orange Crate Art
  • EthereumMax, a Kardashian and Floyd Mayweather Jr sued over alleged 'pump and dump' cryptocurrency scam - The Register
  • Scam, pyramid scheme, environmental disaster: Vivaldi boss shares his thoughts on crypto-coins - The Register
  • Cryptocurrency is Suddenly Everywhere — Except in the Cash Register - ACM
  • Google wants to work with government to secure open-source software - Engadget
  • People Building ‘Blockchain City’ in Wyoming Scammed by Hackers - VICE US
  • Open source maintainer threatens to throw in the towel if companies won't ante up - The Register
  • The monopoly playbook is depressingly uniform across big tech - David Heinemeier Hansson
  • Open Source & Sustainability - CSS-Tricks
  • The World Handled A 'Wordle' Ripoff Just Fine Without Any IP Action - Techdirt.
  • Introducing Micro.blog for Android - Manton Reece