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STLduJour(nal) ⏳ - MMXXII:140-AM

STL: Friday, May 20, 2022

Events 📆

  • Taste of Maplewood Street Festival - Events Calendar - Explore St. Louis
  • Bark in the Park returns to Forest Park this Saturday - St. Louis Magazine
  • Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower Opens for the Season - RiverBender
  • The best food and drink events in St. Louis this weekend: May 20-22 - feastmagazine.com
  • The Best Things to Do in St. Louis This Weekend May 20 to May 22 - RFT
  • Beloved Illinois corn maze switching to hemp this fall - FOX 2
  • 7-Year-Old Author Hosting Book Signing Event - RiverBender
  • Missouri’s Cheesiest Festival Raids the Caves for Your Lactose-Induced Pleasure - RFT
  • The first Missouri Artisan Cheese Festival is happening at McKelvey Vineyards this weekend - feastmagazine.com

BuySTL 👜

  • Anheuser-Busch hikes beer prices again to deal with inflation - stltoday.com
  • First Look: The Cellar Shop at Winslow’s Table is the Perfect Gift Spot - RFT
  • Illinois Department of Agriculture Issues First Pre-Construction Permits to Social Equity Craft Grow Licensees - RiverBender
  • Schnucks workers approve new union contract - stltoday.com
  • St. Louis Downtown Airport Sees Flight Operations Climb Back Above 100,000 During 2021 With Trends Continuing In 2022 - RiverBender
  • Wine & Cheese Place sets opening for new retail concept, Spirit Wine & Craft - KSDK

Restaurants 🍲

  • Review: Gather Delivers Standout Easy Daytime Fare in Revamped Space - RFT
  • Review: The Kitchen in Florissant turns a family legacy into fine Chinese, Vietnamese fare - stltoday.com
  • Got an Alligator by the Tail - Good Food St. Louis
  • Ask George: Is there an area or street in St. Louis with a concentrated number of outdoor patios and sidewalk seating? - St. Louis Magazine

STLfood ⚜️

Neighborhoods 🏡

STL99 😱

  • Severe storms leave damage across St. Louis region - FOX 2
  • 55 & Loughborough Flooding Today 5/19/2022 - r/StLouis
  • EF0 tornado touched down in Kirkwood as severe storms left damage across St. Louis area - KSDK
  • Flooded roads and homes in south St. Louis after downpours - FOX 2
  • Kirkwood neighbors work to clear storm damage after EF0 tornado - KSDK
  • Storm leaves drivers stuck on I-55, floods streets and basements in south St. Louis - KSDK
  • Distracted Driving is Dangerous Driving - Trailnet
  • Unpopular, Unnecessary, Unkillable Loop Trolley to Resume Operation - RFT
  • Delmar Loop Trolley to resume service this summer - KSDK
  • Delmar Loop trolley will start running again in August - FOX 2
  • Loop Trolley to resume service Aug. 4, but not year-round - stltoday.com
  • 18-year-old charged in connection with crash that killed 5 members of family - KSDK
  • 3 men charged in dozens of car break-ins across St. Louis area - FOX 2
  • Floodwaters strand drivers on I-55 in south St. Louis - FOX 2
  • Man sentenced for fatal 2019 St. Louis carjacking - FOX 2
  • Man sentenced to 45 years in prison for deadly 2019 carjacking, threatening witnesses - KSDK
  • Police search for suspects after 16 car break-ins in downtown St. Louis - FOX 2
  • St. Louis Journalist Searches for Answers After 'Little Brother' Is Murdered - RFT
  • St. Louis moms swap baby formula on Facebook amid national shortage - FOX 2
  • Teen charged in St. Louis crash that killed 5 on Mother's Day weekend - FOX 2
  • Three Men Charged with 22 Felonies Related to Car Break-ins in St. Louis County - RFT
  • Why Rapper King B Had to Leave St. Louis - RFT
  • Lux last day on The Point - r/StLouis

STL100 💯

  • A guide to getting outside near St. Louis - St. Louis Magazine
  • 2 critically endangered Amur leopard cubs born at St. Louis Zoo - stltoday.com
  • Amur leopard cubs born at Saint Louis Zoo. Here's what their names mean - KSDK
  • Meet Anya and Irina! St. Louis Zoo welcomes two new leopard cubs - FOX 2
  • Reservations Are No Longer Required at the Saint Louis Zoo - RFT
  • Albert Pujols moves into 10th place in hits in MLB history - KSDK
  • Looking to support environmentally friendly restaurants? Turn to the Green Dining Alliance - feastmagazine.com
  • Perron scores twice, Blues even series with 4-1 win over Avalanche - FOX 2
  • Vipers Fans Poop in Their Boots as St. Louis Battlehawks' Return Looks Likely - RFT

99MO 😱

  • Invasive jumping worms wiggling across Missouri and Illinois - FOX 2

WW99 😱

Police 🚓

  • Former Maryland Heights police officer admits accessing child pornography - stltoday.com
  • Former Maryland Heights police officer pleads guilty to child pornography charge - KSDK
  • Michael Sack to be interim St. Louis police chief; Hayden to retire in June - stltoday.com
  • NAACP wants to meet with police over pursuit policies in St. Louis city, county - FOX 2
  • St. Louis area NAACP question police pursuits after seven innocent motorists killed in 15 days - stltoday.com
  • St. Louis County officer sues, says he was sidelined for refusing to retaliate against Black colleague - stltoday.com
  • St. Louis NAACP leaders are asking police to revise their pursuit policy - KSDK
  • St. Louis Officials Name Interim Police Chief, Hayden to Retire in June - RFT
  • St. Louis relaunching nationwide police chief search, Hayden sets retirement - KSDK
  • St. Louis settles discrimination lawsuit, assistant chief gets $162K - FOX 2
  • St. Louis to search nationwide for next police chief as Hayden eyes retirement - FOX 2
  • Who is St. Louis' next interim police Chief Lt. Col. Michael Sack? - stltoday.com

DotGov 🏛

  • Dem Voters Flip Off Party Leaders And Their Big Donors - The Lever
  • Baby formula industry was primed for disaster long before key factory closed down - FOX 2
  • Baby Formula Industry Was Primed For Disaster Long Before Key Factory Closed down - RiverBender
  • Bill Aims to Prevent Future Baby Formula Shortages - RiverBender
  • Congress, White House scramble to ease baby formula shortage - Missouri Independent
  • Formula shortage still hurting St. Louis area families - KSDK
  • Under fire from Congress, FDA chief says baby formula shortage will improve soon - Missouri Independent

CityGov 🏛

LocalGov 🏛

  • Belleville tornado siren has not worked in nearly a year, residents say - FOX 2
  • Court verdict won’t slow $95M flood project in Brentwood, mayor says - stltoday.com
  • How much did it cost St. Louis County to delay convention center bonds? An extra $88 million - stltoday.com
  • As America's Center expansion kicks off, its leaders take on cost concerns - KSDK

MoGov 🏛

  • ‘Anything’s on the table’: Missouri legislature may revisit contraceptive limits post-Roe - Missouri Independent
  • Attorney General Eric Schmitt preparing new round of school mask lawsuits - Missouri Independent
  • Missouri AG suing St. Louis-area schools for reimposing mask mandates - FOX 2
  • Missouri Attorney General Files Six New Lawsuits Against School Mask Rules - RFT
  • Missouri attorney general sues 6 St. Louis County school districts for reinstating mask mandates - KSDK
  • Missouri cities and counties could tap new state fund for ‘revitalization’ efforts - stltoday.com
  • Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signs new congressional redistricting plan - Missouri Independent
  • Missouri Gov. Parson unsure about one-time tax credit bill, has until mid-July to decide - KSDK
  • Missouri governor laments failure of transgender sports bill, ban on critical race theory - Missouri Independent
  • Missouri launches data dashboard to track rising drug overdose deaths - stltoday.com
  • Missouri records more deaths than births for second year in a row - stltoday.com
  • Missouri turns to Illinois firm to remove litter along St. Louis interstates - stltoday.com
  • New maps make residency an issue in Missouri’s 4th Congressional District - Missouri Independent
  • Parson hints at veto of tax rebate plan approved by Missouri lawmakers - stltoday.com
  • Parson signs new Missouri congressional district map into law - KSDK
  • The many fights of Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt - St. Louis Magazine

FedGov 🏛

  • Freedom of speech is under attack in public schools, U.S. House panel told - Missouri Independent
  • Misinformation, violence and a paper shortage threaten midterm elections, officials say - Missouri Independent
  • DOJ says security researchers won't face hacking charges - Engadget
  • FCC Wants To Put WiFi On School Busses - Techdirt
  • Following Supreme Court Precedent, Federal Court Says Unexpected Collection Of Data Doesn’t Violate The CFAA - Techdirt
  • And Now The Copia Institute Tells The US Supreme Court There’s A Big Problem With Texas’s Social Media Law - Techdirt
  • Homeland Security Once Again Demonstrates Its Own Incompetence, ‘Pauses’ Orwellian Named Disinfo Board - Techdirt
  • Lawmakers launch bill to break up tech giants' ad dominance - The Register
  • Senate bill would break up Google’s ad business - Engadget
  • Supreme Court urged to halt 'unconstitutional' Texas content-no-moderation law - The Register
  • U.S. Justice Department Says It Won't Prosecute White Hat Hackers Under CFAA - Gizmodo
  • US won’t prosecute ‘good faith’ security researchers under CFAA - The Register

Covid19 Info 🦠

Jobs 📄

  • Attorney II (Employment Litigation) - Jobs
  • Recreation Supervisor I (Sports Coordinator) - Jobs

History 🦕

  • The day St. Louis aldermen banned racial discrimination in restaurants - stltoday.com
  • A Look Back • The day the Golden Eagle steamboat sank in 1947 - stltoday.com
  • Vintage KSDK: 4 killed in 1968 when tornado hit Freeburg, Illinois - KSDK
  • The Slender Vega - The Waterways Journal

DIY 🪓

Sustainability ♻️

  • French Carmaker Renault Unveils Hydrogen-Powered Car - Gizmodo
  • How ‘USA-first’ failed the solar industry - Grist
  • Report: Pollution is connected to 9 million deaths worldwide each year - Grist
  • Water Consumption Around the WorldThe water footprint of an... - Maps on the Web

Infrastructure 🚽

  • Majority of U.S. Power Grid at Risk of Failure This Summer, Report Warns - VICE US
  • NYC wants more rooftop solar. Its fire code is getting in the way. - Grist
  • Connected 2050: Weigh in on the Future of Transportation in the Region - St. Louis Regional Freightway
  • Discussion to Highlight New Initiatives Underway through Metro Transit - RiverBender
  • New roads, new dams: St. Louis gears up for massive federal investment - stltoday.com
  • Automakers Promised Technology Would Make Roads Safer. It Hasn’t. - VICE US
  • BT: 'Quantum radios' could boost 5G network range - The Register

Ecology 🦤

  • Carbon Correction: The Cannabis and Climate Connection No One Is Talking About - RFT
  • Climate Change Will Make Heat Like India’s 100 Times More Likely, Study Finds - VICE US
  • Scientists Release Rare Giant Stingray Caught by Cambodian Fisherman Back Into Mekong River - Laughing Squid

Twitter 🐦

  • China May Finally Get Its Hands on Twitter—Through Elon Musk - VICE US
  • Twitter is now testing its Spaces tab on Android too - Engadget
  • Twitter says it won't amplify false content during a crisis - Engadget
  • Twitter Won’t Budge in Face of Musk’s Spam Bot Obsession, Says It Will ‘Enforce the Merger Agreement’ - Gizmodo

Captain's Blog 🏴‍☠️

  • 3D city model of Venice made with QGIS and Aerialod.by - Maps on the Web
  • A Probe In Interstellar Space Is Sending Back Impossible Data, NASA Says - VICE US
  • Bike and outliners with M.b - Manton Reece
  • Bionic Reading, A New Reading Method That Stresses Letters Within Words to Let the Brain Fill in the Rest - Laughing Squid
  • China will produce one in five of the chips it uses in 2026, says analyst - The Register
  • China’s GitHub clone making all repos private pending mysterious ‘review’ - The Register
  • Clearview Settles Lawsuit, Agrees To Stop Doing Business In Illinois - Techdirt
  • Cop Killed by his Own Dog While Awaiting Trial Over Death of 3 Teens - VICE US
  • Current absolute monarchies by maps.interlude - Maps on the Web
  • Despite ban, China surges back to second place on bitcoin mining charts - The Register
  • Did ID.me hoodwink Americans with IRS facial-recognition tech? - The Register
  • Does Texas' Idiot Attorney General Have a Point About Chrome's Incognito Mode? - Gizmodo
  • Elon Musk was accused of sexual misconduct by a SpaceX flight attendant: report - Engadget
  • Elon's Musk: billionaire allegedly exposed himself to employee of SpaceX, which paid her $250,000 to keep her mouth shut - Boing Boing
  • Export bans prompt Russia to use Chinese x86 CPU replacement - The Register
  • Food Is Getting More Expensive. Libraries Are Helping People Grow Their Own. - VICE US
  • FreeBSD 13.1 is out for everything from PowerPC to x86-64 - The Register
  • Google's Russian division is filing for bankruptcy - Engadget
  • How to Watch Boeing Launch Its Beleaguered Astronaut Capsule to the ISS - Gizmodo
  • Man Who Gambled Away an Entire Town’s COVID Relief Funds Has Been Arrested - VICE US
  • Markdoc - Daring Fireball
  • Monkeypox Outbreaks: Where They Are and What We Know (Updated) - Gizmodo
  • Number of Potential Mystery Hepatitis Cases in U.S. Jumps to 180 - Gizmodo
  • NY Launches Ridiculous, Blatantly Unconstitutional ‘Investigations’ Into Twitch, Discord; Deflecting Blame From NY’s Own Failings - Techdirt
  • Oklahoma Just Passed the Strictest Abortion Ban in the Country - VICE US
  • Repubs and world domination - Scripting News
  • Rocket Launches Could Be Polluting Our Atmosphere in New and Unexpected Ways - Gizmodo
  • Surprise: ‘Near me’ brand names don’t rank higher for ‘near me’ searches - Search Engine Land
  • Tech Companies Oppose ‘Reverse Warrants,’ Say Surveillance Of User Location Data Should Be Limited To Tech Companies - Techdirt
  • Temple thieves return artifacts after suffering from "scary dreams" - Boing Boing
  • Texas Parents Sue Apple, Claim Loud Amber Alert Through AirPods 'Tore Apart' Son's Eardrums - Gizmodo
  • These Animals Are Thriving Under Climate Change - Gizmodo
  • This 3D Printer Has The Speed of a Delta and the Automation Of a Belt - Make
  • Two Military Satellites Just Communicated With Each Other Using Space Lasers - Gizmodo
  • Watch Boeing launch a critical Starliner test flight to the ISS - Engadget
  • Your snoozing iOS 15 iPhone may actually be sleeping with one antenna open - The Register