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STLduJour(nal) ⏳ - MMXXII:166-AM

STL: Wednesday, June 15, 2022

STLwx 🌦

  • Use this map to find a cooling center to beat the heat - KSDK
  • Parkway School District drops masks amid dangerous heat - r/StLouis

Events 📆

BuySTL 👜

  • With Panera moving in, Maritz's office space calculation pays off - KSDK
  • Summer airfare is surging in St. Louis. Here's how it compares to other major hubs. - KSDK
  • Caterpillar to move global headquarters from Illinois to Texas - FOX 2

Restaurants 🍲

  • 15 vegan-friendly restaurants in St. Louis - St. Louis Magazine
  • Taqueria Morita Is Now Open in St. Louis' Cortex District - RFT
  • Jerk Soul has closed on Cherokee Street in south St. Louis Sauce Magazine

STLfood ⚜️

Neighborhoods 🏡

STL100 💯

  • This St. Louis library was named one of the most beautiful in the US - KSDK
  • St. Louis Children's ranks among top pediatric hospitals nationally - FOX 2

WW99 😱

  • US Readying New Weapons For Ukraine in Increasing Dire War With Russia - VICE US

DotGov 🏛

  • UK health privacy watchdog still in talks over who is accessing country's COVID data store - The Register

CityGov 🏛

  • St. Louis aldermen back 4.5% pay hike, $2,000 bonus for city employees - stltoday.com
  • St. Louis mayor signs executive order banning no-knock search warrants - Missouri Independent
  • Jones signs executive order banning no-knock search warrants - stltoday.com
  • No-knock warrants banned in St. Louis City - FOX 2
  • St. Louis Mayor Bans No-Knock Warrants in City - RFT
  • BB 56 - Emergency Rental and Other Housing Assistance - Board Bills
  • BB 54 - Speed Humps in the 5200 Block of Vernon Avenue - Board Bills
  • BB 55 - Firemen’s Retirement System - Board Bills

LocalGov 🏛

  • Page declines to release federal subpoenas, citing email from U.S. Attorney’s office - stltoday.com
  • Expired tag enforcement on the rise in St. Charles while St. Louis area leaders still skirt the law - KSDK
  • Controversial Liquor Bill Stirs Up Trouble in St. Charles - RFT

FedGov 🏛

  • U.S. Senate GOP leader McConnell ‘comfortable’ with framework for gun control bill - Missouri Independent
  • As insulin costs soar, diabetics say a $35 cap on co-pays is not enough - Missouri Independent
  • President Biden Signs Executive Order That Will Give Us A Couple Of Years Of Decent Law Enforcement Reforms - Techdirt
  • Supreme Court Makes It All But Impossible To Sue Federal Officers For Rights Violations - Techdirt
  • US Marshal Charged for Using Cop Phone Location Tool to Track People He Knew - VICE US
  • FDA Warns DNA Sequencing Machines Could Be Hacked - ACM

Jobs 📄

  • Not enough Missourians to fill jobs, supply chain report finds - FOX 2

Sustainability ♻️

  • Here’s What It’s Like Living in One of the World’s Hottest Cities - VICE US
  • New Tower in China Brings Us a Step Closer to Space-Based Solar Power - Gizmodo
  • Nearly half of Amazon shareholders agree: Time to cut back on plastic packaging - Grist

Infrastructure 🚽

  • Mortgage rates have skyrocketed to 6.28% since Thursday - Kevin Drum
  • Port Infrastructure Investments Highlighted At Inland Marine Expo - The Waterways Journal
  • St. Louis University no longer will offer master’s degree in urban planning - stltoday.com
  • Massachusetts court rejects proposed gig worker ballot measure - Engadget
  • Massachusetts' Supreme Court Just Dealt a Major Blow To Gig Work Companies - Gizmodo

Ecology 🦤

  • Illinois EPA Awards Nearly $862,000 To Heartlands Conservancy For Water Quality Protection Within The Indian Creek - RiverBender
  • Surreal Scenes in Yellowstone as Unprecedented Floods Destroy Homes, Bridges - VICE US
  • Intense Flooding Destroys Roads and Washes Away a Bridge in Yellowstone National Park - Gizmodo
  • Dead Penguins Keep Washing Up on New Zealand’s Beaches. Here’s Why. - VICE US
  • World, Pacific Ocean view - Maps on the Web

Twitter 🐦

  • Elon Musk will answer questions from Twitter employees later this week - Engadget
  • Elon Musk to Take Questions From Twitter Workers at Potentially Explosive Town Hall - Gizmodo

Captain's Blog 🏴‍☠️

  • Clarus Returns - Daring Fireball
  • Moof ↦ - Six Colors
  • Remembrance of moofs past - And now it’s all this
  • De-Mystifying IndieWeb on a WordPress Site - CSS-Tricks
  • Thunderbird is coming to Android – in K-9 Mail form - The Register
  • What’s wrong with progressive organizations? Just about everything. - Kevin Drum
  • LEVER WEEKLY: The Kids Are Not All Right - The Lever
  • Coinbase CEO cuts 1,100 jobs, warns of 'crypto winter' - The Register
  • Lemmy of Motörhead outclasses a talk show host trying to humiliate him - Boing Boing
  • The Bitcoin Crash Is Taking El Salvador's Big Bet With It - VICE US
  • Wave of Discord Hacks Is Making the Crypto Crash More Painful for Investors - VICE US
  • Jay-Z Is Giving Back to the Community He Grew Up In... With a 'Bitcoin Academy' - VICE US
  • Coinbase Cuts Employees’ Access to Work Email, Docs Before Laying Them Off - VICE US
  • Coinbase cuts roughly 1,100 jobs amid fears of a 'crypto winter' - Engadget
  • Binance sued over the collapse of the TerraUSD stablecoin - Engadget
  • Apple Faces German Antitrust Probe Into App Tracking Transparency - MacRumors
  • Publishers & Internet Archive Both Seek Piracy Lawsuit Win Without Full Trial - TorrentFreak
  • Crypto Platform Coinbase Cuts More Than 1,000 Staff - Gizmodo
  • Report: L3 Emerges as Suitor for Embattled NSO Group - SecurityWeek RSS Feed
  • Operator of 'DownThem' DDoS Service Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison - SecurityWeek RSS Feed
  • Turtle Zooms Around House on Top of Hot Wheels Car - Laughing Squid
  • John Oliver’s Big Whiff: Just Because You Agree There’s A Problem, Doesn’t Mean That This Is The Right Solution - Techdirt
  • Not From the Onion: Space X and the FAA - Marginal REVOLUTION
  • Cause of Leaky SpaceX Cargo Vehicle Sourced to Faulty Inlet Joint - Gizmodo