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STLduJour(nal) ⏳ - MMXXII:179-AM

STL: Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Events 📆

BuySTL 👜

  • Sedges Have Edges Art takes inspiration from nature - St. Louis Magazine
  • Dierbergs expanding grocery delivery by partnering with delivery app - KSDK
  • So iLL sells everything for climbing, from gear to lifestyle fashion - St. Louis Magazine
  • KMOV owners buy local low-power religious station - stltoday.com
  • Gas prices drop for second week in a row in St. Louis - KSDK

Restaurants 🍲

  • Companion Cafe closing Friday to expand baking production - FOX 2
  • Best Mexican Restaurant in St. Louis Bracket (Vote on r/STLFood - r/StLouis
  • Best wings in St. Louis? - r/StLouis
  • St. Louis Restaurants Review: June Edition - r/StLouis

STLfood ⚜️

  • Pastry chef MJ Stewart on the virtues of baking, Detroit-style pizza and the cheese she can't stand - feastmagazine.com

STL100 💯

  • More e-books available to library patrons in St. Charles, St. Louis and county - stltoday.com
  • Joe Edwards brings ‘Blue Rhino’ home to Tower Tee - stltoday.com
  • Was coming back in on a late Amtrak at about 12:25 last night after a weekend away and snapped this quick photo before we crossed the river. - r/StLouis
  • Nonprofit rebuilds houses and young lives - KSDK
  • Using private donations, Cornerstone is realizing a vision of beautiful, affordable housing in St. Louis - St. Louis Magazine

99MO 😱

  • 3 people killed, 50 injured in Amtrak train crash in northern Missouri - KSDK
  • Amtrak Train Derails, Tips Over After Collision in Missouri - RFT
  • Video shows aftermath of deadly Amtrak train derailment in Missouri - FOX 2
  • At least three die, dozens hurt when Amtrak train derails in Missouri - stltoday.com

WW99 😱

  • Narcan-resistant drug found in central Illinois - FOX 2

Police 🚓

  • St. Charles County Sheriff's Deputy charged after pellet gun death of neighbor's dog - KSDK
  • Victims’ Rights Laws Abused Again To Hide Identities Of Officers Who Killed Someone - Techdirt
  • Cops Nationwide Become Violent Against People Protesting for Abortion Rights - Gizmodo
  • Videos Show Cops Beating Journalists and Protesters at Abortion-Rights Rallies - VICE US
  • Tech Companies Won't Say If They’ll Give Cops Abortion Data - VICE US
  • The #1 Period Tracker on the App Store Will Hand Over Data Without a Warrant - VICE US

DotGov 🏛

  • Oracle lands London council deal for £12m ERP project - The Register
  • Contractor loses entire Japanese city's personal data in USB fail - The Register
  • A Guy Got Drunk Enough to Lose An Entire City’s Personal Data - Gizmodo
  • Germany Says “Hell, No” To EU Proposal To Outlaw Encryption - Techdirt
  • Corporations who helped overturn Roe v. Wade include Coca-Cola, General Motors, Comcast, Walmart and Amazon - Boing Boing
  • Sarah Huckabee Sanders: "We will make sure that when a kid is in the womb, they're as safe as they are in a classroom." - Boing Boing

CityGov 🏛

  • St. Louis Mayor Supports Abortion Fund Bill, Legal Troubles Could Follow - RFT
  • Garbage goes weeks without pick up as City of St. Louis looks to hire more drivers - KSDK
  • Mechanics to repair city's broken trash trucks - FOX 2
  • Trash truck mechanics begin working double-time to dig STL out of garbage mess - FOX 2
  • St. Louis board greenlights plan to call AT&T tower 'historic' - stltoday.com
  • New owner of St. Louis’ 36-year-old AT&T tower seeks national historic status - stltoday.com
  • St. Louis voters to decide on $160 million bond issue for city public school repairs - stltoday.com
  • Revised plan for apartments at Optimist site opposed by city staff - KSDK
  • Developer tries again at redevelopment of historic Optimist site in Central West End - stltoday.com
  • St. Louis board rejects developer's new plan for Optimist Building - stltoday.com

LocalGov 🏛

  • Hazelwood Is Broke, Says Mayor - RFT
  • Wesley Bell vows not to prosecute abortion cases in St. Louis County - FOX 2
  • St. Louis County’s Bell among U.S. elected prosecutors vowing not to enforce abortion bans - stltoday.com

MoGov 🏛

  • Hartmann: Eric Greitens Ties up and Blindfolds the Republican Party - RFT
  • Parson expected to sign elections law with voter ID rules, restrictions on registering voters - stltoday.com
  • Missouri AG, Georgia nonprofit communicated for months before school subpoenas - Missouri Independent

FedGov 🏛

  • Supreme Court sides with praying football coach in Washington state - FOX 2
  • The Republican Party is picking off Democrats - Kevin Drum
  • Prayer in public school is making a comeback - Kevin Drum
  • For moderates, the end of abortion rights should be a wake-up call - Kevin Drum
  • “The Guns Are Here To Stay” - The Lever
  • FTC urged to probe Apple, Google for enabling ‘intense system of surveillance’ - The Register
  • Supreme Court To Citizens: Miranda Rights Aren’t Actually Rights So No More Suing About Them - Techdirt
  • Congress Wants to Spend $45 Million on Nukes the Navy Said it Doesn’t Need - VICE US
  • Senate Intelligence Committee Approves of Giving People Who Smoked Weed Security Clearance - VICE US
  • FTC Takes Action Against CafePress Over Massive Data Breach, Cover-Up - SecurityWeek RSS Feed

Covid19 Info 🦠

  • Children under 5 could soon receive COVID-19 vaccinations - stlamerican.com

Jobs 📄

  • Budget Analyst - Jobs
  • Probationary Fire Equipment Dispatcher - Jobs
  • Neighborhood Improvement Supervisor - Jobs

History 🦕

  • Celebrating St. Louis' LGBTQ community throughout the decades - KSDK
  • Mystery at the 1904 Aeronautic Competition - History Happens Here

Sustainability ♻️

Infrastructure 🚽

  • Ameren works to acquire solar power site 25 times larger than any other in Missouri - FOX 2
  • Ameren plans its largest-ever solar farm, in a flurry of solar activity - stltoday.com
  • Ameren Missouri Plans To Acquire Its Largest-Ever Solar Facility To Power Thousands Of Homes - RiverBender
  • Better late than never: Biden administration unveils new push for offshore wind - Grist
  • A Heat Wave Derailed a Train Outside San Francisco - Gizmodo
  • Verizon, AT&T Delay 5G Due To Ongoing Scuff Up Over Airplane Interference - Techdirt
  • Amtrak Spent 11 Years and $450 Million to Save Acela Riders 100 Seconds - VICE US

Ecology 🦤

  • New Amphibian And Reptile Guide Sparks Interest - RiverBender

Captain's Blog 🏴‍☠️

  • Solar Powered Umbrellas Sold at Costco Have Been Recalled Because They Can Burst Into Flames - Gizmodo
  • Introducing Earth Engine for governments and businesses - Google
  • ‘Super-Earths’ Could Host Alien Life for 84 Billion Years, Study Finds - VICE US
  • ‘I Have No Pity’: An Arson Attack at an Abortion Clinic Predicts Our Future - VICE US
  • Costco Locations in North America (Business Centers in Blue) as... - Maps on the Web
  • Largest earthquake in each US state. - Maps on the Web
  • Jon Stewart's funny, powerful Mark Twain Prize acceptance speech - Boing Boing