STLduJour(nal) ⏳ – MMXXII:257-AM

STL: Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Events 📆

• The Great Forest Park Balloon Race celebrates 50 years this weekend – St. Louis Magazine
• Great Forest Park Balloon Race celebrates its 50th anniversary this weekend – FOX 2

BuySTL 👜

• St. Louis City SC team store is officially open – FOX 2
• St. Louis City SC opens up team store at Centene Stadium – KSDK
• $800M beef processing facility coming to Warren County – FOX 2
• St. Peters business park welcomes newest distributor, projects $600 million in total investment by 2024 – St. Louis Regional Freightway

Restaurants 🍲

• Lion’s Choice introduces first plant-based menu item – St. Louis Magazine

STL100 💯

• Beloved pizzeria Happy Joe’s plans return to St. Louis – FOX 2
• Announcing the winners of the 2022 Family Favorites Readers’ Choice Awards – St. Louis Magazine
• Elephant Rocks rated 3rd in top US landmarks people wish to visit – FOX 2
• Six turtles rescued from Chesterfield park after getting thrown in trash – FOX 2

STL99 😱

• Changes unveiled today to Post-Dispatch comics and puzzles – stltoday.com
• Drivers struggle to find anti-theft equipment amid spike in Kia, Hyundai thefts – KSDK
• ‘They need to put the guns down, stop all the violence’: Community members react to 2 children shot near Fairground Park – KSDK
• ‘Sweetie Pie’s’ star Tim Norman takes the stand in his own murder-for-hire trial – stltoday.com
• Sweetie Pie’s defendant testifies in his own murder-for-hire trial – KSDK
• Former St. Louis TV Star Gives Marathon Testimony in His Own Trial – RFT

WW99 😱

• Ukraine astronomers report huge number of UFOs above the country – Boing Boing
• China Accuses the NSA of Hacking a Top University to Steal Data – Gizmodo
• Chinese map of the world. – Maps on the Web
• Ex-Googler Eric Schmidt’s think tank warns China could win global tech race – The Register
• Taiwan’s GlobalWafers races to break ground in Texas before tax breaks dissolve – The Register
• Watch the Taliban Crash a Black Hawk Helicopter in Afghanistan – VICE US
• These Former Colonies Say the British Monarchy Owes Them $45 Trillion – VICE US

Pox Populi™ 🦠

• St. Charles County health department to hold free drive-thru flu shot clinic in October – KSDK
• Polio is back rich countries, but it poses a far bigger threat to developing world – Science Magazine

Police 🚓

• Questions raised about fatal police shooting in St. Louis – The Big 550 KTRS
• St. Louis leaders urge authorities to release footage of teen’s police shooting death – stltoday.com
• Community members voice outrage after standoff in West End neighborhood left man dead – KSDK
• Cop Fired for Allegedly Groping Teen and Looking at Her Nudes. He Won’t Be Charged. – VICE US

DotGov 🏛

• Illinois State Treasurer’s Office Tech Team Rated Among Best In World In Recent Competition – RiverBender
• Oops, Minnesota Accidentally Legalized THC-Spiked Seltzer – VICE US

CityGov 🏛

• Megan Green wins first-round St. Louis aldermanic president poll – stltoday.com
• Request for Qualifications for Developers For the Housing Access and Neighborhood Stabilization Revolving Loan Fund – City of St. Louis
• Where to acquire original house blueprints? – r/StLouis
• Megan Green pulls ahead in primary election for aldermanic president – KSDK
• City leaders come up with new ideas to curb downtown gun violence – KSDK

LocalGov 🏛

• Body storage problem gets worse at St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s Office – FOX 2
• St. Louis County Council approves bill banning sex acts on county property – stltoday.com
• Republican Candidate for St. Louis County Executive chosen – FOX 2
• Mark Mantovani insists he’s a Republican, calls Sam Page a ‘sloth’ – stltoday.com

MoGov 🏛

• Missouri Supreme Court won’t weigh recreational pot lawsuit – FOX 2
• Missouri Supreme Court won’t weigh recreational pot lawsuit, amendment will appear on Nov. ballot – KSDK
• Missouri schools struggle to fund mental health as student anxiety reaches all-time high – KSDK
• Challenge to marijuana ballot question jettisoned at Missouri Supreme Court – stltoday.com
• Mike Parson Doesn’t Want Your Student Debt Forgiven – RFT
• Rural incentives in Missouri tax cut proposal target biofuels, small producers for help – Missouri Independent

FedGov 🏛

• U.S. Senate Republicans shy away from proposed 15-week national abortion ban – Missouri Independent
• Republicans Forget About States’ Rights in Attempt to Ban Abortion Nationwide – VICE US
• Lindsay Graham promises a National ban on abortion if the GOP wins in November – Boing Boing
• Behind Washington’s Antitrust Gambit – Techdirt
• Watch the U.S. Army Prepare for a 40 Drone Swarm Attack – VICE US
• FCC Commissioner demands review of Starlink rural broadband subsidies – The Register

Jobs 📄

• Waste Management is hiring drivers and technicians – FOX 2
• Program Manager II (Building Division) – Jobs
• Contract Specialist – Jobs
• Health Services Manager II – Jobs
• Bi-State Workforce Boards Receive Department of Labor Grant To Launch Gateway Registered Apprenticeship Programs Hub – RiverBender
• Mama Lucia’s Pizza Is on the Hunt for a Sassy Grandma – RFT

History 🦕

• In 1960, Kennedy and Nixon got up close with supporters in St. Louis – stltoday.com
• ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse’ turns 36: remembering ‘Ice Cream Soup’ – Boing Boing
• Scooby Doo turns 53 today – Boing Boing

Sustainability ♻️

• Mining is necessary for a clean energy future. It also destroys forests. – Grist

Infrastructure 🚽

• $11M pedestrian-friendly street project designed to ‘bridge the gap’ between downtown and north St. Louis – KSDK
• Dunn Road will see closures starting Monday for I-270 North Project – KSDK
• Amtrak suspends some routes with potential railroad strike looming – FOX 2

Ecology 🦤

• World Desert Ecoregions – Maps on the Web
• Study shows nanoplastics can travel from plants to insects to fish – New Atlas
• To Save Whales, Don’t Eat Lobster, Watchdog Group Says – NYT > Food
• Video: Wild animal couldn’t bear to miss out on the cupcakes at child’s birthday party – Boing Boing

WWwx 🌦

• Shocking Photos Show Spain’s Punishing Drought – Gizmodo

WWW99 🕸

• Microsoft Raises Alert for Under-Attack Windows Flaw – SecurityWeek
• Zero-day in WPGateway WordPress plugin actively exploited in attacks – BleepingComputer
• Adobe Thinks it Can Solve Netflix’s Password ‘Piracy’ Problem – TorrentFreak
• Hackers breach software vendor for Magento supply-chain attacks – BleepingComputer
• Patreon lays off 17 percent of its employees – Engadget
• Patreon Lays off 17% of Staff – Hacker News
• T-Mobile Fires More Employees After Promising That Most Definitely Wouldn’t Happen After Their Last Merger – Techdirt
• The 15 Biggest Tech Layoffs of the Year… So Far – Gizmodo
• Facebook is trying to be Discord with ‘Community Chats’ – Engadget
• FB feed is 98% suggested pages and barely any friends’ posts – Hacker News
• Kids Use Discord Chat To Track Predator Teacher’s Actions; Under California’s Kids Code, They’d Be Blocked – Techdirt
• Google Deepmind Researcher Co-Authors Paper Saying AI Will Eliminate Humanity – VICE US

Twitter 🐦

• Mudge is a cyber activist, not a business executive – Hacker News
• Whistleblower: China, India Had Agents Working for Twitter – SecurityWeek
• Whistleblower Tells Congress: Twitter ‘Doesn’t Know What Data It Has, Where It Lives, or Where It Came From’ – Gizmodo
• Twitter Ex-Security Chief Tells US Congress of Security Concerns – SecurityWeek
• Twitter Shareholders Officially Vote in Favor of Embattled Elon Musk Deal – Gizmodo
• Twitter shareholders vote to approve Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition – Engadget
• Twitter whistleblower says company had Chinese agent on payroll – Engadget
• Twitter Whistleblower Says There Was at Least One Chinese Spy Working at the Company – VICE US
• Twitter whistleblower Zatko disses bird site as dysfunctional data dump – The Register
• Twitter datacenter melted down in Labor Day heat – The Register
• Twitter trackers jeopardize military aircraft? – Hacker News

Space 🚀

• What the Orion Nebula Looks Like to Webb Telescope Vs Hubble Telescope – Gizmodo
• NASA Has a New Target Date to Launch SLS Megarocket – Gizmodo
• NASA’s CAPSTONE Moon Probe Is in More Trouble Than We Realized – Gizmodo
• Watch an unmanned Blue Origin rocket fire its escape capsule – Boing Boing
• Black Holes Create Mysterious Vortex ‘Structures’ That Could Open ‘Portal’ Into Dark Matter, Physicists Propose – VICE US

DIY 🪓

• Transform the way you organize your home with Arduino – Arduino Blog
• Build your own automatic bean sprouter for superfood meals – Arduino Blog
• How To Build Fully Articulating Wooden Finger Claws – Laughing Squid
• NIST and uni friends to design open source research chips, Google to bankroll the fabs – The Register
• Signing Git commits with your SSH key (2021) – Hacker News
• W3.css – A minimal alternative to Bootstrap – Hacker News
• Increase: Banking API – Hacker News
• WebKit Features in Safari 16.0 – CSS-Tricks
• How Stripe builds interactive docs with Markdoc – Stripe Blog
• Early beta of Micro.blog 3.0 for iOS – Manton Reece
• A Calming ASMR Stop Motion Video of a Coffee Tray Being Constructed From Wood Without Tools – Laughing Squid
• There are at least 25 different ways to make Totino’s Pizza Rolls – Boing Boing

Captain’s Blog 🏴‍☠️

• How the floppy disk scene’s going in 2022 – Boing Boing
• Nikon Small World in Motion winners transport you to a tiny dimension – New Atlas
• Pluralistic: 13 Sep 2022 Survival of the Richest – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
• The Eggplant Emoji Makes You Less Likable According to New Report – Gizmodo
• Top Five Favorite Emoji in the United States Are 😂, 👍, ❤️, 🤣, and 😢 – MacRumors
• Manga legend One Piece to become the longest book bound, at 21,540 pages – Boing Boing
• VW’s ID.Buzz electric van combines nostalgia and technology – Engadget
• Auto-stabilizing SeaBubble fuel cell hydrofoil unveiled in Cannes – New Atlas
• GM’s Cruise is making its own chips for self-driving vehicles to save on costs – Engadget
• Honda plans to release 10 electric motorcycles by 2025 – Engadget
• Tesla-boosting electric teardrop trailer charges toward market – New Atlas
• What we bought: How the Blue Yeti Nano finally earned a spot on my desk – Engadget
• Good Luck Playing Sim Nimby, the Game Where You Can’t Build Anything – VICE US
• Get Your Hands on One of Elon Musk’s Family Jewels – Gizmodo