⏳ STLduJour(nal) - MMXXII:27-PM

Events 📆

• Register for FOX 2’s 2022 ‘Fish Fry Finder’ - FOX 2
• A 2022 Valentine's Day guide to St. Louis restaurants for all budgets - St. Louis Magazine
• Missouri Historical Society reopening 3 locations after closing due to COVID surge - KSDK

BuySTL 👜

• 4 Hands Brewing Co. is opening a second taproom in Kirkwood, featuring a full menu from Peacemaker Lobster & Crab Co. - feastmagazine.com
• Schnucks Announces New Partnership With St. Louis-Based Sister Sister Kitchen -

Restaurants 🍲

• Saucy Porka now open in the Central West End - St. Louis Magazine
• Pizza Champ opens Jan. 26, serving pizza, wings and salads to-go in Maplewood - feastmagazine.com
• Gioia's Deli featured on list of 15 best Italian subs in US - KSDK
• Restaurants open late in STL? - r/StLouis
• G&W Bavarian Style Sausage Co. on Instagram: “G&W retail and wholesale operations are back open effective immediately!!!! ; - r/StLouis
• St. Paul sandwiches - r/StLouis
• Jack in the Box Blesses St. Louis With the Return of "TwoTacos for 99 Cents" Deal - RFT
• Jack in the Box brings back 'Taco Two's-Day' deal for 99 cents - FOX 2
• Arby's to 'beef up' look and feel of 32 St. Louis area restaurants - FOX 2

Neighborhoods 🏡

DIY 🪓

• This dad converted a Power Wheels into a DIY fire truck toy, complete with a siren and lights - Arduino Blog

Sustainability ♻️

• Zoo hopes you'll say #ByeToBags and keep plastic waste from reaching the oceans - FOX 2
• This Supreme Court Case Could Destroy Water Protections - Gizmodo
• Your Gas Stove Is Leaking Methane Even When It’s Off - Gizmodo
• Your gas stove is warming the climate — even when it’s turned off - Grist
• California’s plan to slash solar subsidies seems backwards. It’s not. - Grist
• How a $60 million bribery scandal helped Ohio pass the ‘worst energy policy in the country’ - Grist
• Democratic lawmakers press crypto mining companies over energy consumption concerns - Engadget

Nature 🦝

• "In wildlife disease surveillance, we’re always chasing a crisis." Bird flu is back in the US. - The Morning News

STL99 😱

• KMOX program director now operating six stations - stltoday.com
• LA Times Writer Further Trashes STL, Describes One Fond Memory Here - Riverfront Times

STL100 💯

• Craft Alliance is getting a new print and paper arts studio - St. Louis Magazine
• With few details, A-B says 'Flying Eagle' sign will be fixed - stltoday.com

99MO 😱

100MO 💯

Crime 🗯

• North St. Louis County nonprofit aims to open grocery store in food desert - KSDK
• Multiple cars stolen in Kirkwood last week, many were left running and unlocked while warming up - KSDK
• Police looking for man suspected of 2 bank robberies in St. Louis last week - KSDK

Police 🚓

• Two St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officers Shot -
• 'This is a rough time': Police officers react to violence on the job - KSDK
• 2 men arrested in connection with shooting of St. Louis police officers charged - KSDK
• Victim kidnapped, robbery suspect killed in homicide that led to shooting of St. Louis officers - KSDK
• 2 St. Louis police officers shot in north St. Louis County, 1 in critical condition - KSDK
• 2 SLMPD Officers shot - r/StLouis
• Two Suspects Charged After Police Shooting in Ferguson - RFT
• 2 officers hospitalized, suspect dead after shooting in Ferguson - FOX 2
• Pair charged in chase after two St. Louis officers shot in Ferguson - stltoday.com
• One St. Louis police officer critically injured, second hurt after shooting in Ferguson - stltoday.com
• Alabama Town Has 1,253 People, Nine Cops, And Generates $600,000 A Year From Traffic Stops - Techdirt.
• Missouri Highway Patrol "accidentally" sends out APB on the Joker - Boing Boing
• Pluralistic: 27 Jan 2022 - Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
• An Election Police Force Is an Absolutely Terrible Idea - VICE US

DotGov 🏛

• North Korean Internet Downed by Suspected Cyberattacks: Researchers - ACM
• Slush ejected from snowplow damages at least 40 vehicles, injures 12 in Ohio - Boing Boing

CityGov 🏛

• City Hall pushes for clear guidelines for incentives to ‘keep development moving’ in St. Louis - stltoday.com
• Audit dings St. Louis tow lot, other street department operations - stltoday.com
• State auditor's office finds errors in St. Louis city towing division records - KSDK
• Accounting errors found in state audit of St. Louis tow lot - FOX 2

LocalGov 🏛

• Executive director of Metro Transit leaves the agency - stltoday.com
• Decisions Applicable To Bus Rapid Transit And Local Bus Service - UrbanReview | ST LOUIS
• Feds OK 1-month extension on submitting Loop Trolley revival plan, Mayor Jones says - stltoday.com
• St. Louis leaders get extension on Loop Trolley plan, mayor says - KSDK
• Fenton is losing millions on its rec center. Now the YMCA might take over. - stltoday.com
• O'Fallon councilwoman facing impeachment calls case waste of taxpayers' money - FOX 2

MoGov 🏛

• State may seek upgrade of St. Louis metro area’s air quality rating - stltoday.com
• AG sues county and local schools over mask mandates; record hospitalizations and more pandemic events - stltoday.com
• As Missouri tries to raise state worker pay, some cross the river to Illinois for higher salaries - stltoday.com
• Missouri redistricting plan speeds toward Senate debate as GOP split on map - KSDK
• Missouri AG's mask mandate suits draw some strong rebukes across the state - KSDK
• Witness describes moments before 2 officers shot in Ferguson - FOX 2
• Congressional map derails business in the Missouri Senate - FOX 2
• Missouri lawmakers again look to ban bans on specific dog breeds - stltoday.com
• Ashcroft sued by group pushing for ranked choice voting in Missouri - stltoday.com
• State sues former St. Louis mayoral candidate for failing to file fundraising reports - stltoday.com
• Missouri lawmakers advance program to keep incarcerated mothers with infant children - stltoday.com
• Missouri congressional map makes it to Senate floor, runs into wall of resistance - stltoday.com
• Counties ask Missouri Supreme Court to strike down law restricting local CAFO rules - Missouri Independent
• Capitol Perspectives: The profound change in Missouri’s legislature - Missouri Independent
• Missouri Republican lawmakers, businesses divided over vaccine rules - stltoday.com
• Missouri lawmakers want recall procedures for school board members - stltoday.com
• Divided GOP state senators negotiate behind closed doors on Missouri redistricting - KSDK

FedGov 🏛

• Breyer announces retirement from Supreme Court - Kevin Drum
• Biden affirms vow to nominate first Black woman to Supreme Court - FOX 2
• Biden vows to nominate first Black woman to Supreme Court by end of February - Missouri Independent
• There is no such thing as the “best qualified” Supreme Court nominee - Kevin Drum
• FBI shares images of military-grade explosives recently turned in - FOX 2
• The IRS Needs to Stop Using ID.me's Face Recognition, Privacy Experts Warn - Gizmodo
• White House tells agencies to adopt the 'Zero Trust' security model - Engadget

Covid Info 🦠

• 'Really encouraging': St. Louis task force says COVID conditions improving, but hospitals still stretched thin - KSDK
• Where can I find N95 or KN95 masks in city? - r/StLouis
• Omicron wane continues in St. Louis hospitals - FOX 2
• Hospitalizations in St. Louis region lowest in three weeks - FOX 2
• What Will Pandemic Life Be Like in a Month? - kottke.org

Education

• A mysterious Tennessee time bomb damages schoolkids in 6th grade - Kevin Drum

Jobs 📄

• Nestle 'reorganization' to impact 138 jobs at its downtown IT office - St. Louis Business Journal
• Spectrum Hiring 70 Customer Service Representatives At St. Louis Event -
• The Saint Louis Zoo is holding two job fairs starting this weekend - FOX 2

History 🦕

Captain's Blog 🏴‍☠️

• Alert: Let's Encrypt to revoke about 2 million HTTPS certificates in two days - The Register
• Old radio broadcast equipment - Boing Boing
• Facebook's Cryptocurrency Venture to Wind Down, Sell Assets - ACM
• Safari Flaws Exposed Webcams, Online Accounts, More - ACM
• Apple Could Turn iPhones into Payment Terminals—RIP Square - Gizmodo
• Apple pays $100,500 bug bounty for webcam hack - The Loop
• Perseverance Rover Has Shaken Out the Pebbles Stuck in Its Sampling System - Gizmodo
• A Mysterious Radio Signal From Space Is Repeating Every 18 Minutes and 18 Seconds - VICE US
• A SpaceX Rocket Is Going to Slam Into the Moon - Gizmodo
• Something 4,000 light years away emitted strange radio bursts. This is where we talk to scientists for actual info - The Register
• Google May Have a Cheap Pixel 6 Coming This Spring - Gizmodo
• Modernization - The Daily WTF
• WordPress 5.9 launches with full site editing - Search Engine Land
• Meta's 'free' internet is costing people money in developing countries - Engadget
• Watchdog clears 90 per cent of US commercial aircraft to land in low visibility at nation's 5G C-band airports - The Register
• China’s Private Cities - Marginal REVOLUTION
• Strange Milky Way object sends radio bursts a minute at a time - Engadget
• Reddit tests NFT user profile pictures, just like Twitter - Engadget
• Apple rolls out iOS 15.3 and macOS 12.2 to fix a major Safari exploit - Engadget
• Squarespace is getting into video subscriptions - Engadget
• Twitter reports record number of takedown requests from governments - Engadget
• This NFT on OpenSea Will Steal Your IP Address - VICE US
• People Are Still Getting Pwned a Week After a Crypto Hack Was ‘Contained’ - VICE US