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STLduJour(nal) ⏳ – MMXXII:290-AM

STL: Monday, October 17, 2022

Events πŸ“†

  • Freezing temperatures expected Monday night in St. Louis – stltoday.com
  • Grant’s Farm Halloween Nights are back again – FOX 2
  • Check out the current fall foliage map in the St. Louis area – KSDK
  • Photos: The Who "Hits Back!" at Enterprise Center – St. Louis Magazine

BuySTL πŸ‘œ

  • β€˜The hard part is leaving this’: Sugaree Baking Company to close its doors at end of year – KSDK

Restaurants 🍲

  • Non-kid friendly restaurants for parent date night? – r/StLouis

Neighborhoods 🏑

  • Residents, volunteers come together to clean up St. Louis’ Hyde Park neighborhood – stltoday.com
  • Dutchtown basketball court dedicated to family that changed the neighborhood – KSDK

STL99 😱

  • Hyundai, Kia thefts 10 times higher in St. Louis City, County compared to last year – FOX 2

99MO 😱

  • Incomes are too damn low in Kansas City – Kevin Drum

Pox Populiβ„’ 🦠

  • High demand for flu shots at SSM clinics and drive-thrus – FOX 2
  • Illinois mask recommendations now include vaccinated individuals – FOX 2

DotGov πŸ›

  • Chaos Computer Club saves the German healthcare system 400M Euros – Hacker News

FedGov πŸ›

  • $101.2M of approved in funding for St. Louis area flood assistance – FOX 2
  • Weber Shandwick provides PR for Moderna and Pfizer, while staffing the CDC – Hacker News

History πŸ¦•

  • Thomas Hart Benton Speaks for the Railroad – History Happens Here
  • Maplewood History: The Rise and Fall of the Maplewood K-Mart – 40 South News
  • β€˜Haunted’ Alton hotel featured on Ghost Adventures TV show – FOX 2
  • SS Admiral – 1957 – r/StLouis

Sustainability ♻️

  • ACT Test Scores Drop to Lowest Levels in More Than 30 Years – Hacker News
  • Rent going up? One company’s algorithm could be why – Hacker News
  • Why there’s no such thing as a good billionaire – Hacker News

Infrastructure 🚽

  • Tesla fires after hurricane raises alarm for Florida officials – Hacker News
  • Why high speed rail hasn’t caught on – Hacker News
  • The Moorish invention that tamed Spain’s mountains – Hacker News

WWW99 πŸ•Έ

  • Datacenter fire takes out South Korea’s top two web giants – The Register
  • Pirate Sites That Rip-Off Other Pirate Sites’ Branding Are About to Regret It – TorrentFreak
  • GitHub Copilot, with β€œpublic code” blocked, emits my copyrighted code – Hacker News
  • Former WSJ reporter says law firm used Indian hackers to sabotage his career – Hacker News
  • Elon Musk says SpaceX will keep paying for Ukraine’s access to Starlink – Engadget
  • Sad Numbers for Facebook’s Horizon Worlds – Daring Fireball

DIY πŸͺ“

  • How to Carve a Pumpkin – HowStuffWorks
  • Everything You Wanted to See About Restoring a 1956 Radio – Hackaday
  • 1956 Philips 353A Bakelite Vacuum Tube Radio Repair and Restoration – Hacker News
  • PETamentor2 Is Latest To Turn Bottles Into Filament – Hackaday
  • Privacy respecting weather app for Android – Hacker News
  • A Simple Stove, Built for Beans – Hackaday
  • Ghidra: Software reverse engineering suite developed by NSA – Hacker News
  • VS Code Org Mode – Hacker News

Captain’s Blog πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈ

  • The Dead End – Hacker News
  • Why Do People Find Leaf Blowers So Irritating? – HowStuffWorks
  • Celebrating 50 years of the Unix Operating system (2018) – Hacker News
  • Internet Archive to Honor Carl Malamud with 2022 Hero Award – Hacker News