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STLduJour(nal) ⏳ - MMXXII:70-AM

Events 📆

  • The best food and drink events in St. Louis this weekend: March 12-14 - feastmagazine.com
  • You can celebrate 314 Day around St. Louis starting Thursday - KSDK

STLfish 🐟

BuySTL 👜

Restaurants 🍲

  • Coffee shop in St. Louis closing next week - KSDK
  • Coffee shop near Crown Candy to close - St. Louis Business Journal
  • Pappy's Smokehouse named Missouri's best BBQ joint by Southern Living - FOX 2
  • St. Louis restaurant moving to new space near Forest Park this spring - KSDK
  • With new owners and a new name, Gallery Pub in Shaw is a revival of a beloved St. Louis spot - feastmagazine.com

STLfood ⚜️

Neighborhoods 🏡

DIY 🪓

Sustainability ♻️

  • Here's why gas prices are soaring, according to oil industry expert - FOX 2
  • High gas prices mean increase in Metro riders, possible decrease in truckers - FOX 2
  • Massive line for free gas causes major traffic jam in St. Louis - FOX 2
  • Missouri's average gas price is nearing the record high set in 2008 - FOX 2
  • St. Louis drivers wait up to an hour for free gas - KSDK
  • Kansas State to study cost-effective ways cities can reduce exposure to lead in soil - Missouri Independent

Infrastructure 🚽

  • MSD working to fix force main break in Maryland Heights, could affect nearby creeks - KSDK
  • Inland Waterway Traffic is Coming Back, Thanks in Part to the 2021 Infrastructure Bill - St. Louis Regional Freightway

Ecology 🦤

  • 2 Billion Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Cleared for Release in California and Florida - Gizmodo
  • Giant Spiders From Asia Are Poised to Invade the U.S. East Coast - Gizmodo
  • Millions of large, harmless spiders are expected to begin “ballooning” up and down the East Coast as early as May. - The Morning News
  • How the West’s megadrought is leaving one Arizona neighborhood with no water at all - Grist
  • The Winners of the 2021 World Nature Photography Awards - kottke.org

STL99 😱

  • Beloved St. Louis chef Rich LoRusso dies at 63 - FOX 2
  • Remembering restaurateur Rich LoRusso - St. Louis Magazine
  • Gyo Obata, influential St. Louis architect, dies at 99 - stltoday.com
  • Gyo Obata, legendary architect and founder of HOK, dies at 99 - KSDK
  • Charles E. Entenmann, Last of a Storied Baking Family, Dies at 92 - NYT > Food
  • Charles Entenmann, Who Helped Propel New York Entenmann’s Snack Cakes to Sweet Success, Dies at 92 - Eater NY - All
  • 'It’s disgusting and embarrassing': Trash continues to clutter St. Louis area roads - KSDK
  • 2 girls, ages 12 and 16, injured in St. Louis triple shooting - KSDK
  • A Bank of America consolidation quietly moved 110 employees from downtown St. Louis to Clayton - St. Louis Business News St. Louis News | The St. Louis Business Journal
  • Former St. Louis principal indicted in murder-for-hire plot of pregnant teacher - KSDK
  • Former St. Louis school principal facing federal charges in murder-for-hire plot - FOX 2
  • KMOV plans to leave downtown St. Louis, eyeing Maryland Heights area - stltoday.com
  • Millions at stake in fight for control of power plant, which previously eyed a riverfront tech park - KSDK
  • White supremacist graffiti suspect's connection to a Chesterfield candidate - FOX 2

STL100 💯

  • 'It’s time to get to work': Cardinals players ready to get back to baseball after agreement - KSDK
  • New Metro East development will house Drunken Fish and Kimchi Guys locations - KSDK
  • The Brookings Institution Calls St. Louis A ‘Rising Star’ In Tech. Here’s Why. - McPherson
  • Viking Mississippi cruise ship touches water for first time - KSDK
  • Yes, We're Cynical, But These St. Louis Arch License Plates Are Fire - RFT

99MO 😱

  • Comcast’s And Charter’s Broadband Monopoly Continues To Grow - Techdirt
  • With legalization looming, Black Missourians worry about losing out in marijuana industry - Missouri Independent

WW99 😱

  • Emerson Electric (Fortune 500 company HQ'd in Saint Louis) has closed their Ukrainian offices but continues to operate their Russian factories which manufacture parts for the energy industry and indirectly supporting the Russian war effort. - r/StLouis
  • One of St. Louis' biggest law firms ceasing operations at its Moscow office because of Ukraine war - KSDK
  • China's chip-making ambitions face setbacks - The Register
  • Cloudflare Says Shutting Down In Russia Would Give Putin What He Wants - Techdirt
  • Google is rolling out air raid alerts on Android phones in Ukraine - Engadget
  • Russia Is Considering ‘Legalizing’ Software Piracy Due To The World Punishing It Over Ukraine Aggression - Techdirt
  • Ukraine may move its top-secret data and servers abroad - Engadget
  • US warns Chinese chipmakers: Sell to Russia, suffer Huawei's fate - The Register
  • With election of "K-Trump," South Koreans consider moving to Canada - Boing Boing
  • Resolution in Congress would light Gateway Arch in support of Ukraine - FOX 2

Police 🚓

  • US Police Have So Much Extra Gear They’re Sending It to Ukraine - VICE US
  • U.S. Police Are So Ready for War They're Shipping Armor to Ukrainians - Gizmodo

DotGov 🏛

  • Court (Correctly) Says Germany’s Social Media Censorship Law Goes Too Far - Techdirt

CityGov 🏛

  • American Rescue Plan Fact Sheet - stLouIST
  • ARPA to help some city homeowners with tax woes - stlamerican.com
  • Cervantes Convention Center Expansion and Modernization, Project 2, St. Louis, Missouri - City of St. Louis Procurement Opportunities
  • Citing new regulations, aldermen move to restore north St. Louis grant program mayor vetoed - stltoday.com
  • Firefighter safety database for vacant buildings in St. Louis nearly complete - KSDK
  • Mayor Tishaura Jones announces $500K of American Rescue Plan funds for real estate tax assistance - KSDK
  • Smaller board, bigger staff: St. Louis aldermen weigh plan to let each member hire two staffers - stltoday.com
  • St. Louis Board of Aldermen to resume in-person meetings - stltoday.com
  • St. Louis city government contributes $500,000 to property tax relief fund - stltoday.com

LocalGov 🏛

  • Days adds $40 million for a north St. Louis County rec center to convention center bonds - stltoday.com
  • Page to sign bill ending marijuana screening for many St. Louis County job candidates - stltoday.com
  • STL County Council Votes to End Marijuana Screening For Most County Employees - RFT
  • Who’s in charge? St. Louis County Council delays 2 of 4 Port Authority appointments amid fight with Page - stltoday.com

MoGov 🏛

  • Bill targeting St. Louis-area EV charging mandates clears Missouri House - Missouri Independent
  • Cannabis activists urge Missouri House to legalize marijuana - FOX 2
  • Missouri argues it shouldn’t pay Planned Parenthood’s legal fees in licensing dispute - Missouri Independent
  • Missouri fines CAFO $18,000 for polluting streams with 300,000 gallons of waste - Missouri Independent
  • Missouri GOP feud peaks in fight over sexual assault bill - FOX 2
  • Missouri House approves plan to allow guns on public transit - stltoday.com
  • Missouri House narrowly sends open enrollment, charter funding bills to the Senate - Missouri Independent
  • Missouri House tries again for photo voter ID requirement - FOX 2
  • Missouri House tries again for photo voter ID requirement - KSDK
  • Missouri lawmakers look to give parents more oversight of school districts - stltoday.com
  • Prison nurseries now closer to reality in Missouri - stlamerican.com

FedGov 🏛

  • Omnibus Bill Contains Dark Money Riders - Sludge
  • Biden Orders Sweeping Cryptocurrency Review - ACM
  • Biden's executive order on cryptocurrency opens the door for a US coin - Engadget
  • Congress poised to boost U.S. science funding, launch new health agency - Science Magazine
  • The Air Force wants to blow up toxic military waste on a beach in Guam - Grist

Covid19 Info 🦠

  • St. Louis County Library offering free COVID-19 test kits at 9 branches - KSDK

Jobs 📄

History 🦕

  • #VintageKSDK: The day Anheuser-Busch bought the St. Louis Cardinals - KSDK
  • March 9, 1804: The day that St. Louis became an American city - stltoday.com
  • Ernest Shackleton’s Ship Found After 106 Years - kottke.org

Captain's Blog 🏴‍☠️

  • Academics, Civil Society, Internet Companies All Explain Just How Ridiculously Dangerous SHOP SAFE Is - Techdirt
  • Alleged REvil suspect extradited on ransomware spree charges - The Register
  • Analysis of leaked Conti files blows lid off ransomware gang - The Register
  • Anti-Sanctions: New Operating System for Mobile Devices - ACM
  • Apple finally made the Mac that puts everything in its right place (Macworld/Jason Snell) - Six Colors
  • Developer adoption is our priority, profits second, Cloudflare tells bankers - The Register
  • The MC5 are back to kick out more jams, motherf**er. - Boing Boing
  • The Winners of Sony World Photography Awards for 2022 - kottke.org
  • The World's First Person to Receive a Genetically Modified Pig Heart Has Now Died - Gizmodo
  • Tinder now lets you background check your matches - Engadget