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STLduJour(nal) ⏳ - MMXXII:82-PM

STL: Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Events 📆

STLfish 🐟

BuySTL 👜

  • Albion West End at Lindell and Kingshighway More Details - NextSTL - r/StLouis
  • Developer buys land, starts construction on $70M Metro East shopping center - KSDK
  • Here's what is new and changing at Six Flags this season - KSDK
  • Six Flags opens the season on April 2 with new attractions - FOX 2
  • High-profile St. Louis startup relocates HQ to larger Cortex space where it could double its workforce - KSDK
  • Pot producer Cresco to buy Columbia Care in $2 billion deal - stltoday.com
  • Centene appoints new CEO | Michael Neidorff Out; Sarah London In - r/StLouis
  • STL AgTech Ecosystem Partners to Offer 5 Arch Grants to AgriFoodTech Startups - EQ

Restaurants 🍲

  • Sneak Peek: STL Toasted Brings New Flavors to a St. Louis Classic - RFT
  • Sno will open in St. Louis’ Tower Grove South late summer, featuring modern dim sum and sustainable seafood - feastmagazine.com
  • Boardwalk Waffles & Ice Cream opening new location - KSDK
  • Highest-rated restaurants in St. Louis, according to Tripadvisor - FOX 2
  • St. Louis Bread Co. to enter the chicken sandwich wars - KSDK
  • After over 20 years of service, St. Louis’ Cafe Natasha is closing April 30 - feastmagazine.com in st-louis of type article
  • Café Natasha on South Grand will close after 39 years - stltoday.com
  • Cafe Natasha's Will Close April 30, Transition to New Concept as Its Matriarch Retires - RFT
  • Family-run restaurant closing on South Grand after nearly 40 years - KSDK
  • Adriana's - stLouIST
  • Frank & Helen's Pizzeria - stLouIST
  • Guido's Pizzeria & Tapas - stLouIST
  • Mai Lee - stLouIST
  • Marconi Bakery - stLouIST
  • Milo's Bocce Garden - stLouIST
  • Serra's Pizzeria - stLouIST
  • Syberg's - Dorsett - stLouIST
  • Syberg's - Market - stLouIST

STLfood ⚜️

  • Missouri's morel mushroom hunting season begins - FOX 2

Neighborhoods 🏡

  • Community Engagement with Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood - Trailnet
  • Uncovering the long-forgotten stream in Tower Grove Park - St. Louis Magazine

DIY 🪓

  • A Better Screwdriver - kottke.org
  • I Never Thought I’d Have Gadget Lust for a Tape Measure, but Here We Are - Gizmodo
  • DIY Volunteers Are Repairing Ukraine’s Destroyed Internet Infrastructure - VICE US
  • An Innovative Musical Instrument Made Using a Classic Rotary Telephone and a Drum Rhythm Machine - Laughing Squid

Sustainability ♻️

Infrastructure 🚽

  • Power outages reported throughout St. Louis region as wind gusts, limbs hit power lines - stltoday.com
  • Strong wind gusts take down power lines in St. Louis area - FOX 2
  • Demo alert- there’s enough parking lots - r/StLouis
  • Pedestrian Struck and Killed On Alton Train Track Is Identified - RiverBender
  • Pedestrian Struck By Train, Dies In Alton - RiverBender
  • Project on I-70 aims to fix huge traffic hotspot near Wentzville - FOX 2

Ecology 🦤

  • Bald eagle dies after Meramec River rescue; avian flu suspected - FOX 2
  • Tornado strikes New Orleans as storms move into Deep South - FOX 2
  • Tornado spins a truck, then lets it drive away (video) - Boing Boing
  • Another unbelievable stat from the heatwave on Friday, March 18... - Maps on the Web
  • Here’s the ‘energy transition’ needed to stave off climate catastrophe - Grist
  • How solar power plants are currently distributed in Europe.by... - Maps on the Web
  • Road salt is imperiling US waterways. States might have a solution. - Grist
  • Largest Meat-Eating Dino Was a True Swimmer and Had the Dense Bones to Prove It - Gizmodo

STL99 😱

  • 'I'm scared to death': Woman survives being carjacked, run over by her own car on Schnucks parking lot - KSDK
  • Anyone in the gateway region that can help; please reach out. St. Louis County currently has 2 dogs who are on a code red and only have until Friday to find a forever home. If you are a rescue or foster that can help please reach out. Details in comments. - r/StLouis
  • At least 5 St. Charles businesses damaged by gunfire - FOX 2

STL100 💯

  • 'Bud Man' stand sold cannabis in bulk at Soulard Farmers Market - FOX 2
  • ‘Bud Man’ stand sold cannabis in bulk at Soulard Farmers Market - r/StLouis
  • Brook Dubman Likes Nice Things - RFT
  • Lambert records highest outgoing passenger volume since start of pandemic - KSDK

99MO 😱

  • Possible intentional fires set near Mark Twain National Forest - FOX 2
  • Fewer Americans Are Hunting, And That Raises Hard Questions About Funding Conservation Through Gun Sales - RiverBender

WW99 😱

  • Adobe anticipates $75m hit from Russia, Belarus pullout - The Register
  • Banks Using AI Are Ripe for Russian Sabotage: Report - Gizmodo
  • Cybercriminals made $7bn in pure profit in 2021, says FBI - The Register
  • Hacker Soldiers - One Foot Tsunami
  • Russian IT pros fleeing the country, says local tech industry lobby - The Register
  • Russians are racing to download Wikipedia before it’s banned - Waxy.org
  • The UK’s Online Safety Bill Would Be A Complete And Utter Disaster For An Open Internet - Techdirt
  • ‘MacPaw’s Operations Amidst the Russian Aggression Against Ukraine’ - Daring Fireball
  • Analysis: The Taliban's backtracking on letting girls attend school suggests a better future for Afghanistan is a long way off. - The Morning News
  • Anonymous hacks printers in Russia and prints out anti-Kremlin messages - Boing Boing
  • CISA Warning: Russian Actors Bypassed 2FA - ACM
  • Countries that imported wheat from 🇷🇺Russia using the latest UN... - Maps on the Web

Police 🚓

  • Fundraiser Wednesday night for Bonne Terre officer shot in line of duty - KSDK
  • St. Louis officer called 'hero' for helping families after house fire rescue - FOX 2
  • Police carjacking suspect charged for flashing a weapon - FOX 2
  • Police probe into Walker’s death finds no ‘suspicious’ activity - stlamerican.com
  • Taxpayers Shell Out $900k To Cover For Cops Who Charged 64 People With Possessing 1 Oz. Of Weed - Techdirt

DotGov 🏛

  • Alaska State Senator Introduces Bill To Ban Fact Checking And Content Moderation. For Freedom - Techdirt

CityGov 🏛

  • Greitens investigator expected to enter plea in perjury, evidence tampering case - stltoday.com
  • Downtown St. Louis store robbed, wait for 3 hours to get through to 911 dispatchers - KSDK
  • St. Louis mayor among 6 nominated for ‘rising star’ award by national women’s group - stltoday.com
  • St. Louis Medical Examiner gave federal investigators permission to review early toxicology results on Cora Faith Walker - KSDK
  • St. Louis prosecutor files weapons charge against man who tried to carjack police officers - stltoday.com

LocalGov 🏛

  • High-tech law delays business opening in St. Louis County - FOX 2
  • Cora Faith Walker: 'Betrayed' Feelings May Give Context to Outrage - RFT
  • The Village of East Alton Will Conduct A Spring Clean-up April 25-29 - RiverBender

MoGov 🏛

  • Six-month gas tax holiday debated in Missouri House committee - stltoday.com
  • 'It's a hard call people need to make': Greitens allegations shine spotlight on domestic violence - KSDK
  • Lawmakers who worked with Greitens say he's unfit for Senate - FOX 2
  • Missouri House committee passes abortion bill - FOX 2
  • Missouri lawmakers seek lower drug prices with plan to regulate pharmacy benefit managers - stltoday.com
  • Missouri spent millions on pandemic no-bid contracts. Lawmakers now debating reforms - Missouri Independent
  • New Eric Greitens abuse allegations reignite GOP fears of losing Missouri Senate seat - Missouri Independent
  • Republicans again targeting health insurance for low-income Missourians - stltoday.com
  • Republicans push work requirements for coverage under Missouri Medicaid expansion - Missouri Independent
  • Sheena Greitens says she stands by her sworn statement, denies political motive - stltoday.com
  • Sheena Greitens stands by abuse charge - FOX 2
  • Sheena Greitens stands by allegations of abuse against her ex-husband - Missouri Independent

FedGov 🏛

  • Ketanji Brown Jackson defends her record under grilling from U.S. Senate Republicans - Missouri Independent
  • What Operation Warp Speed Did, Didn’t and Can’t Do - Marginal REVOLUTION
  • FEMA is giving homeowners money to prepare for floods — or move away - Grist
  • Government Invests $5M to Turn the Rust Belt Into the Lithium Belt - VICE US

Covid19 Info 🦠

  • How Hong Kong Went from ‘Zero COVID’ to Having the World’s Highest Death Rate - VICE US

Jobs 📄

History 🦕

  • Elvis Presley set the crowd shrieking on his final St. Louis show - stltoday.com
  • Was it news? Some soul searching after the death of weatherman Bob Richards - stltoday.com

Captain's Blog 🏴‍☠️

  • Apple Cripples Its Own Streaming App In Stand Off With Google - Techdirt
  • Apple Launches Driver's License Feature on iPhone in Arizona, More States Coming Soon - MacRumors
  • Authentication Giant Okta Breached Through Customer Support - VICE US
  • Authentication oufit Okta investigating Lapsus$ breach report - The Register
  • Bitcoin Miners Want to Recast Themselves as Eco-Friendly - ACM
  • Chromebooks Can Finally Play Windows Games on Steam - Gizmodo
  • Complaints mount after GitHub launches new algorithmic feed - The Register
  • Elon Musk's Starlink is raising prices - Engadget
  • Google is removing the Movies & TV section from the Play Store - Engadget
  • Gorgeous Timelapse Montages Showcasing the Annual Short-Lived Blooms of Various Echinopsis Cacti - Laughing Squid
  • Hooking up to Starlink might be pricier than you thought - The Register
  • How To Be A Visionary - The Gapingvoid Email Archive Feed
  • Instagram Reintroduces Chronological Feed Option - MacRumors
  • Instagram’s chronological feed is back - Engadget
  • Lockbit wins ransomware speed test, encrypts 25,000 files per minute - The Register
  • Mac Studio is 4x more efficient than my new AMD PC - Jeff Geerling's Blog
  • MacKenzie Scott Donates $436 Million to Charity While Jeff Bezos Continues Hoarding Wealth - Gizmodo
  • Microsoft and Okta are investigating potential attacks by the Lapsus$ hacking group - Engadget
  • Mozilla's vision for the web - Manton Reece
  • Nothing's first phone will launch this summer - Engadget
  • Okta now says: Lapsus$ may in fact have accessed customer info - The Register
  • Okta Statement on Breach by Hackers - Daring Fireball
  • Rarely Published Maps and Paintings by J.R.R. Tolkien Go Online - kottke.org
  • Roku OS 11 adds new audio options, photo screensavers and more - Engadget
  • Tesla Fires Employee For Posting Critical Footage To YouTube - Techdirt
  • Twitter can now create GIFs using your iOS camera - Engadget
  • YouTube makes thousands of TV show episodes available to stream for free - Engadget