⏳ STLduJour(nal) - 2021-272-AM Edition
STL Daily News Snapshots
Contents
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Events 📆
- Celebrating the freedom to read during Banned Books Week - The MIT Press
- Washington Post Hispanic civil rights leader speaking in STL - stltoday.com
- Where to get lost in a corn maze around St. Louis - stltoday.com
Restaurants 🍲
- Padrinos Mexican Restaurant offers Tex-Mex, street tacos on South Grand - feastmagazine.com
- Steve’s Hot Dogs now open on South Grand - St. Louis Magazine
- List: St. Louis area restaurants requiring proof of vaccination - KSDK
DIY 🪓
- Face detection for my leaf blower - Jeff Geerling’s Blog
- Old dining table converted into the ultimate poker table using Arduino and LEDs - Arduino Blog
- Compact Wooden PC Case : woodworkingr/woodworking
- Cacio e Pepe: Simple Elegance in 3 Ingredients - Good Food St. Louis
- RECIPE: I Frattelini Lasagna - feastmagazine.com
- One-pot wonders: These dishes offer all the flavor but without all the cleanup - stltoday.com
Sustainability ♻️
- Illinois American Water Celebrates First Annual Source Water Protection Week - RiverBender
Nature 🦝
- 2021’s Best Fat Bears, Ranked - Gizmodo
- U.S. Declares Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, 22 Other Species Extinct - Gizmodo
STL99 😱
- Carpenters union dissolves its St. Louis-based regional council, a major force in local politics - stltoday.com
- Mama Cat leaves St. Louis for new chapter in Florida - KSDK
- Man dies after ambulance delayed by vandal in south St. Louis - KSDK
- Why did this happen? Parkway Central parents learn more about racist graffiti - FOX 2
- Black student admits to writing racist graffiti in Parkway Central bathrooms - stltoday.com
- 2 West Nile virus human cases confirmed in St. Louis County - stltoday.com
- Local health care workers protest COVID vaccine mandate - FOX 2
STL100 💯
- ‘Tough times don’t last, tough people do’: Owners of Katie’s Pizza overcome obstacles to find success - KSDK
- Hot Box Cookies Aims to Give Back To St. Louis Community Through New Program - Riverfront Times
- Photos: Cardinals celebrate after clinching NL Wild Card spot - FOX ,2
- Cardinals win 17th in a row, clinch playoff spot - KSDK
- Ticket Punched: Cardinals clinch spot in Washington Post League Wild Card game with 17th consecutive win - [KSDK](http://rssfeeds.ksdk.com/~/667945948/0/ksdk-localnews~Ticket-Punched-Cardinals-clinch-spot-in-Washington Post-League-Wild-Card-game-with-th-consecutive-win)
- This St. Louis company ranked one of the best for pet perks - KSDK
- Wild Cards! St. Louis clinches playoff spot, extends record win streak - FOX 2
- St. Louis city, county libraries to integrate catalogs, totaling 5 million items - stltoday.com
- One wild streak: Cardinals claim playoff spot, run winning streak to 17 consecutive with 6-2 win vs. Brewers - stltoday.com
- STAGES executive director wants St. Louis to become the next ‘tryout town’ before Broadway - St. Louis Magazine
99MO 😱
- COVID-related attacks prompt Branson hospital to issue panic buttons - stltoday.com
- ‘A nightmare’: Missouri schools adapt as labor shortages upend school meal supply chain - Missouri Independent
- Missouri man pleads guilty to trying to set up murder of victim in sodomy case - stltoday.com
- 5 Missouri boarding school employees charged with abuse - stltoday.com
- Missouri husband, wife plead guilty in Capitol insurrection - KSDK
- Springfield families accuse company of contaminating drinking water with carcinogen - Missouri Independent
- Study: 82% of Missouri children have lead in their blood - FOX 2
100MO 💯
- Amtrak scenic route gives a unique Missouri experience - FOX 2
- Formerly incarcerated people can still vote in Missouri. This KC group shows them how - Missouri Independent
Crime 🗯
- SLMPD Daily Crime Report (https://stlouist.com/article/slmpd-daily-crime-report-09292021)
- Man run over, killed by own car in St. Louis carjacking - FOX 2
- Man dies after carjacking in Central West End - stltoday.com
- Man pushes girlfriend off St. Louis hotel balcony and dumps her body, charges say - stltoday.com
Police 🚓
- St. Louis County officer shoots at armed man while attempting arrest - FOX 2
- No one hurt in St. Louis County officer-involved shooting; investigation underway - stltoday.com
- What Police Can Do With Social Media Spy Tool ShadowDragon - The Intercept
- Cops Say They’re Overdosing on Fentanyl Just by Touching It. - The New Republic
DotGov 🏛
- Alabama Wants to Spend $400 Million in COVID Relief Money to Build Prisons - VICE US
- Prison Destroyed Video Proof of Guards Torturing Anti-Fascist, Lawyers Say - VICE US
- Shedding light on the DWP Part 1 - Privacy International
- Free Law Project Creates the First Online Database of Federal Judicial Financial Disclosures - Free Law Project
- Big Pharma Is Showering Conservative House Democrats With Gushing AdsJacobin
CityGov 🏛
- With possible election looming, St. Louis aldermanic panel begins process of cutting number of St. Louis wards in half - stltoday.com
- Aldermen, unions push for more details on plan to merge city 911 systems - stltoday.com
- St. Louis Aldermen Stress Compromise As Ward Reduction Talks Begin - r/StLouis
- St. Louis parking meter fees to increase Friday by 50 cents an hour - stltoday.com
- Transportation Services (Micro-Transit Pilot) for Near North and Downtown St. Louis Neighborhoods, St. Louis, Missouri - City of St. Louis
- 910-0194 Ford 350 Cutaway Prisoner Transport Vehicle - City of St. Louis
- 220-0032 Pots for Plants - City of St. Louis
- 611-0044 Amana Gas Dryers - City of St. Louis
- 220-0034 Plants - City of St. Louis
- 511-0021 Stainless Steel Strapping & Clips - City of St. Louis
- 903-0019 RAB Lighting, High Bay Lighting - City of St. Louis
- 511-0020 Flexible Delineator Surface Mount Base - City of St. Louis
LocalGov 🏛
- Howard Hayes named STL County human services director - stlamerican.com
- New mask mandate draws criticism at St. Louis County Council meeting - KSDK
- With new mask order, St. Louis County again asks judge to dismiss Schmitt suit - stltoday.com
- Hazelwood School District Internal Systems Down in Apparent Ransomware Attack - r/StLouis
- Eureka mayor says city won’t abide by St. Louis County mask mandate - KSDK
MoGov 🏛
- Parson’s economic development chief heading to Ameren - stltoday.com
- Missouri economic development director resigns - The Big 550 KTRS
- As the pandemic raged, Missouri spent $15 million to lure tourists - stltoday.com
- China becomes the first flashpoint of Missouri GOP Senate primary - Missouri Independent
- Judge rules against AG challenge to masks in Missouri schools. Columbia case continues - Missouri Independent
- Missouri judge denies class-action lawsuit in AG challenge of school mask mandate - FOX 2
- As redistricting begins, states tackle the issue of ‘prison gerrymandering’ - Washington Post
FedGov 🏛
- What to Know About a Looming U.S. Government Shutdown - Washington Post
- Marine officer who criticized senior leaders on Afghanistan is now in the brig - Washington Post
- What to Know About a Looming U.S. Government Shutdown - Business
Covid19 Info 🦠
- YouTube bans all content containing vaccine misinformation - Engadget
- COVID-19 pill developers aim to top Merck, Pfizer efforts - TechCrunch
- The evidence is building: Vaccine mandates work — and well - Politics
- Republicans remain much more resistant to coronavirus vaccines than Black Americans - Politics
Jobs 📄
- More than half of US schools report ‘severe’ or ‘desperate’ bus driver shortage - FOX 2
- Expert says potential workers playing chicken with employers to get better deals - KSDK
- ProPublica Seeks New Applicants for Its Local Reporting Network - ProPublica
History 🦕
- Historic Sappington log home gets OK for move to Crestwood park - stltoday.com
- Sept. 29, 1927: A massive tornado rips through the heart of St. Louis, killing 78 in barely 5 minutes - stltoday.com
- Path To Freedom: Underground Railroad Tour - Learn About Area’s Ties To Underground Railroad - RiverBender
Captain’s Blog 🏴☠️
- To Drupal or not to Drupal… the end of my story - Rockowitz ** fuckin yay
- This copy paste keyboard started as an April Fool’s joke. Now you can buy one - Boing Boing
- Arrival’s Stunning Alien Visuals Take the Spotlight in a New Art Book - Gizmodo
- In the early 1990s, this guy predicted how the Internet would turn out - Boing Boing
- Epic Games believes the Internet is broken. This is their blueprint to fix it. - Business
- A Model Train That Realistically Simulates the German Railway System For Student Dispatchers - Laughing Squid
- Pacquiao Announces Retirement in Bizarre Half-Campaign, Half-Music Video - VICE US
- The Ground Is Literally Exploding Due to Climate Change in Siberia, and It’s Going to Get Worse - VICE US
- Texas Restricts Fracking Practice Because It Causes So Many Earthquakes - VICE US
- US Steel was fined $1.2 million for polluting Lake Michigan. Then it polluted the lake again. - Grist
- Leaked Facebook Docs Depict Kids as ‘Untapped’ Wealth - Gizmodo
- Amazon Just Built a Mesh Router Into Its Home Surveillance System - Gizmodo
- Ring puts an Eero router inside its new home alarm system - Engadget
- The Big Wall-Mountable Echo Is Here - Gizmodo
- Amazon’s New Alexa-Powered Smart Thermostat Is Basic As Hell - Gizmodo
- Elon Musk says Blue Origin is trying to sue its way to the Moon - Engadget