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Ameren, what is the deal with non-storm power outages in Ferguson this summer? We've got another one this afternoon.

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Mistigram: this unforgettable scene of #ClintHoward as #Balok from the 1966 #StarTrek episode #TheCorbomiteManeuver was drawn in #ANSIart by @[email protected] and LDA. It was included in the new science fiction-themed MIST0525 artpack collection.

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Truehold, now one of the biggest owners of single-family homes in St. Louis, touts a "sell and stay" deal that has faced scrutiny when used by other companies. Real estate agents and lawyers here worry this model preys on desperate, cash-crunched homeowners. www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...

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The Saudi tyrant that so many American oligarchs, sports professionals, and politicians are sucking up to has just murdered another journalist.

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Truehold, now one of the biggest owners of single-family homes in St. Louis, touts a "sell and stay" deal that has faced scrutiny when used by other companies. Real estate agents and lawyers here worry this model preys on desperate, cash-crunched homeowners. www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...

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ICYMI

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Truehold, now one of the biggest owners of single-family homes in St. Louis, touts a "sell and stay" deal that has faced scrutiny when used by other companies. Real estate agents and lawyers here worry this model preys on desperate, cash-crunched homeowners. From @stephkukuljan.bsky.social and me.

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Me & @kirkman.bsky.social spent months looking into a new firm called Truehold, now one of the largest real estate investors in #STL. Its biz model: Buys houses & offers to lease them back to sellers. It's a strategy that's faced scrutiny when used by other firms www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...

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Truehold, now one of the biggest owners of single-family homes in St. Louis, touts a "sell and stay" deal that has faced scrutiny when used by other companies. Real estate agents and lawyers here worry this model preys on desperate, cash-crunched homeowners. From @stephkukuljan.bsky.social and me.

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“Join the thousands of people who have unlocked their home equity with Truehold,” said one letter sent to homeowners.

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Why, sure! I see no reasons you can’t join the Facebook group for my old high school class.

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Fox keeps randomly cutting away from the XFL game action to show half-second clips of downtown STL from the blimp. Bizarre.

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A power outage shut archive.org down, and some equipment did not come back-- argh, sorry. Replaced and back!

submitted 15 days ago • 9 comments

Whenever the @archive.org goes down (as it seems to have done this morning), I realize how indispensable it is. And I lament the state of our world, with such a wonderful thing so often under attack.

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Yet another college I'll refuse to respect from now on. www.purdueexponent.org/campus/gener...

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BigPEmu version 1.19 is out now! This is what's new.

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The brunt of the May 16 tornado fell on north St. Louis, already weighed down by a decades-long decline in population and the resulting vacancy and associated problems. Experts worry the natural disaster will only accelerate the population loss. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g... #stl #stlouis #stlwx

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Jobs! Lee Enterprises is looking for an Editor/Team Leader.

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Mistigram: here's a sampling of some of the wide variety of out-of-this-world computer art forms and subjects represented in the new science fiction-themed MIST0525 artpack collection, including #ANSIart, #ASCIIart, #teletext and more!

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Mistigram: #WeComeInPeace! Our annual May #sciencefiction themed artpack has just dropped in the closing moments of this month. You can download MIST0525 from mistigris.org or browse it via the @16colors web gallery. FILE_ID.DIZ artwork by @ZeusII. #KlaatuBaradaNikto!

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Mistigram: though we mostly focus on releasing science fiction-themed art in May, due to the interests of its mastermind, @kirkman.bsky.social , who provided most of its showpieces, there was quite a bit of it in the IGNITE01 collection...

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Quick gamer, updated with some quotes from Critchley and Lowen. More to come in a few hours. But if you want to savor this moment, here you go. www.stltoday.com/sports/profe...

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After years without seeing lake sturgeon spawn near St. Louis, wildlife officials have had a run of success at a dam near Alton. Now, scientists want to see if the fish are spawning elsewhere -- part of a decades-long effort to pull the species back from the brink of elimination. #stl #conservation

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Officials are trying to learn more about local spawning habitat for massive lake sturgeon, and searching for new locations where the activity is catching on.

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Today in unexpected discoveries ... While searching Google Maps for my newspaper work, I noticed someone has placed a pin on the gravesite Andreas Katsulas, who I remember from Star Trek: TNG and Babylon 5. Apparently he's buried in St. Louis!

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Tornado recovery in St. Louis will be complicated by the sheer number of uninsured homes in north side neighborhoods that were already among the poorest in the region, struggling with decades of disinvestment and pocked with thousands of vacant properties. www.stltoday.com/news/local/m... #stlwx

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

Wanted to explain another social media silence. Or maybe all of them – over the past six years of living in Turkey. www.durriebouscaren.com/post/on-prot...

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reminder that cooperating with evil “for the sake of doing good” is still… cooperating with evil. don’t be like Saruman!

submitted 27 days ago • 3 comments

The federal government is attempting a radical, massive expansion of what constitutes "wiretapping" that threatens everyone working in media/as a journalist today and I hope you'll read this and share it with everyone you know. I'm not just fighting this for me. I'm fighting it for everyone.

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Journalists' sources and newsgathering are none of the FBI's business. They don't seriously think @kenklippenstein.bsky.social was some kind of conspirator who has any useful information. They just want to intimidate him and other journalists from printing what they don't want printed.

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Tornado recovery in St. Louis will be complicated by the sheer number of uninsured homes in north side neighborhoods that were already among the poorest in the region, struggling with decades of disinvestment and pocked with thousands of vacant properties. www.stltoday.com/news/local/m... #stlwx

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

Bought a Pedego e-bike this week. This morning I tried commuting downtown with it for the first time. A few thoughts: I love how it takes hills out of the equation. The ride is faster and more fun (except for going thru the standing water that's always in front of the tunnel on Ted Jones Trail).

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

Great map from @kirkman.bsky.social! www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...

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Really proud of my daughter Ludi who was the speaker for her high school graduation ceremony tonight. She had some powerful words for her class. www.youtube.com/live/FowfoJi...

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Here’s how to help, or find help, after St. Louis tornado www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...

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