Tornado Warning including Saint Louis MO, East Saint Louis IL and Cahokia IL until 6:30 PM CDT

Tornado Warning including Granite City IL, Collinsville IL and Edwardsville IL until 6:30 PM CDT

'Judge awards $23 million to ex-St. Louis cop beaten by police during 2017 protests' stlpr.org/law-order/2024…

According to the federal gov't, St Louis currently has a 'hazardous' air quality index & says, 'Everyone should stay indoors and reduce activity levels. Stay tuned to local news media for advisories,' but I'm not finding any local news media advisories. 🤷
airnow.gov/?city=Saint%20…

This morning, St. Louis organizers joined #A15Actions by locking & blocking 3 gates to Boeing’s weapons plant in St. Charles, MO (home of Weapons Programs, JDAMs & GBU-39 Small Diabeter bombs) for the 3rd time in 6 months. Police escalated quickly but protesters stayed steadfast.

📢Both sides of Golden Gate Bridge shut down
📢Chicago O'Hare airport blocked
📢Highways shut down in Philly & Oakland
📢The Boeing Company blocked in St Louis
📢Lockheed Martin blocked in DMV
📢Pratt & Whitney warplane factory blocked in CT
& more

FREE PALESTINE🔥

'The Supreme Court announced that it will not hear Mckesson v. Doe. The decision leaves in place a lower court decision that effectively eliminated the right to organize a mass protest in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.'

vox.com/scotus/2408008…

In addition to fruits & vegetables, LINK Match coupons can also be used for young plants that will produce food. Last year we got tomato & pepper plants at the farmers' market in Edwardsville & then took extra veggies we grew back to the market to donate to the food bank.

#Eclipse2024
Washington County State Recreation Area
Nashville, Illinois

According to this map, I actually live in the only 'walkable' neighborhood in my city. The fact that I can't wheel to a grocery store w/o risking being run over in the street b/c of broken & missing sidewalks disproves the common claim that 'walkable' inherently means accessible.

Now Sheriff Vernon Betts has banned attorneys from bringing phones into the City Justice Center -- a move that follows the RFT publishing a photo of a paralyzed detainee lying in his own feces riverfronttimes.com/news/sheriff-b…

'Testing remains voluntary and only symptomatic dairy cows are eligible for testing.'

Tornado Warning including Saint Louis MO, Chesterfield MO and University City MO until 7:15 PM CDT

NEW: Video reveals San Bernardino sheriffs fatally shot Savannah Graziano, 15, a reported kidnapping victim, while she was unarmed + following deputies instructions to move to them.

They continued shooting even after one officer said 'Stop shooting her'

theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

A reporting team led by the AP investigated police tactics that aren't supposed to be fatal, like physical restraints and Tasers. They found more than 1,000 deaths over a decade across the U.S. apnews.com/projects/inves…

A St. Louis County SWAT team raided an innocent home over stolen AirPods -- after wrongly trusting the Find My app. Now they're facing a lawsuit riverfronttimes.com/news/swat-team…

🎉🎂🥳To celebrate my birthday I raised over $10,000 for @RIPMedicalDebt which equals over $1,000,000 in medical debt! Let’s keep it going until the end of March!

ripmedicaldebt.org/campaign/berta…

I've tried to compromise with a cheery optimistic 'well, I'm not dead yet, so that's a plus,' but even that gets taken as cynical & depressing. 🤷