Julie in STL
@hyperhouse.bsky.social
Hyperfixates on hobbies and local things. Loyal but anxious. You can either find me inside making sourdough/reading/crafting or outside walking/biking and calling out infrastructure failures. Walking on IG as speedhumpme
Welp, it turns out I do in fact have something wrong with me and I’m going to be shocked (electrical cardioversion) and ablated in the new year, among other things. And medicated in the meantime. Anyway, thanks to the Apple Watch for catching my body glitching out.
My medical team keeps calling and being like “you really don’t feel that!?!?” and I’m like “I feel just like I always do” and we can’t decide if that’s a good sign since I don’t feel bad or if I’ve been in bad shape for a long time and have come to accept it. 🤷🏻♀️ Cardiologist incoming tomorrow.
December 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Welp, it turns out I do in fact have something wrong with me and I’m going to be shocked (electrical cardioversion) and ablated in the new year, among other things. And medicated in the meantime. Anyway, thanks to the Apple Watch for catching my body glitching out.
My medical team keeps calling and being like “you really don’t feel that!?!?” and I’m like “I feel just like I always do” and we can’t decide if that’s a good sign since I don’t feel bad or if I’ve been in bad shape for a long time and have come to accept it. 🤷🏻♀️ Cardiologist incoming tomorrow.
December 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
My medical team keeps calling and being like “you really don’t feel that!?!?” and I’m like “I feel just like I always do” and we can’t decide if that’s a good sign since I don’t feel bad or if I’ve been in bad shape for a long time and have come to accept it. 🤷🏻♀️ Cardiologist incoming tomorrow.
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I live near here. We don’t need more parking.
$300k building permit application submitted for a new parking lot at 4000-08 Laclede
#carsruincities
#sowinginsolvency
#carsruincities
#sowinginsolvency
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I live near here. We don’t need more parking.
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On February 22nd, Rodney H. Thomas, of Armory data center developer THO Investments, donated $12,500 to Mayor Cara Spencer’s PAC
Here is today's NEW content on St. Louis City Data Center Money from
👎 Jerald Kent, Tierpoint and Cequel 3
👎 John Baragiola, Falcon Technologies
👎 Rod Thomas, THO Investments, Armory data center developer
I need to stop looking at campaign finance and move on to blog on the Sheriff mess
👎 Jerald Kent, Tierpoint and Cequel 3
👎 John Baragiola, Falcon Technologies
👎 Rod Thomas, THO Investments, Armory data center developer
I need to stop looking at campaign finance and move on to blog on the Sheriff mess
More Data Center Money Went to Mayor Spencer
On February 22nd, Rodney H. Thomas, of Armory data center developer THO Investments, donated $12,500 to Spencer’s PAC. In addition to data center developer Jerald Kent donating $80,000 over t…
greatstateofstlouis.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
On February 22nd, Rodney H. Thomas, of Armory data center developer THO Investments, donated $12,500 to Mayor Cara Spencer’s PAC
My reading goal for 2025 was to read less than in 2024, which I can say I proudly accomplished.
My reading goals for 2026 will be:
1) Read one nonfiction book a month for my personal curriculum (St. Louis history, urban planning, traffic and road safety)
2) Read for fun, not obligation
My reading goals for 2026 will be:
1) Read one nonfiction book a month for my personal curriculum (St. Louis history, urban planning, traffic and road safety)
2) Read for fun, not obligation
December 30, 2025 at 3:12 AM
My reading goal for 2025 was to read less than in 2024, which I can say I proudly accomplished.
My reading goals for 2026 will be:
1) Read one nonfiction book a month for my personal curriculum (St. Louis history, urban planning, traffic and road safety)
2) Read for fun, not obligation
My reading goals for 2026 will be:
1) Read one nonfiction book a month for my personal curriculum (St. Louis history, urban planning, traffic and road safety)
2) Read for fun, not obligation
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Stop underreacting.
December 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Stop underreacting.
Oh suddenly me taking 24 hours to read a contract is “too slow” for the company who has sat on this contract since September (And to be fair, I had it reviewed in 2 hours, but the business lines who need to approve changes dared take PTO on Friday, as they should)
December 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Oh suddenly me taking 24 hours to read a contract is “too slow” for the company who has sat on this contract since September (And to be fair, I had it reviewed in 2 hours, but the business lines who need to approve changes dared take PTO on Friday, as they should)
St. Louis - I know we aren’t seeing better drivers/parkers so it’s time we all commit to reporting more. I have the app and I’m ready.
The end of the year is almost here. Have you uploaded your bike lane obstructions to our database yet?
Here are the top reporting cities this year:
Here are the top reporting cities this year:
December 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
St. Louis - I know we aren’t seeing better drivers/parkers so it’s time we all commit to reporting more. I have the app and I’m ready.
Saw another Waymo on the bridge this morning but they made it through. And now the collapsing “speed hump” in the northbound lanes has a steel plate through it.
The Waymo was not prepared for the 10 “speed humps” on the Compton Bridge. This guy and its driver were pulled over on the first hump.
(Also, this is because the expansion joints are completely deteriorated, they aren’t actual speed humps)
(Also, this is because the expansion joints are completely deteriorated, they aren’t actual speed humps)
December 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Saw another Waymo on the bridge this morning but they made it through. And now the collapsing “speed hump” in the northbound lanes has a steel plate through it.
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Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Hurricane Helene. Not one has been approved.
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Helene. Not one has been approved.
More than a year after applying for a federal buyout, many North Carolina homeowners have heard almost nothing definitive.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Hurricane Helene. Not one has been approved.
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"Sidewalks are not a distraction from the city’s mission. They are the ground-level test of whether Minneapolis truly works for everyone...Walking is not optional. It is how people reach buses and trains, cross neighborhoods, access businesses and age in place."
buff.ly/5AIKxb4
buff.ly/5AIKxb4
Opinion | Shoveling sidewalks should be a priority for Minneapolis
If the city wants people to use public transit and age in place, they have to be able to safely get around after it snows, William Hendricks writes.
www.startribune.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"Sidewalks are not a distraction from the city’s mission. They are the ground-level test of whether Minneapolis truly works for everyone...Walking is not optional. It is how people reach buses and trains, cross neighborhoods, access businesses and age in place."
buff.ly/5AIKxb4
buff.ly/5AIKxb4
"I will do what I want. My body and my heart just need to get with the fucking program. I am in charge here, not some organ of mine."
- Me after I've been told to scale back caffeine for the next part of my monitoring
- Me after I've been told to scale back caffeine for the next part of my monitoring
Heart monitor call number 3.
"Do you perhaps remember what you were doing at 3:30 pm when you triggered the alert?"
Yes, I was just finishing a 6 mile walk around my neighborhood.
Long Pause.
"Oh. And you meant to do that?"
My patient profile has got to be wild at this point.
"Do you perhaps remember what you were doing at 3:30 pm when you triggered the alert?"
Yes, I was just finishing a 6 mile walk around my neighborhood.
Long Pause.
"Oh. And you meant to do that?"
My patient profile has got to be wild at this point.
Something in my heart rate triggered the cardiology team to call me this morning. They asked if I was doing anything intense. I said I was just eating breakfast but now I wonder if I should have told them specifically it was the pastry box from Nathaniel Reid so they understood the intensity.
December 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"I will do what I want. My body and my heart just need to get with the fucking program. I am in charge here, not some organ of mine."
- Me after I've been told to scale back caffeine for the next part of my monitoring
- Me after I've been told to scale back caffeine for the next part of my monitoring
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part of me wants to write something reflecting on this deranged year and another part thinks living through it once was enough
December 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
part of me wants to write something reflecting on this deranged year and another part thinks living through it once was enough
Heart monitor call number 3.
"Do you perhaps remember what you were doing at 3:30 pm when you triggered the alert?"
Yes, I was just finishing a 6 mile walk around my neighborhood.
Long Pause.
"Oh. And you meant to do that?"
My patient profile has got to be wild at this point.
"Do you perhaps remember what you were doing at 3:30 pm when you triggered the alert?"
Yes, I was just finishing a 6 mile walk around my neighborhood.
Long Pause.
"Oh. And you meant to do that?"
My patient profile has got to be wild at this point.
Something in my heart rate triggered the cardiology team to call me this morning. They asked if I was doing anything intense. I said I was just eating breakfast but now I wonder if I should have told them specifically it was the pastry box from Nathaniel Reid so they understood the intensity.
December 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Heart monitor call number 3.
"Do you perhaps remember what you were doing at 3:30 pm when you triggered the alert?"
Yes, I was just finishing a 6 mile walk around my neighborhood.
Long Pause.
"Oh. And you meant to do that?"
My patient profile has got to be wild at this point.
"Do you perhaps remember what you were doing at 3:30 pm when you triggered the alert?"
Yes, I was just finishing a 6 mile walk around my neighborhood.
Long Pause.
"Oh. And you meant to do that?"
My patient profile has got to be wild at this point.
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So many liberal people think they’re avoiding “gentrification” by freezing the built environment in amber, when what they’re doing instead is turning former middle class homes into aging $1.5 million luxury products
December 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
So many liberal people think they’re avoiding “gentrification” by freezing the built environment in amber, when what they’re doing instead is turning former middle class homes into aging $1.5 million luxury products
Something in my heart rate triggered the cardiology team to call me this morning. They asked if I was doing anything intense. I said I was just eating breakfast but now I wonder if I should have told them specifically it was the pastry box from Nathaniel Reid so they understood the intensity.
December 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Something in my heart rate triggered the cardiology team to call me this morning. They asked if I was doing anything intense. I said I was just eating breakfast but now I wonder if I should have told them specifically it was the pastry box from Nathaniel Reid so they understood the intensity.
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AN NPR survey finds that people with disability still find hotels unaccommodating, even 35 years after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. n.pr/48VPxj2
35 years after ADA, people with disabilities still find hotels unaccommodating
AN NPR survey finds that people with disability still find hotels unaccommodating, even 35 years after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
n.pr
December 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
AN NPR survey finds that people with disability still find hotels unaccommodating, even 35 years after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. n.pr/48VPxj2
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The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department acknowledged on Friday that the three-year-old shooting of Bade Jabir, 61, had fallen through the cracks and hadn't previously been reviewed.
St. Louis SWAT killing to get criminal review after case falls through cracks
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department acknowledged on Friday that the three-year-old shooting of Bade Jabir, 61, had fallen through the cracks and hadn't previously been reviewed.
www.stltoday.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department acknowledged on Friday that the three-year-old shooting of Bade Jabir, 61, had fallen through the cracks and hadn't previously been reviewed.
Do not be fooled by the temperature on the thermometer. You still need a jacket. My pace on this morning’s walk was brisk to try and stay warm.
December 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Do not be fooled by the temperature on the thermometer. You still need a jacket. My pace on this morning’s walk was brisk to try and stay warm.
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As a historian of red meat, I have no idea what this means.
“AI” is the new “red meat”.
December 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
As a historian of red meat, I have no idea what this means.
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my e-bike is a life-saving mobility aid, and i deserve to use it without being threatened or put at risk by people operating heavy machinery
December 21, 2025 at 7:28 AM
my e-bike is a life-saving mobility aid, and i deserve to use it without being threatened or put at risk by people operating heavy machinery
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When will there be a news story on Otis Williams, Mayor Spencer's director of SLDC (St Louis City's corporate welfare office), role in enabling Sid Chakraverty & Vic Alston to become grifting slumlords years ago?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch article via Wayback Machine
archive.today/2025.12.19-1...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch article via Wayback Machine
archive.today/2025.12.19-1...
December 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
When will there be a news story on Otis Williams, Mayor Spencer's director of SLDC (St Louis City's corporate welfare office), role in enabling Sid Chakraverty & Vic Alston to become grifting slumlords years ago?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch article via Wayback Machine
archive.today/2025.12.19-1...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch article via Wayback Machine
archive.today/2025.12.19-1...
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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