State of St. Louis
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Marie Ceselski: Ret public records archivist, embarrassed fmr Dem Cmte woman, dreaming of STL secession for statehood or becoming IL county. Gardening, nature, politics, history nerd. Traveling The Americas in land yacht https://greatstateofstlouis.com/
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St Louis City Mayor Cara Spencer, Comptroller Donna Baringer, and Board President Megan Green were represented on a committee that reviewed bids for the Goodfellow site work and recommended S. Shafer Excavating get the job, the company run by Sammy J. Shafer Jr., accused of murder for hire.
More of the Canadian Geese today at Springfield Mo Botanical Gardens. Most walkers were avoiding paths, keeping a good distance from the geese.
January 6, 2026 at 2:24 AM
More of the Canadian Geese today at Springfield Mo Botanical Gardens. Most walkers were avoiding paths, keeping a good distance from the geese.
As expected, extra super bullshit response from US Senator Eric Schmidt to my email on Venezuela.
Video is blocked on the account that I used.
I now have to unsubscibe to a MAGA newsletter that I never subscribed to. All I did was email my congresspeople.
Video is blocked on the account that I used.
I now have to unsubscibe to a MAGA newsletter that I never subscribed to. All I did was email my congresspeople.
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
As expected, extra super bullshit response from US Senator Eric Schmidt to my email on Venezuela.
Video is blocked on the account that I used.
I now have to unsubscibe to a MAGA newsletter that I never subscribed to. All I did was email my congresspeople.
Video is blocked on the account that I used.
I now have to unsubscibe to a MAGA newsletter that I never subscribed to. All I did was email my congresspeople.
St Louis City Mayor Cara Spencer, Comptroller Donna Baringer, and Board President Megan Green were represented on a committee that reviewed bids for the Goodfellow site work and recommended S. Shafer Excavating get the job, the company run by Sammy J. Shafer Jr., accused of murder for hire.
January 6, 2026 at 1:35 AM
St Louis City Mayor Cara Spencer, Comptroller Donna Baringer, and Board President Megan Green were represented on a committee that reviewed bids for the Goodfellow site work and recommended S. Shafer Excavating get the job, the company run by Sammy J. Shafer Jr., accused of murder for hire.
Good evening. "Let there be Peace on Earth" obelisk at The Peace Garden at Springfield Mo Botanical Gardens. It's inscribed in English, Spanish, Japanese, and Arabic.
January 6, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Good evening. "Let there be Peace on Earth" obelisk at The Peace Garden at Springfield Mo Botanical Gardens. It's inscribed in English, Spanish, Japanese, and Arabic.
Oh fuck me
It's for February when we moved our New Mexico & Arizona trip
It's for February when we moved our New Mexico & Arizona trip
January 5, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Oh fuck me
It's for February when we moved our New Mexico & Arizona trip
It's for February when we moved our New Mexico & Arizona trip
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Fucking fuck.
BREAKING: CBS reports that 2,000 federal agents are deploying to Minneapolis for a 30-day surge. In light of this news, please invite as many friends, family and neighbors as you can into community defense & rapid response work. We need everyone & we need each other. www.cbsnews.com/news/minneap...
2,000 federal agents deploying to Minneapolis in immigration crackdown, fraud probe
The Trump administration has begun a massive deployment of hundreds of Department of Homeland Security agents to the Twin Cities area, officials tells CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Fucking fuck.
Reposted by State of St. Louis
Local residents, along with community organizations and government institutions, are uniquely positioned to coordinate disaster preparation decision-making, as well as address immediate community needs and supplement official response efforts following a disaster," the study read.
A Washington University study found gaps in St. Louis’ emergency preparedness ahead of the May 16 tornado.
The report urges public and nonprofit leaders to build a support network before the next disaster.
The report urges public and nonprofit leaders to build a support network before the next disaster.
WashU study found gaps in St. Louis’ emergency preparedness ahead of tornado, calls for change
A Washington University study found St. Louis was unprepared for an emergency in the lead-up to the May 16 tornado. The study urges the city to partner with nonprofits in preparation for future…
www.stlpr.org
January 5, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Local residents, along with community organizations and government institutions, are uniquely positioned to coordinate disaster preparation decision-making, as well as address immediate community needs and supplement official response efforts following a disaster," the study read.
Good afternoon. Canadian Geese at Drummond Lake, Springfield Mo Botanical Gardens. They are extra super noisy and poopy.
January 5, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Good afternoon. Canadian Geese at Drummond Lake, Springfield Mo Botanical Gardens. They are extra super noisy and poopy.
At the salon in Springfield Mo, I am told there was also a gas war between pumps at Rapid Roberts and Walmarts- $1.94-$1.95
I have human eyebrows again
Thank you for caring
I have human eyebrows again
Thank you for caring
The Gas War in Pittsburg Mo is over. Gas is now $2.25 at both places.
Gas War Update
Gas is now $1.93 at both the Bullseye and ALPS in Pittsburg, Missouri.
The grocery has reopened but we're not going to go in and see if the nasty meat/deli counter was allowed to reopen or just the dry goods part.
Gas is now $1.93 at both the Bullseye and ALPS in Pittsburg, Missouri.
The grocery has reopened but we're not going to go in and see if the nasty meat/deli counter was allowed to reopen or just the dry goods part.
January 5, 2026 at 5:02 PM
At the salon in Springfield Mo, I am told there was also a gas war between pumps at Rapid Roberts and Walmarts- $1.94-$1.95
I have human eyebrows again
Thank you for caring
I have human eyebrows again
Thank you for caring
As expected, bullshit response from US Senator Hawley to my email on Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:58 PM
As expected, bullshit response from US Senator Hawley to my email on Venezuela.
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The City Of St. Louis Affordable Housing Commission meets Tues. at 11:30 AM. Zoom.
You MUST tune in live. #AHCstl meetings are not posted on YouTube.
Details: www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
➡️ Vote on awards from FY2026 Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
➡️Public comment. Register by 9 a.m. Tuesday
You MUST tune in live. #AHCstl meetings are not posted on YouTube.
Details: www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
➡️ Vote on awards from FY2026 Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
➡️Public comment. Register by 9 a.m. Tuesday
January 5, 2026 at 3:06 PM
The City Of St. Louis Affordable Housing Commission meets Tues. at 11:30 AM. Zoom.
You MUST tune in live. #AHCstl meetings are not posted on YouTube.
Details: www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
➡️ Vote on awards from FY2026 Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
➡️Public comment. Register by 9 a.m. Tuesday
You MUST tune in live. #AHCstl meetings are not posted on YouTube.
Details: www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
➡️ Vote on awards from FY2026 Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
➡️Public comment. Register by 9 a.m. Tuesday
The Gas War in Pittsburg Mo is over. Gas is now $2.25 at both places.
Gas War Update
Gas is now $1.93 at both the Bullseye and ALPS in Pittsburg, Missouri.
The grocery has reopened but we're not going to go in and see if the nasty meat/deli counter was allowed to reopen or just the dry goods part.
Gas is now $1.93 at both the Bullseye and ALPS in Pittsburg, Missouri.
The grocery has reopened but we're not going to go in and see if the nasty meat/deli counter was allowed to reopen or just the dry goods part.
Gas War Update
$1.94 at Pittsburgh Mo Bullseye and $1.93 at the pumps two blocks away at ALPS grocery shut down by Hickory County Health Dept
$1.94 at Pittsburgh Mo Bullseye and $1.93 at the pumps two blocks away at ALPS grocery shut down by Hickory County Health Dept
January 5, 2026 at 3:54 PM
The Gas War in Pittsburg Mo is over. Gas is now $2.25 at both places.
DMs are fixed for seed asks. Sorry about the confusion.
Some Not Natives available
🌱 Achillea filipendulina ‘Parker’s Variety’ (Iran, Yarrow)
🌱 Lobularia maritima ‘Carpet of Snow’ (Mediterraneum, Alyssum, seed tape)
🌱 Thunbergia alata (Africa, Black-eyed Susan Vine)
Some Not Natives available
🌱 Achillea filipendulina ‘Parker’s Variety’ (Iran, Yarrow)
🌱 Lobularia maritima ‘Carpet of Snow’ (Mediterraneum, Alyssum, seed tape)
🌱 Thunbergia alata (Africa, Black-eyed Susan Vine)
Vegetable, Herb, Fruit Seeds available
🌱 Basil, Italian
🌱 Borage
🌱 Burgundy Okra
🌱 Melon, Charentais (France)
🌱 Melon, Ha’Ogen (Israel)
🌱 Lettuce (seeds & seed tape)
🌱 Radish, French Breakfast (seed tape)
🌱 Squash, Crookneck
🍅 Tomato, Abraham Lincoln
🍅 Tomato, Brandywine
🌱 Basil, Italian
🌱 Borage
🌱 Burgundy Okra
🌱 Melon, Charentais (France)
🌱 Melon, Ha’Ogen (Israel)
🌱 Lettuce (seeds & seed tape)
🌱 Radish, French Breakfast (seed tape)
🌱 Squash, Crookneck
🍅 Tomato, Abraham Lincoln
🍅 Tomato, Brandywine
Free Garden Seeds on Bluesky
These are Seeds available only to Bluesky accounts with mailing addresses in United States. We will see how this goes and update with more seeds if it’s not too big of a disaster. Please read…
greatstateofstlouis.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:56 PM
DMs are fixed for seed asks. Sorry about the confusion.
Some Not Natives available
🌱 Achillea filipendulina ‘Parker’s Variety’ (Iran, Yarrow)
🌱 Lobularia maritima ‘Carpet of Snow’ (Mediterraneum, Alyssum, seed tape)
🌱 Thunbergia alata (Africa, Black-eyed Susan Vine)
Some Not Natives available
🌱 Achillea filipendulina ‘Parker’s Variety’ (Iran, Yarrow)
🌱 Lobularia maritima ‘Carpet of Snow’ (Mediterraneum, Alyssum, seed tape)
🌱 Thunbergia alata (Africa, Black-eyed Susan Vine)
The local paper of record finally picked up this story, so maybe there's hope it'll report on the St. Louis City's contract with murder suspect's company (S. Shafer Excavating)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch article via Wayback Machine
archive.today/2026.01.05-1...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch article via Wayback Machine
archive.today/2026.01.05-1...
January 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM
The local paper of record finally picked up this story, so maybe there's hope it'll report on the St. Louis City's contract with murder suspect's company (S. Shafer Excavating)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch article via Wayback Machine
archive.today/2026.01.05-1...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch article via Wayback Machine
archive.today/2026.01.05-1...
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One would think that SLDC had tightened up its vetting of contractors and developers, but LCRA’s decision to contract with S. Shafer Excavating Inc. indicates otherwise.
#LCRAstl
#LCRAstl
This was not easy to write. Kept adding and deleting details about Sarah Shafer, perhaps just months away from being Portia Rowland's widow or herself being the victim.
The murder case never came up at the St. Louis City meeting where the murder suspect's company received nearly $6.7M contract.
The murder case never came up at the St. Louis City meeting where the murder suspect's company received nearly $6.7M contract.
St. Louis Hires Murder Suspect’s Company for Demo Contract
Portia Louise Rowland was murdered shortly after 6:06 am on January 21, 2025, in the driveway of her home in Collinsville, Illinois. She died from multiple gunshot wounds. Sarah Shafer, her girlfri…
greatstateofstlouis.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:32 AM
One would think that SLDC had tightened up its vetting of contractors and developers, but LCRA’s decision to contract with S. Shafer Excavating Inc. indicates otherwise.
#LCRAstl
#LCRAstl
Good morning. 🌱 Thanksgiving Cactus flowering for its third consecutive month.
January 5, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Good morning. 🌱 Thanksgiving Cactus flowering for its third consecutive month.
Ed Martin is exactly the kind of mean, not very smart asshole from Missouri that we expected to end up in Trump Family & Friends Grift Inc.
January 5, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Ed Martin is exactly the kind of mean, not very smart asshole from Missouri that we expected to end up in Trump Family & Friends Grift Inc.
Vegetable, Herb, Fruit Seeds available
🌱 Basil, Italian
🌱 Borage
🌱 Burgundy Okra
🌱 Melon, Charentais (France)
🌱 Melon, Ha’Ogen (Israel)
🌱 Lettuce (seeds & seed tape)
🌱 Radish, French Breakfast (seed tape)
🌱 Squash, Crookneck
🍅 Tomato, Abraham Lincoln
🍅 Tomato, Brandywine
🌱 Basil, Italian
🌱 Borage
🌱 Burgundy Okra
🌱 Melon, Charentais (France)
🌱 Melon, Ha’Ogen (Israel)
🌱 Lettuce (seeds & seed tape)
🌱 Radish, French Breakfast (seed tape)
🌱 Squash, Crookneck
🍅 Tomato, Abraham Lincoln
🍅 Tomato, Brandywine
Free Garden Seeds on Bluesky
These are Seeds available only to Bluesky accounts with mailing addresses in United States. We will see how this goes and update with more seeds if it’s not too big of a disaster. Please read…
greatstateofstlouis.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Vegetable, Herb, Fruit Seeds available
🌱 Basil, Italian
🌱 Borage
🌱 Burgundy Okra
🌱 Melon, Charentais (France)
🌱 Melon, Ha’Ogen (Israel)
🌱 Lettuce (seeds & seed tape)
🌱 Radish, French Breakfast (seed tape)
🌱 Squash, Crookneck
🍅 Tomato, Abraham Lincoln
🍅 Tomato, Brandywine
🌱 Basil, Italian
🌱 Borage
🌱 Burgundy Okra
🌱 Melon, Charentais (France)
🌱 Melon, Ha’Ogen (Israel)
🌱 Lettuce (seeds & seed tape)
🌱 Radish, French Breakfast (seed tape)
🌱 Squash, Crookneck
🍅 Tomato, Abraham Lincoln
🍅 Tomato, Brandywine
For St. Louis 👧🏾 🧒 kids ages 2-5
2 pm Tuesday, January 6th, @stlcountylibrary.bsky.social event at Grand Glaize Branch
🌵 Cactus Makes Perfect
Includes make & take cactus puppet craft
Presented by @mobotgarden.bsky.social
Register www.slcl.org/events/cactu...
2 pm Tuesday, January 6th, @stlcountylibrary.bsky.social event at Grand Glaize Branch
🌵 Cactus Makes Perfect
Includes make & take cactus puppet craft
Presented by @mobotgarden.bsky.social
Register www.slcl.org/events/cactu...
a cartoon cactus with a pink flower on it 's head
Alt: a cartoon cactus with a pink flower on their head is swaying back and forth, maybe dancing
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:46 AM
For St. Louis 👧🏾 🧒 kids ages 2-5
2 pm Tuesday, January 6th, @stlcountylibrary.bsky.social event at Grand Glaize Branch
🌵 Cactus Makes Perfect
Includes make & take cactus puppet craft
Presented by @mobotgarden.bsky.social
Register www.slcl.org/events/cactu...
2 pm Tuesday, January 6th, @stlcountylibrary.bsky.social event at Grand Glaize Branch
🌵 Cactus Makes Perfect
Includes make & take cactus puppet craft
Presented by @mobotgarden.bsky.social
Register www.slcl.org/events/cactu...
Good evening. Lots of drama at the feeders today.
Weekly Gardening & Nature update is not getting done tonight. Mentally, emotionally exhausted from blogging on the St. Louis Shafer Excavating Contract & Murder For Hire story.
Weekly Gardening & Nature update is not getting done tonight. Mentally, emotionally exhausted from blogging on the St. Louis Shafer Excavating Contract & Murder For Hire story.
January 5, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Good evening. Lots of drama at the feeders today.
Weekly Gardening & Nature update is not getting done tonight. Mentally, emotionally exhausted from blogging on the St. Louis Shafer Excavating Contract & Murder For Hire story.
Weekly Gardening & Nature update is not getting done tonight. Mentally, emotionally exhausted from blogging on the St. Louis Shafer Excavating Contract & Murder For Hire story.
This was not easy to write. Kept adding and deleting details about Sarah Shafer, perhaps just months away from being Portia Rowland's widow or herself being the victim.
The murder case never came up at the St. Louis City meeting where the murder suspect's company received nearly $6.7M contract.
The murder case never came up at the St. Louis City meeting where the murder suspect's company received nearly $6.7M contract.
St. Louis Hires Murder Suspect’s Company for Demo Contract
Portia Louise Rowland was murdered shortly after 6:06 am on January 21, 2025, in the driveway of her home in Collinsville, Illinois. She died from multiple gunshot wounds. Sarah Shafer, her girlfri…
greatstateofstlouis.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:55 PM
This was not easy to write. Kept adding and deleting details about Sarah Shafer, perhaps just months away from being Portia Rowland's widow or herself being the victim.
The murder case never came up at the St. Louis City meeting where the murder suspect's company received nearly $6.7M contract.
The murder case never came up at the St. Louis City meeting where the murder suspect's company received nearly $6.7M contract.
You laugh. But totally believable.
January 4, 2026 at 9:13 PM
You laugh. But totally believable.
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THREAD: Viral misinformation on US capture of Nicolas Maduro - 4 January
This video, shared by Alex Jones and others, falsely claims to show millions of Venezuelans in Caracas celebrating Maduro's capture.
In fact, it shows anti-Maduro protests in July 2024 over a highly disputed election.
This video, shared by Alex Jones and others, falsely claims to show millions of Venezuelans in Caracas celebrating Maduro's capture.
In fact, it shows anti-Maduro protests in July 2024 over a highly disputed election.
January 4, 2026 at 7:29 PM
THREAD: Viral misinformation on US capture of Nicolas Maduro - 4 January
This video, shared by Alex Jones and others, falsely claims to show millions of Venezuelans in Caracas celebrating Maduro's capture.
In fact, it shows anti-Maduro protests in July 2024 over a highly disputed election.
This video, shared by Alex Jones and others, falsely claims to show millions of Venezuelans in Caracas celebrating Maduro's capture.
In fact, it shows anti-Maduro protests in July 2024 over a highly disputed election.
Good afternoon. 🌱 Italian Arum www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/... up the road under a tree at a lake house empty for many years and falling apart. Have never seen their white flowers or the cool red orange berry spike at this location.
January 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Good afternoon. 🌱 Italian Arum www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/... up the road under a tree at a lake house empty for many years and falling apart. Have never seen their white flowers or the cool red orange berry spike at this location.