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Pinterest in 2025 | Traditional tattoo flash art, Traditional tattoo alphabet, Traditional tattoo art

Jul 19, 2025 - This Pin was discovered by Abby Ware. Discover (and save!) your own Pins on Pinterest

hmmm maybe also this one. Maybe a combo of the two. I like the slant to this one :)

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Traditional Letter | Traditional tattoo writing, Traditional tattoo alphabet, Traditional tattoo script

This Pin was discovered by Selene Woodwerth. Discover (and save!) your own Pins on Pinterest

Just wanted to keep this here as a style reference

by Sarah Antoinette Martin SKELECORE PRINT SHOP — SKELECORE

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St. Louis City, MO • Turns OFF Recycling for Dense Urban Area

August 15, 2025

Due to the compact nature of city living, recycling was provided in the back alleyways of STL in big blue bins for decades. Unfortunately, constant mistakes throughout the years have led to the termination of these recycling rights.

$3k sign on bonus but ultimately an unlivable wage (St. Louis 2024), sanitation workers have high turnover rates in this city. No one to fill necessary shifts, a need for overtime on already exhausted individuals, and trash just left to pile up in the street. People started using the recycling bins as overflow - leading to large rates of contamination on an already stressed and ineffective system.

I am assuming that in order to avoid contamination fees, the city then granted individual sanitation truck drivers the authority to spot a nasty, contaminated recycling bin and collect it for the landfill instead. Citizens then saw this behavior and became disengaged from recycling due to thinking their efforts were not being dutifully respected. So why even bother to sort their items?

Now, the city has terminated alleyway recycling bins point blank. The big blue bins will be no more. They’ve increased drop off locations, and have plans for access within 1 mile from every home. But what about those who can’t or don’t want to do that?

There is now a gap in the refuse market of St. Louis City.

I would like to one day be able to fill that gap. How does one even start to go about a thing like that?

I’m not even mad at Cara Spencer, although I can see why if people are. I support being outraged at this situation. However, this is not a good recycling system and must be rejected and replaced. A new one must grow in its place. We will see if Cara ends up supporting such an endeavor if a good enough one can be presented to STL. Here’s to hoping for good things to come.

commentary by Nina

Reference

St. Louis. 2024. "Heavy Equipment Operator II (Refuse Driver) - (240000Y7)." St. Louis City Careers, October 24, 2024. https://careers.stlouis-mo.gov/careersection/cstl_career_portal_ext/jobdetail.ftl?job=240000Y7.

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Alley Spring, MO

Alley Spring pumps out 81 million gallons of spring fed water into the Jacks Fork river every single day. caves bro, this area got caves. and minerals. caves and minerals.

It is located in the southeast region in the state of Missouri, USA. Jacks Fork is one of two rivers protected by the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.

The Ozark National Scenic Riverways (ONSR) protects both the Current and Jacks Fork rivers. It just so happens to be the first federally protected riverway system in the United States, established in 1964.

Thank god.

The ONSR is managed by the National Park Service. The photo below refers to it as "the nation's first river based national park."

More pictures of this beautiful area to come!

Photos by me, 08.01.2025.

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Central Region State Parks - Missouri

Finger Lakes State Park

Katy Trail State Park

Rock Bridge Memorial State Park

Annie and Abel Van Meter State Park

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Lakes Region State Parks - Missouri

Bennett Spring State Park

Big Sugar Creek State Park

Bryant Creek State Park

Ha Ha Tonka State Park

Katy Trail State Park

Lake of the Ozarks State Park

Pomme de Terre State Park

Prairie State Park

Roaring River State Park

Rock Island Trail State Park

Stockton State Park

Table Tock State Park

Harry S Truman State Park

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Kansas City Region State Parks - Missouri

Big Lake State Park

Knob Noster State Park

Lewis and Clark State Park

Rock Island Trail State Park

Wallace State Park

Watkins Mill State Park

Wston Bend State Park

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Northeast Region State Parks - Missouri

Crowder State Park

Cuivre River State Park

Graham Cave State Park

Katy Trail State Park

Long Branch State Park

Pershing State Park

Thousand Hills State Park

Mark Twain State Park

Wakonda State Park

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Southeast Region State Parks - Missouri

Sam A. Baker State Park

Big Oak Tree State Park

Current River State Park

Echo Bluff State Park

Elephant Rocks State Park

Eleven Point State Park

Grand Gulf State Park

Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park

Lake Wappapello State Park

Montauk State Park

Morris State Park

Onondaga Cave State Park

Taum Sauk Mountain State Park

Trail of Tears State Park

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St. Louis Region State Parks - Missouri

Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park

Castlewood State Park

Edward "Ted" and Pat Jones Confluence Point State Park

Hawn State Park

Katy Trail State Park

Meremac State Park

Robertsville State Park

Don Robinson State Park

Rock Island Trail State Park

Route 66 State Park

St. Francois State Park

St. Joe State Park

Washington State Park

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Education

Master of Science in Environmental Management & Policy with a concentration in Energy & Sustainability, 2019 University of Denver

Relevant Coursework

Environmental Restoration & Waste Management

Integrated Environmental Systems

Environmental Protection Law

Environmental Finance and Economics

Renewable and Alternative Energies

Nuclear, Hydrogen, and Energy Storage Technologies

Sustainability: Policy and Practice

Sustainable Transportation

Climate Change and Science

Capstone Seminar - Anaerobic Digestion

wow how beautiful is this.