Mehul Shah
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obviously not the most critical issue here but NCAR might also be I M Pei's best bldg
December 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
obviously not the most critical issue here but NCAR might also be I M Pei's best bldg
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While hiking in the Italian Alps, a nature photographer came upon a surface speckled with more than 2,000 dinosaur footprints that scientists are calling “remarkable.” nyti.ms/44zfQc8
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM
While hiking in the Italian Alps, a nature photographer came upon a surface speckled with more than 2,000 dinosaur footprints that scientists are calling “remarkable.” nyti.ms/44zfQc8
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I went to last night's public meeting for the Humboldt Park North Ave corridor project, and the proposed changes are so incredibly unambitious.
When all is said and done, it'll have taken 4 or 5 years just to build a few curb extensions and paint a few lines.
The only winners are the consultants.
When all is said and done, it'll have taken 4 or 5 years just to build a few curb extensions and paint a few lines.
The only winners are the consultants.
December 18, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I went to last night's public meeting for the Humboldt Park North Ave corridor project, and the proposed changes are so incredibly unambitious.
When all is said and done, it'll have taken 4 or 5 years just to build a few curb extensions and paint a few lines.
The only winners are the consultants.
When all is said and done, it'll have taken 4 or 5 years just to build a few curb extensions and paint a few lines.
The only winners are the consultants.
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Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...
November 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...
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Here's my ode to the wonderful bur oaks in our neighborhood and the bur oaks' friends who saved them-- just published in the Herald. www.hpherald.com/evening_dige...
Hyde Park Stories: Bur Oaks
The bur oaks in Hyde Park are survivors. A few are even from a time before Paul Cornell convinced the railroad to make a passenger stop in 1856. They endure
www.hpherald.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Here's my ode to the wonderful bur oaks in our neighborhood and the bur oaks' friends who saved them-- just published in the Herald. www.hpherald.com/evening_dige...
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On the 252nd anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, demonstrators retraced the historic march from Old South to the Boston harbor tonight and dumped ice into Boston Harbor, declaring: No Kings, No Tariffs, No ICE.
📹: @we.jamsa
📹: @we.jamsa
December 17, 2025 at 3:47 AM
On the 252nd anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, demonstrators retraced the historic march from Old South to the Boston harbor tonight and dumped ice into Boston Harbor, declaring: No Kings, No Tariffs, No ICE.
📹: @we.jamsa
📹: @we.jamsa
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I knew he'd be back.
December 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I knew he'd be back.
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Scammers Are Trying To Extort Chicago Restaurants With ‘Bomb’ Of Fake Negative Reviews. My latest for @blockclubchi.bsky.social
blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/05/s...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/05/s...
Scammers Are Trying To Extort Chicago Restaurants With 'Bomb' Of Fake Negative Reviews
Alpana, SHŌ and Beity are among the restaurants that recently faced a barrage of negative reviews. Google rolled out a new reporting measure to address the issue.
blockclubchicago.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Scammers Are Trying To Extort Chicago Restaurants With ‘Bomb’ Of Fake Negative Reviews. My latest for @blockclubchi.bsky.social
blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/05/s...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/05/s...
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Chicago - blizzard of 79
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Chicago - blizzard of 79
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Bears beat the Lions in OT, 45 years ago today. I remember this like it was yesterday.
November 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Bears beat the Lions in OT, 45 years ago today. I remember this like it was yesterday.
Sweetness takes public transit!
Walter Payton uses a paper transfer to ride public transit on the 1979 RTA commercial.
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Sweetness takes public transit!
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To a first approximation: all of them.
I have traveled to 12-20 US cities every year for 25 years and every time I revisit one I see new public spaces, businesses, revitalized streetscapes, etc. Lots of new pedestrian areas and parks. River walks. Bike paths. Festivals. Free concerts. Etc.
I have traveled to 12-20 US cities every year for 25 years and every time I revisit one I see new public spaces, businesses, revitalized streetscapes, etc. Lots of new pedestrian areas and parks. River walks. Bike paths. Festivals. Free concerts. Etc.
Which US city has improved the most over the past 15 years?
November 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
To a first approximation: all of them.
I have traveled to 12-20 US cities every year for 25 years and every time I revisit one I see new public spaces, businesses, revitalized streetscapes, etc. Lots of new pedestrian areas and parks. River walks. Bike paths. Festivals. Free concerts. Etc.
I have traveled to 12-20 US cities every year for 25 years and every time I revisit one I see new public spaces, businesses, revitalized streetscapes, etc. Lots of new pedestrian areas and parks. River walks. Bike paths. Festivals. Free concerts. Etc.
"In an age of gray supremacy, it is nice to know that tacky can still come in more unconventional shades. "
NEW MCMANSION HELL: CHUD ATLANTIS mcmansionhell.com/post/8002175...
chud atlantis
Hello everyone, sorry to go so long without posting something. I caught covid in August and it's taken me months to start feeling relatively back to normal. I am still struggling with fatigue and some...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"In an age of gray supremacy, it is nice to know that tacky can still come in more unconventional shades. "
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players to win the WS & MVP in the same year in divisional era (1969):
2025 Shohei Ohtani
2024 Shohei Ohtani
2018 Mookie Betts
2017 Jose Altuve
2016 Kris Bryant
2012 Buster Posey
1988 Kirk Gibson
1984 Willie Hernandez
1983 Cal Ripken Jr.
1980 Mike Schmidt
1979 Willie Stargell
2025 Shohei Ohtani
2024 Shohei Ohtani
2018 Mookie Betts
2017 Jose Altuve
2016 Kris Bryant
2012 Buster Posey
1988 Kirk Gibson
1984 Willie Hernandez
1983 Cal Ripken Jr.
1980 Mike Schmidt
1979 Willie Stargell
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
players to win the WS & MVP in the same year in divisional era (1969):
2025 Shohei Ohtani
2024 Shohei Ohtani
2018 Mookie Betts
2017 Jose Altuve
2016 Kris Bryant
2012 Buster Posey
1988 Kirk Gibson
1984 Willie Hernandez
1983 Cal Ripken Jr.
1980 Mike Schmidt
1979 Willie Stargell
2025 Shohei Ohtani
2024 Shohei Ohtani
2018 Mookie Betts
2017 Jose Altuve
2016 Kris Bryant
2012 Buster Posey
1988 Kirk Gibson
1984 Willie Hernandez
1983 Cal Ripken Jr.
1980 Mike Schmidt
1979 Willie Stargell
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Woah
IFL Science: “Lupus Linked To Virus That Over 95 Percent Of Us Carry – And Now We Finally Know How”
"We think it applies to 100% of lupus”
cases."
www.iflscience.com/lupus-linked...
"We think it applies to 100% of lupus”
cases."
www.iflscience.com/lupus-linked...
Lupus Linked To Virus That Over 95 Percent Of Us Carry – And Now We Finally Know How
"We think it applies to 100% of lupus cases."
www.iflscience.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Woah
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there have been 9 years where BOTH MVPs had previously won ROY, too:
2025: Ohtani/Judge
2024: Ohtani/Judge
2023: Ohtani/Acuña
2021: Ohtani/Harper
2019: Trout/Bellinger
2016: Trout/Bryant
2011: Verlander/Braun
2008: Pedroia/Pujols
1972: Allen/Bench
2025: Ohtani/Judge
2024: Ohtani/Judge
2023: Ohtani/Acuña
2021: Ohtani/Harper
2019: Trout/Bellinger
2016: Trout/Bryant
2011: Verlander/Braun
2008: Pedroia/Pujols
1972: Allen/Bench
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
there have been 9 years where BOTH MVPs had previously won ROY, too:
2025: Ohtani/Judge
2024: Ohtani/Judge
2023: Ohtani/Acuña
2021: Ohtani/Harper
2019: Trout/Bellinger
2016: Trout/Bryant
2011: Verlander/Braun
2008: Pedroia/Pujols
1972: Allen/Bench
2025: Ohtani/Judge
2024: Ohtani/Judge
2023: Ohtani/Acuña
2021: Ohtani/Harper
2019: Trout/Bellinger
2016: Trout/Bryant
2011: Verlander/Braun
2008: Pedroia/Pujols
1972: Allen/Bench
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RIP to a Chicago legend you’ve never heard of.
Burt Meyer, Chicago toymaker behind classics like Lite-Brite, Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, has died at 99
Mainly working for Marvin Glass & Associates, he contributed to Chicago becoming a vibrant center of toy design. In an age before video games, he also helped bring the world Mouse Trap.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
RIP to a Chicago legend you’ve never heard of.
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Librarians and aldermen are pushing back against proposed library cuts. blockclubchi.co/47wlf48
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Librarians and aldermen are pushing back against proposed library cuts. blockclubchi.co/47wlf48
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I lived in Torino for a year in 1998 and I couldn’t believe the transformation when I visited post Olympics. It was always a walkable city due to the arcades along the boulevards, but the open piazzas are stunning. It used to be crammed full of cars on every corner of every street.
November 3, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I lived in Torino for a year in 1998 and I couldn’t believe the transformation when I visited post Olympics. It was always a walkable city due to the arcades along the boulevards, but the open piazzas are stunning. It used to be crammed full of cars on every corner of every street.
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I'm banned/shadow-banned all over the internet, so if you like this article, please share it -- and if you really like it, please subscribe! Thank you
New article! On the shutdown, a nation treated as prey, and the meaning of leverage: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-shutdown
October 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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FOLLOW THIS THREAD as it grows over the next few days, urban observations on Torino (aka Turin), Italy from @brenttoderian.bsky.social, as he participates in the unique European Festival of City-Making Innovation #UtopianHours. Check back as new posts are added.
You can judge any city by the quality and vitality of its places for public life. Here in Torino Italy it’s the many piazzas, the pedestrian streets, & the public market. Many cities had to claim these places back from cars.
Don’t have those kinds of places in your city? Are you sure you’re a city?
Don’t have those kinds of places in your city? Are you sure you’re a city?
October 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
FOLLOW THIS THREAD as it grows over the next few days, urban observations on Torino (aka Turin), Italy from @brenttoderian.bsky.social, as he participates in the unique European Festival of City-Making Innovation #UtopianHours. Check back as new posts are added.
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Pat Murphy did not watch the other NLDS series apparently
October 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Pat Murphy did not watch the other NLDS series apparently
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THIS WEEKEND in Turin Italy! #UtopianHours
NEXT WEEKEND! I’ll be among a lot of great speakers in TORINO/TURIN Italy for the #UTOPIANHOURS European festival for city-making and urban innovation! Check out this line-up for a truly unique event!
October 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
THIS WEEKEND in Turin Italy! #UtopianHours
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