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“Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose greater risk to pedestrians. Vehicles with especially tall front ends are most dangerous to pedestrians, but a blunt profile makes medium-height vehicles deadly too.” Deadly by design. And they know it. www.iihs.org/news/detail/...

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Hello, in case you were wondering about this: because false positives are so common and prostate cancers tend to grow very slowly, doctors do not usually recommend prostate cancer screening for men over 70.

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Apparently we owe both the Field Museum and the Museum of Science and Industry to the new Pope's namesake, Leo XIII. He's the one who, when asked to lend art to the 1893 fair, said, "Is the building fireproof?" And so there was a place to hold exhibits from which the museums grew. #Chicago

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Daniel Burnham's leisurely refreshing drive along the lake apparently was a road race from the get go. #Chicago #SouthLakeShoreDrive

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people need to internalize, very quickly, that federal research grants are a hypercompetitive contracting process not charity, and that what Uncle Sam gets in return for that money is American dominance in the future

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A reminder that if the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.

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Stop falling for manufactured outrage. I worked as a waiter for years and 86 means either you’re out of something or to stop taking orders for something cuz you’re not making it anymore. That’s it. It’s not a threat. They know it’s not a threat. It’s endless outrage. Focus

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Everyone's phones went off in a chorus as the Garden Fair closed on Friday at 6, warning us of the dust storm. By the time I was walking home, the sky looked like this. #Chicago

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500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens. Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.

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When the hot spring air hits the frigid breeze off the lake, the fog wanders on little cat feet around the tall buildings. #Chicago

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Apparently, in January 1927, they thought that Buckingham Fountain was going to look like this. It was in an ad by Northern Trust, touting the transformation of the #chicago #lakefront

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My Father's War in Real Time. What VE day felt like to the guys who had been in combat--and it wasn't a big parade. #WorldWarII #history open.substack.com/pub/pmorse/p...

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When you find the perfect perch you have to let the world know

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Reach out to Congress to protect Social Security. #SSA #socialsecurity #AARP #congress #politics #polhub #bluesky #bluecrew

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I’m in danger. A yarn shop opened across from my building!

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As part of the complicated deal to allow the Field Museum to set up shop at the south end of Grant Park (away from Montgomery Ward's baleful gaze), the Illinois Central Railroad was to set up a big railroad terminal at 12th Street. This is their first proposal. #Chicago #Trains

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A PLANE?!?! My dad turned down tickets to a BULLETS game when he was chief of staff of the senate foreign relations committee! And this guy accepts A PLANE?

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No one under 16 can get a Library of Congress reader card. If you are 16 or 17, you need a permission signed by a parent or guardian.

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Gardening in an urban neighborhood—fancy ladies, urban renewal, and guerilla gardens #Chicago #Gardening open.substack.com/pub/patricia...

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The new pope's pop was at Normandy

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49 years ago, Madeline Kahn hosted SNL. Gilda as Baba Wawa, interviews Madeline as Marlene Dietrich. And a comedy masterclass ensues 😂

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Not that this is the only reason to advocate but true

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Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

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Meanwhile, for a time, the Field Columbian Museum when it was in Jackson Park, had a giant Moon. Chicago Tribune April 3, 1898.

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Effing AI hallucinated and I told someone this today because I didn’t have time to search further. It is NOT closed until late 2025. Just closed on weekends in May.but it is true that they are trashing the gift from Paris Metro entrance. No effing respect for beautiful things.

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We're at 54% of the goal and just shy of $11,000. Keep sharing and spreading the word so we can take this worry off Raven's plate. www.gofundme.com/f/z7nh4-help...