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A buddy sent me this one. Waving Hi to my friends at #ManholeCoverMonday
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Also here is an allegedly "Lincoln Park" one. I've here in Lincoln Square since 1992 and never noticed this interloper. #ManholeCoverMonday
I couldn't focus on work last Tues & decided to take some pics of my beloved polling place, even though I'd already #voted. #ManholeCoverMonday
For those who are lucky dogs like me and are able, please consider this: actionnetwork.org/forms/stim…
Gene Kranz is my personal hero. Incredible what he and these guys were able to do when everything was going wrong, by staying focused. #Apollo13
50 years ago, lead flight director Gene Kranz and his team used this room to communicate to the #Apollo13 crew and bring the astronauts home safely. From coffee mugs to consoles, check out the project that preserved the Mission Operations Control Room: go.nasa.gov/2XiMKfk
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I miss the @WBEZ spring pledge drive. We didn't know how lucky we were, hearing our favorite voices chatter on & having chances to win cruises. Wheee! But did you know you can still donate? It's true: donate.chicagopublicmedia.or…
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Transportation engineer John LaPlante, a guide star of traffic & transit policy in the years I worked on in that field. RIP and ty for your service. chicago.suntimes.com/coronav…
In the midst of all this, today is the 10th anniversary of #Obamacare. The @YoungInvincible's, who want us to keep in mind that no one is invincible & no one is alone, made this narrative love letter youtube.com/watch?v=A1LD8J-9… xoxo, #ACA10
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TIL on @scifri that Edward Jenner learned about vaccination from a peasant girl. He may have been the “Father of Immunology" but the Mother was milkmaid. #WomensHistoryMonth
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Chicago friends, whom do you trust? I trust @TomBodett of @waitwait & @themoth. He asked us to contribute to Chicago Artists Relief Fund - so I did. You can too gofundme.com/f/chicago-artis…
Woke up to this sweet news
Rep. Dan Lipinski, a conservative Illinois Democrat, lost in a primary upset to Marie Newman, a progressive backed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez nyti.ms/3b5Tj8B
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Ok, maybe "solved" is not quite the right word. But she is so right about who didn't solve it. As noted here theguardian.com/world/2020/m…, Dr Deborah Birx is our only federal covid response leader who "has previously been on the frontline against a mysterious virus."
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Trump appoints Pence to lead the coronovirus response. Heck, why not his dog-walker? Oh right, he doesn't have a dog.
Oh no, #charlesportis. #RIP I love him! True Grit is wonderful, but my favorite is Dog of the South. Quick, go read it!
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OK, I'm still carrying a torch #TonySarabia & #@radiom, but love that @jasonmarck did #torchsongs for #ValentinesDay
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Another lovely evening at Pasta Passion in #LincolnSquare Chicago. Why is this place so un-discovered?
Nice @WBEZ segment on how the bird specimens collected by @FieldMuseum's David Willard & Chicago Bird Collision Monitors inform us about the effects of climate change npr.org/local/309/2020/01/20…
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