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Babies as young as 12 months old can encode memories, study shows [ [link removed] ]
What’s your first memory? Mine is a Christmas party when I was about a year and a half old. I actually do have memories before that, but it’s more random images than anything else before that
Being Kind–and Believing Others are Kind–Makes you Happier Than Wealth [ [link removed] ]
Which works out, since it doesn’t cost anything to be nice, and none of us have any money. Try to do something nice for someone and report back to me tomorrow
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SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
An ambitious art gallery celebrates the rise of a mysterious new artist, only to discover that his identity may change the meaning of creativity—and humanity—forever.
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Neil Steinberg on Writing, Regret, and Refusing to Capitulate [ [link removed] ]
AS I WAS SAYING WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL
Columnist Neil Steinberg has been a fixture in Chicago journalism for nearly four decades. He talked about the state of journalism, his own career at the Chicago Sun-Times, and why, despite recent newsroom buyouts and deep cuts, he’s chosen to stay.
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Rick Telander Says Goodbye to the Sun-Times—but Not to the Storytelling [ [link removed] ]
THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL & RICK TELANDER
After nearly three decades as one of Chicago’s most distinctive voices in sports journalism, Rick Telander is moving on from the Chicago Sun-Times. The longtime columnist and Sportswriters Hall of Fame member announced that he has accepted a buyout from the newspaper.
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Also Worth A Look…
‘Give me liberty or give me death’ turns 250. Here’s what it meant in 1775 [ [link removed] ] - President Trump is celebrating by talking to King Charles about re-joining the British empire… (Yes, really [ [link removed] ])
T-Shirt That Monitors Vital Signs After Surgery Lets Patients Leave Hospital Sooner [ [link removed] ] - I still like my “Titanic Swim Team” t-shirt better
Tuberculosis Is Making a Comeback [ [link removed] ] - Who had “Consumption Comeback” on their 2025 Bingo card? If only there was some easy thing people could do to avoid getting Tuberculosis
Four-Year-old is Ecstatic to Receive Reply to His Message in a Bottle–and Wonders if He has to Send Another Bottle Back [ [link removed] ] - Yes… we should all be communicating through bottles now. See you in Hell, internet
One-of-a-Kind Baseball Card Sells for $1.1M [ [link removed] ] - Paul Skenes should have done the funniest thing and bought it himself
OpenAI and MIT Media Lab study emotional impact of ChatGPT usage [ [link removed] ] - Makes sense. If you had someone around you, then you’d ask them your random question about Gates McFadden’s role in the movie Labyrinth and you wouldn’t have to use ChatGPT
United pilot attacked ‘constipated’ passenger and had him arrested for hogging the bathroom, lawsuit says [ [link removed] ] - When you gotta go, you gotta go
Library book back in circulation after being 98 years overdue [ [link removed] ] - Imagine being on that waitlist this whole time
63-Year-Old Woman Thought She Was in Online Relationship with Enrique Iglesias [ [link removed] ] - Enqique Iglesias is probably not going to be asking you for money
Couple breaks record for longest living marriage [ [link removed] ] - After 84 years, he’s hoping to one day win an argument
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