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Scientists are Planning for Life After Finding Aliens [ [link removed] ]
I get the sense it wouldn’t actually change daily life for most of us at this point. When all of the UAP news was a thing, most people just kept going with their lives. The fact that there are aliens out there isn’t going to change the fact that all of us have bills to pay
People’s Brains Aged Faster During the COVID Pandemic — Even the Uninfected [ [link removed] ]
There was certainly an abnormal amount of stress, but we also kind of shut off the part of our brains we use for interacting with people for a couple of months. Some of us never even turned it back on. That’s definitely going to have consequences.
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Tales From the Blue Line: A nursing student encounters a quiet teenager in a psych ward who claims his reflection is learning, watching, and slowly preparing to take his place in the real world.
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Andy Shaw on Trump, Media, and the Future of Politics [ [link removed] ]
WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WITH JOHN DEMPSEY
This week on What Does It Mean?, John Dempsey reconnects with a longtime friend and Chicago media legend: political reporter, columnist, and former head of the Better Government Association, Andy Shaw.
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Pete Rose, Perfectionism, and the Price of Redemption [ [link removed] ]
THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL AND RICK TELANDER
Long before Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter was indicted or your cousin could bet on Little League from his phone, Pete Rose was baseball’s original gambling pariah. Now, posthumously reinstated and potentially Cooperstown-bound, Rose’s legacy—and the sport’s relationship with vice—is back in the spotlight.
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Also Worth A Look…
Workers Feel More Productive During 4-Day Workweek [ [link removed] ] - That makes a lot of sense. You’d certainly be more busy cramming all of your work into four days instead of five
Budget office says Trump’s tax law will add $3.4 trillion to deficits, leave 10 million uninsured [ [link removed] ] - That seems less than ideal
After fiancée is found dead, man researches time travel to "correct a horrible mistake" [ [link removed] ] - But if he traveled back in time and prevented her from dying, why would he then invent a time machine if his girlfriend was still alive? And don’t get me started on what would happen if he and his grandfather got in a fight and he killed him
Optimists' Brains Really Do Think Alik [ [link removed] ]e - I like the sound of that
Feds Crack Down on Organ Removal After 'Horrifying' Finds [ [link removed] ] - Well there’s a new thing I didn’t know I needed to be worried about
Illinois firefighters rescue escaped snake on a train [ [link removed] ] - Enough is enough. I’ve had it with these monkey-fighting snakes on these Monday to Friday trains
‘Chimp Crazy’ star arrested in ongoing saga over treatment of movie-star chimp Tonka [ [link removed] ] - I see this ending well
A Fortuneteller Claimed He Could Ward Off Evil Spirits. Then He Allegedly Scammed an Elderly Woman Out of Thousands of Dollars [ [link removed] ] - He certainly didn’t predict his arrest…
Delta flight to Detroit diverted after unruly passenger tries to open exit door, fights with attendant [ [link removed] ] - Yeah, don’t do that
Largest tagged great white shark in the Atlantic spotted 50 miles off coast of Nantucket [ [link removed] ] - Mayor Vaughn wants you to know the beaches are still open
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