St. Michael in Old Town, the church that survived Chicago Fire

Worse than Tuskegee because at least at the start of that trial there wasn't already an effective therapy. Hit's all the other marks though - single blind, on a vulnerable population, white investigators, black patients etc. Just a big ol racist boondoggle.

Warming up today

We should be very afraid

Such disappointment, especially Czechia and Bulgaria, you should know better

Thrifted a good coffee mug, just needed to buy a new lid.... thought I was presenting waste until this small lid came in this large package

I thought it was an @theonion.com article but this is reality

"there's a new serif in town"

My colleague just dropped the nicest line to say someone is a dumass "This person is not giving me a lot of confidence "

Any idea why Aldi spent a lot of $$ on self check outs and took those away?

Seed cleaning

Everglades!

Just paid more for resoling my boots than I paid for the boots Looking for affordable shoe repair in Chicago

So do you think Ikea tried to depict a hoverfly or a bee ?

Thought of cutting and sticking things like honeysuckle, buckthorn, callery pear, autumn olive in my front yard for scary decorations.... anyone else doing that

'Seeds' by Paula Cunningham, from Heimlich's Manoeuvre #poetry #poemoftheday

Where are you my prairie and wetland friends and colleagues?

Science fair project season is upon us ! This is how I got into science so I hope junior gets the bug too

Celebrating Polish AM Heritage Month

Our experiment manipulates whether habitat fragments are connected by corridors, as well as how much edge fragments have After starting populations of these species in each fragment (by transplanting), we've tracked growth of their populations for the past 18 years

Slamming the protester and also these guns, why do we need these in the city

Jak Polonia reaguje na ICE How does the Polish-AM community react to ICE (in Polish, fyi about a third of pur community is undocumented and we def benefit from white privledge ) Excellent article www.dziennikzwiazkowy.com/artykul/1329...

New England Aster in the Midwest

White oak! Doing its thang - you can tell so much by this particular one - this probably was an open woodland or a savanna (see the massive branches that were aborted). Love love love

Meetings take up most of my work day but scheduling those meetings takes up ANY👏REMAINING 👏TIME

A car with a masked immigration agent inside was seen cicrling a Home Depot / Sam's Club lot near 31st and Cicero in Cicero, IL, around 6:31 a.m. Sighting corroborated by local rapid response.

ICE is snatching people across Chicagoland again today.

As a Chicagoan, I feel good about how our governor and our mayor have handled things, but that doesn't change the reality of the moment—and this is a very ugly, very challenging moment.

RIP free speech Is this the time to start packing up

Chicago public art

What accounts have a up to date account of what is happening in Chicago?

Made myself a bouquet from my #nativeGarden

Get ready #chicago Save and share this image. It will be helpful when the #iceraids begin

Pritzker: "Unidentifiable agents in unmarked vehicles with masks are planning to raid Latino communities and say they're targeting violent criminals."

With credible reports that there will soon be a major increase in federal immigration enforcement activity in Chicago, I want to once again highlight the Family Support Network - a rapid response resource run by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR). Use it if you spot ICE.

Hey internet buddies We are considering Ft Mayers Beach area for vacation this winter. How are the restoration efforts after the hurricanes ? Can you elaborate ?

We need to reexamine the catd game "old maid" - the card without a match is considered a loser but in reality single women live longer than those who are paired up (with a man) . Any ideas fir a new name?

From sheep growing better wool under solar panels to matcha prices soaring with the heat: here’s this week’s surprising mix of climate news, and something you can do about it today!

Dramatic turn of events - a monarch being devoured by a mentis

Michigan State University is hiring a new Director of our herbarium! This is an open rank, tenure-stream faculty position, with research focus in plant or fungal systematics, ecology, and/or evolution Please consider applying and help spread the word! plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...

Eastern Carpenter Bees making more Eastern Carpenter Bees. They flew over my head with the loudest of buzzing before they landed in a nearby tree! A blurry photo but wanted to respect their privacy. 😉 #XylocopaVirginica #bugsky

Omg I'm n Poland, I see Lythrum salicaria and I grimised but then I'm like duh I'm in the right biogeography

I immigrated to US as a teenager and have lived here 2x as long. This year I am going back and taking kids to show them where I am from And ppl are like "Have fun going back home" And I am confused, bc Chicago is home. I will be back home when we come back This is complicated

When and where are we protesting

Google Earth has a new feature where you can make a video/timelap of the historical aerial photos. You can see cool things You can also see effects of climate change earthengine.google.com/timelapse/

I bet those reward pathways work in adults too

Hi prairie and plant friends 👋 can you think of a reason why a whole large population of prairie milkweed (Asclepias sulivantii) did not produce any pods this year? There were flowers but now all look like this .... this happened before

Classy

Some #IndianDunes treasures