Snowy sleet
My three-year-old son today exclaimed “Look Mommy it’s snowing and raining at the same time.”
If I were there I would have informed him that this meteorological phenomenon is known as “sneet” or, more simply, late winter in Chicago.
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Views From The Tank
Clowns at the circus
Marginalia
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LIght pollution of course ruins this.
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Clever. Would be even better using LEGO's bioplastic bricks.
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It doesn’t solve the problem to buy a hybrid and retrofit your house if all of that takes place 20 miles from your job.
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Eno on urban design is masterful.
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Railroad marketing ploy. But it's still quite nice here.
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Particularly proud of this project from the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance.
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"'There is an Italian phrase,' said Marco after we ordered our food. '"Li ti avvelenano", which translates to "there they will poison you." This is my prediction for the night.'"
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Bringing together a few things I'm working on.
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The condiutions and accomplishments that this story described laid the foundation for the beginning of my career.
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“And so those fish are then left with less information about when it's safe to go out and eat and control these algae. And this feedback has these ecosystem-level consequences.”