NewsAt least 33 shot, 5 fatally, in shootings across Chicago this weekend, police say
At least 33 people have been shot, five fatally, in shootings across Chicago so far this weekend, police said.
TKSST โข seethis.tv ๐๐ชโจ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ TIL: ๐งช๐ An astrophysicist at the University of #Chicago says mini-Neptune atmospheres might cook #carbon into soot clouds โ essentially the same particles as burnt toast and diesel exhaust. Analyzing the soot could indicate where these common #planets form.
#astronomy #exoplanets #neptune #chemistry #nasa #jwst #space #atmosphere #chemistry #engineering #universityofchicago #astrophysics #science
The Electronic Intifada [Unofficial]Muzzling goes to new extremes on US campuses
Anya ( ฮฮฝฮนฮฑ )Hyde Park: The Midway Plaisance in December โ๏ธ ๐ฐ
(Site of a future walking tour ๐ถโโ๏ธโโก๏ธ๏ธ)
#Chicago #UniversityofChicago #urban #urbanism #hydepark #southside #nature #natureToot #photography #photo #citylife
The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial]Why Havenโt Trumpโs Tariffs Had a Bigger Impact?
Liam O'Mara IV, PhDIn an early #ManhattanProject success, #ThisDayInHistory in 1942 saw the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. #EnricoFermi built #ChicagoPile1 reactor underneath the west viewing stands of #StaggField at #UniversityOfChicago, risking disaster in a densely populated area.
Moon Duchin on the Math of Gerrymandering
N-gated Hacker NewsAh yes, the University of Chicago, where defending the humanities is apparently as fashionable as wearing socks with sandals. ๐งฆ๐ก But seriously, who needs arts and literature when you can major in Crosswords and Podcasts, right? ๐๐
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/08/university-chicago-humanities-doctorate/684004/ #UniversityOfChicago #HumanitiesFashionable #ArtsAndLiterature #CrosswordsAndPodcasts #HigherEducation #Humor #HackerNews #ngated
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/08/university-chicago-humanities-doctorate/684004/ #UniversityOfChicago #HumanitiesFashionable #ArtsAndLiterature #CrosswordsAndPodcasts #HigherEducation #Humor #HackerNews #ngated
Hacker NewsIf the University of Chicago Won't Defend the Humanities, Who Will?
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/08/university-chicago-humanities-doctorate/684004/
#HackerNews #UniversityOfChicago #HumanitiesDefense #HumanitiesCulture #Education #Advocacy #AcademicFreedom
Donald RoyThe other was a guest piece in #theeconomist from an economist from the #universityofchicago . It suggests that similar evaluations are done in the #us but use a much higher statistical value of life. Reading this I was pleasantly surprised although unsure how long such a rational and sensible procedure can be expected to survive in the current #us political climate! .