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He Grew His Company From a Single Tow Truck to a Multi-Million Exit: ‘Make One More Sales Visit, Learn One More Skill’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-28 | by Dan Bova | tags: tow truck, private equity, no business left behind

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Inside the Wild Rescue Mission That Took 4 Beluga Whales to Chicago (wired.com)

2026-07-27 | by Kate Knibbs | tags: beluga whales, shedd aquarium, boeing 777

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A Dying Art: The last of the morticians (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | by John Semley | tags: funerary-cosmetics, post mortem restorations, dean jones

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Is Facebook down for you? Here’s what’s going on (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: facebook, downdetector, chicago

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A solid-state “atomic channel” for separating rare earth elements (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | by Sarah C.P. Williams | tags: rare earth elements, manganese oxide, electrochemical intercalation

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Rethinking Legal Education in the AI Era (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: legal education, university of chicago law school, artificial intelligence

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What Cities From Chicago to Washington, DC, Look Like Under a Blanket of Wildfire Smoke (wired.com)

2026-07-17 | by Brian Kahn | tags: wildfire smoke, canada fires, chicago

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Here’s What Top Schools Are Doing to Produce AI-Proof Lawyers (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-17 | by Sherin Shibu | tags: ai startups, harvey, university of chicago

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Smoke from fires in Canada is traveling thousands of miles. Here’s how to protect yourself (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: canadian wildfires, wildfire smoke, chicago

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For first time, a cell built from scratch grows and divides (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-01 | by Yasemin Saplakoglu | get Cell Culture Starter Kit → | tags: synthetic cell, biologists, cell cycle

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How This Former Chicago Public School Teacher Bought a Franchise and Grew It to $2M Annual Revenue (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-30 | by Sherin Shibu | get Franchise Business Starter Kit → | tags: i9 sports, chicago public schools, joe becker

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Cargo thieves target AI data center supplies in $1.3 million heists — $300,000 worth of copper wire and $1 million worth of equipment recovered outside Chicago (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-30 | by Jowi Morales | get Security Cable Lock → | tags: data center, cargo theft, copper wire

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Zillow just lost most of its Chicago listings. Is the rest of the country next? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-29 | get Zillow Home Tour Kit → | tags: zillow, chicago, mred

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The World Cup puts the US’s nightmarish immigration policies front and center (theverge.com)

2026-06-26 | by Gadel Valle | get FIFA World Cup Soccer Jersey → | tags: us immigration policies, breel embolo, border protection

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Chicago Missed the Tech Boom. Quantum Computing Gives It a Second Chance. (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-06-23 | get Quantum Computing Starter Kit → | tags: quantum computing, chicago, tech boom

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Americans celebrate Juneteenth as Obama’s presidential center opens in Chicago (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-19 | get Obama Presidential Center Book → | tags: juneteenth, obama presidential center, chicago

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The Obamas are celebrating their presidential museum with this star-studded guest list (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-18 | get Barack Obama Presidential Museum Book → | tags: obama presidential center, chicago, barack obama

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Hacking the atmosphere: Geoengineering gets a reality check (technologyreview.com)

2026-06-17 | by James Temple | get Geoengineering Research Kit → | tags: geoengineering, david keith, university of chicago

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Reinventing the Renaissance (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-16 | by About The Author | get Renaissance Art History Book → | tags: ada palmer, renaissance, university of chicago press

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Comcast Xfinity adds same-day delivery to get you online immediately (theverge.com)

2026-06-16 | by Jess Weatherbed | get Xfinity Internet Router → | tags: comcast, xfinity, gateway

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Working From Home Has a Grim Effect on Your Brain, Surprise Research Finds (futurism.com)

2026-06-13 | by Frank Landymore | get Blue Light Blocking Glasses → | tags: science, university of chicago, remote work

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Storms knock out power for nearly 390,000 residents in the Midwest, as severe weather moves east (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-11 | get Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) → | tags: airport, chicago, international

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The Obama Presidential Center is more than its granite tower (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-03 | get Obama Presidential Center Book → | tags: obama presidential center, chicago, granite tower

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Private equity bought America's essential services (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-27 | get Private Equity Service Book → | tags: private equity, chicago, tower ladder

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Private Equity Bought America's Essential Services (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-27 | get Private Equity Service Book → | tags: private equity, chicago fire department, tower ladder 14

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Amazon’s drone ambitions are about to reshape Chicago’s south suburbs (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-24 | get DJI Mini 3 Pro Drone → | tags: amazon, drone delivery, chicago

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Thousands of Zillow Listings In Chicago Have Vanished (slashdot.org)

2026-05-21 | get Zillow Home Search App → | tags: zillow, chicago, upward compatible

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Zillow loses thousands of listings in fight over “hidden” homes (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-21 | get Real Estate Listing Scanner → | tags: zillow, chicago, mred

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One major decongestion experiment is surprising the haters (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-21 | get Smart Air Purifier → | tags: los angeles, chicago, new york city

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After Brewing 17 Bags of Grocery Store Coffee, These Are the 5 Beans I'd Buy Again (cnet.com)

2026-05-19 | by See Full Bio | get Coffee Bean Sampler Pack → | tags: intelligentsia, chicago, coffee beans