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I can smell this picture 😁

5/ We also always hear about candy tampering around this time. Truthfully, there's little validity to those stories, but something we should be worried about is traffic. Halloween night sees a spike in pedestrian accidents, especially among kids ages 4–8. Glow sticks and flashlights go a long way.

a black widow spider is sitting on top of a piece of wood . Alt: a black widow spider is sitting on top of a piece of wood, with dense web underneath them resembling cotton.

Up next in our Creepy Critters 🎃 is 'the' black-widow spider, which SURPRISE! is actually 34 species in genus Latrodectus ("robbing" + "biter").

They're found on every continent but Antarctica.

So why are they "widows"?
Because sometimes, the females eat the males after mating.

Some folks asked where they can find their local food banks and pantries, so let's share some!

Feedingamerica.org is a great place to start!

no, sundowning is commonly seen in early dementia, where patients do well during the day but by evening they grow increasingly confused and anxious.

If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

The lady at the charity shop today told me that she wishes people would clear out their children's old toys in the lead up to Christmas rather than after because she always sees a number of parents in the days before Christmas looking for toys for their little ones who might be strapped for cash. She said there's very rarely anything in just before, but that they get inundated with toys in the days after. And it really made me think about it in a way I never would have before. If you know your child is going to get lots of presents from father Christmas this year, by clearing out your cupboards a few days early you could make another child's Christmas a lot more special too. Saw this & thought I'd repost

Reposting with Alt-text:

As ICE continues to terrorize our communities, kidnapping our neighbors, 9 cyclists came together this morning at 6am to buyout 5 vendors and donate the food to a local shelter. They went home safe, hungry ppl were fed, this is #BikeChi ✊🏽

We’ve officially launched! Lots of ways to support this new initiative that supports street vendors from 🧊 we keep us safe!

Interest form and flyer below! #BikeChi

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They’re responsible for a hell of a lot in the Chicago area, like the Thompson center, Great Lakes, Argonne, McCormick place and more

www.clarkconstruction.com/our-work/pro...

The AIA is calling for a congressional investigation and asking members to write their Congresspersons bsky.app/profile/papa...

The East Wing Desecrators

Given the extraordinary and unprecedented destruction of the entire East Wing, built in 1942 for the Office of the First Lady, it’s important to note who enabled this.

In this thread, I run through the companies and organizations involved and provide contact info.

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He says avoid autism speaks

My autistic adult child was involved with leadership of an organization for diversity awareness in college; he says they used Autistic Self Advocacy Network as their resource

This gives an interesting perspective on the 1990 Plainfield Tornado in Illinois that killed 29 people

Hi friends! Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning looking for folks to share their perspectives on transportation and be in the regional transportation plan:
morrealecomm.wixsite.com/submission

This is the way

Independent 3 kid sample here with similar results - each of them continue to amaze me daily. I wish I could take credit but it’s just who they are, allowed to shine

I love @tkingfisher.com books!

Periodic reminder: if you get a generic that is less effective for you, of any medicine, filing a Form 3500 with the FDA's MedWatch if you're able contributes to getting non-bioequivalent generics pulled from the market: www.fda.gov/safety/medic...

The Snowy Owls of ... Logan Airport? This Boston airport is a surprisingly ideal home for these majestic Arctic creatures.

I don't know about you, but I need an airport snowy owl break.

I hard co-sign this one.

oof - ATC already short staffed and overworked and now asking more from them seems like a recipe for disaster

guessing they already have plenty to do and don’t appreciate the extra work…

feel better bleu 💙

No matter what happens in the coming weeks, we are Chicago. We rose from the ashes. We never quit.&10;&10;We are the lake in the morning, the sun rising over the water, its reflection drawing a line straight to our shores.&10;&10;We are the Haymarket Martyrs, the Pullman strikers, always demanding better than what we've got.&10;&10;We are the words of Sandburg and Algren and Brooks and Wright.&10;&10;We are the 90s Bulls, making the impossible possible.&10;&10;We are the dipped Italian Beef. Messy, sure, but incredible.&10;&10;We are the humidity in the summer, the frostbitten cheeks in the winter.&10;&10;We are smoke-kissed rib tips.&10;&10;We are elotes on the street. We are pierogis in a pot.&10;&10;We are Curtis singing Hush now child.

Tonight of all nights I’m going to re-up my benediction for Chicago.

We are everything.

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Thanks Judge, now do Illinois

SUPERGREEN

Including Animaniacs

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