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Today will be busy, so rather than keeping a bunch of browser windows open, I'm spiking them here:

Fool's Spring has ended in Chicago

 
  David Braverman 
ChicagoSpringWeatherWinter
Only five days ago O'Hare hit 17°C after the mean temperature rose steadily for four weeks. Just when we thought spring was a possibility, things shifted. Friday's high temperature was lower than Wednesday's low, and last night it ]bottomed out at -8°C, 25°C (45°F) colder than Wednesday's high.

James Fallows' SOTU tips

 
  David Braverman 
JournalismPoliticsTrumpUS Politics
James Fallows wrote speeches for President Carter and has been a political journalist since leaving politics. He has five tips for watching Tuesday's speech, which I will be doing so you don't have to:

More breweries closing

 
  David Braverman 
BeerChicagoEntertainmentRailroadsTravel
In the past two weeks, two Brews & Choos Project breweries have closed or announced their closings: Short Fuse closed on Monday, and Illuminated Brew Works announced yesterday that they would close this coming June. Another brewery my Brews & Choos buddy and I visited (but was too far from public transit to make the list), Alarmist, closed January 31st.
I have a lot of prep to do for an event tomorrow, but I still found a few minutes to read these:

HELD: IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs

 
  David Braverman 
EconomicsLawSCOTUSTrumpUS PoliticsWorld Politics
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 today that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does :

What is going on with Chicago real estate?

 
  David Braverman 
ChicagoEconomicsPersonal
Chicago has a batshit-crazy seller's market right now:

Stuff to read tomorrow

 
  David Braverman 
Democratic PartyEconomicsElection 2026Election 2028PoliticsRepublican PartyUS PoliticsWriting
With all the walking around outside and taking half a day of PTO, I didn't get a chance to read these articles I set aside to read later:

One more day of false spring

 
  David Braverman 
CassieChicagoSpringWeatherWinter
The temperature got up to 17.2°C (63°F) at O'Hare this afternoon, but with 72 km/h (39 kts) wind gusts. Inner Drive WHQ managed 14.6°C, also with gusty winds. That's still warm enough to open all the windows and let Cassie sleep on the front deck. And she's had over an hour of walks today, with another half-hour in store when we go to pub quiz in just over an hour.
The state registered Punzun Ltd, an Illinois corporation doing business as Inner Drive Technology, on 17 February 2000. The name, however, dates from my mind wandering in Mr Collins' algebra class on 21 March 1985, so really "Punzun Ltd" as a concept will turn 41 next month.

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