KevinJY

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Person in Chicago, IL @kevin_j_y on the bird site he/him

reading about organisms that aren’t your specialty is like margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum define term “eplungulate” - lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous

another thing that’s delightful about the alberto aguilar (who’s an educator) show at the cultural center is this piece he assembled made of students’ self-portraits abandoned at school year’s end, with a card “if one of these are yours & you’d like to be recognized/removed, contact me here”

a wall of painted portraits, maybe 25, various sizes and states of completion and quality
starch mogul@posts-cards.bsky.social · 3w ago

the alberto aguilar show at the cultural center is absolutely fantastic—funny and poignant and accomplished and pretty and just overflowing with ideas—and it’s on view until august 23 www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...

a sculpture made out of decommissioned orange plastic school chairs, in the background there are three rothko-esque paintings but executed by a chicago-area commercial sign painter, and a diagonal row of colorful folded party hats from Cuba stepping down to the floor from the ceiling

In 2020, nearly 5% of Lakeview residents reported their age as 25, and 34% were in their 20s. It had the most lopsided population distribution of any community area in Chicago. Meanwhile, no single age contained more than 1.5% of West Pullman residents. It had the flattest distribution in the city.

2020 population pyramids for the Lakeview community area in Chicago and the West Pullman community area, also in Chicago. The Lakeview age distribution is extremely lopsided to people in their 20s, while the West Pullman distribution is remarkably flat.

I have a light switch in my new kitchen that doesn't control any lights; it just makes a beeping sound when you flip it. After extensive testing, I determined that it cuts the power to the dishwasher

American factory construction continued declining in official data released today as CHIPS Act projects finish, IRA projects get cancelled, and tariffs weigh on nearly all industries Total US factory construction is down 32% from its 2024 highs and 22% over the last year alone

A graph of US factory construction