MC Pastoret

Recovering bookseller, skeptical lawyer, diarist manqué. Clinically exasperated. Mom always said, "you learn something new every day if you're not careful."

[MC Pastoret @brittyknows]

"I have seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that dogs think humans are nuts."
~ John Steinbeck

[MC Pastoret @brittyknows]

@arealmofwonder Splooting!
No contest!!!!

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@ParisofChicago hashtag 💯

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@CarlBovisNature I do see them, and grateful for that.

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@donswartwout 🤭

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@nwi_jsp 👍

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@chicagobars Excellent.

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@SkinnerPm Bakey looks v v concerned…

[Scott Simon @nprscottsimon]

When I told people around the world in the 1980's I was from Chicago, they'd say, "Chicago! Al Capone!" 90's, it became, "Chicago! Michael Jordan!" 2000's, "Chicago! @BarackObama!" Today, it's, "Chicago! @Pontifex!" An upward arc indeed.

[MC Pastoret @brittyknows]

@ParisofChicago Oh, yeah.

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Did not know this:

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

‘Wi-Fi’ is not an acronym. It doesn’t stand for anything.

Also! Since it’s a trademarked term, it should be written as ‘Wi-Fi’ (not ‘wifi’ or ‘WiFi’).

[Smithsonian Magazine @SmithsonianMag]

In 1946, the mathematician Paul Erdős posed the unit distance problem—and suggested a winning strategy. An A.I. model has now landed on a better one. Why didn’t humans get there first? https://t.co/YQ5DeUmHBM

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

For all the talk of hard hats and jobs for big boofy blokes, women have claimed 6 out of 7 jobs created since Trump's return.

Let's explore why job growth is tilting so hard to women, and what this means for our economics and politics.

Read & watch→ https://t.co/JZ3XsjH5hV

[MC Pastoret @brittyknows]

@EllenYChang At the very least.

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@LukeEpplin Cool!

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@chicagobars 🤔

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@chicagobars @drinkgaragebeer @BeerInsights Insurance category?

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

Care work is often treated as somehow less "real" than making tangible goods. Nonsense. It's physically demanding, emotionally demanding, and often highly skilled. That's real work, mate.⁣

[MC Pastoret @brittyknows]

@chicagobars Lordy

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@arealmofwonder 💔

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@chicagobars Funny, and a tad poignant…