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Edited to add: I had meant to add this caption: My wife is a physicist who studies neutrinos. She was given these buttons at a physics event by a physicist who studies how to use neutrinos in counterproliferation.

Yum!

Of course, given the increasing sophistication of ATM skimmers, I’m not sure machines are too trustworthy, either.

The Mackinac Bridge, connecting Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with the Mitten, is the third-longest suspension bridge in the world. Bikes parked on Mackinac Island, where cars are banned: The International Bridge, connecting Michigan and Ontario (from the Ontario side): In Sault Ste. Marie, you can see two sets of fireworks in early July, for Canada Day and Independence Day: The Soo Locks (allowing ship traffic between Lake Superior and Lake Huron):

If so, then awesome! Go Ducks!

A recent change to the MUTCD (Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices) requires all new street-name signs to be in mixed case, as opposed to the more traditional all-uppercase format. This is probably why we’ve seen some mixed-case street-name signs (like this one) pop up in Downers Grove.