1/ City Council members spent Monday questioning @ChiPubSchools’ re-opening plan. Let’s get into it (and other public meetings #CHIdocumenters are covering this week)! 🧵

2/ @ChiCouncil Committee on Education & Child Development hearing on CPS' calculation that benefits of in-person classes for PreK + special ed students outweigh #COVID19 risk / Mon, Jan 11, 9:30am 🐤 @MegannHorstead 📝 @PortalatinA https://t.co/1RQR35bC5t https://t.co/n3Olk64wFy
3/ @IDPH’s Task Force on Infant and Maternal Mortality Among African Americans (IMMT) met to finalize its 2020 report to the Illinois General Assembly / Mon, Jan 11, 1pm 🐤 @hd_documenter 📝 Amira Olinguo https://t.co/KyhU67FBin https://t.co/04VQj0EW9w
4/ @cta’s #ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Advisory Committee discussed elevator/escalator repairs, signage and website accessibility / Mon, Jan 11, 1:30pm 🐤 @marycateryan 📝 @Jennife92877737 https://t.co/umQc25xmYw https://t.co/zh7Mv6e0rw
5/ At @cta’s Committee on Finance, Audit & Budget + board meeting they’ll likely approve contracts to obtain greener fuel (biodiesel and ethanol gasoline) for non-revenue vehicles / Wed, Jan 13, 9:30am 🐤 @MikeTish4 📝 Parker Valentine https://t.co/gWH0awJ9VM
6/ City Council’s Committee on Health and Human Relations will hold a public hearing-slash-briefing on the city’s ongoing response to #COVID19 / Wed, Jan 13, 10am 🐤 @caleighchidoc 📝 @Rose26rv https://t.co/i6GnfLRL34
7/ @Metra’s board will discuss “new coach car procurement”, which could speed up the whole train system 🚉 and include more space for bicycling commuters 🚴 / Wed, Jan 13, 10:30am 🐤 @tedledford 📝 Chloe Vitale https://t.co/XvuRql778K
8/ @ChicagoParks agenda includes a lease proposal w @ChiPubSchools in Belmont-Cragin’s Riis Park. Per @BlockClubCHI the new elementary school would serve a growing population of Latinx families / Wed, Jan 13, 11:30am 🐤 @ridgewaychris 📝 Rebecca Zellelew https://t.co/eu9cnHk4do
9/ An agenda for City Council’s Committee on Environmental Protection & Energy isn't up yet but items in their court include emissions regulations/fines + creation of a Chicago Climate Commission / Thu, Jan 14, 1pm 🐤 @pizza4justice 📝 @camillasfphoto https://t.co/d9j82q8ugK
10/ The Chicago Commission on Human Relations will meet. While the city made a lot of budget cuts, many aldermen thought CCHR, which investigates discrimination complaints, should get an increase / Thu, Jan 14, 3:30pm 🐤 @delvecchiograce 📝 Ayanna Watkins https://t.co/FxYujLDvfD
12/ That's all we have so far. Missed our 2020 rewind thread? Check it out here: https://t.co/GeweqpM1bO

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I crucial step on the road towards AGI is a richer vocabulary for reasoning about inductive biases.

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