Good Reads: 8/29/19
A (meaningless) pre-season ranking for Illini basketball, seeds at the Urbana Free Library, and Trump on speakerphone all make appearances today.

Trump calls in to Farm Progress Show in Decatur, says U.S. winning trade war
Gag me with a spoon.

(Ben Zigterman / News-Gazette)
Illini basketball jumps to #19 in Andy Katz's latest (meaningless) basketball rankings
But that didn't stop @IlliniMBB from flexing.
Climate Change Could Make Midwest A Mosquito Paradise, But Health Experts Warn We Aren’t Ready
Great.
(Alex Smith / Illinois Public Media)
Urbana Free Library is starting a seed lending library
You can now check out seeds from the Urbana Library.
(Julie McClure / Smile Politely)
Champaign council OKs $20,000 boost for 40 North so it can hire another staffer
(Adalberto Toledo / News-Gazette)
Bold move
Keep this person in you're thoughts this Saturday morning:
#BREAKING
Happy Thursday
We're almost there. Here's the best song ever made by a C-U band in my uneducated, ever-changing opinion: