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Latest from
@nerd4cities.bsky.social
. Some of the cities on this list may surprise you!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAFg...
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Ten Seriously Undervalued U.S. Cities
YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAFgj-A18sM
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JP
3 days ago
Ahead of its 250th birthday, I make the case that the greatest work of American art ever produced is made of garbage and was assembled at the behest of God by a Black man working the night shift as a janitor in DC
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/americas-g...
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Americaās Greatest Work of Art Is Trash
Alternative title: FEAR NOT
https://johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/americas-greatest-work-of-art-is
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OTD in 1976, the Bicentennial editions of Newsweek and Time went on sale.
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Monday's temperature forecast for eastern SD/western and central MN/NW Iowa. š±š„
5 days ago
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#TramsRights
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Important reporting in today's LA Times. No-paywall reading link:
archive.ph/B7LzG
7 days ago
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From r/imaginarymaps: A US of 300 states of equal population. It's bonkers and I love it. Here's the interactive version link which contains all the underlying data - political lean, size etc.
demoose.vercel.app/dougymander/...
7 days ago
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"In an interview on Wednesday with The Advocate, Platner welcomed the endorsement of the Christopher Street Project, a political action committee dedicated to electing transgender rights advocates."
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Graham Platner welcomes attacks from 'fascists and bigots' over his support for trans rights
The Maine Democratic Senate nominee secured a national transgender rights PAC endorsement while pledging not to abandon LGBTQ+ Americans.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/graham-platner-trans-rights-endorsement#toggle-gdpr
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Test drive video of the new Slate EV small pickup. We also get a walkaround of a model fitted out with factory accessories as a five-seat small SUV.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZal...
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I Drove The New Slate Truck. It's Insanely Fun For $24,950
YouTube video by The Autopian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZalUwhPsCo
8 days ago
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Headline OTD 100 years ago. TL, DR: 5.2B was the max. planet carrying capacity. Advances in science could help make their lives better; with 1926 levels, though there would be widespread famine and political unrest. A retrospective from 2025:
www.thenews-messenger.com/story/news/2...
8 days ago
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Good new reporting on the Slate EV small pickup. The author was an auto design engineer before going into journalism and his background really helps here.
www.theautopian.com/i-drove-the-...
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I Drove The New Slate EV Truck. It's Insanely Fun For $24,950 - The Autopian
The world's first review of the Slate EV truck.
https://www.theautopian.com/i-drove-the-new-slate-ev-truck-its-insanely-fun-for-24950/
9 days ago
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Latest from
@mattbaume.bsky.social
: The story of same-sex marriage, from the 1600s to the present day. Five hours and watchable every second.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4F2...
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Inside the Marriage Wars
YouTube video by Matt Baume
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4F2ozwvybw
11 days ago
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Happy Father's Day! Here: Pop Wolf on the Rushmore Memorial baseball team in Rapid City, c. 1940s. The team's name came from the fact that most members had worked on the creation (blasting, carving. etc.) of Mount Rushmore.
12 days ago
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"Just by the numbers, society kind of needs men and women to get along. Fixing our society seems to require, in some respect, fixing heterosexuality."
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12 days ago
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Premiered OTD in 1980.
12 days ago
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(1950) via r/VintageAds
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Great interview with
@shteyngart.bsky.social
. Read "Super Sad True Love Story". It's prescient and terrific. Gift article/no paywall.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/o...
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Opinion | I Keep Telling People Weāre Living in This Dystopian Novel
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-gary-shteyngart.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rlA.P3ST.2YScZIbkoLqO&smid=url-share
13 days ago
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Monobank in Kyiv is now offering the "UFO" scene from this morning's drone blitz on the main refinery complex in Moscow as an image on their debit/credit cards. š
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Gift article/no paywall.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/w...
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Ukrainian Drones Hit Moscow Refinery in Large-Scale Assault
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/world/europe/moscow-ukraine-drone-attack-fire.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rFA.TVHs.FXeIrve0BfDS&smid=url-share
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@nerd4cities.bsky.social
's love letter to D.C., an objectively terrific city.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiLR...
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Washington: the Least American American City?
YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiLR3r1NIuk
15 days ago
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Tonight's palate cleanser: The B-52s live at the US Festival (1982). Props to Shout! Studios for this high quality video/audio post! (59 minutes)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta13...
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The B-52's Iconic 1982 US Festival Performance Is Pure Retro Energy! | Full Live Music
YouTube video by Inside The Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta13XAms3d0&list=RDTa13XAms3d0&start_radio=1
16 days ago
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dell cameron
16 days ago
NEW: A trove of internal records from Dialog, the secret society cofounded by Peter Thiel, was left exposed online. WIRED obtained a second cache of records that reveal who's really attending, how they're screened, and what personal details they were promised would stay private.
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Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thielās Secretive āDialogā Society
More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.
https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/
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Good words and perspective from
@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social
. Gift article/no paywall.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...
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Opinion | The Tiny Solar Panel That Could Change America
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/opinion/solar-panels-balcony-backyard-plugin.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qlA.yfHl.6e-fTXMaFMgV&smid=url-share
16 days ago
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In case you were wondering what Herschel Walker's been up to.
17 days ago
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Kevin M. Kruse
19 days ago
Remember this scene the next time a corporate reporter tries to insist that a rural diner full of white men in their 60s is somehow a more authentically "American" place, somehow more representative of who we are as a nation.
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Dr. Thrasher wishes you a militant pride!
19 days ago
Last image from tonight (short film in the morning): this brother out here with his Singer sewing machine, gifting people a custom embroidery on their jerseys and hats with the name and the date, was more artistic than anything at Burning Man and ad gorgeous as a Caravaggio. Magic! Goodnight.
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@whitstillman.bsky.social
's "Barcelona" is now free to view on YT. š
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn-3...
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Barcelona
YouTube video by YouTube Movies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn-31X648Mc
19 days ago
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A fun read from Out in STL's
@chrisandoe.bsky.social
outinstl.com/finding-q-mm...
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Finding Q-mmunity Along Route 66 - Out in STL
No other road has captured the American imagination quite like Route 66, the iconic 2,400-mile corridor stretching from Chicago to Los Angeles and running directly through our region. āGrowing up in S...
https://outinstl.com/finding-q-mmunity-along-route-66/
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via r/starterpacks
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From the starterpacks community on Reddit: Tankies on Social Media Starterpack
Explore this post and more from the starterpacks community
https://www.reddit.com/r/starterpacks/comments/1u2vwr7/tankies_on_social_media_starterpack/
22 days ago
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#TeeHee
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(no paywall) "The top 10 states for well-being in the study, in order, are: Minnesota, New Hampshire, Iowa, Vermont, Massachusetts, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and Utah."
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/o...
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Opinion | The States Where Life Is Better
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/opinion/happiness-trust-americans-states.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oVA.NvGP.fPLCmCBsrLRp&smid=url-share
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From The Economist, 06/04/2026 No-paywall reading link:
archive.ph/miJkJ
" ... It shows Indiaās population peaking in 21 years and then falling as sharply as it has risen. By the end of the century Indiaās population would be just over a billionāa contraction of nearly half a billion."
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No paywall. For most of the history for which we have data, the median US home sales price was about 3x the median household income. In 2026 it's almost 5x. In California it's about 9x.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | America Needs to Build More Housing (Gift Article)
Basic economic principles point to the solution for the housing affordability crisis.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/05/18/opinion/affordable-housing-america.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nFA.Okcl.Q-2agr8eSLCe&smid=url-share
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Mayor Z keeps it real. (No paywall.)
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/n...
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An Afternoon in Brooklyn with Mayor Mamdani and a Bar Full of Arsenal Fans
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/nyregion/champions-league-arsenal-mamdani-nyc.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mlA.cBB-.f399TgzqL3aS&smid=url-share
about 1 month ago
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The latest on who no longer is performing (situation is fluid, and it's not just the artists in the headline). No paywall.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/a...
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Multiple Artists Drop Out of Freedom 250 Concerts Hours After Announcement
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/arts/music/freedom-concerts-young-mc-milli-vanilli.html?unlocked_article_code=1.l1A.m3kW.OyA023DNSAt7&smid=url-share
about 1 month ago
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"The left had become exacting and illiberal about speech, and in that environment, it seemed safer to remain silent. But that freed Republicans to fill the void ..."
washingtonian.com/2026/05/28/s...
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Is Washington Ready for Sarah McBrideās Unrelenting Grace?
The first trans congresswoman isnāt that mad at Republicans. Is that good politics in 2026?
https://washingtonian.com/2026/05/28/sarah-mcbride-trans-congresswoman-profile/
about 1 month ago
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John Rogers
about 1 month ago
The reason certain people are still on Twitter or complain how this place isnāt Twitter is because for a brief amount of time Twitter allowed specialty journalists, opinion writers, pundits, etc a chance to feel somewhat famous, or that they actually had influence, and they miss that like heroin.
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Dave Jorgenson
about 1 month ago
Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius.
youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...
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Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026
YouTube video by Stephen Colbert
https://youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?si=95fEAepDJVis7gqm
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I hope you are not one of these people.
about 1 month ago
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An important watch.
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about 1 month ago
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@nerd4cities.bsky.social
deconstructs the BQE. I had casually heard of its awfulness but this is an important deep dive.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBFL...
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Transportation as Atrocity: A Brief Investigation
YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBFLFrIyq14
about 1 month ago
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So what shitty trade deal has tRump negotiated with the ambassador of Tau Ceti 4?
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about 2 months ago
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This episode of "The Splendid Table" was rebroadcast today, and it is a light in these troubled times.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2QT...
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826: Celebrating 30 Years: Live from Iowa City
YouTube video by The Splendid Table
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2QTTBIuqco
about 2 months ago
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Reuters reporter Ben Welsh has created an index of all FiveThirtyEight articles preserved on Internet Archive.
fivethirtyeightindex.com
Credit: redditor Express_Love_6845
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fivethirtyeightindex.com
An index of every fivethirtyeight.com article preserved by the Internet Archive.
https://fivethirtyeightindex.com/
about 2 months ago
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No-paywall reading link:
archive.ph/aNqOq
TL,DR: Seems like the rise of smartphone use, especially in places with historically traditional gender norms is a catalytic event for keeping people single and childless. Women who have any kids still have 2-3 on average.
about 2 months ago
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"Forty scenes of grain elevators, Main Streets, railroad tracks, and towering beers." Terrific photo storytelling by
@thejvandy.bsky.social
and
@racketmn.com
racketmn.com/exploring-mi...
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Exploring 'Midwesternism': A Photo Tour of the Upper Midwest - Racket
Forty scenes between grain elevators, Main Streets, railroad tracks, and towering beers.
https://racketmn.com/exploring-midwesternism-a-photo-tour-of-the-upper-midwest
about 2 months ago
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"Forty scenes of grain elevators, Main Streets, railroad tracks, and towering beers." Terrific photo storytelling by Jordan van der Hagen and
@racketmn.com
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racketmn.com/exploring-mi...
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Exploring 'Midwesternism': A Photo Tour of the Upper Midwest - Racket
Forty scenes between grain elevators, Main Streets, railroad tracks, and towering beers.
https://racketmn.com/exploring-midwesternism-a-photo-tour-of-the-upper-midwest
about 2 months ago
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A lovely Chicago moment.
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about 2 months ago
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Decent NYT reporting on the US public school enrollment situation. (no paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/u...
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U.S. Schools Face a Crisis as the Number of Children Drops
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/upshot/public-schools-enrollment-crisis.html?unlocked_article_code=1.g1A.3Xo7.aYfKCbYcyqXG&smid=url-share
about 2 months ago
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