I hear people all around me saying, “They are going to crash the economy. Surely they don’t mean to crash the economy.” I beg to differ. This is curated failure. jesspiper.substack.com/p/i-know-exa...

was wondering why all the honeycrisps we bought the past two years, even from the fancy local grocer, were mushy, mealy messes and i guess this is a legitimate thing, unfortunately www.seriouseats.com/how-honeycri...

My god. Look at the “Major Events Timeline.“ We are living in hell. www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-wh...

A silly little papercraft project I designed for this weekend's upcoming International Paper Modelers Convention in Sterling, VA. Print one and build it at: ipmc-info.org/free.html

In stunning development, sinking of Titanic no longer world’s largest metaphor

Out on the street among hundreds of thousands marching for Liberty #papercraft #papermodel #statueofliberty #nokings

A drawing of a “BRAIN WORM” on a street sign in Uptown

“There’s no indication that Vance has divested from AcreTrader, and there’s every indication that that investment remains in place.” civileats.com/2024/09/18/j...

#OnThisDay Oct 8, 1956: Southdale, the first fully enclosed shopping mall in the world, opens in Edina, Minnesota. Architect Victor Gruen, later realizing his invention had not lived up to his utopian vision of a car-free public square, became the biggest critic of malls until his death in 1980.

a person at Treasury gave Defector a rundown of how this process—which appears to be against the law—was expedited in order to avoid public scrutiny defector.com/treasury-dep...

Here is how the first Peanuts comic strip appeared in Charles M. Schulz's hometown newspaper, The Minneapolis Star, 75 years ago today, Oct. 2, 1950. With an accompanying introductory article but missing one panel of the strip.

The first Peanuts strip by Charles M. Schulz was published on October 2, 1950.

Chicago, Illinois, 2025: "They had the Black people in one van, and the immigrants in another van." "They was bringing the kids down, had them zip-tied to each other." "I kept asking, 'What is the morality?' One of them laughed. He said, 'Fuck them kids.'" abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

I wrote about the experience of government of, by, and for people who have been driven insane by screens. (This is a gift link, please Consider Defector if you are interested in subscribing to a website) defector.com/the-united-s...

Frank E. Noyes, as editor of the Daily Eagle in Marinette, Wisc., loved being pedantic and putting up plaques. A 1938 marker at the 45N parallel near Peshtigo satisfied both. It notes you’re actually 9 miles S of halfway between the Equator and the North Pole. www.mnmuseumofthems.org/45th/Oconto....

In a different country long ago: President Gerald Ford dedicated the newly built J. Edgar Hoover FBI building 50 years ago today: www.wurlington-bros.com/DC/freemodel...

This whole thread

Representative Jason Crow (D-CO) on this moment. Not just the transcript but the video of a floor speech yesterday. A rallying cry:

"Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don’t know. But the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself." Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.

The West Side Cycling Club repurposed a workers cottage as their headquarters in 1895 on Humboldt Blvd at Cortland, a convenient start for 5-mile races around Palmer Square. While other clubs had wealthy members and extravagant clubhouses, WSCC cyclists worked as printers, bartenders and carpenters

Read the eternal wisdom of the Great Chef! www.lulu.com/shop/nathan-...

snowman statue, angle 2, margaret street, north st. paul, minnesota, 1984

this was one of the 345 crashes that are reported each day in Chicago (on average) weekly 🚘💥 thread

Truck Alphabet by cargocollective.com/erictabuchi

Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him

museum, cambridge, idaho, 1990

Stopped by the Pink Elephant gas station in Wisconsin which has a street named after it

🧵🧵🧵 Trump often lies about Chicago, using a great American city as a punching bag to entertain out-of-town racists who are scared of Black and Latino Chicagoans whom they’ve never met. He’s threatening a military occupation. Here’s a thread about Chicago, Trump and crime. 1/

Happy birthday to architect Eero Saarinen, born 115 years ago today in Finland #papercraft #papermodel #gatewayarch #scalemodel #wurlingtonpress #stlouis

Logan Square textures

As the Milan Bottoms have flourished over the years, the surrounding city of Rock Island has struggled to bring in commercial revenue, leading local developers to build closer and closer to the wetland.

Ceremonial rolling of the twine ball at Twine Ball Day in Darwin, MN.

woodcraft sign, minneapolis, minnesota, 1984

I enjoyed being part of this project for a few years, recording the progress of the flowers and berries:

It seems incomprehensible that Trump would pardon Ghislaine Maxwell, which is hanging a neon sign up that says "Covering Up Pedophile Ring." But this essay helps explain one strong possibility why: What Katie Johnson accused him of doing is just that terrible.

80 years ago today, a B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building in a thick morning fog

Finally, a Facade with Personality. Chicago, Illinois

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"The Beach", built in 1906 by contractor August M. Walter and designed by architect Edward C. La Belle

dog n suds sign, route 19a, dunedin, florida, 1980

A lush garden hidden behind this workers cottage on the Bucktown Garden Walk today, featuring paw paw trees and a patio with plantings in the shape of the Great Lakes

Combo #1 #pancakesacrossamerica

Who’s got more swag, Rockford’s Mr. Fourth of July or Sycamore’s Mr. Pumpkin? A question for the ages.

"Amazon deploys deceptive tactics to exaggerate its markdowns and create a false sense of urgency. Featured items are often available at similar or lower prices at other times... major media outlets produce a massive number of 'articles' promoting Amazon Prime Day, as if it is a genuine news event."

Doorway on S. Avers in Chicago. No idea who Roland was, but Henry Fiddelke was the architect.

Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions. GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc. This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth. www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...

My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!

Good day for a root beer, and a revisit from 20-some years ago when we tried them all: www.delicioussparklingtemperancedrinks.net/rbeer/index....

Former Horseshoe Tavern hub.catalogit.app/2670/folder/...