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Bro. B!O!F! @brobof.bsky.social · 1d

“There’s no indication that Vance has divested from AcreTrader, and there’s every indication that that investment remains in place.”

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JD Vance Funded AcreTrader. Here’s Why That Matters.

The real estate platform streamlines investing in US farmland. Now farms are fast becoming a portfolio staple for investors worldwide.

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 2d

#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.

Mall exterior with Dayton's department store sign in script.

Interior of the Mall 1956. Woolworth's with neon sign on the left with other shops surround a central indoor plaza. Wood finishes, skylights, balconies, plants created a wholly new indoor shopping experience. Color transparency by Grey Villet, Life Magazine archives

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Chris Thompson @christhompson.bsky.social · 7d

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

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Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness | Defector

The United States Department of the Treasury has developed, to the brink of production, a dollar coin that features the face and likeness of President Donald Trump, according to a source within the Tr...

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 8d

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.

Creator of 'Peanuts' began career in city is the headline on the short article. The layout wends its way around a bridge column, with the strip in three panels instead of four running vertically at right.

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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 9d

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

Four black and white panels of a boy and girl sitting on steps. 1st panel: Charlie Brown is approaching and the boy says “Well! Here comes ol’ Charlie Brown!” 2nd panel: As Charlie Brown passes, he says “Good ol’ Charlie Brown…yes, sir!” 3rd panel: “Good ol’ Charlie Brown…” 4th panel: Once Charlie is gone, “How I hate him!”

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 8d

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.'"

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ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 23d

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...

The United States Of Snitches | Defector

On Saturday, the chairman of the Republican Party in Michigan’s Oakland County spent his afternoon directing his online followers’ attention to local businesses that had not lowered their flags to hal...

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Historical Marker Ahead @historicalmarker.bsky.social · 12d

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....

View of the 45 North Latitude marker along U.S. 41 between Peshtigo and Oconto, Wisconsin.

Marker put up by Marinette (Wisconsin) Daily Eagle editor Frank E. Noyes along U.S. Highway 41 near Peshtigo, Wisconsin. It reads:

Latitude 45 N
Theoretical half way point

North Pole (arrow pointing north) 3117.55 miles

Equator (arrow pointing south) 3097.39 miles

THE SPHEROIDAL SHAPE OF THE EARTH MAKES DEGREES OF LATITUDE IN THE NORTH LONGER THAN IN THE SOUTH. THE TRUE HALF WAY POINT BETWEEN POLE AND EQUATOR ON HIGHWAY 41 IS MARKED 710 FEET NORTH OF MENOMINEE (Michigan). ON HIGHWAY 141 SEE MARKER 3/4 MILE NORTH OF BEAVER ( Wisconsin).

ERECTED BY
FRANK E. NOYES, 1938

Current site of the 45th parallel latitude marker along U.S. Highway 41 near Peshtigo, Wisconsin. It was erected in 1938 and moved to its current side in a roadside park in 1954.

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Matt Bergstrom @mattbergstrom.bsky.social · 10d

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...

Matt Bergstrom @mattbergstrom.bsky.social · 10d

You could try to find other evidence for the date, like searching for early residents to see if they are in city directories at that address. Google books and Hathitrust have some years

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Matt Bergstrom @mattbergstrom.bsky.social · 11d

Permits from later have details about when construction happened but not the old ones. I’d trust the permit date over real estate sites though

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 14d

This whole thread

Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 15d

Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 21d

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

Transcript: Congressman Crow's Floor Speech on the Concerning State of US Politics & the Path Forward to Unite Our Country

WASHINGTON — A transcript of Congressman Jason Crow's (D-CO-06) full speech from the House floor.

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 24d

"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.

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

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Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social · 24d

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

Illustration of West Side Cycling Club Headquarters from March 29, 1896 Chicago Tribune

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Matt Bergstrom @mattbergstrom.bsky.social · 25d

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

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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 28d

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

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Steven @stevevance.net · 29d

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

weekly 🚘💥 thread

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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · Aug 28

Truck Alphabet by cargocollective.com/erictabuchi

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 3

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

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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · Aug 29

museum, cambridge, idaho, 1990

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Matt Bergstrom @mattbergstrom.bsky.social · Sep 2

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

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · Aug 24

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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/

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Matt Bergstrom @mattbergstrom.bsky.social · Aug 20

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

Miniature papercraft scale model of Gateway Arch

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Matt Bergstrom @mattbergstrom.bsky.social · Aug 16

Logan Square textures

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