Matt Bergstrom

A weathered stone with runic symbols carved on it, sitting in the museum in Alexandria, MN. A brass plate below it says "KENSINGTON RUNE STONE" placed in Douglas County by the Vikings in 1362, found in 1898, purchased in 1928 by ... then a long group of community leaders is named.

#OnThisDay Nov 8, 1898: The Kensington Runestone is "discovered" on Olof Ohman's farm near Alexandria, Minnesota. Its engravings tell of Vikings who traveled here in 1362. Scholarly consensus classifies it as a hoax, but there remain true believers convinced the stone is authentic.

Papercraft miniature model of the Woolworth Building by architect Cass Gilbert, built in 1910-1912

On this day in 1910, excavation began for the 792-foot Woolworth Building, then the tallest in the world

Looking up at the doorway to a paper haunted house

Happy Halloween! Would you ring the doorbell of this haunted paper house?

Happy Halloween! Would you ring the doorbell of this haunted paper house?

I Know Exactly What They Are Doing Rural foresight

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.

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How Honeycrisp Apples Went From Marvel to Mediocre An investigation into the Honeycrisp apple and how a complex string of events led to a decline in the quality of a beloved apple variety.

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

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I can take Paypal or other electronic payment also if you send an email with a list of cards you'd like to order to "bergstrom_matt@hotmail.com"

The White House Building Every president since John Adams has occupied the White House, and the history of this building extends far beyond the construction of its walls. From the Ground Floor Corridor rooms, transformed from...

My god. Look at the “Major Events Timeline.“

We are living in hell.

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Paper scale model of school bus converted to a barbecue food truck

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

Its fairly small... too small for a good protest sculpture except in a photo

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

Here's Herman Thiesse's grocery store around 1910
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A postal sticker on the back of a street sign has a drawing of a man — apparently Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — with a worm coming out of his ear and saying, “Tylenol causes autism.” The man’s forehead is labeled “BRAIN WORM.”

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

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.

“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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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

#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.

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...

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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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.

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.

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!”

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

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.

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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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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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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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.

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

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.

"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.

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

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

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