The NES turns 41 today (launched Oct. 18, 1985). As revealed at @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social, @winterion.com, James (legendofNES.com), and I found and documented the Hackensack, NJ, warehouse Nintendo used for its test-market launch. It’s still standing and looks nearly identical.

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Everyone knows that once you pay off your mortgage you no longer need 911 or trash service or the regulatory state or or or or

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Right-wing billionaires now own the Washington Post, the LA Times, CNN, CBS News, virtually every local TV station, virtually every news radio station, most local newspapers, X, Facebook, Threads, and TikTok. (Did I miss any?) They own almost the entire information environment.

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This is what the Hennepin side of block E looked like in 1969 vs the exact spot today. I don't think it's hyperbole to say this is an abject failure of urban renewal. Like today's Nicollet Mall, we keep designing these dehumanizing places, then get baffled why people don't want to to there.

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