Thank you for being part of the very first Yearly Thing 2025 — a curated collection of 324 links from Weekly Thing issues 306-336, organized into ten themed chapters covering the year's most compelling ideas in technology, culture, and digital life. The Yearly Thing is an artifact: a way to hold a year of the internet in your hands while the links themselves inevitably rot. This POAP is its digital twin — proof that you were here, that you collected the 2025 edition, and that you're part of the Weekly Thing community. One physical artifact. One digital collectible. Both yours to keep.

After the 612 POAP Challenge has completed on September 1, 2025 there will be a random drawing of five individual tokens and each winner will be sent one of these congratulations tokens which will entitle them to a $20 gift certificate at Dairy Queen! The more locations you collect the more likely you are to win!

This POAP is given to anyone that collects all 31 locations, thus all five different categories. You got them all! Architecture Aficionado: https://poap.gallery/drops/190898 Bridge Builder: https://poap.gallery/drops/190899 Culture Collector: https://poap.gallery/drops/190900 Lake Lover: https://poap.gallery/drops/190901 Minneapolis Marvel: https://poap.gallery/drops/190902

This POAP is given to anyone that collects the six different locations in the Bridge Builder category. 35W Saint Anthony Falls Bridge: https://poap.gallery/drops/190524 Hennepin Avenue Bridge: https://poap.gallery/drops/190525 Lowry Avenue Bridge: https://poap.gallery/drops/190526 Martin Olav Sabo Bridge: https://poap.gallery/drops/190527 Stone Arch Bridge: https://poap.gallery/drops/190528 Washington Avenue Bridge: https://poap.gallery/drops/190529.

This POAP is given to anyone that collects the six different locations in the Minneapolis Marvel category. Gold Medal Building: https://poap.gallery/drops/190544 Goldy Gopher: https://poap.gallery/drops/190545 Grain Belt Sign: https://poap.gallery/drops/190546 Northrop Chair: https://poap.gallery/drops/190547 Target Headquarters: https://poap.gallery/drops/190548 Witches Tower: https://poap.gallery/drops/190549