Saturday Linkages: Speedos, Blue Eggs and the Rise of Rye

...es/2249 Find A Blue Chicken Egg? Congrats, Your Chicken Has A Virus http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-09/find-blue-chicken-egg-congrats-your-chicken-has-virus … Uncivilisation: the Dark Mountain Manifesto http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2009/09/civilisation-planet-authors … Power from the Tap: Water Motors http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2013/09/power-from-the-tap-water-motors.html … For these links and more, follow Root Simple on Twitte...

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Monday Linkages: The Blob, Urine Soaked Acorns

...e honeybees switch to ‘hot defensive bee ball’ mode when threatened http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/weird-wide-web/japanese-honeybee-hot-defensive-bee-ball-asian-hornet … The “Queen of Green”? You be the Judge by Susan Harris http://gardenrant.com/2013/09/the-queen-of-green-you-be-the-judge.html?utm_source=feedly … Threat of Death Makes People Go Shopping http://inkfish.fieldofscience.com/2013/09/threat-of-death-makes-people-...

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Saturday Linkages: Sad Cookbooks, Pancakes and Tiny Homes

...Builds Tiny House in the Forest http://shar.es/9K57L Food Chain Restoration: Reconnecting Pollinators with Their Plants http://feedly.com/e/Q3gdfekh Cool hut? http://feedly.com/e/OQ1pOJ6a The Electricity-Generating Bicycle Desk That Would Power the World – James Hamblin – The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/01/the-electricity-generating-bicycle-desk-that-would-power-the-world/282692/ … Here’s How Ridiculous This Year’s CES...

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Saturday Linkages: Rammed Earth, Vanilla Ice and Moonshine

....com/austrian-design-upcycles-bike-parts-into-faux-hunting-trophy-bicycle-mounts/ … How Would You Drive If Your Child Was Crossing the Street in Front of You? http://feedly.com/e/6MzdiI4- Meet the Miller: Nan Kohler http://feedly.com/e/oWHthiZg Meet the Baker: Dave Miller http://www.farine-mc.com/2014/02/meet-baker-dave-miller.html?spref=tw … Flower Mandalas: http://boingboing.net/2014/02/17/flower-mandalas.html … Fallout shelter originally instal...

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Saturday Tweets: A Difficult Week

...Century: “Cities are created by, and for, traffic.”—Robert Moses, Le Corbusier, et. al. 21st Century: “Cities are created by, and for, people.”—We, the City. pic.twitter.com/vqnyTZ41BC — Taras Grescoe (@grescoe) November 6, 2018 Here and everywhere, #StreetsHaveStories. On Sunday, Nov 18th @PuebloPlanning will record yours. Join @FSS_SoCal 3pm-5pm to honor the lives lost or forever changed by traffic collisions. #CrashNotAccident https://t.co/bmw...

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