Saturday Tweets: Touch Your Opuntia

...ne' https://t.co/oDB7qgBwyd — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 10, 2018 Downloaded my facebook data as a ZIP file Somehow it has my entire call history with my partner's mum pic.twitter.com/CIRUguf4vD — Dylan McKay (@dylanmckaynz) March 21, 2018 The Facebook Liberation Army Link List https://t.co/jsj1lfLQ90 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 13, 2018 On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs https://t.co/wGX6oAisAQ via @strikeyo — Root Simple (@roo...

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Saturday Tweets: Figs, Cordless Tools and Dancing Sunflowers

...sun: Now scientists know how it’s done https://t.co/ASIo1DIFiE via @BostonGlobe — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 7, 2016 Biking on the Burnside-Couch Couplet? Just follow the yellow brick road. #pdxbikes #PDXTraffic #wizardofoz pic.twitter.com/J17DprhV6F — PDX Transportation (@PBOTinfo) August 12, 2016 Happy Saturday everyone, with this calendar page from the Dunois Hours (Paris, 15th century)https://t.co/T0EuTsH1La pic.twitter.com/wJhmzdL13K —...

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Free Introduction to Permaculture

...how to cope with peak oil and the energy descent society of the future. Become the solution! Learn how LA can be a model for sustainable cities. This Free Introduction to Permaculture Class is an outline of the science and art of Permaculture. It will define the term, its history, its founders and the curriculum of the design course certificate, its ethics and foundations. It will describe the benefits and show some of the most important work und...

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Gathering of Community Gardeners

..., it is open to all interested parties. You don’t have to be a member of a community garden to attend, just interested in community building and gardening. There will be workshops and discussions on topics such as vegetable gardening, composting, native plants, beekeeping and even a workshop on urban chickens co-taught by yours truly, Homegrown Neighbor. The entire day Saturday is free, but a $10 donation is requested to cover operating expenses....

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Video Sunday: Camera Falls Off Plane, Lands in Pig Pen

...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrxPuk0JefA#t=0 When I first saw this I thought it might be a viral marketing video (GoPro and the Pork Council team up!). But I think it’s real. The story goes that Mia Munselle was flying over her own property, dropped her camera and somehow managed to find it eight months later. The recovered video is the porcine equivalent of Gravity. Via Romona Marks....

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