Video Sundays: Design Line Phones

...ing AT&T history channel, prove my point. Some background: For much of the company’s history, AT&T rented phones to users. But in the 1970s, the company tried a novelty line of phones that customers could actually buy, in stores. For these “Design Line” phones, the users were essentially buying just the housing — the working guts of the phones were still under the Bell System maintenance and ownership contracts. These phones were not cheap — price...

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Saturday Linkages: Move On Up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8USz7gb2RGQ The news has been bleak. In times like these I always recommend a listen to Curtis Mayfield’s song Move On Up. Turn up the volume and listen to those lyrics. Huntress a short film about the world of female bike couriers Exclusive: carmakers among key opponents of climate action ‘Collapse OS’ Is an Open Source Operating System for the Post-Apocalypse Climate Beer: “Take turns expressing how your knowledg...

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How to Hard Boil an Egg

...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4x-nzwztJ0 Eric of Garden Fork, a.k.a. “East Coast Eric” tests two methods of making hard boiled eggs in this video: Instant Pot vs. a steamer basket on a regular old stove top. Watch the video to find out which method works best....

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Climate Crisis Summit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSc7qYpCWp8&t=4749s Climate scientist Peter Kalmus, a friend of Root Simple and a guest on our podcast (116 and 39), took a long train trip this past week to be a part of the Climate Crisis Summit in Iowa with Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Here’s what Peter had to say on the Twitters, I’ve found two articles since Bernie’s climate summit. One in NYT which focused condescendingly on the “buddy movie”...

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A Rogue Mariner on the Upper Thames

...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbPgP6wIF44 Roger Barnes describes himself as an architect, writer and artist. But, while he promises to get around to an architectural video someday, he fills his YouTube channel with advise on sailing and camping in a small dinghy. As one of the commenters sums it up, “The more stuff you have in your boat, the less room there is for fun.” Sounds like good, general life advice....

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