I Deleted my Facebook Account

April 23, 2018

...n-target information. Facebook knows that I’m an epee fencer who practices urban homesteading, reads Rowan Williams and goes to Nick Cave concerts (damn, that’s all pretentious!). But it also seems to think that I’m an African-American who grows with hydroponics, rocks out to the Queens of the Stone Age and loves Honey Baked Ham. I suspect much of the data Cambridge Analytica gathered was, similarly, off-target and useless. How to #DeleteFacebook...

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Food Storage Revisited

Mr. Homegrown

November 2, 2018

Domesticus, Tidying up

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...ice etc. Food delivery has returned in the form of services such as Instacart and Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods. Unfortunately, many of these new services rely on gig economy serfdom, which has made me uncomfortable about using them, though Instacart was handy when my mom could no longer drive herself to the market. I suspect we’ll see a lot more food delivery in the near future and can see how helpful it is to busy families with young childre...

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Saturday Tweets: Screens, Model Villages and Walkable Cities

Mr. Homegrown

October 27, 2018

Saturday Linkages

...nterested in the @ucce_la Master Gardener Program? Come out to @OpenSilo‘s Urban Ag Happy Hour next Tuesday, 10/30, from 6-9 to talk gardening and learn about the program! Join us at the Highland Park Brewery, 1220 North Spring Street, Chinatown. pic.twitter.com/HcFwyn8J2F — Rachel Surls (@RachelSurls) October 22, 2018 In the walkable city, people gather in a piazza, square, or plaza. In the automobile city, it’s called an intersection. (And nobod...

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124 Adam Brock on Forming Nurtured Networks

Mr. Homegrown

September 5, 2018

Podcasts

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...cilitator, entrepreneur and designer. His work lies at the intersection of urban agriculture, sustainable business, and social change. He is a certified permaculture designer and a co-chair of Denver’s Sustainable Food Policy Council. Adam currently serves as Director of Social Enterprise at Joining Vision and Action, Denver’s premier consulting firm for social change organizations. Adam’s website is AdamBrock.me. During the podcast Adam mentions:...

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Saturday Tweets: A Big Excuse to Post Cats with Mustaches

Mr. Homegrown

July 28, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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...rong: the Bingo Game https://t.co/kPqIAiULLP pic.twitter.com/54dPyzxres — Carter Rubin (@CarterRubin) July 24, 2018 Cats with mustaches are https://t.co/qZOq7FATk8 — Imgur (@imgur) July 27, 2018 Ahead of tonight’s #bloodmoon, we’re revisiting medieval beliefs about the moon and its effects on humans: https://t.co/hellRSrhUm #lunareclipse2018 Additional MS 17987, ff. 49v-50r pic.twitter.com/cB5z5JoQzf — Medieval Manuscripts (@BLMedieval) July 27, 2...

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