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Saturday Tweets: Screens, Model Villages and Walkable Cities

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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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Scooters? Not a New Idea

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...their larger wheels, are more stable than standing on a scooter. The 1916 article echos some of the contemporary paranoia about scooters. On that note, I’m happy to see anything that gets people out of cars which are the real, “Devil Wagons.” Let us remember that our auto addiction is responsible for 1.3 million deaths around the world every year. Here in Los Angeles, like many other cities, there is a “first mile/last mile” problem with using ou...

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124 Adam Brock on Forming Nurtured Networks

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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

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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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