Saturday Tweets: Goodbye 2017

December 30, 2017

...rw interview with UCLA urban planning professor Bryan Taylor really is a smart look at why LA traffic is so bad…and what to do about it.https://t.co/fRthpjqmOu pic.twitter.com/oqlHpv0rsd — Peter Flax (@Pflax1) December 27, 2017 "Holypager", an artwork that eavedrops on unecrypted pager messages https://t.co/kZJLZrUT0y — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 29, 2017 Typeface reviews https://t.co/70pwkf0KLC — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 26, 201...

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Bee Trellis

Mr. Homegrown

November 6, 2017

Animals, Bees

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...rellis to surround the hive boxes that reside next to her shed. In a small urban yard a trellis around your bees will keep everyone happy. Bees naturally tend to fly upwards after leaving the hive but the addition of a fence keeps the few sideways stragglers from negative canine and homo sapiens interactions. As usual, the design process around Root Simple begins with the realization that our 1920s house looks best when surrounded by fuddy-duddy l...

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Saturday Tweets: Lost in Translation

Mr. Homegrown

April 6, 2019

Saturday Linkages

...mother would say, it’s a . Me in @politico: https://t.co/R4vJnAFTG0 — Jesús A. Rodríguez (@jesusrodriguezb) March 31, 2019 Turning into my fave day of the week. #caturday Letting my guilty pleasure of #drawing cats be seen. #ArtistOnTwitter #femaleartist pic.twitter.com/UOBr21lCRD — Deanne Achong (@deanneachong) March 30, 2019 The most important thing you’ll see today pic.twitter.com/3PY6tPj5Ls — Dirt Road Queen ♡ (@DirtRoadQueen__) March 29, 201...

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109 Doubt is Our Product: Bees, Chemicals and Academia

Mr. Homegrown

September 6, 2017

Animals, Bees, Podcasts

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...a State Beekeeping Association oppose legislation that would have required labeling neonicotinoid treated nursery plants? These are just a few of the controversial questions covered in this week’s episode of the podcast. My guests are Stacy Malkan co-director of US Right to Know and beekeeper Terry Oxford of Urban Bee San Francisco. Links: Follow the Honey: 7 ways pesticide companies are spinning the bee crisis to protect profits “Scientists Loved...

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For the Locals . . .

Mr. Homegrown

July 12, 2019

Animals, Events, Thoughtstylings

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...America, home of the Silver Lake Shaman (Please read Jenni Avins hilarious article on the Silver Lake Shaman phenomenon), Kelly and I are more Medievalists than fans of the straw hat, $10 juices and hanging houseplant accoutrements of the SLS. So head thee to the 405 freeway adjacent Getty for two exhibits of (mostly) illuminated manuscripts. We were there, in part, to look for source material for a new Root Simple publishing concept. Stay tuned....

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