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Join or Die: Why You Should Join a Club

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Thoughtstylings
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...tempting to undue the damage of a neoliberal order that, I think, is one of the main factors in why we don’t belong to things anymore. My reservations aside, if this film gets more people to get together, even to just have a dinner party, that would be good thing. Join or Die is touring the country right now and will likely hit a streaming service at some point. If you’re part of an organization you can also request a screening which would make fo...

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044 Daniel Kent: Cabin Dweller’s Textbook

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Domesticus, Food, Podcasts
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...carbonation system How to make your own clear cocktail ice The Old Fashion Making your own bitters Herbs of Mexico Institute of Domestic Technology classes Wool and how to wash it Roasting your own coffee with a Whirley Pop Sourcing green coffee at Sweet Maria’s and Bodhi Leaf Coffee Traders Cowboy coffee Sharpening tools If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmail.com...

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Boozing Bees

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Animals, Bees
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...conference by Dr. May Berenbaum of Cornell, that I was only able to hear part of, looked at the history of the use of pesticides. Honeybees are a complex organism and their interaction with pesticides can often work in counter-intuitive ways, as Berenbaum showed in a study that proved that even fungicides, thought to be safe, can impact bee colonies. In over a hundred years of tinkering with chemicals and bees we’re still making stupid mistakes....

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Fixing a Door Strike Plate With Repair Realism

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Design
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...y don’t do much else. While we’re at it we need to find a clever solution for doors that swell and contract. One of the signs of spring here is neighbors hiring people to cut down their doors. We should have doors with tops and bottoms that extend and contract. Much of the knowledge of furniture making relates to how to allow for seasonal wood movement so that your table or cabinet doesn’t pull apart between the cold of winter and the heat and hum...

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Open Floor Plan

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Design
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In a stunning bit of hypocrisy, we’re busy making the floor plan of our house a bit more open in spite of our rants and raves about the practice. Allow me to explain. Many years ago, when I installed our living room floor, I pulled up a baseboard and discovered that the wall between the living room and bedroom was of recent vintage. What we now use as a bedroom was originally a sitting room or dining room. And the two closets that share a wall be...

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