Saturday Tweets: Neuro-Talk, Bitcoin and Other Modern Problems

September 22, 2018

...com/W2AyBucTRU — Alissa Walker (@awalkerinLA) September 18, 2018 Methodist Urbanism: Ocean Grove https://t.co/Pqbp0HRNQk via @wordpressdotcom — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 22, 2018 On the Dissing of “Ornamental Plants” https://t.co/3iLS4cd9cq via @Garden Rant — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 22, 2018 From the Head https://t.co/7ZRVQuVfbh via @rudemechanic — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 22, 2018 To make a coiled basket of plasti...

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Saturday Linkages: Can’t Stop the Memes

Mr. Homegrown

February 13, 2021

Saturday Linkages

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...Turn Off Your Mind, Relax—and Float Right-Wing? Chairman Mao Invented Traditional Chinese Medicine “Cocaine of the sea” — the illegal fish trade of the Mexican cartel and Chinese mafia Meaty meals and play stop cats killing wildlife, study finds NeoPixel Ancient Oil Lamp Kelly Norris on New Naturalism and Informed Plant Choices Grow Your Own Giant Sequoia Tree I love lava...

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Weekend Linkages: 217 Vacuum Cleaners

Mr. Homegrown

September 19, 2021

Saturday Linkages

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Spotted on a dog walk. FYI, I think it’s a joke. Long Twitter thread on cats that hide inside of furniture I think this might be my favorite bit of opera (thank you Lee!) My neighbor Chap does these amazing recreations of the colors of ancient statuary Looking for a cookbook made by motorcycle clubs or clowns? The disastrous voyage of Satoshi, the world’s first cryptocurrency cruise ship Building with Mushrooms Traditional technique of hand ironi...

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Weekend Linkages: Umarells and Oki Dogs

Mr. Homegrown

March 27, 2022

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...A friend left a bag of ratchet straps and one of the cats has been sitting in it for a week I think being an Umarell is in my future (thank you to John Zapf for this mind blowing Wikipedia article) A 2-way wrist radio At SXSW, A Pathetic Tech Future Struggles to Be Born “We’ll see you all at Oki-Dogs”: The story of L.A.’s legendary punk hangout (with hot dogs) Down on Alvarado Street by the Pioneer Chicken Stand...

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Weekend Linkages: Towards a DIY Spring

Mr. Homegrown

April 30, 2023

Saturday Linkages

...When public transportation took you to the mountains in SoCal. Image: Library of Congress. Jumping the Gap: Where Green Transphobia Leads DIY smart watering system Easy Way to Clean Gutters AI pizza ad Kim Gordon Denies Getting Bit By A Coyote At Whole Foods H.P. Lovecraft’s Completely Normal Obsession with Cats...

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