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Weekend Linkages: 217 Vacuum Cleaners

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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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Saturday Linkages: Can’t Stop the Memes

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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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There she goes, my beautiful world

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Design
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...sant space to work in. So amidst the tools are a few tchotchkes, images of cats and Bernie Sanders signs to remind me of happy before-times. Spending time in this space does not completely allay a foreboding sense of anxiety about the world but it’s certainly better than sitting in the house doom scrolling Twitter. One of those Sanders signs says, “Fight the Power” a kind of pun in that I’ve, unintentionally, managed to assemble a work practice th...

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Allegedly Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder Not Rat Proof

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Gardening, Pests
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...our backyard. A young coyote visited last week and, last night, our indoor cats got in a full on cat fight on either side of a glass door with a visiting outdoor cat. Our new bird (rat?) feeder has a lever that closes when a heavy animal steps on it. This is supposed to deter squirrels. As you can see from the photos, rats easily hacked their way around this problem by shimmying between the lever and the food. Perhaps I can just weigh down the lev...

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