Weekend Linkages: Scatological Jumpsuits
...Urban spelunking: Flushing out the reason for that lone basement toilet Loungin’ – The Original Onesies Dog Poop – The Secret Ingredient in Victorian Leather (Thank you Lee for the link)...
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Reject Modernity Embrace Post-Capitalism
...hat profiles the erasure of African-American neighborhoods in the name of “urban renewal” during the 20th century. In Instagram, Susaneck posts before and after photos showing once thriving neighborhoods turned into the sort of horrific landscape depicted in Skeleton88 and Octopolis’ YouTube videos. The Segregation by Design website takes a systematic approach, showing how redlining and demographics were weaponized to eradicate minority neighborho...
Weekend Linkages: Better Streets, Rental Gardens and Roombas That Spy
...Medicine cabinets in the Pacific Ready Cut catalog. Better streets via AI New (and Old) Books for Urban and Rental Gardens A tread on why Amazon buying Roomba isn’t a good thing Strange Zillow listing of the week...
2022 in Review: Cats, Mushrooms and Politics
...apture at least one swarm of bees and hand them off to a friend who has an urban farm and apiary. Kelly and I have a pet sitting arrangement with some friends of ours. When we go away they watch our menagerie and when they go away I head out to Pomona to look after Harpo the parrot and his dog, cat and gecko companions. Random Wanderings When you see a display of fake plastic corn dogs you have to take a picture. I tried and failed to get through...
Weekend Linkages: A Random Beginning to 2023
...Church members propose urban village for congregation A Very Moynihan Train Hall Thanksgiving: ‘Wow, I Can’t Even Sit Down?’ Hero of 2022: Those LA Police Funding Billboards Gramsci on hating new year’s day 2-Dog Backpack Boat: the Dogmaran Are Aliens Who Visit Earth Likely to Be Socialist?...