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Ridin’ On

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Bikes
...to force our cities and police departments to make cycling safer. It’s an urban homesteader’s duty to be involved with our communities and a big part of that duty is making our cities more bikable. What a tragedy it is to see people who drive to a gym so that they can ride a stationary bicycle! Unfortunately, the City of Los Angeles does not take cycling seriously. Senator Barbara Boxer speaking at the Mobility 21 summit in Los Angeles last month...

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My Fellow Californians, Please Water Your Trees

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Gardening
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...said, Water the trees. Trees form the infrastructure of our landscapes and urban forest, and are their permanent or, at least, most long-lived and valuable components around which the other plants intermesh, if not depend. Mature trees are among the most valuable and difficult-to-replace plants in urban areas. Their loss would be devastating. Trees can be likened to the steel framework of a building; how could the building exist without it. So, ke...

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When Mushrooms Attack

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Thoughtstylings
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With the news that Amazon is flooded with dangerous, AI generated mushroom foraging books, this seems like the perfect time for this blog to point towards the Japanese kid’s show Ultraman Taro, specifically episode 31, “Danger! The Poisonous Mushroom of Lies”. The episode opens with a giant, ambulatory mushroom, named Mushra, destroying a Japanese city. Ultraman Taro, a sort of size-shifting superhero, defeats the monster but not without a releas...

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Saturday Linkages: Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind

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Saturday Linkages
...orry About Death Cap Mushroooms in California? Video: Furry porch pirate pilfers package from San Pedro pad Writing Tip: Use Zombies to Kill the Passive Voice Prime Mover: How Amazon Wove Itself Into the Life of an American City Socialism is as American as apple pie. Yes, really Grow old and be strong...

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How to Block Telemarketers

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Thoughtstylings, Water and Power
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...the goes between your phone and the wall jack. It sells for around $40 on Amazon and has no monthly charges. The way it works is that you manually enter a list of approved callers. Unknown numbers get forwarded to a recorded message (oddly, a man with a British accent–an out of work Shakespearean actor, perhaps?). You can also scroll through a list of previous incoming calls and either put them on the approved list or block them. It did a great j...

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