Saturday Tweets: Ascension K-Mart Choppers

May 4, 2019

...erPhD) May 2, 2019 Because of electric cars and smart tech, we are hitting peak copper and the industry is “working feverishly to develop new mines” which are carbon intensive and toxic. Episode 375 in why electric cars won’t save us. https://t.co/p3PIPV58Sj — Lloyd Alter (@lloydalter) May 3, 2019 Strange codes from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems https://t.co/BZ6NsDMYEd — Root Simple (@rootsimp...

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Age of Apocalypse

Mr. Homegrown

May 31, 2013

Age of Limits, Thoughtstylings

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...rvivors” variant, and it is reflect in the writings of Guy McPherson, the speaker who caused the most buzz. In his worldview, catastrophic climate change trumps all. Oil and the economy are irrelevant now, because he believes positive feedback loops will accelerate global warming far more rapidly than anticipated, causing widespread catastrophe on both land and sea. Not only will the entire human race perish as a result, but all life on earth as w...

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Are Miniature Books the New Smartphone?

Mr. Homegrown

October 17, 2016

Thoughtstylings

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...y. Loeb books are handsome, small and sturdy hardbacks with English on one page and Latin or Greek on the opposite page. Marcellinus is an entertaining Roman historian whose extant books chronicle the tumultuous years around the time of Constantine. So far it’s even more lurid than the updates on our current presidential election I get when I glace at the iPhone. Yes, you can read books on a smartphone, but I still think that the medium of a paper...

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The Hugelkultur Question

Mr. Homegrown

November 17, 2014

Gardening, Permaculture

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...ecided to post the hugelkultur question to the Garden Professor’s Facebook page. One of those horticulture professors, Linda Chalker-Scott is someone who I seek out when writing a magazine article. A civil discussion ensued on that Facebook page, proving that Facebook is good for something other than angry political screeds and cat videos. A summary of some of the points made: There is no peer reviewed research on hugelkultur. The concept seems to...

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Creating a Perpetual Garden Journal

Mr. Homegrown

October 5, 2021

Gardening

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...just commit to the lines. I would recommend finding a journal with enough pages to devote a spread of two pages to each week. I have only one page per week and I think the results will be a little cramped. Are my drawings great? Nope. But I’ve decided to embrace my slightly wonky draftsmanship and just roll with it. It’s the act of seeing, after all, that’s more important. Lara Call Gastinger’s Instagram is a great introduction to the perpetual j...

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