Weekend Linkages: May Day Edition

May 1, 2022

...Billy Bragg sings the Internationale William Morris How I Became a Socialist Vision zero is going well here in LA Riding a bike in American should not be this dangerous Texas Plans to Punish Companies That Move Away From Fossil Fuels Buckets and Hydroponic Baskets for Growing Summer Veggies I’m for more caftans The right kind of worker (a podcast episode for your May Day)...

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Mushroom Mania

Mr. Homegrown

March 16, 2022

Events, Gardening, Mushrooms

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...mushrooms.” At over 3,500 posts on this blog we sometime get amnesia here at Root Simple. I completely forgot that McCoy was a guest on episode 77 of our podcast, currently on hiatus (I have thoughts about bringing it back, by the way)....

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Weekend Linkages: Spring is Here According to the Fig Tree

Mr. Homegrown

March 13, 2022

Saturday Linkages

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...The battle of Bir Tawil Why A Small-Scale Artist Is Rebuilding Tiny Versions Of Iconic LA Buildings, Including This Eastside Burrito Joint Neutra house for sale in Redlands St Mary’s, Mundon, Essex The Polaroids of Andrei Tarkovsky A podcast about the very strange Alexandr Dugin: Russia’s State Philosopher...

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Weekend Linkages: The Birds Have Eyes

Mr. Homegrown

November 21, 2021

Saturday Linkages

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...town Census: No great migration occurred during COVID-19 pandemic The truth about bitocoin Dear Joe: The Electric Hummer is Not the Future Why Sharrows Are Bullshit The a podcast about the downfall of LA city coucilman Jose Huizar Archbishop lets down flock The internet is magic sometimes...

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Our Butlerian Jihad

Mr. Homegrown

March 25, 2024

Thoughtstylings

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...n lure of our “smart” phones. The movies tend to overplay what I think is Herbert’s less interesting and overly reductive view of religion. For a further exploration of the present day implications of a Butlerian Jihad and neo-Luddism the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast had a freewheeling discussion about the recent Dune movies. As I mentioned in an earlier post, there’s an ongoing Butlerian Jihad happening in my woodshop. I’ve been thinking of expandi...

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