Saturday Tweets: Cockroach Donuts!

November 18, 2017

...orkshop) November 16, 2017 Are you a Los Angeles County resident who loves gardening and would like to teach others? Consider becoming a UC Master Gardener Volunteer! Now recruiting for our class of 2018: https://t.co/jdG8VG2ttR @ucce_la @UCMasterGarden #gardeners #losangeles — Rachel Surls (@RachelSurls) November 16, 2017 This is usually what happens. https://t.co/hjezSCcTGV — Brooklyn Spoke (@BrooklynSpoke) November 15, 2017 Thanks to the new wa...

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Saturday Tweets: Crab Apples, Climate Change and a Bear Parade

Mr. Homegrown

December 9, 2017

Saturday Linkages

...Alys Fowler https://t.co/1i3EOq4lBj pic.twitter.com/3eL0688yqT — Guardian gardening (@guardiangardens) December 9, 2017 How to make a penny floor or tabletop: https://t.co/yMciogCa5z — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 7, 2017 Ecomodernism: the belief that all we need to solve our ecological predicament is more technology. synonym: techno-optimism. Comforting, as it implies: (1) individually, no change required; (2) collectively, we’re already h...

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Saturday Tweets: Dumb Appliances, Chinatown Produce,

Mr. Homegrown

May 6, 2017

Saturday Linkages

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...Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 6, 2017 The Wrong Way to Teach Eco-Friendly Gardening | Garden Rant https://t.co/Rpo12wOLpI — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 6, 2017 https://t.co/SKIBofeNZS: Solar Cooking with the Solavore Oven (“Moron’s Mea… https://t.co/gIDicJqrtl — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 6, 2017 I love how Metro construction downtown has created narrower bike-friendly streets and extra wide pedestrian crossings. Can we keep them? pic.twitte...

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On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs

Mr. Homegrown

January 7, 2019

Reviews, Thoughtstylings

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...which you were paid to do the things you like to read about on this blog: gardening, beer brewing, jam making, beekeeping etc. Or how about a world in which teachers, nurses and caregivers made more money than tech CEOs? Sadly, we don’t live in that utopia. Instead we have an economy that often rewards people who either do nothing all day or whose work degrades our lives. Anthropologist David Graeber takes up these questions in his book Bullshit...

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Saturday Tweets: #FlyingLess, VHS Making a Comeback and Alanis Morissette Impressions

Mr. Homegrown

March 24, 2018

Saturday Linkages

...encourages a desirable population of primroses through land management and gardening. This kind of thoughtful stewardship gives me hope. https://t.co/TznngarsTn pic.twitter.com/k5X1OifScH — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) March 24, 2018 Helping hands: these gestures were part of a medieval code. To find out what they mean, click here https://t.co/ZH9EZjx6Nr #PolonskyPre1200 pic.twitter.com/yjHBVRXNjz — Medieval Manuscripts (@BLMedieval) March 23,...

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