Saturday Linkages: Holiday Weekend Edition

Sailboat made with Home Depot buckets: http://www.pdracer.com/boat-shorty/50-dollar-sailboat-race/tbucket/ … Brick wall collapses to reveal giant beehive via @BoingBoing http://boingboing.net/2014/05/22/brick-wall-collapses-to-reveal.html … 8 Takeaways From the Bike League’s Study of Cyclist Fatalities http://usa.streetsblog.org/2014/05/22/8-takeaways-from-the-bike-leagues-study-of-cyclist-fatalities/#.U39XY2qRa40.twitter … via @StreetsblogUSA Br...

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Saturday Linkages: Broody Hens, Killer Gardens and Salt-Rising Bread

Surveillance camera bird-feeder http://boingboing.net/2014/05/27/surveillance-camera-bird-feede.html … Broody Hens and the Meaning of Life. My new blog post on The Tangled Nest. http://thetanglednest.com/2014/05/broody-hens-and-the-meaning-of-life/ … Coping With Heat in the Garden: Drought-Tolerant Crops, Resilient Perennials and More http://garynabhan.com/i/archives/2467 The whole world has a weight problem, new report says http://www.usatoday.c...

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Saturday Linkages: A Close Shave, Building Codes and Protected Bike Lanes

Image: Garden Professor’s Blog. Should you shave tree roots? http://blogs.extension.org/gardenprofessors/2014/06/02/another-close-shave/ … Building Codes and the Self Built Mortgage Free Home http://wp.me/p4fosC-fx Can These $20,000 Houses Save the American Dream http://tinyurl.com/o8vp8a8 Nancy Luce and her chickens: http://poultrybookstore.blogspot.com/2014/06/nancy-luce-and-her-chickens.html … Protected Bike Lanes Make the “Interested But Conc...

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Saturday Linkages: Wind Maps, Wildlife Gardens and Other Obsessions

The Mysterious Geometry of Swordsmanship, Gorgeously Illustrated: http://tinyurl.com/lypzaon Live wind map: http://hint.fm/wind/ Clam Aspic Salad – A Vintage Recipe Re-Run http://www.midcenturymenu.com/2014/09/clam-aspic-salad-a-vintage-recipe-re-run/ … When Wildlife Gardens Look Like Gardens | Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2014/09/when-wildlife-gardens-look-like-gardens.html … Middle Eastern Roots of Spice Trade: The Origins of Culinary Impe...

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Saturday Linkages: Cat Hugs

A Quick Primer On Poultry Vaccines You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus Fresh Hell from the Baffler Here’s the File Clearview AI Has Been Keeping on Me, and Probably on You Too Our intersections are too dangerous. Here’s how to fix them Cyclist gets hit by car, then sued for $700 [editors note: this happened to me except it was $900] Listen: The Sound Of The Hagia Sophia, More Than 500 Years Ago The pungent legacy of Axe Body Spray Solar Class Jo...

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