Saturday Linkages: Arboreal Angst

September 14, 2019

The Emperor Charles and ‘Carlina’ in Giovanni Cadamasto’s herbal: Harley MS 3736 via Medieval Manuscripts Blog Arboreal Angst: a short history of recent architectural/plant mashups Louisville needs trees! Cedar plant swing holder Ancient watering hole in Southern Arizona at risk from border wall construction On the Surprising Benefits of an Un-Mobile Phone Is Our Fear of Smartphones Overblown? Same Pesticides that are Killing Bees Significantly S...

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Saturday Linkages: Agitated

Mr. Homegrown

September 28, 2019

Saturday Linkages

...Engraving from the Kelmscott Chaucer. The Baffler serves up some Fresh Hell Kentucky politician with a demented hatred of trains Dreaming octopus changes color I ‘stormed’ Area 51 and it was even weirder than I imagined Handsy old goon supports fossil fuels If world leaders choose to fail us, my generation will never forgive them M.I.T. Media Lab’s crackpot plant computer What if America Took Amtrak Seriously?...

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Saturday Linkages: Throwing Off the Shackles

Mr. Homegrown

October 19, 2019

Saturday Linkages

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...Image: ©Dhiru Thadani via Strongtowns Driver Killing Koreatown 4-Year-Old Sparks Protest Push For Vision Zero Fire season continues with dry conditions persisting. Plus: Davis tornado, power shut-offs, and a new earthquake warning system This TINY HOUSE will probably kill you Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Recyclable Materials Good for Home Decoration Invisible Handcuffs It’s time for workers to throw off the shackles of big tech...

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Saturday Linkages: Get Off the Internet and Embroider!

Mr. Homegrown

November 2, 2019

Saturday Linkages

My great aunt enjoying a goat chariot in Stockton, CA. Want to learn embroidery? Natalie Richards shows you the stitches on YouTube. Unraveling the Secret Origins of an AmazonBasics Battery All Right Already By now, we know where Facebook’s allegiances lie Meat in the Machine Winds of change: the sailing ships cleaning up sea transport Silicon Valley Leaders Sit Down With Wildfire At Investment Meeting After Being Impressed By Its Rapid Expansion...

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Saturday Linkages: A Big Post of Random Stuff

Mr. Homegrown

November 9, 2019

Saturday Linkages

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...Spotted in our local little library. Doesn’t sound like fun to me. Mist Showers: Sustainable Decadence? $1.50 for 1000 hens: Hamilton man desperate to rehome birds after accidentally winning auction Gary Nabhan requests career counseling from a pomegranate tree Samhain, Grief, and Photographs on Backyard Ecosystem Democrats’ baffling blind spot on cars The Automotive Police State A 3d printed floor lamp...

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