Saturday Linkages: It’s Caturday

...View this post on Instagram Attention US Army: Young Moki would make a fine tank operator. but it won’t be a volunteer gig. A post shared by eric potter (@soundofericpotter) on Jan 18, 2020 at 2:47pm PST A kayak made from branches and tarp FRED episode 2 – a vision of heaven Unmasking the secret landlords buying up America Bedouin Lifestyle – Documentary in Wadi Rum, Jordan...

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Saturday Linkages: A Difficult Week

Quar activity: drafting. Cornell West: The system cannot reform itself COVID-19 and Circuits of Capital Holding the Vision: Collecting the Art of the Book in the Industrial North West (museum exhibit in a series of blog posts) Mystery as 60 peculiar cubes with inscriptions pulled from Coventry river Thermoelectric Stoves: Ditch the Solar Panels? The Complete Guide to Creating Your Personal Makerspace (Via Eric of Garden Fork) Infectious Bronchiti...

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Saturday Linkages: Bad Ideas and a Few Good Ones

Via @70s_party. EPA re-approves key Roundup chemical Hollyhock House Archive What happened to that $100 laptop idea? Goodbye Mars One, The Fake Mission To Mars That Fooled The World The 10,000-Year Clock Is a Waste of Time The World’s Most Annoying Man Car ads are bad for our cities No Rational System Would Value Tesla at $100 Billion ‘Mindless growth’: Robust scientific case for degrowth is stronger every day A dry (and warm, in most places) Jan...

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Saturday Linkages on Sunday: With Cat Hugs

...What We Lose by Hiring Someone to Pick Up Our Avocados for Us Guy Causes Google Maps “Traffic Jams” By Carrying 99 Cell Phones Why Amazon’s Ring and facial recognition technology are a clear and present danger to society Vienna’s Cultural Approach to Going Car-Free Cat snoring through an echo microphone of the day. pic.twitter.com/Rkic9X0u6k — Dick King-Smith HQ (@DickKingSmith) February 6, 2020...

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Saturday Linkages: Flee Past’s Ape Elf

...6 Changes You May See As A Hen Ages – Hobby Farms The Whole-Grain Grail: A Sandwich Bread With Mass Appeal Fridges are not cool The LED status light problem Wuhan’s cat rescuer: the man saving pets abandoned during coronavirus outbreak Silicon Valley Is Quietly Building Its Own Wall Street–what could go wrong? Please don’t cut up your missal...

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