Weekend Linkages for Your Memorial Day

...Crypto posters on telephone poles–signs of a bubble? How to Watch the (Potential) Tau Herculids Meteor Shower Tonight Gardeners use plant dyes to combat toxic chemicals used by fashion industry End of an era as New York removes last public payphone Eelgrass is an ancestral food in Sonora’s Comcaac community. Now it’s gaining global attention Much warmer and drier second half of May, and some thoughts about summer to come...

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Weekend Linkages: Omicron, Belgian Houses and Farts in Jars

Spotted in San Francisco: some strange brickwork. Omicron could peak in U.S. fairly soon. Maybe. 30 Belgian Houses That Are So Bad, They’re Good The Getty’s Gift to Locked Down Los Angeles: 71,139 Ed Ruscha Vintage Streetscape Photos Digitized Column: He’s L.A. food royalty. He began with a taco cart. Let street vendors thrive TikTok Star Who Sells Her Farts in Jars Starts Selling Fart NFTs A Night at the Church of Salt Bae, America’s Newest Cele...

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Weekend Linkages: Christmas!

...Well, this certainly does sound like an…unusual Christmas party Christmas gift ideas from medieval manuscripts A sensible seeming Twitter thread on where we’re at Covid-wise Takeover: when the Young Lords took over a hospital in the Bronx Caffè Shakerato (Italian-Style Shaken Iced Coffee) Recipe Sonoma County farm strikes black truffle gold after 9 years of waiting Some very cool trains...

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Weekend Linkages: Happy Holidays!

...Image found in the depths of Twitter. Feeding the Poop Log: A Catalan Christmas Tradition Unhinged Victorian Christmas cards Anti-Vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s House Party Guests Told to Get Vaccinated Before Coming Oregon lost world’s biggest log cabin in spectacular 1964 fire L.A. can no longer afford to push bikes and buses aside Protect the underground!...

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Weekend Linkages: Fettling the Mouth

...DIY Pringles Can Secret Safe Bear attacking an inflatable reindeer in Monrovia Bros., Lecce: We Eat at The Worst Michelin Starred Restaurant, Ever and a response from the chef Freeways force out residents in communities of color — again The Fyre festival of Christmas Legend of the Big Boy Graveyard I want this house...

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