Saturday Tweets: Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

...blela) March 16, 2018 Happy belated birthday to the "plant wizard" Luther Burbank. See my tribute to his life love of plants here: https://t.co/rnPMhrszzj — Fruit Cornucopia (@ValenzuelaJohn) March 15, 2018 The Florida International Bridge Collapse Is About So Much More Than a Failed Structure https://t.co/6YiMCjEqjg via @StreetsblogUSA — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 17, 2018 How Can Vision Zero Work When L.A. Continues to Prioritize Speed? htt...

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Saturday Tweets: Touch Your Opuntia

Did you know? Stamens of many Opuntia flowers respond to touch. #plantsarecool #pokingthings #cacti pic.twitter.com/rIqJMmgV3B — Jennifer Possley (@JennPossley) April 10, 2018 Eat. Mor. Figs.@CaFigs @ValleyFig https://t.co/RaSOARO7T0 — Ernest Miller (@RLMProvisions) April 13, 2018 One of the reasons I love this herbal so much is that, in addition to the beautiful drawings (mugwort in this instance), there are intricate scenes in the background of...

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Saturday Linkages: Poultry Shaming, Horse Treadmills and Garden Snark

Image: Thirdroar. Poultry shaming: http://www.thirdroar.com/journal/2014/2/24/public-poultry-shaming.html … Russian Man Uses Horse Treadmill to Power Log Splitter http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/russian-man-uses-horse-treadmill-to-power-chainsaw-1532466975 … Garden Variety SNARK | Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2014/02/garden-variety-snark.html … Pison eu, Colon grossum! http://wp.me/p4bjRl-5V Reviving forgotten recipes: http://www.thesmartset....

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Saturday Tweets: LA’s Grim Streets, Being the Change and More Medieval Marginalia

At some point, Vision Zero has to become more than yet another PR campaign designed to make him look like he's ready to president: Garcetti backpedals, proposes more modest increase in VZ funding https://t.co/tAPLLYAQdD — sahra (@sahrasulaiman) April 20, 2018 A new documentary is out about Being the Change! Do all you can. 🙂 https://t.co/IlesTIsHNF — Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) April 20, 2018 China escalates the war on jaywalkers with automa...

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Saturday Tweets: Tanning Fish, Trees and Dealing with Medieval Mansplainers

...gy #wildCraft #SHTF #prepper #tanning #fishing #Inuit #salmon #Alaska — TheUrbanAboriginal (@TheUrbanAbo) April 27, 2018 A study shows Seattle's poorest neighborhoods have less than one-fifth the tree canopy of the city's wealthier areas. https://t.co/MxHaIbBI3N — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) April 26, 2018 When you want a small base for a $26 LED light and things get out of control. The classic posable desk lamp design is really fun to...

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