Saturday Linkages: #quarantinecats

March 21, 2020

...An overflowing pot of bean recipes Some guidelines for dealing with coronavirus in your home and community The Cloistered Garden Nassim Taleb on BBC4 on why this is not a “black swan” Some magazines I read: The Idler, The Baffler, Jacobin, Mortise and Tenon, Fine Woodworking, Fine Homebuilding ‘Honest Labour’ – the Column that Named the Book The Mystic And The Warrior Slavoj Zizek, Jordan Peterson and the Toilet Paper Candidate...

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Saturday Linkages: The Kirghiz Light’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

Mr. Homegrown

July 18, 2020

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...A Winged Figure, Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1904-1911. Comet NEOWISE Dazzles at Dusk What to do With Blackberries Poll: Who always wears a mask in public—and who doesn’t? CoronaShock and Socialism ‘Not just weeds’: how rebel botanists are using graffiti to name forgotten flora Extreme atmospheric rivers: what will California’s strongest storms look like in a warming climate? The Sacro Bosco of Bomarzo...

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Saturday Linkages: COVID-19 Edition

Mr. Homegrown

March 14, 2020

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...Théodore Géricault Raft of the Medusa. How to Clean Your Phone to Help Protect Against Coronavirus Beyond Contact Tracing: Community-based early detection for Ebola response Black-out Nights Some good news: after record dry February, a sudden shift toward wetter conditions Classic iPod Hackers Say There’s No Better Way to Listen to Music...

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Saturday Linkages: Cat Hugs

Mr. Homegrown

February 29, 2020

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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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Saturday Linkages: Flee Past’s Ape Elf

Mr. Homegrown

February 22, 2020

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...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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