Saturday Tweets: Eating Flowers, Peach Mustard and the Patron Saint of Dentists

September 1, 2018

A hummingbird feeder you can wear https://t.co/02alriKIZX — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 31, 2018 High daily exposure to the chemicals that are generated by forms of combustion—such as cooking, smoking, and vehicle exhausts—may cause molecular changes that accelerate biological aging. pic.twitter.com/SLqvn0G9Fh — HarvardPublicHealth (@HarvardChanSPH) August 26, 2018 Eating flowers seems almost heretical. If plants could talk, wouldn't the...

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Saturday Tweets: Linotype, Support Squirrels and an East Hollywood Tower

Mr. Homegrown

October 13, 2018

Saturday Linkages

...d disasters. #EndClimateSilence @NPR — Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) October 12, 2018 I used to be a fan of Universal Basic Income. Then, I gave a talk at Uber. https://t.co/Nc4tSQXDbB — douglas rushkoff (@rushkoff) October 10, 2018 If you are walking in darkness today, this is a reminder: you are loved. You are precious. You have value. Sometimes we need others to believe this for us. I believe it for you today, and pray you come to believe it too...

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Saturday Tweets: A Solar Powered Blog, Caravansaries, Moths and Michaelmas

Mr. Homegrown

September 29, 2018

Saturday Linkages

Our new self-hosted, solar-powered blog is designed to radically reduce the energy use associated with accessing our content. https://t.co/err1n0Jb8d pic.twitter.com/WofAjYoC4q — lowtechmagazine (@lowtechmagazine) September 26, 2018 The mother of all Iranian caravansaries: @atlasobscura https://t.co/LrKw76GhZF — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 29, 2018 Survival on the sea: https://t.co/eggkX3RSZ2 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 29, 2018...

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Saturday Tweets: Neuro-Talk, Bitcoin and Other Modern Problems

Mr. Homegrown

September 22, 2018

Saturday Linkages

The Limits of Neuro-Talk – The New Atlantis https://t.co/wTOgeNcu7H — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 20, 2018 When the last tree Is cut down the last fish eaten and the last stream poisoned You will realize that you cannot eat bitcoinhttps://t.co/shrn6PSEQ8 — Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) September 19, 2018 “The automobile city is the anti-city which annihilates the city wherever it collides with it.”—Lewis Mumford, The City in History. pic.t...

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Saturday Tweets: Low Hanging Fruit

Mr. Homegrown

September 15, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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...un. This is what infrastructure enables… pic.twitter.com/k1bwSLPVXK — Sam “proto-numtot” Easterby-Smith (@samscam) September 14, 2018 Who made this? This is correct. #AutonomousVehicles pic.twitter.com/r0y0ZfiqZY — Kristin Miller (@_kristinmmiller) September 12, 2018 Why we should use trees to protect bike lanes https://t.co/3sA9xPzjch pic.twitter.com/hfNLM5gdRu — Alissa Walker (@awalkerinLA) September 13, 2018 ‘In 1007 A.D., a wondrous comet appe...

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