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Saturday Tweets: Big and Trainy

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Saturday Linkages
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...often. Cities reordered to a potentially “antiseptic” level to accommodate self-driving cars. This is what AV industry reps are telling the New York Times they envision. Pretty alarming stuff đŸ˜±https://t.co/27brdgWAUa — Streetsblog USA (@StreetsblogUSA) August 2, 2019 Happy #Caturdaypic.twitter.com/MQGfUeTWmZ — Larry the Cat, Esq. (@Number10cat) August 3, 2019 No surprise that the @LosFelizLedger, which continues to make the false claim that the Ro...

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Saturday Tweets: DIY WiFi Antennas, Cardboard Drones and Giant Crabs

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...Simple (@rootsimple) February 2, 2017 Rebuilding, Testing and Documenting Self-Made Wi-Fi Antennas https://t.co/fdXIr2eUyj pic.twitter.com/b9yObicrLF — lowtechmagazine (@lowtechmagazine) February 1, 2017 Parks Without Borders: Creating a Seamless Public Realm https://t.co/dPTRd1ReyK — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) February 1, 2017 A residential contractor shares what's in his tool belt https://t.co/IYNGyS2h6g — Root Simple (@rootsimple) Jan...

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We are all gardeners

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Back to the Garden, Gardening, Thoughtstylings
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...is not welcome. This landscape is extractive by nature, meaning it is not self-sustaining, but reliant on biological and chemical inputs stolen from other locations, from fertilizer to weed killer to the gasoline and electricity needed to run the tools necessary to to keep the landscape trim, and in some climates, the water needed to keep the grass green. It is expensive. It is life-denying. The New Way: The Loving Landscape The Loving Landscape...

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How to kill your palm tree

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Gardening, Trees
...have to. Don’t be fetishistic about tidyiness. Let the palm be its natural self. It knows how to grow, it knows where it wants its fronds and boots– after all, palms are much, much, much older than us as a species. They know what they’re doing. You’ll save money and the palm will thank you if you leave it alone. If you do prune your palm, hire a company that knows what they’re doing, or research the topic well before doing it yourself. One final f...

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