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Steady

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Design, Thoughtstylings
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...orget that the other needed skills in my life need to be built slowly over time. In music, you have to set aside some time every day to practice your scales. But where to find the time? Lately I feel like I’ve been paying too much attention to the news. While I think it’s important to know something about what’s going on, I don’t think that I need to follow the day to day drama. What if I devoted the time I spend reading the newspaper to practicin...

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FlicFloc Sticker Shock

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Food
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...ked oats in water on the counter for a day or two at room temperature. The time at room temperature causes fermentation and gives your oats a pleasant, sour flavor. You can make a batch of it ahead of time and put it in the refrigerator after it reaches the right amount of sour funk. Baker suggests adding nuts and maple syrup to make your oatmeal more interesting. Lastly, let me add that, back in 2015, I compared the results of the FlicFloc vs. a...

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Life in a Pandemic

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Thoughtstylings
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...rt of collective neighborliness of the Portland City Repair movement. With time on their hands people are de-cluttering, deciding which objects are important in their lives and which ones are not. One of my neighbors set up a temporary rack to give away clothes. And our neighborhood’s little library is overflowing with books. Someone even put some rolls of toilet paper and rubber gloves in the box. At the same time, it’s easy for comfortable peopl...

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Our Shaky Town

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Thoughtstylings
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...timated magnitude, I knew it wasn’t going to be huge but we all had enough time to get under the table if we needed to If you haven’t downloaded @myshakeapp now would be a good time! Also the system is improving constantly so even if this one didn’t work I guarantee future you will appreciate the warning ⚠️ https://myshake.berkeley.edu This was probably the best-case scenario for people in LA to get an early warning — big enough to trigger the sys...

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There she goes, my beautiful world

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Design
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...hkes, images of cats and Bernie Sanders signs to remind me of happy before-times. Spending time in this space does not completely allay a foreboding sense of anxiety about the world but it’s certainly better than sitting in the house doom scrolling Twitter. One of those Sanders signs says, “Fight the Power” a kind of pun in that I’ve, unintentionally, managed to assemble a work practice that blends power tools and hand tools. While I enjoy the con...

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