LA’s Gangsters

...ard relied on us all to be passive and let “the adults” lead. We all will need to pitch in and participate in local government and at our unions to make the changes we need to make. Some resources: DSA-LA voter guide Knock LA’s coverage of the leak LA Podcast Emergency Episode Mike Bonin’s moving speech at yesterday’s council meeting...

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Saturday Tweets: Sheds, Roots and Odd Pie Shapes

...e #drought. http://t.co/gXAWf8WTe4 pic.twitter.com/0QpaPngBXx — Ag&Natural Resources (@ucanr) May 8, 2015 We asked to see your sheds and we can’t believe the incredible response we got: http://t.co/THoKAXC7OS pic.twitter.com/GhWCH8feGr — Telegraph Gardening (@TeleGardening) May 8, 2015 The real story behind the demise of America’s once-mighty streetcars http://t.co/lTZWUjdk3g via @voxdotcom — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 8, 2015 Odd pie shapes of...

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Let’s Win This

...nt of working people and students to this campaign–people with a lot fewer resources and time than I have. No other candidate has a ground force as committed as Senator Sanders. No other candidate has been as consistent throughout his life in support of working people. His message is no more radical than saying that this country should offer the level of services that other developed countries have. Some of you may not agree with all of his polici...

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Initial Thoughts on the Age of Limits 2013 Conference

...r blog is Our Finite World. Guy McPherson is Professor Emeritus of Natural Resources and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona, author of Walking Away from Empire. His blog: Nature Bats Last. Albert Bates is one of the board of directors of The Farm, a co-founder of the Global Eco Village Network and the author of The Biochar Solution: Carbon Farming and Climate Change, The Post Petroleum Survival Guide and Cookbook. He blogs...

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015 Worm Composting and Skunks

...osting rocks! Our wood worm bin. Kelly’s post on basic worm composting and resources. Santa Monica College’s worm bin. Skunks The BirdCam Pro (how I discovered that my skunk proofing did not work. Our skunk proof vegetable bed. Our late dog’s skunk hunting adventures. What are we reading Worms Eat My Garbage by Mary Appelhof. Bread: A Global History By William Rubel. Kelly mentions Werner Herzog’s Happy People: A Year in the Taiga. If you want to...

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