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Thank You Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County!

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Events
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...Simple to do a coffee roasting demo and gave us booth space during Nature Fest this past weekend. They were also very compassionate and understanding when I had to leave early on Sunday when my elderly mom was, unexpectedly, hospitalized. If you’re a local please consider joining the Museum as a member and sign up to find out about the many programs they put on. They are doing amazing work to encourage biodiversity and citizen science. And a prog...

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Saturday Linkages: Strange Times

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Saturday Linkages
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...the Gentrifying Neighborhood’s Coffin? Loved the 80s? You’ll love this house How to use your Apple AirPods Pro as hearing aids (via GardenFork) On damsels and influencers World’s worst tiny house A fungi film fest How the CIA Helped Shape the Creative Writing Scene in America Introducing friend of the blog Doug Harvey’s Less Art: Reviews and Commentaries of Movies, TV, Books, Music, Radio, and Art...

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Weekend Linkages: Not Enough Trains

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Saturday Linkages
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...A mini Red Car at L.A. Train fest Plant-based meat once seemed unstoppable. What went wrong? Can We Make Bicycles Sustainable Again? Pruitt-Igoe residents exposed to government testing seek compensation. ‘What about us?’ ‘Rat tours’ boom in rodent-infested New York Building Myself a Reading Tracker App with Airtable and Deno Fresh, Part 1...

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How to save tomato seed

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Gardening, How-to, Miscellaneous, Tomatoes, Vegetable Gardening
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...are bone dry, transfer to envelopes or glass jars for storage. Be sure to label! *I just lost a batch to germination. I blame the heat. It didn’t seem like they’d be fermenting that long, but after I drained my seeds I saw the tiny little white nubbins poking out of the seeds. Now I have to begin again. This is one reason why you should not wait ’til your last tomato to think about saving seeds. Also, this is a reminder to keep a close eye on you...

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Tippy Tap, Beta Version

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Domesticus, Water and Power, Water Conservation
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...I gave the bottle a quick coat of paint because I couldn’t scrape off the label and couldn’t stand to wash my hands while that psychotic, chemical peddling teddy bear stared up at me. The mechanics of building a tippy tap are quite simple, but fairly situational, so you’ll have to improvise around the shape of the water bottle you choose, and decide on a hanging method which fits your needs. Some basics: You need support The bottle has to hang fr...

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