Saturday Tweets: Eating Ants, Bikes and LA as Heat Island

Raising Edible Ants in the Midwest http://t.co/Lk3718YIHx via @themadfeed — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 25, 2015 On 27 September, Paris goes car-free http://t.co/Xc7S9smEem — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 26, 2015 The World’s Nuttiest Bike Lane NIMBYs Live in a San Diego Beach Community http://t.co/5OYs7Hk4nA via @StreetsblogUSA — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 26, 2015 Steel and 2×4 Full Dining Table Set http://t.co/LDdjPiJsHJ...

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Saturday Tweets: Bikes, Sacred Lands and Watering Paradise

How the Dutch changed their cycling culture – started with a ’70’s “mass die-in” outside #Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. pic.twitter.com/dvatSeBIt0 — Brent Toderian (@BrentToderian) November 18, 2014 Happy to see this sort of story at the local news level: Don’t rake your leaves, scientists say http://t.co/NTu6q3bUQ7 via @KING5Seattle — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 21, 2014 You can help protect an ancient sacred site in the Black Hills. https://t...

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Saturday Tweets: Bikes, Soil Bacteria and Low Fat Diets

Ride safe, guy. I’m with you. MT @ghanscom: Why death won’t keep me from biking in the city http://t.co/RiySi4n340 pic.twitter.com/R6dCOYo3Rm — Sarah Goodyear (@buttermilk1) January 10, 2015 Which explains why Monsanto can buy “scientists” and their opinions: http://t.co/xTT3zZ1B4s — Nassim NicholنTaleb (@nntaleb) January 8, 2015 The Beasts In Our Yard 1.04.15 http://t.co/cP7Iaas9Wo via @SomeDayAllThis — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 8, 2015...

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Saturday Tweets: Mostly Bikes

...m well and let them lead the way.https://t.co/iiFwAcbV4B — Bike Snob NYC (@bikesnobnyc) February 23, 2018 Congratulations to Keep LA Moving for this big win in Playa. pic.twitter.com/IDD6dtWPv7 — Peter Flax (@Pflax1) February 21, 2018 They should bring this trend back! #LAhistory https://t.co/PMI2WGot1q — Culinary Historians (@CHSoCal) February 24, 2018 This invasive species could result in the loss of as much as $18 billion in agricultural revenu...

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Saturday Linkages: Tall Bikes, Za’atar and So Much More

...html?ref=garden … pic.twitter.com/qx07xlvDa4 Bikin’ Here’s what it feels like to ride a 14.5-foot-tall bike http://grist.org/list/heres-what-it-feels-like-to-ride-a-14-5-foot-tall-bike/#.UXl2JmJoeY0.twitter … Bikesnob on self driving cars: http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2013/04/this-just-in-off-to-cleveland-then-im.html … For these links and more, follow Root Simple on Twitter: Follow @rootsimple...

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