A Transportation Cocktail: Bikes, Trains and Buses

...the Central Valley has two of my favorite signs of civilization: backyard chickens and nopales. At the dramatic end of the line for the San Joachin train lay the forlorn streets of Bakersfield, immortalized in Buck Owen’s song, “I came here looking for something I couldn’t find anywhere else Hey, I’m not trying to be nobody Just want a chance to be myself I’ve done a thousand miles of thumbin’ I’ve worn blisters on my heels Trying to find me some...

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Saturday Linkages: A Difficult Week

...culiar cubes with inscriptions pulled from Coventry river Thermoelectric Stoves: Ditch the Solar Panels? The Complete Guide to Creating Your Personal Makerspace (Via Eric of Garden Fork) Infectious Bronchitis In Chickens: Another Coronavirus My friend found a listing for an otherwise normal mcmansion that seemingly has a little…. fake… town (?) in the basement How a Handplane Made a Handplane: A Fairy Tale...

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Urban Livestock and Bikes!

India: chickens and bikes in a photo by Shabbir Siraj Urban Livestock Workshop Homegrown Evolution will be hosting an urban livestock workshop at our humble abode in Silver Lake on March 1st from 1-4pm. We’ll be talkin’ chicken, permaculturist Joan Stevens will be rapping about rabbits and Leonardo Chalupowicz will share his recent experience of becoming a “backwards” beekeeper. We’ll discuss how to integrate these animals into your backyard and...

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041 Sounds of the Homestead

...discuss some of the unusual sounds heard around the Root Simple compound: chickens, cats, bees and, yes, Kaiser Permanente’s music on hold. If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to [email protected]. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein. Additional music by Rho. A downloadable version of this podcast is here...

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Saturday Linkages: Poultry Shaming, Horse Treadmills and Garden Snark

...cted driver legislation http://reut.rs/1h9V6Jx Choosing a Secure Password http://boingboing.net/2014/02/25/choosing-a-secure-password.html … Physicists find a new ‘state of matter’ in the eyes of chickens http://io9.com/physicists-find-a-new-state-of-matter-in-the-eyes-of-1530484600 … For these links and more, follow Root Simple on Twitter: Follow @rootsimple...

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