Saturday Tweets: Thanksgiving Weekend Edition

...2018 Here's raw footage of the Barney balloon getting destroyed in the 1997 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade… pic.twitter.com/zTBZjoYXOj — Tanooki Joe (@TanookiKuribo) November 22, 2018 Very good agroecology thread here! https://t.co/j1jGfbPE8o — Fruit Cornucopia (@ValenzuelaJohn) November 21, 2018 We're holding a major town hall on Dec. 3 to talk about one of the most pressing global crises facing us today: climate change. Will you be...

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Saturday Tweets: RIP Mary Oliver

...ey. Rare front page of the Los Angeles Times Annual Midwinter, from January 1915@KCET @JDevis @ginapollack @LAFarmGirl @RachelSurls #LAFoodways pic.twitter.com/Q3EyWeUWJo — ADSAUSAGE (@adsausage) January 17, 2019 Russian company wants to put giant ads in low-Earth orbit; they could display corporate logos “and other brand emblems, as well as allow governments to flash urgent notifications during emergencies.” https://t.co/PljGlFFhOv pic.twitter.co...

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Saturday Tweets: Too Many Tweets!

...er than "just" enjoying language and imagining what's happening on the page. a deer can be a symbol of something "profound." or it can be a deer. the sound "deer." — Chen Chen (@chenchenwrites) March 2, 2019 #RT A NEW #RaspberryShake RS4D #seismograph monitor is online in- #Alaska!: AM.R2683 Detect #earthquakes #volcanoes and more from home. Become a #CitizenScience "Shaker" today: https://t.co/EJKlmcHPV4 — Raspberry Shake (@raspishake) March...

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Make Magazine: Online and Free

...co-founder Palmer Luckey’s interest in funding the company, and a GoFundMe page started for it.] I wrote an article on drip irrigation for Issue 18 and have to say that it was a pleasure to work with the Make editorial team. Unlike other publications I’ve written for, the editors at Make knew a lot about the technical details of the subject matter and worked hard to ensure accuracy. Speaking of technical details, the only thing I’d change if I wro...

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Fermentology: Mini Seminars About Cultured Food

...d will be recorded and available afterwards on the Applied Ecology Youtube page. Registration here! Follow us on twitter or facebook for updates. A closing note: I’m fortunate to be able to stay at home, with plenty of food, and watch fermentation seminars. Many are not so lucky. I have a friend and neighbor who runs several farmers’ markets through a non-profit called SEE-LA. They are soliciting donations to support families sheltering in place i...

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