Saturday Tweets: Rocket Emissions, Tarkovsky and Borges Quoting Furby

...(@rootsimple) December 9, 2018 If you are looking for gifts for climate-anxious friends and family, please consider my book. It inspires and empowers many who read it. Which is way better than anxiety, for us and for 🌍 Local bookstore is best, but here's a convenient link w reviews:https://t.co/LhmCbzTHGC — Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) December 8, 2018 $30 plug-and-play kit converts a Bird scooter into a "personal scooter" https://t.co/1S7yFL...

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Saturday Tweets: Goodbye 2017

...s://t.co/kZJLZrUT0y — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 29, 2017 Typeface reviews https://t.co/70pwkf0KLC — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 26, 2017 this is so great pic.twitter.com/jHiMMmRgqj — Cats (@SpaceCatPics) December 27, 2017 "Hedgehogs are doin it for themselves / Rolling on their prickly backs / Picking up grapes" (We knew that didn't really scan *sorry*)https://t.co/7nAYwQ7S3r pic.twitter.com/fNV8OMkkHg — Medieval Manuscripts (@...

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097 Mill Your Own Flour with a Mock Mill

...o the Garden Fork Podcast and YouTube channel. Please leave Eric some good reviews too! As for Kelly, she’s doing better and I hope to have her on the next episode of the podcast to talk about her aortic dissection adventure. On this special live episode of the Root Simple podcast I interview Paul Lebeau, who came all the way from Germany to demonstrate an interesting new home flour mill called the Mock Mill. The Mock Mill was designed by Wolfgang...

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Saturday Tweets: Labor Day Weekend Edition

...://t.co/ubppSqCKiP — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 1, 2016 Scientist reviews most painful insect stings he's ever received https://t.co/q2XFXRF5cp — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 31, 2016 Yes to more wildlife crossings! Mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains could die out in 50 years https://t.co/VLKQD7HJOR via @kpcc — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 31, 2016 "Well, duh" say the dog people: Dogs understand both words and intona...

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Running Shoes: the worst idea ever

...not be a stiff arch support that prevents the natural movement of the arch of the foot. And here’s a thought for an enterprising publisher: how about a running magazine modeled after Lucky Peach? In other words, a running magazine with integrity made up of honest reviews, research-based injury advice and thoughtful essays. Resources: An interesting article on Plantar fasciitis (thanks to Kathy Turk for the link) The Skeletal Biology Lab at Harvard...

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