Saturday Linkages: Trash Panda Paradise

November 23, 2019

Image: @scarytoilet Jessie Newbery: embroidery as art Reflections on Larry Korn’s Passing, the Preciousness of Elders, Friendship, Love, Kindness, Care How to Say I Love You in Greenlandic An Arctic Alphabet The Secret to a Perfect Hot Glue Mold Planting the Natural Garden a new book by Piet Oudolf and Henk Gerritsen Poor Man’s Quinoa Bernie Sanders, filmstrip entrepreneur This year, why not serve your turkey with green maraschino cherries and wa...

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Saturday Linkages: On Sunday!

Mr. Homegrown

September 22, 2019

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...The revived art of the Orkney Island chair Dark crystals: the brutal reality behind a booming wellness craze I tried the Light Phone for a week – could I survive on just texts and calls? Your Navigation App Is Making Traffic Unmanageable King Arthur: fable, fact and fiction...

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Saturday Linkages: Agitated

Mr. Homegrown

September 28, 2019

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...Engraving from the Kelmscott Chaucer. The Baffler serves up some Fresh Hell Kentucky politician with a demented hatred of trains Dreaming octopus changes color I ‘stormed’ Area 51 and it was even weirder than I imagined Handsy old goon supports fossil fuels If world leaders choose to fail us, my generation will never forgive them M.I.T. Media Lab’s crackpot plant computer What if America Took Amtrak Seriously?...

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Saturday Linkages: Move On Up

Mr. Homegrown

October 12, 2019

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8USz7gb2RGQ The news has been bleak. In times like these I always recommend a listen to Curtis Mayfield’s song Move On Up. Turn up the volume and listen to those lyrics. Huntress a short film about the world of female bike couriers Exclusive: carmakers among key opponents of climate action ‘Collapse OS’ Is an Open Source Operating System for the Post-Apocalypse Climate Beer: “Take turns expressing how your knowledg...

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Saturday Linkages: Throwing Off the Shackles

Mr. Homegrown

October 19, 2019

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...Image: ©Dhiru Thadani via Strongtowns Driver Killing Koreatown 4-Year-Old Sparks Protest Push For Vision Zero Fire season continues with dry conditions persisting. Plus: Davis tornado, power shut-offs, and a new earthquake warning system This TINY HOUSE will probably kill you Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Recyclable Materials Good for Home Decoration Invisible Handcuffs It’s time for workers to throw off the shackles of big tech...

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