Friday Afternoon Linkages–Some Fun, Some Scary

Life is like a seesaw with a rusty bolt–a good kid on one end and a bad kid on the other and no way to tell whose ass is gonna hit the ground hardest. On the fun side of life’s pesky algebra equation this week: Mark Frauenfelder is experimenting with a unique way of drying persimmons using a traditional Japanese method as pictured on the left. Meanwhile, in a busy month of blogging, the intrepid urban homesteaders over at Ramshackle Solid show yo...

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Weekend Linkages: May Day Edition

...Billy Bragg sings the Internationale William Morris How I Became a Socialist Vision zero is going well here in LA Riding a bike in American should not be this dangerous Texas Plans to Punish Companies That Move Away From Fossil Fuels Buckets and Hydroponic Baskets for Growing Summer Veggies I’m for more caftans The right kind of worker (a podcast episode for your May Day)...

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Weekend Linkages: The Passenger

...It’s possibly the most LA thing ever to have a private, invitation-only opening for a piece of public infrastructure built for walking and biking and then provide the attendees with only driving directions. The island with no water: how foreign mining destroyed Banaba Goblin mode Possum body slams skunk Music break Movie break...

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