Saturday Linkages: One Year Behind the Mask

March 20, 2021

...In Japan, His Disaster Art Saves Lives Dutch Oven Cornbread In Your Fireplace = Easy La La La La La La How grey was my valley: forgotten Welsh architecture – in pictures Elon Musk declared himself ‘technoking’. He’s just a hyper-capitalist clown Giving Up the Ghost: On the Legacy of Mark Fisher Rick Roderick – Self Under Siege Why Bikes Make Smart People Say Dumb Things...

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Saturday Linkages: Soon There’ll Be Thunder

Mr. Homegrown

November 7, 2021

Saturday Linkages

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Our late dog Spike on the Bonneville Salt Flats October 2001. The hidden climate costs of America’s free parking spaces Biden’s $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Hastens Beacons For Bicyclists And Pedestrians Enabling Detection By Connected Cars [editor’s note: I’m not happy about this idea] The Real Reason Facebook Changed Its Name ‘Wondrous and amazing’: female California condors can reproduce without males Edith Wharton’s Hauntology Want to bu...

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Saturday Linkages: Pumpkin Spice Hot Takes

Mr. Homegrown

October 31, 2021

Saturday Linkages

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...Leaf blower ban? How to tell time in the dark Panic fried black beans An architecture critic explains how the farmhouse aesthetic took over Architect Resigns in Protest over UCSB Mega-Dorm What Zuckerberg’s metaverse means to our humanity The amazing prophecy of Niagara Falls artist Isaiah Robertson...

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Saturday Linkages: Strange Times

Mr. Homegrown

July 24, 2021

Saturday Linkages

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IMHO, the nicest apartment building at 933 Parkman in Silver Lake. Breast Cancer Patient Attacked by Violent Anti-Mask Protest Outside Clinic Anti-vaccine groups changing into ‘dance parties’ on Facebook to avoid detection Taking place in our neighborhood: spa wars Also our neighborhood: Is Erewhon’s Arrival in Silver Lake the Final Nail in the Gentrifying Neighborhood’s Coffin? Loved the 80s? You’ll love this house How to use your Apple AirPods...

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Saturday Linkages: Mostly Architecture

Mr. Homegrown

May 1, 2021

Saturday Linkages

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...Special thanks to friend of the blog Nic for this week’s real estate listing of the week–your chance to buy Nixon’s old compound Door of the week L.A. Built a Tiny-House Village for Homeless Residents, and Some Aren’t So Sure About It Inside the ‘Tartarian Empire,’ the QAnon of Architecture Traffic Was Historically Low In 2020. The Death Toll On LA’s Streets Was Not...

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