Saturday Linkages: Paleo Flour, Viking Tents and Chinese Cabbage as the New Kale

$2 vacuum sealer Life hack http://t.co/bKiSaoAdpp — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 16, 2015 Via @NPR: Paleo People Were Making Flour 32,000 Years Ago http://t.co/Q6xlGIBBG3 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 17, 2015 Equity, the Mobility Plan, and the Myth of Luxury-Loving Lane Stealers http://t.co/nPB0sbqjug via @streetsblogla — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 18, 2015 How America’s Staggering Traffic Death Rate Became Matter-of-Fact...

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Saturday Linkages: Eating Invaders, Hot Sauce Ratios and Car-Free Cities

Eating Invaders https://t.co/l1OOlP6HaB via @themadfeed — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 20, 2016 Hot Sauce Ratio https://t.co/8Tam6Osqj7 via @wordpressdotcom — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 20, 2016 7 cities that are starting to go car-free: https://t.co/Zzy7e6Nw2R — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 18, 2016 That ‘100% pure’ Parmesan Cheese you’re enjoying may contain wood pulp https://t.co/dFMqGVv65a — Root Simple (@rootsimple) Febru...

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Saturday Linkages: Modem Sounds, HOAs, and Hand Counting

Homeowners' associations are not allowed to ban drought-tolerant landscaping https://t.co/9N5urhdqyX — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 9, 2016 Things I Miss: Modem handshake sounds https://t.co/9s6lQIQc6a — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 9, 2016 5 Make-Shift Urban Survival Lights When the Electricity Goes Down https://t.co/kSgRehCXAw via @sharethis — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 5, 2016 Well said, Carol! It's 90 degrees in...

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Saturday Linkages: Collecting Seaweed, Microfarming and DIY Bike Lanes

The Forgotten Victorian Craze for Collecting Seaweed @atlasobscura https://t.co/An8taWIjUm — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 19, 2016 Concrete and Wood Slab Table https://t.co/Vk5tb76kck — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 19, 2016 #TBT: Top ten houseplants, according to me | Garden Rant https://t.co/uUeff6E80v — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 19, 2016 USDA recently hosted interesting #raisin tasting. Some very desirable traits in advance...

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Saturday Linkages: Raccoon Robber, Facebook Phreaks and T-Bricks

Raccoon attempts to rob woman in kayak https://t.co/8x4BbM0eaA — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 2, 2017 Facebook Phreaks and the Fight to Reclaim Time and Attention: https://t.co/jGCHLphKJu — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 4, 2017 California Assembly bill would extend tax break to turn urban lots into farms https://t.co/jbXQ3KMVyW — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 4, 2017 T-bricks, the easy way to make an #adobe home https://t.co/2pqQOb93Hp #na...

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