Weekend Linkages: DIY Fiberglass, Dark Stores, and a Cat With Magic Ears

July 31, 2022

How to make poor man’s fiberglass In Poland, People Are Roleplaying as Americans Oprah’s ‘happiness guru’ designed apartments to maximize joy — and they start at $5 million Bank of America Memo, Revealed: “We Hope” Conditions for American Workers Will Get Worse Fear of Rampant Crime Is Derailing New York City’s Recovery ‘Dark stores’ offer anything you need in 30 minutes. But there’s a human cost A bike lane built for a car crash Real estate find...

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Weekend Linkages: Slow Down!

Mr. Homegrown

February 20, 2022

Saturday Linkages

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...Farmers in Senegal learn to respect a scruffy shrub that gets no respect Mushroom observer Facebook/Meta Asks: “Wouldn’t It Be Nice To Die?” Pedestrian Deaths Spike in U.S. as Reckless Driving Surges The Last Vestige of an Old Order in “The Nineties” I really wish I didn’t know that there’s a flat earth themed country album by a posh Brit...

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Weekend Linkages: Squirrels, Brad Pitt and Lenin

Mr. Homegrown

February 13, 2022

Saturday Linkages

...Furniture by William Morris Uber’s plans include attacking public transit Behold, the southernmost Lenin statue in the world Rack of squirrel, anyone? The chefs putting invasive species on the menu Mold, leaks, rot: how Brad Pitt’s post-Katrina housing project went horribly wrong...

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Weekend Linkages: Hot and Cold

Mr. Homegrown

February 6, 2022

Saturday Linkages

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...The Revenge of the Hot Water Bottle Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Whale A Magazine From 1997 Is Selling For Thousands of Dollars Online Because of QAnon Tent-safe DIY heaters for unhoused people cost just $7 to build...

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Weekend Linkages: Is This Charcuterie?

Mr. Homegrown

January 30, 2022

Saturday Linkages

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Thank you Jimmy C. for texting me this image. Posted a joke about hobby tunneling last week and this week it’s in the news A new philosophy of art just dropped World’s best building award won by rainwater-harvesting hospital in rural Bangladesh (thank you Nic for the link!) Dawn of the Space Lords NFTs Are, Quite Simply, Bullshit The Great Los Angeles Train Robbery Is an Exercise in Misdirection The exact moment the German health minister became...

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