Saturday Tweets: Passover/Holy Saturday Edition

March 31, 2018

Set in the northernmost reaches of the Taklimakan Desert, this oasis-village is an often hostile place to inhabit. Yet despite the harsh environment, a culture rich with fascinating architecture and agriculture continues to thrive https://t.co/zkU5pt18WJ — Atlas Obscura (@atlasobscura) March 31, 2018 "Bicycles [unlike cars] let people become masters of their own movements without blocking those of their fellows." —Ivan Illich pic.twitter.com/TZOf...

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Saturday Tweets That Should Have Been Posted on Saturday but Are, Instead, Posted on Sunday Evening Because I Was at a Met Opera Telecast (Dialogues of the Carmelites) Followed by a Wedding and Was Too Tired by the End of the Day to Sit at a Computer and Come up with Clever Titles

Mr. Homegrown

May 12, 2019

Saturday Linkages

This. Is. The. Best. https://t.co/nRFVlRJVYJ — Tom Furtwangler (@tomfurt) May 7, 2019 Idea: All U.S. cities should pledge to protect their bike lanes. By the start of this summer. #RedCupProject #SummerLanes https://t.co/L8o88t7mIo — Alissa Walker (@awalkerinLA) May 10, 2019 Automobile, defined: absolutely the least efficient use of space for moving people in a city.#transit #bicycles #walkable #urbanism pic.twitter.com/t37RCA3Xpa — Taras Grescoe...

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Looking for the Union Label

Mr. Homegrown

September 12, 2007

Domesticus

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...d a highly catchy ad jingle from the roller disco era, “Look for the Union Label” (youngsters can watch it on youtube here). We looked for the union label and we were surprised to find it via a company called Union House which carries a functional, if unexciting line of apparel. Unless hipsters take to golf shirts in an ironic fashion judo move, these offerings will never be cool like the domestically made clothes made by the union busting folks o...

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Saturday Linkages: Bow Drills and Cramped Apartments

Mr. Homegrown

March 16, 2013

Saturday Linkages

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...-wire-ropes.html … Cramped Apartments in Hong Kong Shot From Directly Above http://lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com/2013/03/cramped-apartments-in-hong-kong-shot.html#.UUPmMbpCjK4.twitter … Saint-Exupéry Quote Poster http://www.dudecraft.com/2013/02/saint-exupery-quote-poster.html#.UT6Erbc8oiA.twitter … For these links and more, follow Root Simple on Twitter: Follow @rootsimple...

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Saturday Linkages: Tiny Houses, Pink Slime and Martinis

Mr. Homegrown

January 5, 2013

Saturday Linkages

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...evealed:”We are taking a beating from the media” – Boing Boing http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/usda-internal-discussions-of-p.html … @itspastormatt How Doctors Die: Not Like the Rest of Ushttp://ow.ly/gypnB Closing Quote Buñuel martini recipe: allow “a ray of sunlight to shine through a bottle of Noilly Prat before it hits the bottle of gin.” For these links and more, follow Root Simple on Twitter: Follow @rootsimple...

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