Saturday Tweets: Rocket Emissions, Tarkovsky and Borges Quoting Furby

December 15, 2018

...a C (@thepurplecleric) December 10, 2018 Argentine hacker mods Furby so it quotes Borges, creates a "Borgy" https://t.co/4Bfda6wWoq — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 9, 2018 If you are looking for gifts for climate-anxious friends and family, please consider my book. It inspires and empowers many who read it. Which is way better than anxiety, for us and for 🌍 Local bookstore is best, but here's a convenient link w reviews:https://t.co/LhmCb...

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Saturday Tweets: Goodbye 2018

Mr. Homegrown

December 29, 2018

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Photos Document the Decorated Clay Houses of a Royal African Village https://t.co/u46HgnlFNu — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 27, 2018 Centennial at Tejon Ranch https://t.co/DMXelleR6H via @wordpressdotcom — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 22, 2018 Got in our @Zipcar we've been driving for 3 days. It doesn't start. Call Zipcar and get told that the car can't access the internet so it won't start. The only option is to have...

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Saturday Tweets: Hello 2019

Mr. Homegrown

January 5, 2019

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The sad decline of One Times Square. From beautiful Beaux Arts flatiron, to modernism, to giant billboard. And despite the shortage of land in NYC, the building has been vacant for years. pic.twitter.com/GvP2UT0EZe — Robert Kwolek (@RobertKwolek) January 2, 2019 “When we renovate this old building, let’s kill everything that was interesting, charming and beautiful about it.” #DesignFail pic.twitter.com/BmKXppYkHu — George Hahn (@georgehahn) Janua...

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Saturday Tweets: RIP Mary Oliver

Mr. Homegrown

January 19, 2019

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“What is it you plan to do / with your one wild and precious life?” RIP to Mary Oliver. Here’s her reading “A Summer Day.” https://t.co/LQPIIeySI2 pic.twitter.com/JRpjH7V0Ab — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) January 18, 2019 The Malatestiana Library in Cesena, Italy is the progenitor of millions of local public libraries from Bombay to Budapest: https://t.co/n95hZnogbU pic.twitter.com/tjqkAqvjvA — The Millions (@The_Millions) January 16, 2019 Sou...

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Saturday Tweets: Linotype, Support Squirrels and an East Hollywood Tower

Mr. Homegrown

October 13, 2018

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Save A Linotype Machine For Future Generations via @hackaday https://t.co/iJankZtQR0 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 13, 2018 Woman kicked off plane for bringing her emotional support squirrel https://t.co/2U7Dv8nu8x — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 10, 2018 Artist builds a towering statement in East Hollywood — “I want to add more art to my neighborhood” https://t.co/YHegzsEOHF via @TheEastsiderLA — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 13, 2...

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