Saturday Linkages: Gardening, Rocket Heaters and DIY Tips

...ris http://gardenrant.com/2013/11/lawn-pesticides-out-lawed.html?utm_source=feedly … Chelle Lindahl’s rocket mass heater http://www.naturalbuildingblog.com/chelle-lindahls-rocket-mass-heater/ … Know Your Stuff: The 110 Best DIY Tips Ever http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/skills/know-your-stuff-the-110-best-diy-tips-ever?src=soc_twtr … For these links and more, follow Root Simple on Twitter: Follow @rootsimple...

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Saturday Linkages: First as Tragedy, Then as LARP

From lockdowns to pool parties: how Covid rules vary around the world As Kate Wagner of MacMansion Hell put it, “None of you are ready for this real estate listing.” You have until 6:30 p.m. today EST to view Der Fliegende Holländer, the last Met opera filmed before the pandemic Car Lanes to Become Bike Lanes on 2 Major New York City Bridges Those Mysterious Dark Helicopters Were Landing On Multiple Downtown LA Rooftops Last Night The Strangest O...

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Saturday Tweets: Apartment Solar, Living in a Greenhouse and Ag in LA

How to get your apartment off the grid https://t.co/F22jRajl1L #solar #solarenergy #solarpower #offgrid pic.twitter.com/r0pxfx6rRo — lowtechmagazine (@lowtechmagazine) May 18, 2016 Live in a Greenhouse https://t.co/CLR9zyUMnc — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 19, 2016 Google patents an adhesive that sticks pedestrians to cars that hit them https://t.co/ujcCPsN3H1 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 20, 2016 Standing Pallet Desk – Epoxy Finished https:/...

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Saturday Tweets: Scary Gelatins and Flesh Eating Screwworms

The 12 Scariest Vintage Gelatins For Your Mid-Century Halloween Party https://t.co/gePuM9a53B — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 22, 2016 Will driving your own car one day be as socially unacceptable as smoking in public? https://t.co/fqP3o3WKbz via @2020science — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 22, 2016 Grain silo #tinyhouse: https://t.co/FJTmlo9hZ9 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 22, 2016 A Black Mirror episode that depicts a society whe...

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Saturday Linkages: Can’t Stop the Memes

...Turn Off Your Mind, Relax—and Float Right-Wing? Chairman Mao Invented Traditional Chinese Medicine “Cocaine of the sea” — the illegal fish trade of the Mexican cartel and Chinese mafia Meaty meals and play stop cats killing wildlife, study finds NeoPixel Ancient Oil Lamp Kelly Norris on New Naturalism and Informed Plant Choices Grow Your Own Giant Sequoia Tree I love lava...

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