Saturday Tweets: Foxes, Library Hand and Pyracantha

February 18, 2017

Gallery of London's urban foxes https://t.co/Et0md5ATv7 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 17, 2017 An Artist Mends Cracks in the Sidewalk with Gold https://t.co/5hGw5RgHln — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 17, 2017 Library Hand, the Fastidiously Neat Penmanship Style Made for Card Catalogs: @atlasobscura https://t.co/N9MsFVmAb3 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 17, 2017 ICYMI on the blog: in praise of pyracantha, by @gardeningshoe1 h...

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Saturday Tweets: Subterranean Heating Systems, Achocha, Tree Beekeeping and Valentine’s Day Cocktails

Mr. Homegrown

February 11, 2017

Saturday Linkages

The Castillians developed a subterranean heating system that’s a descendent of the Roman hypocaust: the “gloria” https://t.co/1kgIzhJNL7 pic.twitter.com/AfEN7OJhOV — lowtechmagazine (@lowtechmagazine) February 8, 2017 Achocha, courgette’s cute little cousin, by James Wong @Botanygeek https://t.co/SLIHfM61BE pic.twitter.com/1j0ywHYznr — Guardian gardening (@guardiangardens) February 6, 2017 Fretting about the decline of hedgehogs? do something abo...

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Saturday Tweets: Screens, Model Villages and Walkable Cities

Mr. Homegrown

October 27, 2018

Saturday Linkages

A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge in Silicon Valley https://t.co/umZhXDYy3M — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 27, 2018 After publishing this story yesterday it’s been truly amazing to see how many people think it will be easy to get 95% more Californians driving electric vehicles but impossible to get 20% more Californians walking and biking. https://t.co/ce7vH80Nbn — Alissa Walker (@awalkerinLA) October 25, 2018 Shrinkin...

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Saturday Tweets: Bad Data and Cats

Mr. Homegrown

January 12, 2019

Saturday Linkages

According to technocratic fantasies, data will soon make politics irrelevant, and those who refuse to accept “what the data says” must be malevolent or stupid. It should come as no surprise if this view leads citizens to discredit data-talk entirely.https://t.co/hTpNeEWA86 — The New Atlantis (@tnajournal) January 11, 2019 The Era Of Easy Recycling May Be Coming To An End https://t.co/Gtj1LMbRQ9 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 13, 2019 "We can...

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Saturday Tweets: A Difficult Week

Mr. Homegrown

November 10, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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An owl sits on the beach in Malibu as the Woolsey Fire approaches https://t.co/9D9meDcUL4 pic.twitter.com/TGMEhBg89i — Los Angeles Times (@latimes) November 10, 2018 Photos of musical notes vibrating surface in a bowl of water. #Chladni patterns so reminiscent of living organisms. pic.twitter.com/VbPCQxlTje — Margaret Wertheim (@margaretwerth) November 10, 2018 #makevember Day 6: I made another “pattern explorer” to look for interesting shapes wi...

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