Saturday Tweets: The Chapel Perilous

April 25, 2020

Two self portraits by Edvard Munch–one during and one after suffering from the Spanish Flu. Make a simple sifter coffee roaster “Black Swan” author Nassim Taleb on warnings over systemic risks from global pandemics Museums reveal their creepiest objects in Twitter battle It Came From the ’70s: The Story of Your Grandma’s Weird Couch The Bread Influencers Flock of sheep visit empty McDonald’s restaurant during lockdown Super-rich jet off to disast...

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Saturday Tweets: Peppers, Sign Language and Bootsy’s Bass Formula

Mr. Homegrown

November 11, 2017

Saturday Linkages

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The chiltepin pepper has a special home in Santa Cruz County https://t.co/r7T2t2o4yF — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 11, 2017 Inexplicably messy modern in Lake Claire is targeting $950K https://t.co/7S6UziJeqM via @CurbedAtlanta — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 7, 2017 Can these Junipers be Saved? | Garden Rant https://t.co/WBEbjwUsdP — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 11, 2017 Scientists Uncover the Chemical Secret Behind Roman Self-H...

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Saturday Linkages: News From the Far West

Mr. Homegrown

April 3, 2021

Saturday Linkages

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My friend bought a scrying mirror (commonly used in the occult for predicting the future) and walked in to see his black cat standing on two legs and staring into it… pic.twitter.com/h6gtirl1nN — MKB (@MatthewKBegbie) March 28, 2021 The Edwards Go Electric ‘I felt I killed my children’: lead poisons California community – and fills kids’ teeth Last Night in Echo Park More on Echo Park Cult classics: the faded glory of California’s fringe sects –...

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Saturday Linkages: Collecting Seaweed, Microfarming and DIY Bike Lanes

Mr. Homegrown

November 19, 2016

Saturday Linkages

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The Forgotten Victorian Craze for Collecting Seaweed @atlasobscura https://t.co/An8taWIjUm — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 19, 2016 Concrete and Wood Slab Table https://t.co/Vk5tb76kck — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 19, 2016 #TBT: Top ten houseplants, according to me | Garden Rant https://t.co/uUeff6E80v — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 19, 2016 USDA recently hosted interesting #raisin tasting. Some very desirable traits in advance...

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Saturday Linkages: Hornet-19

Mr. Homegrown

June 6, 2020

Saturday Linkages

My neighbor Jennie just made doughnuts and came door to door with them. Gardens Have Pulled America Out of Some of Its Darkest Times. We Need Another Revival Jardines de Laribal, Parque Montjuïc, Barcelona Beekeeping with Asian hornets in France Crops from U.S. food supply chains will never look nor taste the same Again Bougie McPrepper What Does the White House’s Underground Bunker Look Like? Answer: like a mid-90s office Yes, there’s a bot that...

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