Saturday Tweets: Wild Azaleas, DIY Neutra Chairs and Hot Dog Water

June 30, 2018

CAPTION CONTEST (Part 2) Which caption from the list below best fits the photo? 1. Come hang with the cool cats 2. A family that preys together stays together 3. L.A. Pride 4. Southern California’s Wild Nightlife 5. Fun for the whole family pic.twitter.com/WtMaJdVrwx — Angeles_NF (@Angeles_NF) June 24, 2018 “The wild azaleas of Gregory Bald, NC.” A post by Jared Barnes @meristemgrows highlighting the nature-culture hybrid that resulted in this ex...

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Saturday Tweets: Taking Back the Wheel

Mr. Homegrown

September 8, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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Taking Back the Wheel https://t.co/zjRXht0UUP via @DissentMag — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 7, 2018 An increasingly powerful and influential social group is hard-coding its biases into the software running our societies. https://t.co/mbl8kgbTQe — lowtechmagazine (@lowtechmagazine) September 6, 2018 New Video and Map Reveal L.A. Streetcar Transit History https://t.co/KALI187GtI via @StreetsblogLA — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 8, 20...

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Saturday Tweets: Low Hanging Fruit

Mr. Homegrown

September 15, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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Apple Forces Recyclers to Shred All iPhones and MacBooks https://t.co/CMU0nQ37Ig via @motherboard — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 15, 2018 Should we consider using plants from warmer, more southern climates to help us deal with climate change (assisted migration)? This one study says perhaps not. Resiliency will require us thinking about the full complexity of adaptive plant systems.https://t.co/bcpmRMcTC9 pic.twitter.com/nkbHs2XmRi — Thoma...

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Saturday Tweets: Neuro-Talk, Bitcoin and Other Modern Problems

Mr. Homegrown

September 22, 2018

Saturday Linkages

The Limits of Neuro-Talk – The New Atlantis https://t.co/wTOgeNcu7H — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 20, 2018 When the last tree Is cut down the last fish eaten and the last stream poisoned You will realize that you cannot eat bitcoinhttps://t.co/shrn6PSEQ8 — Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) September 19, 2018 “The automobile city is the anti-city which annihilates the city wherever it collides with it.”—Lewis Mumford, The City in History. pic.t...

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

Mr. Homegrown

October 13, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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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