Saturday Tweets: Compressed Air, Digging Down and Orange Marmalade

May 19, 2018

Compressed air energy storage: https://t.co/Vb4IEKGScf — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 19, 2018 U.S. cities are losing 28.5 million trees every year, the equivalent of 138,000 acres of urban forest, according to a study published in the journal Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. https://t.co/eZw5XXnE5c via @AnthropoceneMag — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) May 17, 2018 'A pool in the basement is a clear marker of wealth': how the super-rich...

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Saturday Tweets: We Really Need a Cat Pajama Party

Mr. Homegrown

October 20, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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How to make your own distraction-free digital typewriter https://t.co/ywEXwYUKNl — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 18, 2018 Paper airplane designs https://t.co/70IT8OTd4i — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 19, 2018 Chow Yun-fat lives so modestly, he can give away $700M+ when he passes away https://t.co/s31cGrXa8H — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 18, 2018 After terminal cancer diagnosis, Little Free Library founder feels like 'most succe...

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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: One Crazy Week

Mr. Homegrown

November 3, 2018

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Cat crashes a fashion show catwalk, hilarity ensues https://t.co/6ijoZweum8 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 30, 2018 A Mandarin Duck Mysteriously Appears in Central Park, to Birders’ Delight https://t.co/WBnURUNyTN — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 3, 2018 Here’s Why Climate Activists Are Hitting The Panic Button Over Brazil’s New President. If Jair Bolsonaro opens the Amazon to more business, as his backers want, the new president threate...

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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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