Thankful for the New Rain Garden
...nd forth across our new seasonal pond have been dashed by the fact that our soil drains quickly (which is a good thing). We’ll post periodic updates to let you know what worked and what we killed....
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The Twittering Machine by Richard Seymour
...writing more than we ever have in history in the form of tweets, Facebook updates, texts, emails etc. Seymour contends, however, that we are not so much writing as being written by the platforms we use and that we all have a propensity for trolling and narcissism that tech companies exploit with a kind of algorithmic agnosticism. Seymour chronicles the horrors of these platforms: the trolling, doxing, mob hate that we all, at this point, are fami...
Deep Work
...yourself unable to get work done, interrupted by incoming emails, Facebook updates and tweets? Can’t seem to get that garden planted or get that novel started because you’re too “busy?” How ironic that a computer science professor, Cal Newport, could be just the person to lead us out of our distraction with his book Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World. The book can be boiled down to this: thou shalt schedule uninterrupted bl...
RIP Susan Rudnicki
...ipped me off to the world of scam bee removal services and sent me regular updates on the story. Like me, Susan promoted the benefits of robust and mite-resistant Africanized bee stock and worked to debunk the “killer” myths associated with them. For this activism she faced appalling sexism and condescension from the pseudo-scientific mainstream beekeeping establishment and journals. I spent the morning going through the emails she sent me over th...
Seeds the Game
...urage you to, according to the description on their website: Take photos of your plants at home, filter and share your attention to your real garden. Find neighbors to trade seeds with and share activities related to gardening and local food systems. Get climate and map updates for weather patterns relevant to your area and garden needs. Seed points redeem for real prizes like seeds and coupons for garden equipment. Grow your own food and learn pr...