Did you know? Stamens of many Opuntia flowers respond to touch. #plantsarecool #pokingthings #cacti pic.twitter.com/rIqJMmgV3B

— Jennifer Possley (@JennPossley) April 10, 2018

Eat.
Mor.
Figs.@CaFigs @ValleyFig https://t.co/RaSOARO7T0

— Ernest Miller (@RLMProvisions) April 13, 2018

One of the reasons I love this herbal so much is that, in addition to the beautiful drawings (mugwort in this instance), there are intricate scenes in the background of 16th-century Italian rural life

British Library Add MS 22332, f. 111rhttps://t.co/EjOqRvvnzv pic.twitter.com/SA5Wmhfgt1

— Julian Harrison (@julianpharrison) April 13, 2018

The Lovely Loquat https://t.co/efKI8vBSL5

— Plant Report (@PlantReport) April 13, 2018

Koretz blocks bike lanes but slobbers over car company CEO’s harebrained car tunnel scheme. Yeah, a real environmentalist. https://t.co/B6iHbnkIwl

— John Lloyd (@boyonabike62) April 13, 2018

A hand-cranked 'Selfie Machine' https://t.co/oDB7qgBwyd

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 10, 2018

Downloaded my facebook data as a ZIP file

Somehow it has my entire call history with my partner's mum pic.twitter.com/CIRUguf4vD

— Dylan McKay (@dylanmckaynz) March 21, 2018

The Facebook Liberation Army Link List https://t.co/jsj1lfLQ90

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 13, 2018

On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs https://t.co/wGX6oAisAQ via @strikeyo

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 13, 2018

How to Make Beet Raisins https://t.co/ljNWtgweuZ

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 7, 2018

Chester Cornett & His Roman Workbench https://t.co/hUMSlxELM0 via @rudemechanic

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 7, 2018

You know, I really hate to keep beating a downed zuckerberg, but to the extent that expensive patents indicate corporate intent and direction —

Come along for a ride, and let’s browse a few of Facebook’s recent U.S.P.T.O. patent applications…

— Jeremy Ashkenas (@jashkenas) April 4, 2018

To play well with a livable planet, #FlyLess.

Here's the new improved https://t.co/dTN60J6Abv site! Be sure to click on "biographies."

This project inspires me and returns the energy I put into it in spades. Earth scientists (and others), please consider joining us!

— Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) April 6, 2018

Why So Many Public Libraries Are Now Giving Out Seeds @atlasobscura https://t.co/YpPQZo4K4h

— Rachel Surls (@RachelSurls) April 6, 2018

Eric Garcetti can’t be a ‘climate mayor’ while he’s making more room for cars https://t.co/sg9Uf83izf

— BikeLA (@Bike_LA) April 6, 2018

"Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf."
— Lewis Mumford pic.twitter.com/7yd0JGil4B

— Wrath Of Gnon (@wrathofgnon) May 4, 2016

Waze has turned the nearly undriveable, fifth-steepest hill in America into a disaster-strewn major thoroughfare https://t.co/OogoX0a5cb

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 5, 2018

After 17 years, luxury hotel lifts ban for man whose pepperoni brought disaster to his room https://t.co/sZk30GOo2p

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 3, 2018

Set in the northernmost reaches of the Taklimakan Desert, this oasis-village is an often hostile place to inhabit. Yet despite the harsh environment, a culture rich with fascinating architecture and agriculture continues to thrive https://t.co/zkU5pt18WJ

— Atlas Obscura (@atlasobscura) March 31, 2018

"Bicycles [unlike cars] let people become masters of their own movements without blocking those of their fellows." —Ivan Illich pic.twitter.com/TZOfWqoDy0

— Taras Grescoe (@grescoe) March 30, 2018

Great piece. Mandatory reading for journalists, editors, all media. Next time you’re reporting a car/pedestrian or car/bike injury or fatality, don’t just write what the cops tell you. Ask questions. Lots of them. https://t.co/J67wZhRmko

— Martyn Schmoll (@martynschmoll) March 30, 2018

China Is Using Facial Recognition Technology to Send Jaywalkers Fines Through Text Messages https://t.co/MViG9cY3Uy via @motherboard

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 29, 2018

New Leadership Has Not Changed Uber https://t.co/LRYSQa7sED

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 28, 2018

One Response to the Cambridge Analytica Scandal: Block Facebook's Tracking With Privacy Badger https://t.co/a23EUON8Sk via @eff

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 27, 2018

The Best Alternative For Every Facebook Feature https://t.co/4MRpqnZ1cn via @WIRED

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 27, 2018

How to delete Facebook https://t.co/mKzU0RdoJj via @Verge

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 27, 2018

Africa is littered with abandoned poorly-planned aid projects https://t.co/3S3MK8Ucam

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 27, 2018

I ditched Facebook in 2013, and it's been fine (Opinion) https://t.co/ICOjnBmWNw

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 27, 2018

Good urbanism. Kamakura, Japan. Continually inhabited since 8000 B.C. pic.twitter.com/bokyhj8wY3

— Wrath Of Gnon (@wrathofgnon) March 31, 2018

The best climbers for shade | Alys Fowler https://t.co/mSGg4x4zCD pic.twitter.com/37z1Qx4zDW

— Guardian gardening (@guardiangardens) March 31, 2018

Virginia opossums are the only marsupials native to North America. Just like the offspring of kangaroos and wallabies, baby opossums are called joeys. pic.twitter.com/pKOwZbbzz3

— NHMLA (@NHMLA) March 30, 2018

An advertising scheme launched in the 1930s is the reason so many American families‘ Seder tables include a Haggadah made by Maxwell House—yes, the coffee company. This is so interesting! https://t.co/0q9vMAR1de

— Laura J. Nelson (@laura_nelson) March 31, 2018

The Balls pic.twitter.com/b9InqHr0A4

— Evan Kleiman (@evankleiman) March 31, 2018

"I kissed silver birches and held long conversations with hawthorn trees, until we reached a philosophical impasse and parted ways…." from NETTLE-EATER, out with @thehedgepress. Only a handful of the 1st green edition left now!https://t.co/N9r3eoXgjT#NettleEater #Dartmoor pic.twitter.com/YvDAn1U6CX

— Tom Hirons (@hironstom) March 31, 2018

The sun and the moon hide their face during the Crucifixion, from a Gospel-book made in the 11th-century at Echternach https://t.co/bsVogcmNso pic.twitter.com/P8H2KyjTbA

— A Hudson (@wyrdwritere) March 31, 2018

The #flyingless movement is gaining traction!

It’s time for organizations to get on board. It’s not a huge ask: simply encourage members to fly less and support this behavior wherever possible. @AmericanAnthro @theAGU @TyndallCentre @KevinClimate @jasonhickel @Malena_Ernman https://t.co/144QP2UG8M

— Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) March 22, 2018

Manhattan Beach beekeeper pushed aside by city in favor of pest control contractor https://t.co/Upwrz5ErxZ

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 22, 2018

Marvel at Tiny, Perfect Staircases Made by a Secret Society of French Woodworkers: @atlasobscura https://t.co/5O8F24XAqr

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 22, 2018

Very disturbing news. Globally, according to new data, the number of floods and other hydrological events have quadrupled since 1980 #climatechange https://t.co/T1RjSb1knv

— Isabella Lövin (@IsabellaLovin) March 23, 2018

The Techies Who Said Sorry https://t.co/9RMmByhitp

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 21, 2018

Henry H. Bliss & Mary Ward: The Unlucky Automotive Firsts https://t.co/Dpa9b7grCA via @LitZippo

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 20, 2018

In the 1850s farmers in Hälsingland in Sweden built astounding neoclassical wooden palaces for themselves. The level of sophistication and the workmanship is unlike anything seen since. Seven remain today. This is a two-and-a-half story farmhouse for two families, ca. 1857. pic.twitter.com/a5B7J0aHX1

— Wrath Of Gnon (@wrathofgnon) March 19, 2018

VHS is making a comeback https://t.co/cankAKwcRR

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 20, 2018

The auto industry has already established primacy over our cities. Now they want primacy over our bodies too? Enough. Tech solutions with dubious ethical implications don’t give us the future I want to live in. https://t.co/WbypKPrr0F

— Eric Bruins (@ejfbruins) March 22, 2018

Love Dan Pearson’s description of how he encourages a desirable population of primroses through land management and gardening. This kind of thoughtful stewardship gives me hope. https://t.co/TznngarsTn pic.twitter.com/k5X1OifScH

— Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) March 24, 2018

Helping hands: these gestures were part of a medieval code. To find out what they mean, click here https://t.co/ZH9EZjx6Nr #PolonskyPre1200 pic.twitter.com/yjHBVRXNjz

— Medieval Manuscripts (@BLMedieval) March 23, 2018

Thursday is Green dragon day
[Avignon, MS 29] pic.twitter.com/fW4hd2EEhV

— Damien Kempf (@DamienKempf) March 22, 2018

Watch woman torture husband with relentless Alanis Morissette impressions https://t.co/19EEmYHgjw

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 24, 2018

For sheer beauty, the bee houses of Carinthia and Slovenia are unbeatable. Starting in the 18th c. peasants would decorate the front end boards of the hives with colorful, often biblical, paintings, the famous "panjska končnica". pic.twitter.com/olfgOctqbS

— Wrath Of Gnon (@wrathofgnon) March 16, 2018

Last but not least, even "wild bees" and solitary bees have had houses built for them by humans eager to help the bees in their work of pollinating fields and orchards. Here is one from Germany. pic.twitter.com/vaxI7aPW1f

— Wrath Of Gnon (@wrathofgnon) March 16, 2018

The bread that changed how the Irish eat breakfast https://t.co/G9cDsCVVKG via @BBC_Travel

— Culinary Historians (@CHSoCal) March 13, 2018

"March Mitigation" commences as unusually cold late-season storm sequence arrives https://t.co/7RnuFW7dgT

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 17, 2018

Most Original & Creative Ways to Repurpose Old Cars https://t.co/ZbIXNPfhH3 via @iRecyclart

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 17, 2018

The Pacific Food and Beverage Museum is getting a new home in San Pedro, CA! Check out this article for more… https://t.co/LlBkE32SDJ

— Karen (@farmtotablela) March 16, 2018

Happy belated birthday to the "plant wizard" Luther Burbank. See my tribute to his life love of plants here: https://t.co/rnPMhrszzj

— Fruit Cornucopia (@ValenzuelaJohn) March 15, 2018

The Florida International Bridge Collapse Is About So Much More Than a Failed Structure https://t.co/6YiMCjEqjg via @StreetsblogUSA

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 17, 2018

How Can Vision Zero Work When L.A. Continues to Prioritize Speed? https://t.co/uGFkoBf6sH via @StreetsblogLA

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 15, 2018

How Wood You? Build Your Own Window Box https://t.co/tHKk0Q0meS

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 17, 2018

At least 70 people have been employed, since we began work with border communities. https://t.co/FXUHO89VWF

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 17, 2018

Here are some of the animals found in Ireland, according to Gerald of Wales (d. 1223): the crane and barnacle geese; stag, fox, badger and beaver; leaping salmon of Munster; kingfisher and stork #StPatricksDay https://t.co/WKPlVkfruz pic.twitter.com/0lcq1kdUk6

— Medieval Manuscripts (@BLMedieval) March 17, 2018