I was too busy working on the house this week to curate a list of Twitterable links so it’s time for a Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan break. Kelly and I were lucky to have seen him in concert back in the 1990s. Here he is at the 1992 WOMAD festival in Yokohama performing “Mustt Mustt.” It’s difficult to translate the lyrics of this Qawwali, but in essence it’s about a state of divine intoxication reminiscent of the Song of Solomon. It was also part of the soundtrack that kept me going through long sessions of hardwood floor nailing in the midst of a very hot August. Those floors are now finished, sanded (by a professional crew) and in use.
Saturday Linkages
Saturday Tweets: A Solar Powered Blog, Caravansaries, Moths and Michaelmas
Our new self-hosted, solar-powered blog is designed to radically reduce the energy use associated with accessing our content. https://t.co/err1n0Jb8d pic.twitter.com/WofAjYoC4q
— lowtechmagazine (@lowtechmagazine) September 26, 2018
The mother of all Iranian caravansaries: @atlasobscura https://t.co/LrKw76GhZF
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 29, 2018
Survival on the sea: https://t.co/eggkX3RSZ2
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 29, 2018
Moths love lamps . . . and sipping the salty tears of birds: https://t.co/yAPdkkXCkZ
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 29, 2018
Their questions were great. One stood out: how is it that there is no support, within their school, for learning how to represent climate change in their films? How to bridge that gaping interdisciplinary chasm? Methinks there needs to be a book like "Climate Change for Artists." https://t.co/xL8j4etD43
— Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) September 29, 2018
Delighted to be showing Sub Rosa @horsehospital in their 25th Year! https://t.co/TP4LWtbk5U
— cathy ward (@wardsister) September 26, 2018
Let's be clear: our cities are going broke because we make *no* plans for how we'll afford the basic maintenance our infrastructure as it ages. But it doesn't help that reinforced concrete is a way less durable material than most of us realize. https://t.co/IZb5rn4vvY
— Strong Towns (@StrongTowns) September 28, 2018
— Cats (@SpaceCatPics) September 28, 2018
We grieve, with the entire Los Angeles food community, the loss of our friend, colleague and former Co-Chair Ernest Miller. An exuberant teacher, passionate advocate for real food and an encyclopedic resource of all things edible, he will be deeply missed. pic.twitter.com/bOzcaZUDeE
— Slow Food L.A. (@slowfoodla) September 24, 2018
Ernest Miller Memorial Fund https://t.co/WygShXg1fl
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 26, 2018
It's Michaelmas and let's not forget its the feast day of St Michael and 'All Angels'. So here are some photos of the Orders of Angels portrayed on the exceptional early 15th-century rood screen at Barton Turf in Norfolk. pic.twitter.com/3xizjS8kz2
— Allan Barton (@vitrearum) September 29, 2018
Saturday Tweets: Neuro-Talk, Bitcoin and Other Modern Problems
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 poisonedYou 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.twitter.com/huBKAcenIm
— Taras Grescoe (@grescoe) September 17, 2018
Walking and biking will lower emissions faster, yet mayors keep pushing electric vehicles as a climate change solution. My report from #GCAS2018 https://t.co/pD1Ar2GjFr pic.twitter.com/W2AyBucTRU
— Alissa Walker (@awalkerinLA) September 18, 2018
Methodist Urbanism: Ocean Grove https://t.co/Pqbp0HRNQk via @wordpressdotcom
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 22, 2018
On the Dissing of “Ornamental Plants” https://t.co/3iLS4cd9cq via @Garden Rant
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 22, 2018
From the Head https://t.co/7ZRVQuVfbh via @rudemechanic
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 22, 2018
To make a coiled basket of plastic you can use a simple technique found all over the world. You will need a lot of plastic bags, some sort of plastic string and a crochet hook. #diy #plastic #bags #recycled #upcycled #instructions #croche https://t.co/pM8X2D3bEa via @iRecyclart
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 22, 2018
As Animal-Assisted Therapy Thrives, Enter the Cats https://t.co/Fz72h8w6vl
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 22, 2018
Weekend Plan
[Abbeville, MS 16, 15th c.] pic.twitter.com/FdGL9oROG7— Damien Kempf (@DamienKempf) September 22, 2018
Saturday Tweets: Low Hanging Fruit
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
— Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) September 13, 2018
Thanks to a Chinese and Korean fad, California’s wild succulents are being poached and smuggled to Asia https://t.co/tawRsr8Xmi
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 11, 2018
My little 3yo is getting pretty competent. Here’s a brief segment of our nursery run. This is what infrastructure enables… pic.twitter.com/k1bwSLPVXK
— Sam “proto-numtot” Easterby-Smith (@samscam) September 14, 2018
Who made this? This is correct. #AutonomousVehicles pic.twitter.com/r0y0ZfiqZY
— Kristin Miller (@_kristinmmiller) September 12, 2018
Why we should use trees to protect bike lanes https://t.co/3sA9xPzjch pic.twitter.com/hfNLM5gdRu
— Alissa Walker (@awalkerinLA) September 13, 2018
‘In 1007 A.D., a wondrous comet appeared’ #BookofMiracles pic.twitter.com/S4Ld77OIv7
— Damien Kempf (@DamienKempf) September 15, 2018
Saturday Tweets: Taking Back the Wheel
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, 2018
The diversity of foods on American tables is greater than at any time in the last century.https://t.co/LrFvm9u7Qv pic.twitter.com/rhZNg3zjwC
— Gary Paul Nabhan (@Ferhat9282468) September 7, 2018
Repeat until it breaks through: https://t.co/HgWOBJ3NSp
— Jarrett Walker (@humantransit) September 7, 2018
Assessment of Current Practices of Organic Farmers Regarding Biological Soil Amendments of Animal Origin in a Multi-regional US Study #Organic #FoodSafety #UCDavis @piresalda1 @micheletjay @ucdavisvetmed @ucanr @wifss @OrganicCenter @OrganicTrade https://t.co/D4xPwUqqBy pic.twitter.com/8STfDJSuHl
— IIFH (@UCDavisIIFH) September 8, 2018
“Restore human legs as a means of travel.
Pedestrians rely on food for fuel,
and need no special parking facilities.”
—Lewis Mumford. pic.twitter.com/BwqsVcIJBy— Taras Grescoe (@grescoe) September 7, 2018
Behold, the 86 cm “Cycletrack” that Los Angeles celebrated completing this past week: pic.twitter.com/Ievz64sVri
— Erik (@erik_griswold) September 3, 2018
looks like a plague of locusts https://t.co/fdwWLs4KZv
— Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) September 2, 2018
The world needs leaders who refuse to fly, not another airport runway for the UK | Letters https://t.co/Ypp9dnur0X
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 4, 2018
Ed Marston, former publisher of High Country News, dies at 78 – https://t.co/c9bR58Xkjd @highcountrynews
— Grass Creek Farm (@GreenRoofGrower) September 8, 2018