Saturday Tweets: Mostly Bikes

...m well and let them lead the way.https://t.co/iiFwAcbV4B — Bike Snob NYC (@bikesnobnyc) February 23, 2018 Congratulations to Keep LA Moving for this big win in Playa. pic.twitter.com/IDD6dtWPv7 — Peter Flax (@Pflax1) February 21, 2018 They should bring this trend back! #LAhistory https://t.co/PMI2WGot1q — Culinary Historians (@CHSoCal) February 24, 2018 This invasive species could result in the loss of as much as $18 billion in agricultural revenu...

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Saturday Linkages: Tall Bikes, Za’atar and So Much More

...html?ref=garden … pic.twitter.com/qx07xlvDa4 Bikin’ Here’s what it feels like to ride a 14.5-foot-tall bike http://grist.org/list/heres-what-it-feels-like-to-ride-a-14-5-foot-tall-bike/#.UXl2JmJoeY0.twitter … Bikesnob on self driving cars: http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2013/04/this-just-in-off-to-cleveland-then-im.html … For these links and more, follow Root Simple on Twitter: Follow @rootsimple...

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Saturday Linkages: Cheese Powder and Torpedo Bikes

Cheese powder anyone? Cheese powder: What is it?: http://boingboing.net/2013/11/14/cheese-powder-what-is-it.html … Heat Your Clothes, Not Your House http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2013/11/heat-your-clothes-not-your-house.html … Heat Your Desk, Not Your Office http://www.notechmagazine.com/2013/11/heat-your-desk-not-your-office.html … Bog Butter: Storing Food in Soil http://www.notechmagazine.com/2013/11/bog-butter-storing-food-in-soil.html … Appe...

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Saturday Tweets: Bikes, Soil Bacteria and Low Fat Diets

Ride safe, guy. I’m with you. MT @ghanscom: Why death won’t keep me from biking in the city http://t.co/RiySi4n340 pic.twitter.com/R6dCOYo3Rm — Sarah Goodyear (@buttermilk1) January 10, 2015 Which explains why Monsanto can buy “scientists” and their opinions: http://t.co/xTT3zZ1B4s — Nassim NicholنTaleb (@nntaleb) January 8, 2015 The Beasts In Our Yard 1.04.15 http://t.co/cP7Iaas9Wo via @SomeDayAllThis — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 8, 2015...

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June: National Bathroom Reading Month

...catalogs, aimed at recreational cyclists who drive somewhere to ride their bikes (note the cover) feature lots of god-awful candy-colored spandex outfits, $5,000 mountain bikes and nutritional supplements. Precisely the items you don’t want for getting around urban Los Angeles. This particular catalog featured something new, however, his and hers matching bikes from Schwinn called, we kid you not, “Sid and Nancy“. Sid and Nancy feature automatic s...

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