Weekend Linkages: Pyramids, Strange Houses and F-ing Gourds

...Orange free peaches, painted by Elsie E. Lower, 1910. Via @pomological. A stepped pyramid in the desert Where did SARS-CoV-2 come from? People are still taking that horse medication That time someone tried to set up a Vietnam war theme park (a podcast) Strangest Zillow listing ever The Diapers.com Guy Wants to Build a Utopian Megalopolis F-ing gourd season Can We Live Without Twitter?...

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Weekend Linkages: How does one represent that which, by definition, must not be represented?

...https://youtu.be/5wlj8nsygWA?si=F6QW7r3kUjfi0mKj Trevor Paglen is an artist and geographer who explores the blank places on the map. I came across his work during my time at the Center for Land Use Interpretation. In lieu of links today here’s a short but detailed dive into his work. I’m especially fond of the secret program patches he’s collected....

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Weekend Linkages: Cat in My Chair

...LA’s Corporate Class Wants to Reverse Progressive Gains Mindfulness in a Distracted World with Nate Klemp Driverless taxi vandalized and set on fire in San Francisco’s Chinatown Just gonna put this here and see if anyone can explain how it’s possible to jump that far in high heels Spent a hard day struggling with measurements in the shop and can’t stop thinking about this...

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Weekend Linkages: Cochineal Season

...What industry “secret” do you know that most people don’t? (via Recomendo) Mass trespass on Dartmoor to highlight England’s ‘piecemeal’ right to roam laws Ex-deputy LA mayor loses bid to exclude ‘salacious’ evidence from racketeering trial Apple AirTag: Antitheft or Antistalking? Everything is Connected and No One is Saved Alone...

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