Weekend Linkages: Squirrels, Brad Pitt and Lenin

February 13, 2022

...Furniture by William Morris Uber’s plans include attacking public transit Behold, the southernmost Lenin statue in the world Rack of squirrel, anyone? The chefs putting invasive species on the menu Mold, leaks, rot: how Brad Pitt’s post-Katrina housing project went horribly wrong...

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Weekend Linkages: A Geodesic Thanksgiving

Mr. Homegrown

November 28, 2021

Saturday Linkages

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...It’s time again for my most cherished #Thanksgiving tradition: Revisiting the time millions of kids had to witness Barney the Dinosaur collapse to the ground and get stabbed to death by cops during the 1997 Macys Parade.💫 pic.twitter.com/doSv6xWMBW — Rob Sheridan (@rob_sheridan) November 25, 2021 A cardboard geodesic dome for your cat The true costs of driving Fall flowers: Which marigold is right for you?...

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Weekend Linkages: Slow Down!

Mr. Homegrown

February 20, 2022

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...Farmers in Senegal learn to respect a scruffy shrub that gets no respect Mushroom observer Facebook/Meta Asks: “Wouldn’t It Be Nice To Die?” Pedestrian Deaths Spike in U.S. as Reckless Driving Surges The Last Vestige of an Old Order in “The Nineties” I really wish I didn’t know that there’s a flat earth themed country album by a posh Brit...

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Weekend Linkages: The Passenger

Mr. Homegrown

March 20, 2022

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...It’s possibly the most LA thing ever to have a private, invitation-only opening for a piece of public infrastructure built for walking and biking and then provide the attendees with only driving directions. The island with no water: how foreign mining destroyed Banaba Goblin mode Possum body slams skunk Music break Movie break...

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Weekend Linkages: Umarells and Oki Dogs

Mr. Homegrown

March 27, 2022

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...A friend left a bag of ratchet straps and one of the cats has been sitting in it for a week I think being an Umarell is in my future (thank you to John Zapf for this mind blowing Wikipedia article) A 2-way wrist radio At SXSW, A Pathetic Tech Future Struggles to Be Born “We’ll see you all at Oki-Dogs”: The story of L.A.’s legendary punk hangout (with hot dogs) Down on Alvarado Street by the Pioneer Chicken Stand...

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