Saturday Linkages: Murder Hornet Halloween

October 31, 2020

‘He couldn’t move’: New York City man falls into sinkhole full of rats The West has failed – US and Europe have made a mess of handling the crisis Column: U.S. individualism isn’t rugged, it’s toxic — and it’s killing us It’s Time to Talk About Covid-19 and Surfaces Again Yih and Kulldorff’s “Radical” Covid Strategy: A Recipe for Disaster ‘They give me the willies’: scientist who vacuumed murder hornets braces for fight ‘Zombie batteries’ causing...

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Saturday Linkages: Congrats Nithya Raman!

Mr. Homegrown

November 7, 2020

Saturday Linkages

...Is Naming Your Garden Pretentious? Mesquite, crucial to Indigenous diets for centuries, works miracles with water and needs no fertilizer. Why don’t we grow more of it? Partial fire season relief, at last: cold storm arrives in California Friday I Don’t Like Flashy Wood – Go Figure Two Gen Xers Walk Into A Retirement Home… Bruno Latour: ‘This is a global catastrophe that has come from within’...

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Saturday Linkages: Conference Call Blues Edition

Mr. Homegrown

March 28, 2020

Saturday Linkages

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...Free ebook on how to lead a group online Old Laptop, Tablet or Phone? Here’s How They Can Help You Right Now The UK’s coronavirus policy may sound scientific. It isn’t Bobi Wine sings about cornavirus I think I’ve overdosed on Wagner Get some blueberry jam from a Root Simple reader!...

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Saturday Linkages: COVID-19 Edition

Mr. Homegrown

March 14, 2020

Saturday Linkages

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...Théodore Géricault Raft of the Medusa. How to Clean Your Phone to Help Protect Against Coronavirus Beyond Contact Tracing: Community-based early detection for Ebola response Black-out Nights Some good news: after record dry February, a sudden shift toward wetter conditions Classic iPod Hackers Say There’s No Better Way to Listen to Music...

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Saturday Linkages: Arboreal Angst

Mr. Homegrown

September 14, 2019

Saturday Linkages

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The Emperor Charles and ‘Carlina’ in Giovanni Cadamasto’s herbal: Harley MS 3736 via Medieval Manuscripts Blog Arboreal Angst: a short history of recent architectural/plant mashups Louisville needs trees! Cedar plant swing holder Ancient watering hole in Southern Arizona at risk from border wall construction On the Surprising Benefits of an Un-Mobile Phone Is Our Fear of Smartphones Overblown? Same Pesticides that are Killing Bees Significantly S...

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