Holiday Weekend Linkages: Loquat Edition

May 30, 2021

Hi would you enjoy being depressed at downtown Camden in the 1930s vs today pic.twitter.com/xQtHHlYq6h — Joseph (@bicycleriiights) May 27, 2021 Like loquats? Thank the Mexican orchard workers who saved them Amazon Introduces Tiny ‘ZenBooths’ for Stressed-Out Warehouse Workers Inside Citizen’s Dangerous Effort to Cash In On Vigilantism Belcampo: ‘farm to door’ butcher admits misrepresenting origins of meat How to design a sailing ship for the 21st...

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Weekend Linkages: Bass Face

Mr. Homegrown

October 1, 2023

Saturday Linkages

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Meme found on the interwebs (not sure where). Totally agree about Trader Joe’s! On the Origin of the Bass Face Demonstrating neighbourhood-scale civic infrastructure for social, ecological, economic, and climate transition A school for “radical attention” The rock’s the star: meditative film about a Cornish stone goes global A Kali Mirch Paneer Pasta Recipe from Pijja Palace Pentagon’s Budget Is So Bloated That It Needs an AI Program to Navigate...

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Weekend Linkages: Perfection Salad

Mr. Homegrown

January 16, 2022

Saturday Linkages

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Strange Zillow listing of the week Frank Sinatra’s Chatsworth Home Listed For $21.5M (It’s actually kinda nice) Cat on a hot satellite dish: Elon Musk’s Starlink antenna hits surprise problem Climate change, rising temperatures will lead to rise in kidney stones – study Vision Zero failure: 18 bike riders killed in Los Angeles in 2021 Gas stoves and indoor air quality There is No Red Pill Hacked Prius Running on MUNI Power Lines (spoiler: this is...

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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: Verging on Christmas

Mr. Homegrown

December 5, 2021

Saturday Linkages

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...Advent Lessons and Carols from St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral Los Angeles Complete Hobo Stove & Cooking Pots System Grow mushrooms in a 5 gallon bucket The mayor knew They don’t want you to know about triple hung curved glass windows Not a collection of mudlarking finds from the foreshore of the Thames. Biscuits...

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