Saturday Linkages on Sunday

January 17, 2021

How it started/How it’s going Smart Cities and Finance ‘Not that good’: Montreal restaurant’s brutally honest menu pulls in the customers LA’s New Falafel Stand Is a One-Man Masterpiece That Hails From Iraq An anthropologist analyzes the Q Shaman This might be the most toxic workplace ever Some tips from the Recomendo Newsletter (Subscribe here): Educational resources that are likely free from your public library’s website: Lydia.com and The Grea...

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Saturday Linkages: Brutal Homes and Gardens

Mr. Homegrown

March 6, 2021

Saturday Linkages

Is This “Open-Concept Bathroom” a Dream or a Nightmare? We Spoke to the New Yorker Who Found a Whole Apartment Behind Her Bathroom Mirror Weirdest Zillow listing of the week Meet the Couple Who Bought the Brutalist Bachelor Pad You Saw on Twitter US saw sharp increase in crash deaths in 2020 despite fewer drivers on roads Simple Drawing (Or Painting) Exercises You Can Do Every Day The Best Drawing Tutorials for Architects on YouTube Twitch Star Q...

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Saturday Linkages: That Hauntological Feeling

Mr. Homegrown

February 27, 2021

Saturday Linkages

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From Nolan Gray on Twitter. Sprawl made Los Angeles’ pandemic problem worse, not better Exploring the Abandoned Spaces of the Internet Fry’s Electronics is shutting its doors for good What would it be like to live in an abandoned mall? Donate to my Patreon and we’ll move here If you like mannequins you’ll love this real estate listing Vertical Farming Does Not Save Space Despite cool and occasionally unsettled conditions in NorCal, unusually dry...

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Saturday Linkages: Forever Lent

Mr. Homegrown

February 20, 2021

Saturday Linkages

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The scars of solitary: Albert Woodfox on freedom after 44 years in a concrete cell The sweet it’s OK to eat at Lent: But does anyone actually like karamelli tal-harrub? A Modern Take on the Phenakistoscope Why a California scientist hosted superspreader event amid a deadly COVID-19 surge Texas prepping gong wrong, a thread A visual search engine Remapping Cultural Hauntology: An American Perspective ‘This Crap Means More to Him Than My Life’: Whe...

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Saturday Linkages: Can’t Stop the Memes

Mr. Homegrown

February 13, 2021

Saturday Linkages

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...Turn Off Your Mind, Relax—and Float Right-Wing? Chairman Mao Invented Traditional Chinese Medicine “Cocaine of the sea” — the illegal fish trade of the Mexican cartel and Chinese mafia Meaty meals and play stop cats killing wildlife, study finds NeoPixel Ancient Oil Lamp Kelly Norris on New Naturalism and Informed Plant Choices Grow Your Own Giant Sequoia Tree I love lava...

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