Saturday Tweets: Say Goodbye to 2019

Le Palais idéal. Image source: Otourly. Facteur Cheval’s incredible endeavor, the Palais Idéal Companion Planting: Fraud vs. Facts Low-tech magazine is now a book! At the Mexican Border, the Battle for Endangered Species is as Much About Water as About The Wall Lies, Damned Lies, and Recycling You Are Literally Working for Silicon Valley and Don’t Know It Two young climate activists invite Pete Buttigieg to “rethink his strategy” on climate chang...

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Saturday Tweets: The Chapel Perilous

Two self portraits by Edvard Munch–one during and one after suffering from the Spanish Flu. Make a simple sifter coffee roaster “Black Swan” author Nassim Taleb on warnings over systemic risks from global pandemics Museums reveal their creepiest objects in Twitter battle It Came From the ’70s: The Story of Your Grandma’s Weird Couch The Bread Influencers Flock of sheep visit empty McDonald’s restaurant during lockdown Super-rich jet off to disast...

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Saturday Tweets: A Solar Powered Blog, Caravansaries, Moths and Michaelmas

Our new self-hosted, solar-powered blog is designed to radically reduce the energy use associated with accessing our content. https://t.co/err1n0Jb8d pic.twitter.com/WofAjYoC4q — lowtechmagazine (@lowtechmagazine) September 26, 2018 The mother of all Iranian caravansaries: @atlasobscura https://t.co/LrKw76GhZF — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 29, 2018 Survival on the sea: https://t.co/eggkX3RSZ2 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 29, 2018...

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Saturday Tweets: Goodbye 2018

Photos Document the Decorated Clay Houses of a Royal African Village https://t.co/u46HgnlFNu — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 27, 2018 Centennial at Tejon Ranch https://t.co/DMXelleR6H via @wordpressdotcom — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 22, 2018 Got in our @Zipcar we've been driving for 3 days. It doesn't start. Call Zipcar and get told that the car can't access the internet so it won't start. The only option is to have...

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Saturday Tweets: Rocket Emissions, Tarkovsky and Borges Quoting Furby

Why it’s time to study how rocket emissions change the atmosphere https://t.co/Kf4AgCMsjS via @Verge — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 14, 2018 "To improve energy security, we need to make infrastructures less reliable". Keeping Some of the Lights On: Redefining Energy Security https://t.co/vQajUrme0v pic.twitter.com/sAUZyd3ObO — lowtechmagazine (@lowtechmagazine) December 10, 2018 Fumigate your home with the Colonel’s salty musk!https://t.co/...

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