Weekend Linkages: Pyramids, Strange Houses and F-ing Gourds

September 5, 2021

...Orange free peaches, painted by Elsie E. Lower, 1910. Via @pomological. A stepped pyramid in the desert Where did SARS-CoV-2 come from? People are still taking that horse medication That time someone tried to set up a Vietnam war theme park (a podcast) Strangest Zillow listing ever The Diapers.com Guy Wants to Build a Utopian Megalopolis F-ing gourd season Can We Live Without Twitter?...

Read…

Weekend Linkages: I Looked at Twitter So You Don’t Have To

Mr. Homegrown

July 3, 2022

Saturday Linkages

Yes, someone once thought this was a good idea. Via @skepteis. Where’s the herd immunity? Our research shows why Covid is still wreaking havoc The farmers restoring Hawaii’s ancient food forests that once fed an island Council member’s emails show inconsistencies with stance against bike lanes My neighbor’s dog smells the chicken I’m grilling They still make nice new buildings A thread on eco-fascism cats CAN’T have a little salami You can visit...

Read…

Weekend Linkages: Verging on Christmas

Mr. Homegrown

December 5, 2021

Saturday Linkages

2 Comments

...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...

Read…

Weekend Linkages: Squirrels, Brad Pitt and Lenin

Mr. Homegrown

February 13, 2022

Saturday Linkages

...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...

Read…

Weekend Linkages: Hot and Cold

Mr. Homegrown

February 6, 2022

Saturday Linkages

5 Comments

...The Revenge of the Hot Water Bottle Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Whale A Magazine From 1997 Is Selling For Thousands of Dollars Online Because of QAnon Tent-safe DIY heaters for unhoused people cost just $7 to build...

Read…