Saturday Tweets: A Week of Strange Links

The Chinese wheelbarrow is back: https://t.co/P7w2aIGuio pic.twitter.com/UVGfTm9cHF — lowtechmagazine (@lowtechmagazine) March 30, 2016 Wild Food Spotlight: Salal Berries https://t.co/V2Xwqk5mev via @TheKitchn #foraging pic.twitter.com/WPVfBXwXVI — Emily Han (@misschiffonade) March 30, 2016 Bitcoin transactions could consume as much energy as Denmark by the year 2020 https://t.co/Si466o5Qde — Xeni (@xeni) March 31, 2016 This page of the 12th-c. B...

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Saturday Tweets: Our Insect Friends, Miso Soup and What Your Library Should Look Like

Don't destroy your #garden during spring clean up chores. Here's how to keep insect friends safe: https://t.co/83vKhoIhKc — Jessica Walliser (@jessicawalliser) March 12, 2016 A library needs to be alive @joeldavidclark pic.twitter.com/AlNxZFZFUB — NassimNicholasTaleb (@nntaleb) March 19, 2016 Cool Tools: CT Issue 03/19/2016 – https://t.co/ejP6tUlOsw — Mark Frauenfelder (@Frauenfelder) March 19, 2016 NYTimes: Miso Soup Delivers Deep Weekni...

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Saturday Tweets: A Weekend of Miscellany

Cross the border into Santa Monica and instantly the bicycle accommodations improve. Stainless steel racks = fancy! pic.twitter.com/yS4Qhifc8z — Jonathan Fertig (@rightlegpegged) March 11, 2016 Ethnobiology as the Unifying Theory of All Things Biocultural https://t.co/9XLhv5dFrc — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 12, 2016 https://t.co/SKIBofeNZS: Micro Modern Tiny Shelter For The Homeless? https://t.co/3hvDxsUXsW — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March...

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Saturday Tweets: Pre-Peeled Oranges, Fine Fiber and the Dome Revival

Whole Foods’ Pre-Peeled Oranges Are the Ultimate in Bourgeois Laziness https://t.co/GLxHz4wzGy via @Eater — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 4, 2016 But… there’s like a whole aisle of fruit… peeled and cut… and put in plastic https://t.co/ou413uSCLk pic.twitter.com/zeVIEvPRGO — Alissa Walker (@awalkerinLA) March 4, 2016 If you’re outraged about packing peeled oranges in plastic containers, wait until we tell you about using giant metal boxes to mo...

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Saturday Tweets: Smoke Bomb Cocktails, Philosophy, and the “Napparatus”

How to make a smoke bomb cocktail https://t.co/S6j27e12HD — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 4, 2016 Zero electricity air cooler: https://t.co/iiKqDNgJB1 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 4, 2016 transfer photos to wood! @drunkenwood shows us how https://t.co/hEPQ8NTY9e — Eric Rochow (@GardenForkTV) June 2, 2016 The Tragic History of Highways Demolishing Cities — It’s Not Over Yet https://t.co/hZNauRDYNT via @StreetsblogUSA — Root Simple (@rootsimpl...

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