Saturday Tweets: Mid-Century Cookies, Harbor Freight Chainsaws and Epistemology!

Coconut Top Hats, 1977 – A Vintage Christmas Cookie Recipe Tests https://t.co/74zdEYiGEm — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 17, 2016 Get your Holiday-Decorating Videos Right Here | Garden Rant https://t.co/IyiUpWvUj2 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 17, 2016 What’s inside a cheap Harbor Freight chainsaw: https://t.co/NY4pcfp8VR — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 17, 2016 How to Recycle Your Advent Calendar https://t.co/Zec0qf58IH — Root S...

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Saturday Linkages: Independence Day Weekend Edition

Fireless cooker via Low Tech Magazine. We insulate our houses, why not our cooking pots? http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2014/07/cooking-pot-insulation-key-to-sustainable-cooking.html … GIF Gardens: How to (Easily) Animate Your Plant Photos http://disq.us/8j1m1y Never Buy A Rotten Avocado Again http://www.nwedible.com/2012/05/never-buy-a-rotten-avocado-again.html … Why Do We Refrigerate Eggs in the United States? http://www.kcet.org/living/food/th...

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Saturday Tweets: Christmas Eve Edition

O Christmas Structure: Belgium’s Controversial Ultramodern “Tree” https://t.co/BP9fVN2n9M via @Dornob — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 24, 2016 Was the manger a tiny house? https://t.co/vVPQ8jnj01 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 24, 2016 Jammy Oatmeal Pecan Bar Cookies https://t.co/wYQbIpTDon — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 24, 2016 Tomorrow is the Winter Solstice! Celebrate with images of the night sky from our Catalogue of Illumin...

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Saturday Tweets: New Year’s Eve 2016

Los Angeles — when restaurants were built to look like things that are not restaurants. pic.twitter.com/UHTkHxJOx2 — Richard Parks III (@reechardparks) December 30, 2016 Archive of free musical instrument plans: cigar box guitars, ukuleles, and more https://t.co/aJGKqfLEvh — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 28, 2016 DIY concrete lamps with LED string lights https://t.co/xE3PnfmI6V — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 30, 2016 Garden design as a...

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Saturday Linkages: Expensive Grapes, Martha Stewart’s Drones and Sunscreen

Some very expensive grapes. Top-notch Japanese grapes fetch a record $5,400: http://disq.us/8j5pz8 Martha Stewart digs drones via http://boingboing.net/2014/07/10/martha-stewart-digs-drones.html … Lead abatement, a wise economic and public health investment http://www.riskscience.umich.edu/lead-abatement-wise-economic-public-health-investment-report-finds/ … Can using sunscreen increase your risk of dying? http://www.riskscience.umich.edu/can-usi...

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