Saturday Tweets: Rats, DIY Plastic Recycling and Old Flatbread

We can't do it all ourselves: https://t.co/9M1WvjSGZ6 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 21, 2018 These DIY Machines Let Anyone Recycle Plastic Into New Products: https://t.co/Agu7r1KLdQ — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 21, 2018 DIY No-Cost Bicycle Cart For the Disabled/Elderly https://t.co/Dup3IK0FZr — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 21, 2018 Video From 1991 Imagines What Real Estate Agents of the Future Might Look Like https://t.co/SzSVtrBSAq...

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Saturday Tweets: Cow Appreciation Day

How Online Hobbyists Can Reaffirm Your Faith in the Internet https://t.co/889gaIDHAu — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 14, 2018 Fascinating: A new theory explains why certain plants spread worldwide– they adapted thinner roots less dependent on symbiotic fungi. This gives new insight to plant invasions & how to prepare sites for restorations https://t.co/ldBMjI2O0H pic.twitter.com/UUjSRy25IG — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) July 13, 2018 How to D...

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Saturday Tweets: Wild Azaleas, DIY Neutra Chairs and Hot Dog Water

CAPTION CONTEST (Part 2) Which caption from the list below best fits the photo? 1. Come hang with the cool cats 2. A family that preys together stays together 3. L.A. Pride 4. Southern California’s Wild Nightlife 5. Fun for the whole family pic.twitter.com/WtMaJdVrwx — Angeles_NF (@Angeles_NF) June 24, 2018 “The wild azaleas of Gregory Bald, NC.” A post by Jared Barnes @meristemgrows highlighting the nature-culture hybrid that resulted in this ex...

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Saturday Tweets: Root Simple’s Miscellanies

Non-Electric Hearing Aids Outperform Modern Devices https://t.co/wD8shyEuTU pic.twitter.com/coGbUK7MXa — lowtechmagazine (@lowtechmagazine) August 24, 2017 Raspberry Pi Is The Brains Behind Automated Greenhouse via @hackaday https://t.co/n3MuEuSQJz — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 26, 2017 These floating gardens help supply Mexico City's most famous restaurants https://t.co/7CJQ3QJmeX via @clusterstock — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 26,...

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Saturday Tweets: Hogweed, Newcastle Disease, and Crochet Hyperbolics

The fabulous, but rather seriously hazardous Giant Hogweed has now been found in Virginia. If there were a plant to lure me into a toxic trap, this gorgeous umbellifer would be it. https://t.co/cWTXa0n8Ya — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) June 22, 2018 If my essay about fascist engineers could stop garnering on-the-nose examples that'd be great. https://t.co/fxZjdeUnfc pic.twitter.com/Q788LyQdIS — david a banks (@DA_Banks) June 21, 2018 New V...

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