Saturday Linkages: Dérive!

...ick @SamSifton https://t.co/j7Q2FBiIRA — Eric Rochow (@GardenForkTV) August 13, 2015 Which would you rather be hit by? A two-ton gas-powered car going 60 mph or a two-ton electric car going 60 mph? — Bicycle Lobby (@BicycleLobby) August 13, 2015 Why the United States refuses to go metric via @BoingBoing http://t.co/nVpyWtNvgD — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 12, 2015 Make your own lye http://t.co/diisl0gZyn — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 12,...

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Saturday Tweets: Audio Cassettes, Melting Astroturf and Sharing the Road

Auto Door For Chicken Feeder http://t.co/r8YtTo2e5n — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 3, 2015 Business is “better than ever” for the last audio cassette factory via @BoingBoing http://t.co/Jzg1YG9lsK — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 4, 2015 That Flintstone House in the San Francisco Bay Area is up for sale via @BoingBoing http://t.co/oRxVzPWetb — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 4, 2015 New Study Confirms: “Share The Road” Is a Proble...

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Saturday Tweets: West Coast Weather, Sweetgrass and Tule Canoes

Don't you want your very own Tule Canoe? via Cabin Dwellers Textbook http://t.co/9mwSPhWRIv pic.twitter.com/9fWCqSswP5 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 10, 2015 Satisfying West Coast Weather Geekery: https://t.co/KEVv3GXAzK — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 11, 2015 Turns out the sacred plant, sweetgrass, is as good as DEET at repelling mosquitoes, Less toxic repellents ahoy!: http://t.co/dm3VKHVwcg — Root Simple (@rootsimple) Septem...

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Saturday Linkages: Paleo Flour, Viking Tents and Chinese Cabbage as the New Kale

$2 vacuum sealer Life hack http://t.co/bKiSaoAdpp — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 16, 2015 Via @NPR: Paleo People Were Making Flour 32,000 Years Ago http://t.co/Q6xlGIBBG3 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 17, 2015 Equity, the Mobility Plan, and the Myth of Luxury-Loving Lane Stealers http://t.co/nPB0sbqjug via @streetsblogla — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 18, 2015 How America’s Staggering Traffic Death Rate Became Matter-of-Fact...

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Saturday Tweets: Apartment Solar, Living in a Greenhouse and Ag in LA

How to get your apartment off the grid https://t.co/F22jRajl1L #solar #solarenergy #solarpower #offgrid pic.twitter.com/r0pxfx6rRo — lowtechmagazine (@lowtechmagazine) May 18, 2016 Live in a Greenhouse https://t.co/CLR9zyUMnc — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 19, 2016 Google patents an adhesive that sticks pedestrians to cars that hit them https://t.co/ujcCPsN3H1 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 20, 2016 Standing Pallet Desk – Epoxy Finished https:/...

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