Saturday Linkages: Cat Memes, Food Allergies and a Monteverdi Drop

January 11, 2020

...How a cat named Smudge’s distaste for salad created one of 2019’s most popular memes Why the world is becoming more allergic to food No One Wants Your Used Clothes Anymore ‘Like sending bees to war’: the deadly truth behind your almond-milk obsession DIY Rolling Umbrella Base A 27-year-old Costco fan loves the store so much he got a logo tattooed and had a birthday party in the food court Music break: Lamento della Ninfa by Claudio Monteverdi...

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Saturday Linkages: A Happy Yam New Year

Mr. Homegrown

January 4, 2020

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...Yam courtesy of Doug Harvey. Make yourself a rowboat in 2020 Sidney Barnsley architect and craftsman Alan Moore on William Blake’s contempt for Newton Are cats modernists? Too Much Combustion, Too Little Fire Contrapoints on canceling Lawn out. Wildflowers in. “Act natural” pic.twitter.com/9rTkgM73te — Animal Memes (@AnimalMemer) December 29, 2019...

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Saturday Tweets: Say Goodbye to 2019

Mr. Homegrown

December 28, 2019

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Le Palais idéal. Image source: Otourly. Facteur Cheval’s incredible endeavor, the Palais Idéal Companion Planting: Fraud vs. Facts Low-tech magazine is now a book! At the Mexican Border, the Battle for Endangered Species is as Much About Water as About The Wall Lies, Damned Lies, and Recycling You Are Literally Working for Silicon Valley and Don’t Know It Two young climate activists invite Pete Buttigieg to “rethink his strategy” on climate chang...

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Saturday Linkages: Holiday Edition

Mr. Homegrown

December 21, 2019

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The Nativity, c. 1425 Fra Angelico (Fra Giovanni da Fiesole) Google Nest or Amazon Ring? Just reject these corporations’ surveillance and a dystopic future The deadly truth about a world built for men – from stab vests to car crashes How our cities failed us this decade: We let big tech take over and dragged our feet on climate, but it’s not too late for change Overlooked No More: Julia Morgan, Pioneering Female Architect Just a whole bunch of ca...

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Saturday Linkages: Squirrels, Sharks and Nudists

Mr. Homegrown

December 7, 2019

Saturday Linkages

Edward Burne-Jones – An Angel Playing a Flageolet. How the all-hands meeting became a way for bosses to give you the finger Use it and abuse it Safe Streets Advocates Stage Die-In to Protest Garcetti and City Council Lack of Vision Zero Progress Oil is the New Data Against We The Squirrels Already Know This: Southern California black walnuts are a local, tasty treasure Purists v partiers: the battle between two popular nudist resorts Shark Bites...

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