Saturday Tweets: Architectural Screw-Ups, Road Diets and Pet Dragons

..., 2018 Delightful site curates New York Times Sunday Magazine articles from 100 years ago https://t.co/8pMEDbj7QF — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 13, 2018 If you’re an Earth scientist or other academic trying to fly less, please help shift the culture on academic flying. An easy way to start is to tell your story here: https://t.co/dTN60J6Abv — Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) January 11, 2018 The average kid can identify 1,000 corporate logos and...

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Saturday Linkages: Beetle Party, Floating Homes and Cilantro

...ker (@awalkerinLA) June 8, 2018 If you don’t have time to read the full 70-page UCLA study, then watch this short video on why transit ridership has declined and what can be done about it https://t.co/09uPpcyDCK — StreetsblogLA (@StreetsblogLA) June 7, 2018 Beautiful gardens in the back of Japanese mini pickup trucks https://t.co/Euw432jyF4 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 7, 2018 At the peak of its technological advancement, human civilization be...

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Saturday Tweets: Thanksgiving Weekend Edition

WHY DOES EVERY ONLINE RECIPE BEGIN WITH A 40 PAGE ESSAY ABOUT SOMEONES HUSBAND DOG AND KIDS AND A BRISK WALK THEY TOOK IN THE FALL AND HOW THEY LOVE THE CHANGING OF THE LEAVES AND THEIR DOGS FAVORITE TREAT. GIMME THE RECIPE HON MY SCROLL FINGER HURTS — Chelsea Peretti (@chelseaperetti) November 22, 2018 As deadly flames approached, a mother called her daughters to say goodbye – Los Angeles Times https://t.co/MOQjEa6HI0 — Root Simple (@rootsimple)...

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Saturday Tweets: A Week of Strange Links

...y the year 2020 https://t.co/Si466o5Qde — Xeni (@xeni) March 31, 2016 This page of the 12th-c. Bible of Stephen Harding (now digitised by @BMDijonPat), is a real medieval comic book. pic.twitter.com/eOm5cFcDd9 — Damien Kempf (@DamienKempf) March 31, 2016 #Netherlands sets guidance reducing #meat consumption to twice weekly https://t.co/F68kuFjikj @NatGeoFood @hdbyrne pic.twitter.com/pZ9nPJ8xEc — UC Food Observer (@ucfoodobserver) March 30, 2016 An...

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Saturday Linkages: Logs, Invasives and Italian Veggies

...so grim, from the tree’s perspective– and mine. http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=news&storyID=17209#.Ut8epeX8ggE.twitter … Urban Nature: How to Foster Biodiversity in World’s Cities by Richard Conniff: Yale Environment 360 from @YaleE360 http://e360.yale.edu/feature/urban_nature_how_to_foster_biodiversity_in_worlds_cities/2725/#.Ut78MbYkqKk.twitter … Building With Logs – 1957 USDA Government Pamphlet http://feedly.com/e/SggnDsK7 Milky The Marvelous...

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