Natural Beekeeping Conference this Saturday and Sunday

January 13, 2020

This weekend, January 18th and 19th I’ll be a part of Honey Love’s Natural Beekeeping Conference at USC. In honor of the memory of Susan Rudnicki, I’m going to discuss bee removal scams, corruption in bee academia and pesticide astroturfing campaigns among other incendiary topics that Susan tirelessly pursued for the sake of the bees she loved so much. I’m humbled to be a part of a roster that includes all of the knowledgeable voices in the natur...

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

Mr. Homegrown

January 11, 2020

Saturday Linkages

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...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

Saturday Linkages

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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

Saturday Linkages

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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 Tweets: Toilets, Energy and Deep Old Age

Mr. Homegrown

January 27, 2018

Saturday Linkages

How much energy do we need? https://t.co/T8YSsPY1s0 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 27, 2018 A Lesson in Sharpening https://t.co/ZfP9sLMW40 via @rudemechanic — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 27, 2018 Toilet History Museum @atlasobscura https://t.co/EjpAxKshLf — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 27, 2018 A Lesson in Sharpening https://t.co/ZfP9sLMW40 via @rudemechanic — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 27, 2018 The elite belief in Uberized...

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