Saturday Tweets: Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On

July 6, 2019

We got a few comments, emails and texts last night after a powerful earthquake hit the Ridgecrest area around 150 miles from us last night. We’re fine and there is no damage to the house. It’s been a long time since we’ve felt a quake this strong. Mostly, I’m happy that the bee hives did not fall over. Can’t say that I’d enjoy dealing with a bunch of angry bees in the dark. Thankful for your concern and happy that there were no serious injuries t...

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Saturday Tweets: Beasts

Mr. Homegrown

November 17, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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...3K4 pic.twitter.com/6NrlXmVmMY — UC Davis Vet Med (@ucdavisvetmed) November 13, 2018 Facebook’s hired PR firm is really sinking to new lows – reminds me of the era when Kuwait hired Hill & Knowlton to create fiction that Iraqis were pulling infants from incubators. Sandberg’s legacy is in the balance. https://t.co/MLqKQWVDZK — douglas rushkoff (@rushkoff) November 15, 2018 The hoopla over the private firefighters hired to protect Kim and Kanye’s m...

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Saturday Tweets: Rocket Emissions, Tarkovsky and Borges Quoting Furby

Mr. Homegrown

December 15, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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...://t.co/T1SGDfjmda @LATACO — Daniel Hernandez✍🏽🌞 (@longdrivesouth) December 13, 2018 On speeding, seat belt laws, drunk driving and more, the United States is an outlier among wealthy nations. That helps explain why our roads are 50 percent more deadly. https://t.co/bqLqCkm0Rf — Streetsblog USA (@StreetsblogUSA) December 13, 2018 Executive summary: Most everyone drives too fast in LA. But after opportunistic lobbying from auto industry and AAA, th...

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Saturday Tweets: Goodbye 2018

Mr. Homegrown

December 29, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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Photos Document the Decorated Clay Houses of a Royal African Village https://t.co/u46HgnlFNu — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 27, 2018 Centennial at Tejon Ranch https://t.co/DMXelleR6H via @wordpressdotcom — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 22, 2018 Got in our @Zipcar we've been driving for 3 days. It doesn't start. Call Zipcar and get told that the car can't access the internet so it won't start. The only option is to have...

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Saturday Tweets: Hello 2019

Mr. Homegrown

January 5, 2019

Saturday Linkages

The sad decline of One Times Square. From beautiful Beaux Arts flatiron, to modernism, to giant billboard. And despite the shortage of land in NYC, the building has been vacant for years. pic.twitter.com/GvP2UT0EZe — Robert Kwolek (@RobertKwolek) January 2, 2019 “When we renovate this old building, let’s kill everything that was interesting, charming and beautiful about it.” #DesignFail pic.twitter.com/BmKXppYkHu — George Hahn (@georgehahn) Janua...

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