Saturday Tweets: Gin Poles, Gardens and a $35 Chicken

Gin poles https://t.co/JZgcg2DlGm pic.twitter.com/nvaEnD20mO — lowtechmagazine (@lowtechmagazine) May 28, 2017 Don’t “bawk” at the price of that $35 chicken. Crow about the bargain you’re getting! https://t.co/5fMplLe3qE — Shannon Hayes (@SapBushShannon) June 3, 2017 One of the most game-changing contemporary America gardens is on Garden Conservancy tour https://t.co/15QjlQBWVW pic.twitter.com/dnFcLUarTB — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) June 3,...

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Saturday Tweets: Tweeterdämmerung

S3E17 of The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener radio show is here to download Host Joey & Holly talk about How to keep tomatoes healthy all season long, The value of Bees guest Erik Knute of @rootsimple https://t.co/ZyjCrFNMZ6 pic.twitter.com/w2nKthe0Bm — TheWIVegGardener (@TheWIVegGardenr) June 24, 2019 Why did most major car makers install fake pollution controls on millions of cars? Answer: competition among capitalists to profit from car productio...

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Saturday Tweets: Better Late Than Never

...red, the ruins at Luxor, ca. 1830] pic.twitter.com/vqCzONc7Bb — Irène DB (@UrbanFoxxxx) February 2, 2019 There's a $200 million abandoned village of Disney-like castles in Turkey. Take a look inside. https://t.co/uE1sznULsK via @businessinsider — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 9, 2019 Hey @ericgarcetti and @MitchOFarrell you've got some work to do . . . https://t.co/T49x6CZD59 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 8, 2019 Deadline Detro...

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Saturday Linkages: Arboreal Angst

The Emperor Charles and ‘Carlina’ in Giovanni Cadamasto’s herbal: Harley MS 3736 via Medieval Manuscripts Blog Arboreal Angst: a short history of recent architectural/plant mashups Louisville needs trees! Cedar plant swing holder Ancient watering hole in Southern Arizona at risk from border wall construction On the Surprising Benefits of an Un-Mobile Phone Is Our Fear of Smartphones Overblown? Same Pesticides that are Killing Bees Significantly S...

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Saturday Linkages: Agitated

...Engraving from the Kelmscott Chaucer. The Baffler serves up some Fresh Hell Kentucky politician with a demented hatred of trains Dreaming octopus changes color I ‘stormed’ Area 51 and it was even weirder than I imagined Handsy old goon supports fossil fuels If world leaders choose to fail us, my generation will never forgive them M.I.T. Media Lab’s crackpot plant computer What if America Took Amtrak Seriously?...

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