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CliftonWiens

  1. Wonderful short video of elephant matriarch assisting young. Tusk love. bit.ly/KUEHpJ about 8 hours ago via TweetDeck
  2. Heh. RT @brainpicker: This is brilliant. The shortest #TED talk ever, only 52 seconds j.mp/L1Lot5 about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
  3. November/Paris, but perfect late May.RT @notinmy: Miles Davis Quintet, Paris, November 1967, On Green Dolphin Street youtube.com/watch?v=3u7yia… about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
  4. Important & worth the time. RT @vaughanbell Daniel Kahneman on the Trap of ‘Thinking That We Know’ is.gd/b63pMk via @leraboroditsky about 10 hours ago via web in reply to vaughanbell
  5. RT @dvergano: Stone age flutes even older than supposed ~ 42,000 years: usat.ly/KD0qAQ Q&A with study author #music #archeology 1:10 PM May 24th via web
  6. Baffling valuations. Instagram vs. New York Times (graphic): bit.ly/JGOdve 12:26 PM May 24th via web
  7. @faraway67 Good to hear!! :) 12:25 PM May 24th via web in reply to faraway67
  8. @faraway67 Yes - I know. And 'joy gene'? Another loose use of a biological term with no scientific basis. 12:22 PM May 24th via web in reply to faraway67
  9. Report: Germans unable to enjoy life: bit.ly/LIUjlR. Suggestion: Adult foreign exchange program. Germans & Greeks switch countries... 12:11 PM May 24th via TweetDeck
  10. A literary loss. Paul Fussell - RIP: nyti.ms/Js9R8g 7:32 PM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  11. So fortunate to have known him. "...an exceptionally kind man..." @TheEconomist's tribute to journalist Peter David: econ.st/J2YhQR 10:35 AM May 17th via TweetDeck
  12. Wonderful. RT @dvergano: "Animation in Palaeolithic art: a pre-echo of cinema" (video) bit.ly/MoiIvV #archeology 10:27 AM May 17th via TweetDeck
  13. Literature's lapidary lepidopterist. RT @matthiasrascher: Photo: Vera and Vladimir Nabokov, chasing butterflies, 1958. j.mp/L20USl 9:26 AM May 17th via TweetDeck
  • Name Clifton Wiens
  • Location Washington, D.C.
  • Bio Freelance writer, researcher, editor, and documentary development producer. Former long-time staffer at National Geographic.
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