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David_Dobbs

  1. @MikeTaylor Yikes. Thanks. Done. Also added links to your story & a cpl others. about 3 hours ago via Echofon in reply to MikeTaylor
  2. @MikeTaylor yr piece was ace; wanted to link to but had horrid train wifi, barely got it done. about 3 hours ago via Echofon in reply to MikeTaylor
  3. Wellcome. V nice sharp story. RT @JenHoward: @David_Dobbs Tx for mentioning my @chronicle story about the #OAMonday petition. about 4 hours ago via Echofon
  4. MT @chashomans In this Sunday's NYT Book Review: Front page rave by B Friedman for @TimothyNoah1's Great Divide. Kudos. nyti.ms/Li1Y82 about 4 hours ago via Echofon
  5. @alexwitze @kejames @ejwillingham Scotch only if readers have gone crazed w the story. about 5 hours ago via Echofon in reply to alexwitze
  6. @alexwitze @kejames I'm sending the $24 to @sciencegoddess, as promised in offer to pay $24 for storify. Otherwise, Twitterverse wl explode about 5 hours ago via Echofon in reply to alexwitze
  7. @maggiekb1 If it was Montpelier, I'd have known them both. about 5 hours ago via Echofon in reply to maggiekb1
  8. @palmd @maggiekb1 Ace @sciencegoddess gets credit for weaving a chaotic Twitter thread into graceful order. about 5 hours ago via Echofon in reply to palmd
  9. @maggiekb1 This was in a very large city called Washington. about 5 hours ago via Echofon in reply to maggiekb1
  10. MT @alexwitze: And people say Twitter is useless. @David_Dobbs found otherwise last night w his #baddate report: bit.ly/LMyqlC about 5 hours ago via Echofon
  11. Open-Science Geeks Invite Obama Onto Roller Coaster - What the open-access petition might mean | Neuron Culture j.mp/Jsay4S about 6 hours ago via bitly
  12. Tx. RT @dupuisj: @David_Dobbs @researchremix I also make case why it's important for non-US citizens to consider. bit.ly/Lymfso about 6 hours ago via Echofon
  13. @researchremix tx for all. I'm well-armed now. about 7 hours ago via Echofon in reply to researchremix
  14. @researchremix dang you're quick. thanks. about 7 hours ago via Echofon in reply to researchremix
  15. #openscience peeps: I want the 3 smartest policy/politics pieces written on the White House #openaccess petition. What are they? about 7 hours ago via Echofon
  • Name David Dobbs
  • Location Montpelier, VT
  • Web http://wired.com/...
  • Bio Write 4 Atlantic, NYT Mag, NatGeo, Slate, etal. Blog @WIRED. Author 'My Mother's Lover' & other books; 5th in progress. Cheerful wee dumpling.
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