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  1. Beautiful essay on interfaith encounter from the remarkable Reb Zalman: huff.to/JCA8Wi 2:12 PM May 25th via web
  2. @pranesh_prakash Very good coffee, but thus far insufficient to get me to make such a permanent investment. 2:02 PM May 25th via web in reply to pranesh_prakash
  3. I love living in Pittsfield: local coffee shop offers coffee for life if you tattoo their logo on your arm: bit.ly/Jzn92P 1:35 PM May 25th via web
  4. @amysmithmuise @berkshiresweek It's an easy mistake to make. We keep so much hyperlocal sheep sinew around the house. 1:28 PM May 25th via web in reply to amysmithmuise
  5. Veteran foreign correspondent Peter Heinlein detained in Ethiopia for covering a protest: bit.ly/JioYQg 1:28 PM May 25th via web
  6. Hey @DhaniJones - wrote about you, Senegalese wrestling and sumo earlier today: bit.ly/KTAz9I 12:29 PM May 25th via web
  7. Acting president of Mali assaulted, injured by protesters - disturbing story from @globalvoices: bit.ly/Lvsuaa 10:54 AM May 25th via web
  8. Between Japan and Senegal - could laamb wrestlers compete in sumo? A purely speculative Friday post: bit.ly/KTAz9I 10:53 AM May 25th via web
  9. @amysmithmuise @berkshiresweek Saplings, yes, but Home Depot string and JoAnn canvass. And the later ones have been pure Home Depot. 6:17 AM May 25th via web in reply to amysmithmuise
  10. @berkshiresweek Ah, but we built one of the gers locally, using what we could find at Home Depot. Seems harder to do with a horse. 12:41 PM May 24th via web in reply to berkshiresweek
  11. Very clever tool for visualizing energy usage, block by block, in US cities: urbmet.org 12:40 PM May 24th via web
  12. @nrd @velveteenrabbi GroovyYurts.com. They're very nice, and they deliver. 11:36 AM May 24th via web in reply to nrd
  13. I'd meant for the ger to be grad student offices at @CivicMIT, but it's so pretty, I'm not sure I can part with it: bit.ly/KkX7S9 10:52 AM May 24th via web
  14. "Honey, I bought a ger" - my wife, the @velveteenrabbi, reflects on the new Mongolian felt tent in our back yard: bit.ly/LsXsjj 10:45 AM May 24th via web
  15. Fascinating @alexleavitt post on ethics of attention and the use of bots in attentiongathering: bit.ly/Ku0pDp 10:44 AM May 24th via web
  • Name Ethan Zuckerman
  • Location Pittsfield, MA
  • Web http://ethanzucke...
  • Bio Center for Civic Media, MIT Media Lab, Global Voices Online, Berkman Center. Formerly Geekcorps, Tripod. RT ≠ endorsement, RT = interesting read.
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