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  1. @christinajarron Glad you like! When you're ready for something new and different, try Michael Kiwanuka youtube.com/watch?v=kJ4s3G… 3:10 AM May 11th via web in reply to christinajarron
  2. BTW, TMR is Tetun for "Two Piercing Eyes". So, "Mr Matan Ruak" is actually "Mr Piercing Eyes" #coolestpresidentname #timor 3:24 AM Apr 17th via web
  3. TMR set to become new President of #Timor Leste abc.net.au/news/2012-04-1… via @SaraEveringham Old wine, new bottle? 3:22 AM Apr 17th via web
  4. And I thought the NT News Darwin to Mandorah tunnel story was good. THESE were good flpbd.it/RD2bq #aprilfools 3:09 PM Apr 1st via Flipboard
  5. Jason Russell was hospitalised for malnutrition?!?! Quick! Let's invade US and #stopbony...I mean #stopkony latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/03/…) 9:15 PM Mar 16th via web
  6. Not only does This Am Life retract the story, but in Act 3 re-states the facts & reminds us why good journalism counts nytimes.com/interactive/bu… 9:04 PM Mar 16th via web
  7. Best. Retraction. Ever. This American Life retracts Mr Daisey & the Apple Factory. Painfully brilliant radio. thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives… 9:02 PM Mar 16th via web
  8. #NT leads Oz in incarceration rates abc.net.au/news/2012-03-1…. Clearly we don't realise the real price of punishment theglobalmail.org/feature/the-pr… 11:09 PM Mar 14th via web
  9. Amazing RT @CaddieBrain: A bit of rain on the Rock this afternoon meant another cracking sunset at Yulara... twitter.com/CaddieBrain/st… 3:27 AM Mar 14th via Twitter for iPhone from here  
  10. @pjrey @nathanjurgenson Maybe in need of Bourdieuan concept of digital capital? But, requires entire Bourdieuan theoretical edifice #digcap 4:25 PM Mar 13th via web in reply to pjrey
  11. UCL's Financial Computing Centre: It's a fine line between creating the next crisis and avoiding it shar.es/p0htV 2:48 PM Mar 13th via ShareThis.com
  12. "There are here neither imitators nor imitated, but relative identity in the effects, due to to relative identity in the causes." 4:36 AM Mar 12th via Twitter for iPad
  13. Hanging out in a car park at Palmerston. Things could get interesting #whathashappenedtomylife 12:52 AM Mar 6th via Twitter for iPhone from here  
  14. #TED et al and “the clusterfuckoisie” Peddling prattle or democratising ideas? IMO, parasitic capitalism at its best nymag.com/news/features/… 4:03 PM Mar 3rd via Tweet Button
  15. @tonyeastley's "clash of cultures" thesis on Azaria Chamberlain trial and it's legacy. A must read. abc.net.au/news/2012-03-0… #nt 8:43 AM Mar 2nd via TweetDeck
  16. "Hell may be other people, but we want to be near them all the same." A long and unromantic review of the city inside.org.au/urban-romance/ 1:42 PM Feb 28th via web