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RT @markwillacy: Japanese doomsday cult member on the run for 17 years after sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway arrested japantimes.co.jp/text/nn2012060… about 3 hours ago via Echofon
Because it is Sunday. RT @Alex_Ogle: distracted from photos of week list by puppy instagr.am/p/La80EsiYU3/ about 6 hours ago via Echofon
joshgreenman I pay $6.50 a week for Mon-Fri NYT home delivery. This comes with full digital access. Full digital access on its own costs $8.75 a week. about 6 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by chrisalbon and 1 other
Curating via MT @zunguzungu: I'd like to endorse @Choire's rant about "curators": theawl.com/2012/06/you-ar… about 10 hours ago via Echofon
Whah? RT @globalvoices: Brazil Gov't cuts physician salaries by 50%: bit.ly/JY5Qsj about 11 hours ago via Echofon
NPRinskeep Getting ready to start @MorningEdition road trip through Arab revolutions: Tunisia, Libya, Egypt. Starts Monday. #RevRoad about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck Retweeted by chrisalbon and 10 others
@katypearce That is impressively random. I approve. 4:47 PM Jun 2nd via Echofon in reply to katypearce
@katypearce You should really figure out which type of vans they are talking about. 4:46 PM Jun 2nd via Echofon in reply to katypearce
There was more to the tweet, but I stopped reading. MT @joshgreenman: There's a restaurant on my block that has all-you-can-drink beer 4:13 PM Jun 2nd via Echofon
SamuelObour Pix from the crash site via @GhTog cc: @eggheader @toluogunlesi @zebbook twitter.com/SamuelObour/st… 4:05 PM Jun 2nd via Twitter for iPad Retweeted by chrisalbon and 2 others
Missed my chance to meet! RT @Alex_Ogle: .@fieldproducer in DC instagr.am/p/LY0S9TBabJ/ 3:15 PM Jun 2nd via Echofon
RT @katypearce: Does faster broadband lead to greater economic growth? bit.ly/MkxHbm 1:36 PM Jun 2nd via Echofon
RT @NisatPrio: A journalist's four days with the Free Syria Army goo.gl/Ife1n 9:46 AM Jun 2nd via Echofon
15min after that she'll be able to beat Olympic sprinters @acarvin: Happy birthday, Kayleigh! @ The Cheesecake Factory instagr.am/p/LYOAsnG3Zy/ 9:41 AM Jun 2nd via Echofon
@jstrevino 1. TE 2. XAS @abumuqawama 9:34 AM Jun 2nd via Echofon
RT @texasinafrica: Uganda's new SIM card registration system is a good thing. That it takes two hours to register at Orange is not. 9:34 AM Jun 2nd via Echofon
RT @sharifkouddous: Sun setting, weather cooling and Tahrir is getting packed twitter.com/sharifkouddous… 8:55 AM Jun 2nd via Echofon
Well, I'm convinced. RT @abumuqawama: RT @lasercalibrator: @abumuqawama UR an F ing idiot 8:53 AM Jun 2nd via Echofon
RT @jstrevino: The dream of the '90s is alive in Portland. RT @nicolestipp: Morning idea: retire, open canning factory, call it "chicanery." 8:45 AM Jun 2nd via Echofon

Name Chris R. Albon
Location Washington, DC
Web http://ChrisRAlbo...
Bio Director of the Governance Project at @FrontlineSMS. Ph.D. in political science. Writes about governance, global health, and ICT4D at @UNDispatch and elsewhere.