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  1. ZOMG http://MarineTraffic.com/ is going to cost me ONE MILLION HOURS of lost productivity in the next month. I can just tell.
  2. Wall-Mart's SocialCapitalâ„¢ widget: helping you (yes, you) advocate against unions & for cheap energy http://bit.ly/1U5c3c Get started today!
  3. RT @codinghorror Wait, you're telling me on this "internet" anyone can type whatever random crap they want in a textbox and click "submit"?
  4. RT @sivavaid: @cshirky Menand does not consider the broader academy. It's too easy to say English does it wrong.
  5. "If every grad student had to produce one peer-reviewed article instead of a thesis, it wd be a plus for scholarship." http://bit.ly/44y66D
  6. NYC: After spending a record $100M to eke out a victory, I think we should make Mike Bloomberg the new Roger Maris: He's our Mayor*.
  7. RT @darrenrovell1 If u move here @ age 12, u aren't American-born. (Me: Being "American-born" has nothing to do with being American.)
  8. Darren Rovell/CNBC labels marathon winner Meb Keflezighi "technically" American. http://bit.ly/28g2n2 I am #technicallyAmerican too.
  9. RT @ajkeen: just as Twitter users created Twitter, so Twitter users will destroy it too.
  10. NJ Daggett voters taking on collective action problem of indy candidates, with @Mlsif's PledgeBank model: http://bit.ly/4tEU3r
  11. RT @jimmycarr: The Catholic Church says Hallowe'en has an 'undercurrent of the occult'. Don't they worship a benevolent zombie?
  12. I'm dressing up tomorrow as slutty infrastructure -- a router in promiscuous mode.
  13. Tom Coates' on old media 's whinging about "rapid" change. http://bit.ly/2e1ahb (Anyone still surprised by 40 y.o. tech is simply stupid.)
  14. RT @ianmcall: Amazon is looking for an amazing, seasoned Community Manager to fill an important role. Know one? LMK at ianmc at amazon.com
  15. Why Brill will fail: "it’s unlikely that increased circulation $ will offset lost ad revenue caused by fewer readers" http://bit.ly/3ZlR4j
  16. rt @arstechnica: Adobe pushes Flash and PDF for open government, misses irony - http://bit.ly/EkUOz (via @acarvin)
  17. RT @NiemanLab: Awesome, important: State court rules that "metadata attached to public records is itself a public record" http://tr.im/DA63
  18. RT @carlmalamud: gpo, uspto gao, etc besieged by deals where private firm lays claim to bulk data feeds, as favor to .gov. always a gotcha.
  19. RT @Annaleen: sometimes I think feminism will succeed only when women learn to brag as much as men do about themselves
  20. Oops, URL from previous tweet is designyc.org (only 1 "n").