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David_Dobbs

  1. Tx! RT @tom_hartley: MUST LISTEN @david_dobbs: A hole in my hippocampus soundcloud.com/the-story-coll… Wonderful storytelling, fascinating science. about 1 hour ago via Echofon
  2. @dgmacarthur that's rather stunningly direct. about 2 hours ago via Echofon in reply to dgmacarthur
  3. Thanks @mimijohnson and @stevebuttry for these fine posts on your Gettysburg visit. 2roadsdiverged.com about 12 hours ago via Echofon
  4. That White House free-access petition is at wh.gov/6TH about 13 hours ago via Echofon
  5. White House petition calling for quicker free access to sci papers within 35 of 25,000 to draw WH response. @mbeisen is doing a countdown. about 13 hours ago via Echofon
  6. @stevesilberman On rhythm organizing input, read the first 10 pages or so of Buszaki's "Rhythms of the Brain." Gorgeous synthesis. about 13 hours ago via Echofon in reply to stevesilberman
  7. @mbeisen we expect increasing ratio if RedSox references as countdown nears zero. about 15 hours ago via Echofon in reply to mbeisen
  8. Fab: RT @lyssaslounge: .@xeni corrects the #NYT ow.ly/bkC6n on women's role building the intertoobz etc. Rioutous righteousness about 15 hours ago via Echofon
  9. @lyssaslounge Lyssa, NB & correct: Xeni uses @xeni, not the longer handle u used for ye tweet re her NYTimes corrective. about 15 hours ago via Echofon in reply to lyssaslounge
  10. @TomLevenson tom, NB; she uses @xeni, not the longer handle. about 15 hours ago via Echofon in reply to TomLevenson
  11. @tom_hartley thanks - was great fun. Hv to tell u sometime about the visit to Wilson then Eichenbaum. Could NOT find the latter. about 16 hours ago via Echofon in reply to tom_hartley
  12. "The history of winter climbing in the Himalayas is very brief." about 17 hours ago via Echofon
  13. @mgollery this Boardman / Tasker omnibus is superb; some of the best. Treat yourself. I'll pay you back if disappointed. about 17 hours ago via Echofon in reply to mgollery
  14. People asked 'why?' "'Because it is hard and it is uncertain.'" Joe Tasker, "Everesy The Cruel Way" about 17 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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