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jacobwe

  1. My SNHU commencement address, courtesy of Verizon bit.ly/K01YFq about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck
  2. Steve Isenberg is retiring from PEN, where he has done a terrific job. PEN is looking for a new Executive Director. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck
  3. New NYC profession: Big Gulp smuggler. about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
  4. Amazing story about how Ai Weiwei grabbed camera away from one of his monitors in the park and reduced him to tears. tgr.ph/LXOVsi about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
  5. Ai Weiwei on why he doesn't miss his privacy. VIDEO: slate.me/L3MZ2U about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
  6. Can't get that Teenage Fanclub song from "Young Adult" out of my head. youtu.be/rqYibZeafg8 about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck
  7. Pleased to report I've had a breakthrough and can now read New Yorker on my IPad. Key was using sub number and not name/ address. @NewYorker about 5 hours ago via Echofon
  8. Best analysis I've read MT @nybooks: On the “symbiotically intimate” ties between Murdoch and British governments j.mp/JL1pps about 5 hours ago via Echofon
  9. Chen: national government is capable of doing the right thing, as my case shows. But abuses by local officials even more common than known. about 6 hours ago via Echofon
  10. Chen: Bo Xilai wasn't an isolated incident. If party can't control corrupt officials, it will lose control. about 6 hours ago via Echofon
  11. Chen: I'm very optimistic that we'll see real democracy in China in my lifetime. Freer flow of information means gov can't cover up. about 6 hours ago via Echofon
  12. Chen Guangcheng @cfr: Don't assume Chinese gov won't let me return. They let me leave to study. That's unprecedented. twitter.com/jacobwe/status… about 6 hours ago via Camera on iOS
  13. Chen says at NYU he wants to focus on law for the disabled, which exists in China but can't be enforced. @cfr about 6 hours ago via Echofon
  14. Ai Weiwei says Tweeting is his art in a language version. VIDEO slate.me/L3MZ2U about 22 hours ago via TweetDeck
  15. I went to see Ai Weiwei at home in Beijing. Here's some video. slate.me/L3MZ2U about 22 hours ago via TweetDeck
  16. Gives Trump too much credit to call him a charlatan. Fool describes him more accurately. 4:40 AM May 30th via Twitterrific
  17. If Reagan or GWB erroneously referred to Polish death camps, neocons would be defending it, right? 4:38 AM May 30th via Twitterrific
  • Name Jacob Weisberg
  • Location New York
  • Web http://slate.com
  • Bio Jacob Weisberg runs the Slate Group, reads a lot, and writes about politics.
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