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  1. RT @AdamRutherford: "Additional experiments MY ASS!". Genius Downfall remix of how authors react to reviewers comments http://bit.ly/6qIyld 13 minutes ago from TweetDeck
  2. Enjoying researching spam. Fave quote so far: "There is generally some drop-off in spam when the botnets are out trouncing little countries" 8:33 AM Nov 24th from web
  3. CJR on attacks on Gladwell http://bit.ly/3c3Yvx. I agree: critics seem to forget that he's a feature writer, not a scientist. 9:25 AM Nov 22nd from TweetDeck
  4. @MsKrieger I agree. And I have a horrible feeling this is going to run and run... 11:48 AM Nov 20th from TweetDeck in reply to MsKrieger
  5. Real Climate: Yes, emails genuine , but not what the conservative bloggers are making them out to be: http://bit.ly/4VjxmC 10:37 AM Nov 20th from TweetDeck
  6. So what do people think? Are these leaked climate emails genuine? http://j.mp/3HaQLe 10:29 AM Nov 20th from TweetDeck
  7. Google's autocomplete is throwing up some crackers: http://autocompleteme.com/. My fave: "I used my grandma as a skateboard" 3:17 AM Nov 18th from web
  8. The Times explains how it's going to charge for stories: http://bit.ly/2WMR5f. Their competitors must be happy. 6:23 AM Nov 17th from web
  9. RT @zittrain: UN security forces destroy our poster at IGF for mentioning China's firewall: http://bit.ly/3nF2AG #IGF09 #UN-FAIL 3:17 AM Nov 17th from web
  10. Malcolm Gladwell once talked of an "igon value". http://bit.ly/2trXWA. So he is human after all. 2:41 PM Nov 15th from web
  11. Sentiment analysis reveals correlations between tweets and Dow Jones. http://arxiv.org/abs/0911.1583 5:58 AM Nov 13th from TweetDeck
  12. @gbrumfiel Love to...but just arranged to meet friends. Another time for sure. 2:16 AM Nov 13th from TweetDeck in reply to gbrumfiel
  13. And the link -- http://bit.ly/FC42P 1:55 AM Nov 13th from TweetDeck
  14. "anti-chaos theory: system wherein even vast differences in initial conditions have no effect on outcome" -- Marina Hyde on Simon Cowell 1:55 AM Nov 13th from TweetDeck
  15. Stop frame photography & animation transform Norf London for music vid. http://bit.ly/12T9SA. Nice. 12:22 AM Nov 13th from TweetDeck
  16. "I have yet to hear a good elevator pitch for Google Wave." http://bit.ly/1CBGv3. Agree: Wave's usefulness isn't that obvious. 9:16 AM Nov 12th from TweetDeck
  17. Why online gov censorship is not the same as traditional censorship. http://bit.ly/2uscFZ. I think @evgenymorozov has it about right. 12:04 AM Nov 12th from TweetDeck
  18. Extraordinary images of impact of Pacific plastic on birds. http://bit.ly/2kgmMq 2:39 AM Nov 5th from TweetDeck
  19. RT @bobbiejohnson This is the best Hallowe'en costume I ever did see. http://bit.ly/13lVdp 1:34 AM Nov 3rd from web
  20. And a slightly more technical explanation from @plamere. http://bit.ly/1HK9ZP 7:18 AM Nov 2nd from web
  • Name jimgiles
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  • Bio I'm a freelance journalist. I focus on the messy interface between science, technology and society.
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