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jmcgirk

  1. Can GM-altered Mosquitoes wipe out Dengue fever? What could possibly go wrong? motherjones.com/environment/20… via @motherjones about 19 hours ago via Tweet Button
  2. Milking the situation? imgur.com/l8niC via @imgur 4:49 PM May 30th via Tweet Button
  3. Great headline! RT @Independent Do, do run, Ron. Run. Do, do run, Ron. | Stephen Foley ind.pn/KI6xHc 10:51 AM May 30th via TweetMeme
  4. Dead trees can support a lot of life | California ca.audubon.org/dead-trees-can… via @audubonsociety 9:57 AM May 30th via Tweet Button
  5. Surreal? Brutal Robert Mugabe asked to be UN 'leader for tourism' and global pleasure travel! gu.com/p/38vzz/tw via @guardian 9:28 PM May 29th via Tweet Button
  6. Aung San Suu Kyi travels outta Burma for first time in 24 years! bbc.in/LBIN5R via @BBCNews To tour Bangkok,Geneva, Paris,Ireland 3:35 PM May 29th via Tweet Button
  7. Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi to travel to forum in Thailand, first trip outside for 24 years! bbc.in/Jeq1kf via @BBCNews 12:19 AM May 24th via Tweet Button
  8. Big feat of science? DNA to shed light on yeti claims at Oxford bbc.in/KIFF8s via @BBCNews 4:31 PM May 22nd via Tweet Button
  9. rather underwhelmed by the eclipse... subtle doppelganger shadow effect. Befuddled hummingbirds, howling hounds. Son used iphone as viewer. 8:25 PM May 20th via web
  10. @maritesnsison thanks for the follow! 2:25 PM May 20th via web
  11. Ford Foundation gives Los Angeles Times $1 million grant to hire reporters! via @Poynter. poynter.org/latest-news/me… 1:05 PM May 18th via Tweet Button
  12. Strapped on Rattlesnake gaiters in the high grass at Pinnacles, under the oaks. 8:51 PM May 17th via web
  13. Check out this sane 12-Word Social Media Policy j.mp/IubXqR 9:06 AM May 16th via Tweet Button
  14. Turkish villagers see Israeli spy in dead migratory bird via @BBC News bbc.in/K8RLY8 8:35 AM May 16th via Tweet Button
  15. Santa Cruz Sentinel salute the late, great #oilman Don McGirk j.mp/Kln16R 11:49 PM May 15th via Tweet Button
  16. Think tank or septic tank? Heartland Institute grows isolated as three more donors disassociate gu.com/p/37t28/tw via @guardian 12:16 AM May 15th via Tweet Button
  17. How could collaboration increase revenue in journalism? Lone reporters outmoded? bit.ly/IRVaMC via @journaccel 10:49 AM May 14th via Tweet Button
  18. After Package From Yemen, Questions About Worker Poisoning and Government Response p.ost.im/p/esxUW9 via @FCIR 8:42 AM May 14th via Tweet Button
  • Name Jan McGirk
  • Location US West Coast, Pacific Rim
  • Bio international reporter, freelance writer, editor. (RT ≠ endorsement)
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