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  1. Nate Silver offers a wager to those basing their climate change skepticism on today's temperature http://tr.im/sZFW
  2. Hmm. Kurtz: "no sentient being can practice journalism w/o forming opinions they then strive to keep out of their work" http://tr.im/sWEN
  3. RT @jeffsonderman: .@johnmcquaid Simon summary: newspapers are the only journalism, so let's all charge because we think we deserve it.
  4. RT @jeffjarvis: RT @kevinmarks: @pierre I dread to think what happens if you buy Fahrenheit 451 for your Kindle...
  5. Could someone edit David Simon's 5K-word newspaper paywall manifesto to 140 characters so I don't have to read it all? http://tr.im/sV5H
  6. If everyone had a Kindle the work of the Ministry of Truth would be a lot easier http://tr.im/sQhG (via @yelvington @robweir)
  7. @jayrosen_nyu What do you get if people don't think news sites have content worth $$ & owners disagree? You get http://tr.im/sOT3
  8. Bad times drove WaPo/ACU moves to sell access/endorsement & probably the lobbyists who exposed them, who didn't want to pay.
  9. Dinner at the WaPo publisher's house, an American Conservative Union endorsement http://tr.im/sODj: What's going on sale next in DC?
  10. @dbferguson I tried 39dollarglasses but progressive lenses proved beyond their technical capabilities. Got a refund, belatedly.
  11. Recovering Journalist @pottsmark: Newspapers misguidedly want to charge for content that is mediocre & getting worse http://tr.im/sM1N
  12. Dave appears to be consolidating his lead over Conan in the late night wars http://tr.im/sI7N
  13. RT @wiredscience & others: Amazing video of 650 million yrs of Earth's shifting plates in 80 sec http://bit.ly/JcxaX
  14. Nouriel Roubini, AKA "Dr. Doom," is actually sounding optimistic on our economic prospects http://tr.im/sGvV (via @jimcollins)
  15. When imaging technology is embedded in fibers, anything can be a camera. Fascinating & alarming. http://tr.im/sFHs
  16. Key point of CIA's canceled assassination squads: "no geographical limitations" http://tr.im/sF7l. Including in the US, presumably.
  17. .@GregMitch Apparent requirements to be a NYT star reporter: a background in dysfunction, excess & oversharing
  18. Identity politics trumps pro-life politics: "Sotomayor is what everyone wants to be: a success" - hed in DC Archdiocese Spanish paper.
  19. Uh oh RT @RobGlaser: Not sure that "explosive" is good in this case. Kim Jong Un's b-ball skills: "He was v. explosive." http://tr.im/sEwf
  20. WaPo headline: health care bills wd "weaken economy." Misleading, as CBO refers not to recession but long-term debt http://tr.im/sEDd