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Weeklong collection of Tweets for 2011-12-25

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SBS Dateline | China s Ghost Cities http://t.co/33JpYf0n # Will China Break? – http://t.co/ExkyNKsq http://t.co/rDcti2VJ # Top 10 Culture-Tech Stories of 2011 http://t.co/KaMPHZIf # Google: Businesses Are Going Mobile First, Ad Landscape Begins to Shift http://t.co/bun8p06y # Street Vendor Life in China – Bytes of China – Tricia Wang [ethnographer & sociologist researching cellphones and co… … Read more

Reactions to the Death of Kim Jong-il

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Above, video, from North Korean state media, of some of the country’s citizens decidedly distraught over their leader’s death. For the official (and slower) versions, go here and here. Big Lychee did say tears were on the way. With the death of Kim Jong-il, one of the former Dear Leader’s dearest online memes has been … Read more

13 Christmas songs that might not annoy you

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It’s the season: I went looking for Tom Waits’s “Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis.” YouTube had it, with a little treat at the start and end: a chunk of “Silent Night” from Mr. Waits. Christmas never sounded so smokeworn, poetically drunk and ready for another round. Got me inspired. What other snowy jingles are out there that might not make me turn away in sickly rage? Here’s what I came up with, starting with the song that started the search. If you’ve got some sweet tunes you want to add to this list, let me know in the comments. Enjoy:

Tom Waits:

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Persistence

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This climber won’t give up. She won’t. She will not give up. Nope.

Weeklong collection of Tweets for 2011-12-18

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Adults Now Spend More Time With Mobile Devices Than With Print Media | PCWorld http://t.co/vOR0XcMX # Google chairman says online piracy bill would 'criminalize' the Internet – The Hill's Hillicon Valley http://t.co/7439IvUt # 17-year-old wins 100k for creating cancer-killing nanoparticle | http://t.co/aZciz54A http://t.co/XoZXMvwp # Urlies 2011: The Best Viral Videos Of The Year http://t.co/nZrfy41b # … Read more

Anonymity is essential for change

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When making a new identity, the environment you’re attempting to influence must not be able to constrain you by the rules binding your previous persona. Oh, and animals bring out the peace in us. Good money, too. But spent on what?

Weeklong collection of Tweets for 2011-12-04

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This is Why Your Website is Slow – Technology Review http://t.co/PO3zggdW # Parkour-style urban skiing – Boing Boing http://t.co/knLpKyc6 # Shaken-baby syndrome and the Supreme Court. – Slate Magazine http://t.co/v02eZNL5 # Secret Fed Loans Helped Banks Net $13B – Bloomberg http://t.co/Ay65AHqR # Introducing WordAds http://t.co/CNqhbW02 # Should We All Go Gluten-Free? – http://t.co/ExkyNKsq http://t.co/3qoI0W7P # … Read more

This is the type of letter that will get you fired at a newspaper

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I’m surprised this is all it took for the editor of The Albuquerque Journal to fire a former colleague of mine at The Albuquerque Tribune. Phil cares about what’s happening. He wants to do something about it. That energy lunges and snaps inside his words, but someone didn’t like the language. Is this so bad: … Read more

Weeklong collection of Tweets for 2011-11-27

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Large Groupon Discount Leads to Excessive Cupcake Baking http://t.co/eCBfHYOS # The marketing of conspiracy theories http://t.co/yd89Lztz # Global Genre Accumulation http://t.co/VRgA51Av # Presentation Trumps Knowledge in Starling Study – http://t.co/ExkyNKsq http://t.co/4hu1XeTG # A Serving of Gratitude Brings Healthy Dividends – http://t.co/ExkyNKsq http://t.co/igIy57om # The Muppets in Movieland http://t.co/iKGwRyt4 # Mercedes-Benz executive arrested under Alabama immigration … Read more