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==31 May 2011==
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Scobleizer
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The "new boys club:" readers of Techmeme and other tech blogs. http://t.co/p6OBiuI
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*also, see link for Pingdom
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timoreilly
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Interesting: ORGPEDIA.NET: THE OPEN ORGANIZATIONAL DATA PROJECT http://bit.ly/l25jbg via @bethnoveck also see http://bit.ly/iQCpZy
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*Democracy Design Workshop
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chrismessina
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Looks like great initial progress on Identity in the Browser from the recent W3C workshop! http://j.mp/lwQGZQ #idib
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taterunino
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Virtually face to face: enriching collaborative learning through multiplayer games http://j.mp/kZUSly #virtualworlds #education
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==30 May 2011==
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SultanAlQassemi
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Robert Fisk praises the Emir of Qatar in his latest article in The Independent "the wisest bird in the Arabian Gulf" http://ind.pn/it1sab
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Egyptocracy
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No women, no peace. campaign video: http://t.co/RHoxsyc #Women #Peace via @3awadalla
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==26 May 2011==
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timoreilly
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Awesome images. RT @pkedrosky Abandoned Yugoslavia monuments that look like they're from the future - http://bit.ly/hZ5HQQ
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chrismessina
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First #hashtags, then #blacktags? http://t.co/8thoBRC /via @turoczy + @brettc
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rashford
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Literacy in the Digital Age: Part III , by Tracy Mitrano (an ongoing series) /Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/mRQdnY via @jafurtado
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timoreilly
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Makers on Parade: @kevin2kelly's encomium to this year's #makerfaire San Mateo. http://bit.ly/lDVSxy Detroit, NYC later this year
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timoreilly
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Life-size mousetrap game at #makerfaire. Kickstarter campaign to bring it to schools http://t.co/iaKxKRO http://t.co/2J07Zsn
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hrheingold
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GREAT long view of history of infotech by @elinws - also her book - highly recommend http://bit.ly/lWxVlz
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taterunino
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Not a good day for all concerned http://j.mp/kFFNeW #secondlife
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*Meeroos: http://www.worldofmeeroos.com
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hrheingold
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Social media distract at work? Survey http://bit.ly/kymLrp
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hrheingold
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Finding "paragogy" by #danoff to be useful in thinking about p2p learning http://metameso.org/~joe/docs/paragogy-final.pdf
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Prokofy
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Why Do You Even Need Standards for Virtual Worlds Anyway? http://bit.ly/kGkF0G
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dsearls
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Prepare for the #rapture with a Death Star flow-chart: http://bit.ly/lQjJ8J
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*http://deathstarpr.blogspot.com/2011/05/flowchart-how-to-deal-with-your.html
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*[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XoRX5nAX430/Tdcyti500OI/AAAAAAAAATs/thFfjAcpnb4/s1600/DOOM+2.jpg flowchart]
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cfigallo
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16 Causes of Conflict in an Online Community | Social Media Today http://bit.ly/kZBeM6 ^CF
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weddady
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RT @RaquelEvita: Want to hear what I sound like? http://www.islamintheageofnewmedia.com/ :) @jilliancyork , @Imaan_Ali too!
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*Big list of Arab bloggers
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themoornextdoor
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New Global Peace Index out @GlobPeaceIndex http://bit.ly/juUhCS
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arabist
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Three artists arrested for promoting May 27 protests - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online: http://arb.st/iNPBCE
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mosaaberizing
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Photo version via @TheDizzAr: #May27 demands. In English this time. http://twitpic.com/52pph7 #Egypt
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arabist
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The IMF versus the Arab spring | Austin Mackell | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: But has IMF learned from 90s... http://arb.st/mfFquW
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weddady
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Jane Novak puts her #Yemen expertise to work: post-Saleh vision. http://is.gd/Bw8mPV follow her @jnovak_yemen AWESOMENESS!
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==25 May 2011==
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OhMeadhbh
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ia! ia! cthulhu just LOVES his cake. http://t.co/SxFYSKv
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chrismessina
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How do you like the new ActivityStreams website? Subtle, not finished, but better! http://t.co/XTabCVZ Props to @willnorris!
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arabist
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How democratic is Libya's opposition? | Ranj Alaaldin | Comment is free: http://arb.st/k5XgaH
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arabist
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New on Arabist: Amer Group and the threat to Fayoum http://arb.st/lofKV0
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*Environmentalism in Egypt
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arabist
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One Last Time: Good post by Sandmonkey on Egypt take part in #May27. He gets the details of Algeria's FIS wrong ... http://arb.st/kg7mDm
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arabist
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Adl Party seeks to displace Brotherhood from center ground of Egyptian politics | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Party goes f... http://arb.st/lFdv0e
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arabist
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That BHL doubles-down on DSK is not surprising. But that the Beast gives him a home is: http://arb.st/lZIda4
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Egyptocracy
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A must see: No Military Trials http://t.co/xXZaQDj #Egypt #Jan25 #SCAF #NoMilitaryTrials #EgyArmy
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Zeinobia
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A New Chronicle: The Demands of #May27 Million Man Protest http://goo.gl/fb/bQhJA
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arabist
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Democratizing the New Egypt: An Essay on Military Detentions in Egypt: http://arb.st/iOSOJe
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==24 May 2011==
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arabist
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'After MY successful Libya debut, I bring to you Syria!': BHL sets in sights on Damascus http://arb.st/mIYYoA
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SultanAlQassemi
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BBC: Calls for political reform muted in Saudi Arabia http://bbc.in/jTtw30 on Khaled al-Johani "the bravest man in Saudi" by @BBCMBuchanan
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chrismessina
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Somehow I missed the launch of the Google APIs Discovery Service at Google I/O... so cool! http://t.co/nQlw3MU
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Prokofy
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VIEWER 2 SUCKS -- MAYBE IF I EXPLAIN IT IN CARTOONS THEY WILL GET IT http://bit.ly/majXTO
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timoreilly
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Made my day: RT @civcoms: Peeking In On The IT Dashboard Community, Six Weeks After Release http://c4a.me/lLbbwv #opengov #gov20
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dsearls
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Grist for the #VRM mill: John Henry Clippinger: The Privacy Bomb: How to Tame and Feed Big Data http://huff.to/kceKJA
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hrheingold
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Thx Denise Schmandt-Besserat & Elizabeth Eisenstein for putting media in broad historical-social context. Writing=exaptation of commerce
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loic
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Trade In All Your Old Gadgets For $$ At Amazon http://ping.fm/t1rAI
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hrheingold
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A few years old but worthwhile: The Practical Republic: Social Skills and the Progress of Citizenship http://bit.ly/im7SXl
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*Philip Agre
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timoreilly
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This is an insight worth chewing on: "Math needs a new interface." http://bit.ly/kX3d7w via @monkchips
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hrheingold
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Too much shallow tech/media criticism doesn't mean deeper critics don't exist. For example: http://bit.ly/iDleCu
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*Bastard Culture
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timoreilly
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Lovely. RT arielwaldman [Keller piece] reminds me of @jamesbridle's great post on An Elixir of Reminding: http://bit.ly/ktu0EG
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hrheingold
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A little embarassing that Keller would trot out the old "print makes us less capable of memorizing" w/out referencing Plato's Phaedrus
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timoreilly
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I'm usually dubious of the various "internet makes us stupid" arguments, but this one was nuanced and thoughtful http://nyti.ms/iSiZx6
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*Last week my wife and I told our 13-year-old daughter she could join Facebook. Within a few hours she had accumulated 171 friends...
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Prokofy
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Virtual World Woo-Woo With Botqirl http://bit.ly/iPD6LU
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heif
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Cooperation vs Collaboration (Nature is a connective not a collective) http://t.co/TGDMq2z @shiftctrlesc
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StevenWalling
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"Wikipedia And The Death Of The Expert", a fantastic piece by The Awl http://bit.ly/kpU9x3
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timoreilly
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Adam Cohen pours cold water on @jason's championship of the disruptive power of bitcoin http://b.qr.ae/jg9OxR via @pkedrosky
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chrismessina
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Don't miss these great posts on ActivityStreams JSON 1.0: http://t.co/neKzZi3 http://t.co/Czt5v77 /by @jasnell
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timoreilly
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RT @mikeloukides Great post by @petewarden on the limits to anonymization: http://oreil.ly/kJULTX
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SailWozniak
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@hrheingold New film Connected http://bit.ly/lj5x5Q
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storytellin
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The importance of curation for journalists - storify.com: http://bit.ly/mhvOwi
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brynn
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When Facebook comes to work: http://bit.ly/khHp6Z — my chapter in a new book, DL it here: http://bit.ly/lNZKXs /cc @MichelleManafy
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tegataiphoenix
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Dropbox caught with its finger in the cloud cookie jar - http://bit.ly/l21Bjm
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HilzFuld
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Ten iOS Gems Hidden Deep in the App Store http://bit.ly/kUA4Ml Anything to add?
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Wagner James Au -
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Important info if your Facebook account is your avatar.
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New World Notes: Facebook Reportedly Deleting Many Second Life Avatar Profiles; Linden Recommends Fa
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*http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2011/05/facebook-deleting-second-life-avatar-profiles.html
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==23 May 2011==
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themoornextdoor
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RT @jilliancyork: The Syrian War Is Raging on Facebook - IEEE Spectrum http://t.co/OVevpl4 (feat. commentary from @helminoman)
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acarvin
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Infographic: A Look At The Size And Shape Of The Geosocial Universe In 2011 http://tcrn.ch/jxGPwG
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shadihamid
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Why not? RT @blakehounshell: Don't see this as workable approach RT @slateforeign: Obama needs to apologize to Arab world slate.me/lhKMEO
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*http://www.slate.com/id/2294847/
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SultanAlQassemi
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.@Spiegel_English: Arab Spring Stalls: Middle East Leaders Muster Counter-Revolution http://bit.ly/lArbVy - Revolutions Can Fail
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==21 May 2011==
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Prokofy
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Finally a game dweeb writes something nice about SL http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/05/15/rise-and-shiny-recap-second-life/
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ken_homer
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We are the culture of the alphabet, and the alphabet itself could be seen as a very potent form of magic. http://bit.ly/b9TQyE
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Prokofy
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Channels http://bit.ly/mg46Id
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timoreilly
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Good advice: The rules of thumb for tech purchasing http://bit.ly/mfaipV
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loic
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Dropbox Can Go To Hell http://ping.fm/72YPu
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timoreilly
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Fabulous @storify thread showing how @seanpower got back his stolen laptop using @preyproject and twitter http://bit.ly/mvk2pO
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timoreilly
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Fascinating slideshare presentation: Amazon.com, The Hidden Empire http://slidesha.re/iixgC4
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==19 May 2011==
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Gsquare86
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I wish we could all be honey badger http://bit.ly/g3EAZ7 #JAn25 #Ma27
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arabist
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Israel and Palestine: Here comes your non-violent resistance | The Economist: Will Americans support a Palestini... http://arb.st/jVInhp
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arabist
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BHL: France's National Disgrace - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine: Charlatan BHL again reveals himself as the ogre h... http://arb.st/k8KfPG
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weddady
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RT @jilliancyork: In Defense of the Hotel Maid - from @lailalalami at Yahoo! News http://t.co/JrUvKbS
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*http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-05-16/bernard-henri-lvy-the-dominique-strauss-kahn-i-know/
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SultanAlQassemi
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.@Jadaliyya: Reflections on the Current Wave of Protest in the Arab World http://bit.ly/j9RNyn by @MichaelCHudson via @Abdulkhaleq_UAE
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SultanAlQassemi
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.@?TheNation? blog by @jeremyscahill "Erik Prince, You're No Indiana Jones" http://bit.ly/jX34LT #BlackWater
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SultanAlQassemi
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.@shadihamid & my comments in @TheNationalUAE: "Twitter's role in Arab spring 'exaggerated'" http://bit.ly/lgSSIL by @ben_flanagan
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arabist
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AP sources: Raiders knew mission a one-shot deal - Yahoo! News: a tracking dog named Cairo, two women in the roo... http://arb.st/jpLlP4
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==18 May 2011==
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EthanZ
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Frustration with, backlash against Wael Ghonim in Egyptian twitter community, via @globalvoices: http://bit.ly/lcafWx
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arabist
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An argument for eugenics RT @EditorsCI: Morons RT @SkyeHE: Facebook-mad couple name daughter 'Like'. http://bit.ly/kxpCED
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arabist
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Why We Needed Bin Laden Dead - The Chronicle Review: Interesting article on the biological roots of revenge. http://arb.st/ktkWzg
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Michael Moore's statement on Syria (via Zenobia)
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*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqMDGCyYKrU
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arabist
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untitled (http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/439421): Gamal al-Banna: No to civil state with Islamic reference... http://arb.st/mw4Q1G
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arabist
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Norman Finkelstein on revolution, counter-revolution and Israel-Palestine | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from ... http://arb.st/mzyeKo
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acarvin
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Nice work, Sky News: The Brega Bunker And How We Found It http://bit.ly/lZSxkT #libya
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Gsquare86
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keep stressing about the threat of #egyworkers strikes ..it is their number one threat now ..big fuckin #a7a
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*http://twitter.com/Gsquare86/status/70235153045262336
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==17 May 2011==
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Gsquare86
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Watching ZEITGEIST: MOVING FORWARD | OFFICIAL RELEASE | 2011 http://bit.ly/jKu3JH #Capitalism #Banks #USA
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acarvin
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Haaretz: Israel better prepare, for a Palestinian state is on the way http://bit.ly/ikSw2A
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Ghonim
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الحلم العربي 2011 http://bit.ly/lreszy #Egypt #Yemen #Tunisia #Syria #Libya #Morocco #Saudi #Bahrain #Algeria #Palestine #Iraq #UAE ...etc
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SultanAlQassemi
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New York Times: Secret Desert Force Set Up by Blackwater’s Founder http://nyti.ms/jv6f2x #UAE via @hakimabdi @washdcnews
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==16 May 2011==
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JustAmira
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It's Boast-O-Clock: I have been named as one of 10 dynamic foreign policy tweeters: http://bit.ly/iozPAj via @amslaughter
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arabist
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The "Arab Tienanmen" caused sharp criticism in the European Parliament: EU divided after Arab spring. http://arb.st/k4FZ2u
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arabist
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New Left Review - Perry Anderson: On the Concatenation in the Arab World: http://arb.st/lJENkH
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arabist
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Obi-Wan Kenobi Is Dead, Vader Says - Galactic Empire Times: Fantastic. http://arb.st/mTDgfi
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==14 May 2011==
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shadihamid
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Syria expert Josh Landis: 'Hard to see how the regime will be brought down short of economic collapse' http://bit.ly/mnqoAw
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acarvin
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suggestion from @arabisin: use http://checkfacebook.com to monitor FB stats from around the world. #cjarab #smwknd
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shadihamid
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Worth remembering that Fukuyama didn't necessarily think the 'end of history' was entirely a good thing: http://bit.ly/iwTPcS
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acarvin
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Watch: new video appearing to show opposition forces battling westward from Misurata towards Zliten. http://youtu.be/ivjZJA9WVzc #libya
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acarvin: Buttry's take on ASNE advice
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*http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2011/05/12/asne-offers-good-advice-on-social-media-but-too-much-fear-and-not-really-best-practices/
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Zeinobia
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Here's your reading list, Mr. President | FP Passport http://t.co/UR7VXwA @Sandmonkey @Sarahcarr
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==13 May 2011==
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timoreilly
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RT @drgrist Factory farms the only way to ‘feed the world’? Not so, argues Science paper http://bit.ly/myIJHu Wonder what @billgates thinks
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timoreilly
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Eli Pariser's new book, The Filter Bubble, reviewed by @brainpicker http://bit.ly/k2b1TD I think we need human AND algorithmic curators
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*How the web gives us what we want to see, and that’s not necessarily a good thing.
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Prokofy
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Controlling Your Virtual Environment http://bit.ly/l5Pddm
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*About Castranova on little difference between Farmville and SL
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chrismessina
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Want to meet @atariboy, founder/creator of Skitch? Join us at the Skitch Up! Cocktail Party in the Mission! http://planca.st/YaA
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hrheingold
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http://storify.com/hrheingold/students-selforganize-their-own-syllabus
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hrheingold
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Affinity mapping time-lapse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swsat1e6yFk
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ShababLibya
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A great resource for up to date information on #Libya. Daily updates, articles, relief organizations, and photos. http://newlibya.com/
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ShababLibya
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Gaddafi Leaks via @monatov HILARIOUS http://goo.gl/rBIsv #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
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weddady
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I feel that if Ibn Khaldoun was a mandatory reading in the US War College that would have saved lots of lives & money...
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Khaldun
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Egyptocracy
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Color-Changing Dots Earn Best #Illusion of the Year Award http://t.co/AMStNtM l Scientific American #science #visuals #biology #perception
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War Dog II
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*http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/05/12/war_dog_ii
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7our
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article of "The National" on the forgotten victims RT @reemfab: No Arab Spring for #Algeria, only scars of the past.. http://ow.ly/4SME0
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acarvin
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20 mins or so til Mahmoud Jibril of the #Libya #NTC gives his talk. One of the leaders of the opposition. http://bit.ly/mju2uh
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*NTC website
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==12 May 2011==
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hrheingold
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http://campustechnology.com/articles/2011/05/11/rethinking-technological-literacy.aspx by @STurkle - why I started teaching
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*Turkle suggests “rethinking technological literacy”
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t
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NYT uses catshopped photo as "it really looked like" http://j.mp/nytcat ultra-orthodox censor women+cat longurl: http://ttk.me/t4Bi4
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lessig
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Me on fight against muni broadband -- frm 2005: http://t.co/WrbXkEd & 2day: http://t.co/3P5tG9Q #rootstrikers
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chrismessina
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Collecting your personal data today is like starting to collect baseball cards In 1919. #justsaying #honuswagner #datacapital
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chrismessina
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Love love love this! http://statigr.am/chris And, I'm *shocked* that I've received 108,795 likes on my @instagram photos so far. Damn!
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loic *Thin-film flexible 'Paperphone' created* http://ping.fm/HtfWU
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timoreilly
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Awesome. A tweet team checks out the attribution of reported Descartes quote about city as inventory of the possible http://bit.ly/kE9xiR
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dsearls
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The future of @HBO, and #TV, is @HBOGO (subscription) and (eventually) à la carte. Progress report via @mcuban's http://bit.ly/lHMD7v
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dsearls
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Digging @ProgrammableWeb http://www.programmableweb.com Check it out. #api #mashup
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Scobleizer
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Who are the most followed users on Quora? http://t.co/PpjYN4Q via @mmastrac Hey, I LIKE this! ;-)
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timoreilly
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Worth reading: Censorship, Governments, and Flagellating Google http://bit.ly/kATUUg
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Scobleizer
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“@HopkinsonReport: Seth Godin: The lesson is, this changes everything. http://t.co/dOVyaga” Free book makes millions!
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Scobleizer
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Wow @jesse is reporting that Twitter and Facebook have removed RSS: http://t.co/J2Cfmx1
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loic
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What are some startup ideas that persistently fail? http://ping.fm/nbGsL
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*Make Car repair "easy for non-mechanics" ... presumes people want to work on their own cars. They don't.
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timoreilly
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Descartes: a great city should be "an inventory of the possible" http://on.ft.com/lGANPM Insights/what makes a city great via @jamesoreilly
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chrismessina
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Love the idea of defining a practice around "Developer Experience"! http://j.mp/k1nubD /by @ade_oshineye #devxp
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loic
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deleted my personal wiki. Except for specific geek/developer work a personal wiki sounds like totally a thing of the past.
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themoornextdoor
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RT @abuaardvark: Jordan's political elite continues to resist reform, by Marwan Muasher http://is.gd/qv5KPc
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*description of the rentier system
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==11 May 2011==
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weddady
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RT @Hisham_G: Morocco: Heading For A Make Or Break Moment - http://goo.gl/81ybs #Feb20 (Inchallah also available in Arabic and French)
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SultanAlQassemi
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My article in @Gulf_News: An Expanded GCC: Challenges & Opportunities http://bit.ly/mUOeIE #Jordan #Morocco
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David Orban via Jenny Zurawell -
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The times when EFIGS (English, French, Italian, German and Spanish) translation was enough for a message to travel globally are long gone.
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*Hexidecimally Lingual: Websites Must Speak 16 Languages to Go Global | Fast Company
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*http://www.fastcompany.com/1744798/hexidecimally-lingual-websites-must-speak-16-languages-to-go-global
  
 
==10 May 2011==
 
==10 May 2011==
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Gsquare86
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Photos i took of the most amazing post-revolution #Jan25 #Graffiti #Art in # Zamalek http://on.fb.me/jrrlEr ..Just beautiful :)
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acarvin
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A Revolution’s Namesake Is Contraband in China http://nyti.ms/iQJlUV Maybe should've kept my mouth shut on this Jasmine Revolution business.
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shadihamid
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Um, in case you were interested in descending into a parallel universe & reading a defense of 'the Idea of communism': http://bit.ly/iNQpwD
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shadihamid
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'The one constant in revolutions is the primordial role played by the army': http://bit.ly/k9zRha
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*This Intifada will go down in history as a revolution if it gets either bread or freedom and as a great revolution if it gets both.
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acarvin
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RT @septimius_sever: #TRIPOLI forcefully quiet but won't be silenced, Tripoli map http://www.twitpic.com/4vvkpg/full by @k_thos #Libya
  
 
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