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I'm the Invisible Hand at Topsy and Invisible Head of the Collaborative Creativity Group. This is just a place where I leave my stuff.

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"But the birth of Khaled, my first son, how can I miss it?" @Alaa Abdel Fattah’s latest blog post from Tora Prison http://t.co/vhJZxjTd 2011-11-17
good article in Frontaal Naakt on Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, egyptian activist who posed nude on her blog against censorship http://t.co/eXnuBNsH 2011-11-17
this video is awesome. Bizarre Chinese Old-folks Choir Covers Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" http://t.co/4JvAPMDa 2011-11-17
Egyptian group calls on men to try the veil http://t.co/KMan5PDD 2011-11-14
Google's pampering symptom of rent-seeking, poor RoI, vs Amazon customer focus. sure enough, 28% vs 453% share growth: http://t.co/e9qX2NnH 2011-11-14
read steve yegge's post on how ridiculously amazing Google is to employees - ask for guitar, get music studio http://t.co/zUBwNCtj 2011-11-14
brilliant. "Fitness inequality is acceptable. Cultural inequality is unacceptable." The Inequality Map - David Brooks http://t.co/uW5zRkuu 2011-11-11
oh my! first king of the Land of the Thunder Dragon to kiss his wife on lips in public! #bhutan http://t.co/tIwNrOxa 2011-11-11
wow. <3 the secret trains under NYC. Visiting The Secret Train Platform Beneath The Waldorf-Astoria: Gothamist http://t.co/2NQh4Jwo 2011-11-08
huh. women can be fully veiled on board, but not at airport. Air France: le casse tête de la burqa à bord des avions http://t.co/rY8kn47y 2011-11-08
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beautiful time-lapse video of this month’s Burning Man captures some of the spirit… http://vimeo.com/6636389 (via @floatingatoll) #

@rodgab the venue was weird and beautiful, but you and gabriela were FANTASTIC!!! thanks for a great performance #
just saw rodrigo y gabriela live at oakland’s fox theater. “fast flamenco rock?” FANTASTIC!!! http://is.gd/3CHLl http://is.gd/3CHVf #

les enfants du paradis, voted best french film ever, overflows with beautiful dialogue by jacques prevert. unforgettable. http://is.gd/3u2kX #

listening to bach’s cello suites played on authentic “shoulder cello” by sigiswald kuijken. gritty and beautiful. http://is.gd/3rxGI #
v class airfare is the new “going steady”. so that makes y = “i have commitment issues”. and c? slut. rich slut. http://is.gd/3rKq2 #

it’s always the little things
that count

little unimportant things
a particular smile,
the convenience of
soundless communication,
trusting blindly.

little unimportant things
your fingertips want to do,
just out of habit.

but your hand is missing.