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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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Värttinä - Äijö on loop. http://topsy.com/s?q=varttina+aijo+youtube #
@vipulved i heard from @amrutam, you can watch #worldcup live/recorded streaming on espn3. not on my ISP, but e.g comcast http://is.gd/d6Wvv #
@alaa @hfordsa i loved _aisha_ & liked _in the eye of the sun_ though it’s LONG. _map of love_ is waiting… #
speaking of maps and love, nadeem aslam’s _maps for lost lovers_ is a haunting, bewitchingly lovely book. UK/Pakistan. http://is.gd/d7aL0 #
unbelievable. Peaceful G20 protesters sing O Canada. cops wait for them to finish then attack. Queen & Spadina Toronto. http://bit.ly/bCirOx #
i’ve _grave of the fireflies_ here waiting to be watched for weeks. am not ready for the sadness. @ebertchicago’s review: http://is.gd/d7fRp #
“I can’t do my work because the Internet is too fascinating”. If I used a mouse I’d need this Dilbert mousepad. http://is.gd/d7jMb #
first, they step on her oxygen hose. Don’t taze my granny: American cops use Taser on 86-yr-old, bed-ridden grandmother http://bit.ly/aDyc53 #

RT @gregosuri: http://twitpic.com/8rz4x “I love my 2 mommies” #sfpride #
i thought it was called “Orkut” http://orkut.com … RT @kevinrose: huge rumor: Google to launch facebook competitor very soon “Google Me” #
Rocks - the gamer view: http://i.imgur.com/ADdQy.jpg #
@doctorow: cory thanks for your timely tweet about writers block. it’s one of the top100 tweets on topsy today! -rishab http://is.gd/d5TZv #
what % of _your_ gadgets support rape & war in congo? conflict minerals campaign: I’m a Mac…and I’ve Got a Dirty Secret http://ow.ly/23GVF #

it turns out that if i wear orange i’m supporting the SF giants AND the dutch football team! #
@hfordsa have you gone through the stieg larsson millenium trilogy yet? they’re riveting! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Trilogy #
Calling cops assassins is free speech after all. La Cour de cassation: gifle monumentale pour Sarkoland http://to.ly/5dIO via @liberation_fr #
“Paul the octopus chose a mussel from a jar with German flag over one from a jar bearing St George cross” via @BBCNews http://ow.ly/17T2w8 #
Happy Sun: http://twitpic.com/2057kp #
This explains why I spend so much time Shivering in San Francisco: Animated Fog Forecast: S.F. Bay Area Top View http://bit.ly/72IQA #

crushed dried red chillies for home-made chilli oil! http://twitpic.com/1zq5g6 #
ma po doufu. with insane amounts of sichuan pepper http://twitpic.com/1zq5rz #
baby pak soi and crab mushrooms stir-fried with garlic, chillies and sichuan pepper. http://twitpic.com/1zq67e #
ji si liang mian - street-style spicy cold noodles with chicken slivers… without the chicken. http://twitpic.com/1zq6hh #
but brown lives are cheap didn’t you know? RT @nytimes Indians, Envious of U.S. Oil Spill Response, Seethe Over Bhopal http://bit.ly/dnlkCt #
great article despite the spammy title. Invincible Apple: 10 Lessons From the Coolest Company Anywhere http://bit.ly/a94AiE #

seasoning my cast-iron wok. it travelled all the way from brussels for this! http://is.gd/cZY70 #

@cyntalist apparently wikipedia left out a decimal point. It looks more like 2.9 km than 29 km on the map! #

Beautiful shot of Bombay’s 29km Bandra Worli Sea-Link by night. #BWSL http://is.gd/cXc4X http://twitpic.com/1ynh03 via @themovingcloud #
better recording of kedjevara tchoucou tchoucou than the noisy youtube version. also, lots more hot music from abidjan. http://is.gd/cXNMT #