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Lefties should hurt the bastard, not legitimate rightiesSkepticlawyer has a(nother) good post "Excusitis" (2011-07-25) talking of the "no true scotsman" fallacy – giving a wide rang...

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Malcolm, PM with party of one?

Herald-Sun Ethics Checklist

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John Batelle's Searchblog

Looky Here, It's Me, In an Ad, On Facebook! Is This Legal? In the past 12 hours, about ten friends (and counting) have sent me a copy of this ad on Facebook for a company called "AppSumo." I have nearly 5000 "friends" on Facebook, a problem I've written about in the past, but...

"The Information" by James Gleick

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Google+: If, And, Then....Implications for Twitter and Tumblr

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