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pic of the week: Moody Clacton Pier - http://bit.ly/pq6Q2c with a title like that, how could I resist? #pix

Milkymist and #Arduino – a Workshop - http://bit.ly/pC6p8U more fab #openhardware

Why I'm a #philanthropy wonk - http://bit.ly/qCdUWS interesting historical perspective

Movie Institute Feels Pain Of IP Address-Only #Piracy ‘Evidence’ - http://bit.ly/r8fhFk well, everyone else does, why not them?

#Faroe Islands #Whaling Photos, Chinese Netizen Reactions - http://bit.ly/qbEfW0 justified outrage at barbaric Westerners...

Why does it cost $20,000 a year to subscribe to a science journal? - http://on.io9.com/q7P8cK good question, to which no good answer #oa

RT @jamie_love Thomson Reuters tells WIPO it claims a database copyright in court opinions and statutes >>typical abuse of monopoly

Culturomics - http://bit.ly/qA1rBg "library of the future will contain all books & magazines & newspapers (& blogs) completely hyperlinked"

Governments should stay close when engaging #opensource groups - http://bit.ly/p53ZMv sounds wise

200 things I love about #London - http://bit.ly/noip1x fab post: took the (200) words right out of my mouth

Humans colonised Asia in two waves - http://bit.ly/rcZUNs I just love this stuff #genomics #anthropology

Mozillians as inventors - http://bit.ly/omrc95 "#Mozilla-style, tinkerish invention should be a central part of the learning programs"

RespectMyNet: Name and Shame Operators' Attempts to Control the Net - http://bit.ly/r1QQS0 interesting move: will it help? #netneutrality

Brit ISPs shift toward rapid pirate website blocking - http://bit.ly/rf6LH5 this is foolish: it's a slippery slope they shouldn't go down

#CIA Says Global-Warming Intelligence Is ‘Classified’ - http://bit.ly/mU1iG6 this people really need to grow up

Yoof survey: 'Internet as vital as air' - http://bit.ly/qhj43r which makes #3strikes equivalent to asphyxiation

Europeana adopts new data exchange agreement, all metadata to be published under CC0 - http://bit.ly/qZgt6q it's a start #cc

Appeals Court Arbitrarily Deciding What Is And What's Not Patentable - http://bit.ly/pUhFqg clear sign of a broken, unworkable system

13 #Firefox Add-Ons To Enhance Your Google+ Experience - http://read.bi/pfDOCh anyone use these to link #twitter to G+? (v @matthiasdaues)

An Interesting Software #Liability Proposal - http://bit.ly/pX7Dee this would be great for free software...

@Mark_Antony"OSS please!" is rather a good slogan...perhaps we should start using it...

OSS Please! - http://bit.ly/pZuyW8 we need a concerted campaign to get the UK to use open source; here's the slogan/hashtag: #ossplease

I CAN HAZ OSS PL0X? - http://chzb.gr/pRRa8J now with extra added kitteh #ossplease

Labels Dropping Out Of Spotify Are Totally Missing The Point - http://bit.ly/nqAcQT #spotify, like #piracy, is about #marketing

The problems of a buddy hotline to Ministers - http://bit.ly/piBz7g insane: super-lobbying is anti-transparency and pro-corruption #uk

Poisoned peregrine falcons prompt RSPB reward offer - http://bit.ly/o8qAJF seems that scum is not just found on Cornish beaches...

FBI Continues Crackdown on Cybercrime With Two Arrests - http://on.mash.to/qloIwV 2 arrests is a crackdown? come on...

Scientists Turn Brain’s Visual Memories into a Mind-Blowing Video - http://on.mash.to/p037pA can demands for copyright licences be far behind?

FT Web-based app more popular than #app sold in Apple store - http://reut.rs/q11qf4 hopeful sign #html5

 Turning Digital Natives into Digital Citizens - http://bit.ly/r8desB yes, much more please (v @copyrightgirl @ArtistsRights @Copycense

The Facebook template: when net freedom meets market forces - http://bit.ly/phhe6t maybe the odd mention of #freesw would be clueful here

#Oracle wants $1.16 billion in damages from #Google - http://zd.net/reVXfs going down; now pretty affordable (v @sjvn)

We the People - new US epetitions site on whitehouse.gov - http://bit.ly/pcIpJ6 some wacky suggestions there already...

Can The US Chamber Of Commerce Lobby For PROTECT IP Without Being So Blatantly Intellectually Dishonest? - http://bit.ly/ptnK1N er, no?

E.U. Sets 2013 Deadline for Open Source Public Data Mining Portal - http://rww.to/plRhia can't wait #opendata #ogov #eu

$10 Settlement Offers: The Entertainment Industry's New #Copyright Tactic - http://bit.ly/pvvY4E now, isn't that fascinating?

Time running out for “paradise” - http://bit.ly/nj7dfk we give trillions for wars, but can't even find $60 million for this? we're sick...