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Even In The Age Of #Abundance It's Quality, Not Quantity, That Counts - http://bit.ly/rZFb9G or maybe especially #publishing

Brazil and Ghana Want OSS Added in World Summit on the Information Society, US and Australia Oppose - http://bit.ly/upaBnY #au hates #OSS?

Extremadura administration 'not going to leave free software' - http://bit.ly/sLyEdl well, that's a relief #opensource #spain

Almodóvar y Amenábar, a favor de la 'Ley Sinde' - http://bit.ly/ruLm2m sad, I thought #Almodóvar was more intelligent than this (v @jmcest)

Duke of Cambridge Puts on the Feed Bag in Whitehall – http://bit.ly/vwri7h yet another delightful brit tradition (v @vickeegan)#london

Police trial lie detector tests on suspected sex offenders - http://bit.ly/u4tuh7 a slippery slope & an awful precedent

The Ten Most Anticipated #Bitcoin Projects for 2012 - http://bit.ly/ry5OJH some interesting ideas

Whip Up Some #DNA With a Home PCR Machine - http://bit.ly/vcpoos "You do have a sequencing machine, right?" #opengenomics

Satellite Photos Illustrate Dramatic Expansion of Canadian Tar Sands - http://bit.ly/uODbf0 this is just insane #canada #tarsands

Open resource metagenomics: a model for sharing metagenomic libraries - http://bit.ly/sglET4 "for archiving published libraries"

A Geek’s Guide to China’s Silicon Valley - http://tcrn.ch/uzjIHS handy intro #china #startups

2011: #Piracy Wars and Internet #Censorship Part I - http://bit.ly/uj3eEL good summary of a dismal year from the excellent TorrentFreak