Brian Fung
Middlebury Campus Editor
Tinkerer @TheAtlantic; contributor @oninnovations; formerly @TPM and @FP_Magazine. Come for the media & politics; stay for tech & foreign policy geekery.
Middlebury College
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#FF New friends @jim_newell @ByronTau @timkmak . Great getting to know you all! (with @DStraussTheHill , @Sahil_Kapur & @j_fuller )
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"These creatures are the only sentient race in that sector and they're made out of meat." http://t.co/Lhgn6WRT
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For your evening commute: North Korean accordionists cover "Take On Me." http://t.co/7iqs4rtG You can thank me later.
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#failfail RT @ryanjreilly : "We have a lid. Have a good weekend, press corps." @brianbeutler 's pool duty ends without a single use of #fail
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Thanks! Loved chatting. RT @TMBShow : #FF @teresastrasser @b_fung @Goldberg3000 #NPRFreshAir & our excellent new education reporter, @vanromo
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Awkward MT @joshuakeating : Cocktail party convo between a WH aide and Che Guevara. Che says thanks for Bay of Pigs bit.ly/xhOGa6
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With @brianbeutler as WH pool reporter, am expecting instances of "#fail" to start cropping up in my emails shortly.
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Whoa — attacking Iran is as easy as pressing "pew pew" on a tablet? Well, I'm sold. http://t.co/ewBpLcZD (via @Goldberg3000 )
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cc @versharma RT @Reuters : Daniel Radcliffe admits being drunk during "Harry Potter" scenes http://t.co/WDeL1oi2
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#FF a guy who puts it in good perspective RT @ObsoleteDogma : Are we finally getting a real recovery? My take in TNR. http://t.co/8NyFT2E8
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RT @brianbeutler : Follow @prwerdel if you enjoy LOLing (LingOL?). Follow @igorbobic is you get off on pitying fools. #twitter
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Even if we take Komen's word that the initial decision wasn't political, it sure got that way more quickly than anyone foresaw.
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It took a week of Web protests to end SOPA & PIPA. Three days for Komen. Who says what happens on the Internet isn't real life?
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Komen reverses decision to defund Planned Parenthood, issues call to "refocus attention on our mission" http://t.co/5buVF08m
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RT @DKThomp : Good news: Everything is accelerating. Bad news: We're on pace to fill the jobs gap by 2020. http://t.co/apL1ozNc
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This sped-up video of the London Underground is kinda mesmerizing. http://t.co/6EhfomjG (via @Londonist )
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Manufacturing got the second-biggest boost last month out of all sectors (added 50K jobs). Convincing support for Obama's jobs plan.
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PPP finds Romney pulling away with 2x the support of Gingrich; Paul with 15%; Santorum 8% http://t.co/ijc7yEpm
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Important RT @attackerman : The GOP's "I Loosened The Jar For You" Foreign Policy Message http://t.co/uQl1ypBR
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Partyin' partyin' (yeah)! Partyin' partyin' (yeah)!
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YES RT @jonathanchait : Romney and Trump: @DanAmira goes deep inside the handshake war http://t.co/p8L5euF2
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Guess how much money Facebook's PAC has raised so far? This much: http://t.co/i4Za9IAw by @carlfranzen
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Yeesh RT @ethanklapper : Sandra Day O'Connor muses on the GOP race, possibly offends people. http://t.co/OjBikJPg
