Clay Shirky
Adjunct Professor for New Media
Bald. Unreliable. Easily distracte
New York University
http://twitter.com/cshirky
http://www.Shirky.com/weblog/
206150 followers
2314 tweets
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Because unaccountable authority is rarely challenged, foundations become little more than dramas of self-aggrandizement http://t.co/3Lj3DC0D
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"Republicans are not backing off their assault on women’s equality and well-being." http://t.co/4EMgsKH3
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Kickstart Roominate: Dollhouse kit for girls that includes circuit components: lights, fans, buzzers, etc. http://t.co/HldRxSJt
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Come to the ITP Spring Show, next Monday (5-9) and Tuesday (4-8) http://t.co/4o5xfS75 #nyc #iloveitp
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Kickstriker -- Crowdfunding for military and intelligence operations. http://t.co/v3FJpprq
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Heathrow ordered suppress photos of huge customs lines http://t.co/K0RxnLot (I was in one Thurs; UK has lost the ability to manage Customs.)
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Degrees of empathy & political engagement are correlated directly among liberals, inversely among conservatives. http://t.co/349d8Djm
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"I imagine that someone with middling coding skills could patch together a Economist-editorial generator in a few days" http://t.co/q38EGH2z
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Descriptive Camera: A camera which prints out a text description of the image in the viewfinder. http://t.co/S9Bm2a9j
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"WaPo wants to have its cake and other people’s cake too, without damaging its brand as a purveyor of original cake." http://t.co/rav0o0iB
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#hacksociety Confusopoly is Scott Adams' term, for companies that profit from confusing their customers: http://t.co/dHTHWNci
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.@JPBarlow , actually 'confusopoly' is Scott Adams', for companies that profit from confusing their customers: http://t.co/eCx87KWr
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Sluts Across America: A birth control advocacy project http://t.co/BjpQZVVR
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2/2 "Nabbous was still broadcasting when a sniper shot him. His widow, Samra Naas, pregnant with their first child, broadcast in his place."
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1/2 People Power 2.0: How civilians helped win the Libyan information war. http://t.co/pSd4AhP7 (Amazing story.)
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What's out your window? What's on your screen? What's on your mind? Postcards From The Now: http://t.co/yqBxGX8E
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GifPumper: Pinterest for people who like dancing C3POs http://t.co/iqck9NA0 (It makes me feel like that 'Im Confus' lolcat.)
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I'm doing an online Q&A on creativity and intellectual property at the Guardian http://t.co/gKcpihrH Q's now, I jump in in half an hour
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What Explains Falling Confidence in the Press? http://t.co/vA9AcQGV Great post and discussion from @JayRosen_NYU
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Image results returned for a search on the word 'Happy', from 15 different countries http://t.co/kBia4cHc
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"[S]oftware development isn't just failing to attract women. It's actively pushing them away." http://t.co/318zQigR
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"[T]he degree of protection individuals have in their privacy depends a great deal on the protection they preserve." http://t.co/PhwND6oy
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http://t.co/87jh0Ep0 (giant email list only one person a day can send a message to) already has subscribers from 70 countries.
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I've found Mark Manriquez's iPod, in #nyc, and want to return it, but don't know *which* MM it is. Help me find him?
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China re-loads The Matrix: Internet users temporarily blocked from all foreign websites http://t.co/wQAmaaSn
