Tweetlinks, 10-10-09

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Struggling Museum Now Allowing Patrons To Touch Paintings
A Harvard Skirmish in the Copyright Wars – ‘Do your lecture notes violate your prof’s copyright?’
60 people ready to discuss ScienceOnline2010 on FriendFeed
Why Obama deserved the Nobel Peace Prize
PLoS ONE in the NYT twice this week: Aerial View: Albatrosses Following a Killer Whale and Paper Challenges Ideas About ‘Early Bird’ Dinosaur
The era of objectivity is over – ‘Pro journalism didn’t self-correct. It doubled down on neutrality’
The psychology of Google Wave – ‘How Google Wave might alter online psychology. Replay in particular’
Is conservative Republicanism epistemically incompatible with science?
iPhone apps every biologist needs
Miriam Goldstein Tracks Plastic in Skiff – The Garbage Patch (video)
First half of This American Life healthcare Explainer today (podcast will appear later). Second half next week.
The Outrage Pandemic – about Obama’s Nobel Peace prize
Thanks to Diana for helping students through my Giving Page
Review of ‘Unscientific America’ in the American Scientist: A Thin Broth
Diagnosis author Lisa Sanders in the Triangle
Porn company names Gingrich ‘Family Values Porn Fan of the Year, 2009.’
Funny: http://ijustmadelove.com/ – I got “Server overloaded, too many people are making love right now.”
ScienceOnline2010 update
The Science of Storytelling
Blowing in the wind – Is wind power bad for birds? Is there a better way?
All the things that Obama has rendered unamerican, by doing them
Randy Olson responds to criticism of “Sizzle” (movie) and “Don’t be such a scientist” (book)
30 GOP Senators Vote to Defend Gang Rape
Is MoDo ‘getting inspired’ by other people’s work? Again? ‘Norwegia’ is Kelly’s line from “Married with Children”, “Nobel for chemistry” is from tweet by @EzraKlein. Not original.