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Help - getting only "dead link" errors when I try to reply to anything

text · #askhubski · #askhubski.istara · #bugski

So I published my first book!

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goodreads.com · #writing · #writing.istara · #books

Up With the Lark - wonderful old show tune

video · #music · #music.istara · #musicals

Why we should all memorise poetry | The New Yorker

newyorker.com · #poetry · #poetry.istara · #writing

A Vision of the Mermaids - Gerard Manley Hopkins

poemsofthefantastic.com · #poetry · #poetry.istara · #

The Golden Journey to Samarkand

text · #poetry · #poetry.istara · #tagoftheweek

Today's Writing Prompt: Love

text · #todayswritingprompt · #todayswritingprompt.istara · #poetry

China's state-sponsored popstar aiming to promote cultural "soft power"

bbc.co.uk · #china · #china.istara · #culture

A new book argues that glamour extends far beyond notions of luxury and high fashion

economist.com · #culture · #culture.istara · #society

Young opera singers risk ruining their voices by taking roles that are far too big for their vocal ability

economist.com · #opera · #opera.istara · #classicalmusic

Forgotten Books - sign up and they give you a free one every day

forgottenbooks.org · #books · #books.istara · #gutenberg

Why Americans are so angry: America’s political divisions have deeper social consequences

economist.com · #politics · #politics.istara · #uspolitics

Admen have made a marketing guru of Daniel Kahneman, a prizewinning psychologist

economist.com · #advertising · #advertising.istara · #psychology

Patent Reform in America: Trolls on the hill

economist.com · #technology · #technology.istara · #politics

China Bans Financial Companies From Bitcoin Transactions

bloomberg.com · #china · #china.istara · #bitcoin

Here are 20 of the worst passwords you can use

businessinsider.com.au · #technology · #technology.istara · #internet

4chan User Attempts Suicide on Live Cam As HUNDREDS Watch and Do Nothing

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aattp.org · #4chan · #4chan.istara · #internet

Chinese company Huawei will exit the US market because it no longer wants to deal with accusations of spying

foreignpolicy.com · #china · #china.istara · #technology

Apple Acquires A Social Media Analytics Company For ~$200 Million

businessinsider.com.au · #apple · #apple.istara · #technology

Love in a Cold Climate: A new study points to a curious blend of attitudes to sex

economist.com · #sex · #sex.istara · #uk

Move over Siri - Predictive intelligence: A new breed of personal-assistant software tries to anticipate what smartphone users want, before they ask for it

economist.com · #technology · #technology.istara · #apple

Virtual currency: It is mathematically elegant, increasingly popular and highly controversial. Bitcoin’s success is putting it under growing strain

economist.com · #bitcoin · #bitcoin.istara · #economics

Science's "Sokal" moment: hoax "lichen cure-for-cancer" study widely accepted

economist.com · #science · #skeptic · #skeptic

Channel change: What newspapers can learn from television

economist.com · #media · #journalism · #journalism

Eating Roadkill: Critter fritters

economist.com · #food · #paleo · #paleo

The complete history of Twitter as told through tortured descriptions of it in the New York Times

qz.com · #socialmedia · #twitter · #twitter

14 Tech Gadgets From The 1980s That We Want Back Right Now

businessinsider.com.au · #technology · #gadgets · #gadgets

Google+ now has a billion users, but engagement is quite another issue

which-50.com · #socialmedia · #google · #google

Teacher admits baby names are getting extreme as spell checks struggle

couriermail.com.au · #names · #culture · #culture

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