Quick fix for #fixreplies, just open a twitter search on your own name, like this! It seems that for some arcane technical (probably make-twitter-more-spam-friendly management rationale) reason, twitter management wants to prevent people who do not following you from seeing tweets you direct @them.   more »

The trouble with dismissing this nonsense is that it is the tip of the iceberg. For instance: Up until about 15 years ago, foamy pollution was evident just below the papermill dam here on the Wisconsin River. How was it "cleaned up"? large golding tanmks were installed to mix the contaminated water exiting the plant with river water, so the foam would not be evident in the much diluted effluent. A fake fix. But legal! Why? Because pollution is measured as a percentage of water/air, and industry has virtually unlimited water use. This green (stream) washing has been repeated 10s of thousands of times across the country. Did it help stop pollution?   more »