International Law

These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:

• the daily beast compiles a list of "The 30 All-Time Graduation Speakers" http://j.mp/chW9Ye
• did you hear about the nashville floods? no? well, @HowardKurtz looks at "The flood the media's radar missed" http://j.mp/chkttu
• mother jones asks "Will Obama Replace Kagan With YouTube's Worst Nightmare?" http://j.mp/9RvFMb
• @latikambourke twitter tweaked their trending topic algorithm last week - that might explain #qanda not trending tonight http://j.mp/a1SFFA
• interesting ... the copyright tribunal has ordered a big increase in the licence fees payable by fitness clubs http://j.mp/9OBdiW
• the new york times on online journalism entrepreneurs ... "putting a price on words" http://j.mp/bJLlkL
• david carr (@carr2n) on writing headlines for search engine optimisation ... "Taylor Momsen Did Not Write This Headline" http://j.mp/bOLHOW
• nine adds some local content to go! ... "GO! adds daily 'newsbursts'" http://j.mp/9IWQx1
• in the courier mail dennis atkins says "The next federal election will be a brutal contest, won or lost in Queensland" http://j.mp/clDied
• my sister @katblack86 is meant to fly to london tomorrow ... i wonder if her flight will be delayed? http://j.mp/ckW5as
• @justinbarbour it's a bizarre situation really ... and i wonder which one their mother will support? http://bit.ly/akQ1hJ
• a fascinating post on the opinionator blog asks, "What Is a Philosopher?" http://j.mp/dijeVK
• a review of a documentary about the hilarious joan rivers ... "Taking Joan Rivers Seriously" http://j.mp/98UIua
• aaron sorkin on the gay actors playing straight roles controversy ... "Now That You Mention It, Rock Hudson Did Seem Gay" http://j.mp/dkwuCL
• for all this talk that all of the us supreme court will have gone to harvard or yale, don't forget justice gisnburg graduated from columbia
• in the new york times maureen dowd has some fun with the elena kagan nomination ... "Supremely Girly Girl" http://j.mp/9d2ye0
• mashable's ben parr writes "In Defense of Facebook" http://j.mp/cpUz2q
• ars technica provides "Five examples of lame DMCA takedowns" http://j.mp/a6YUYE
• in the washington post, christopher edley jr explains "Why elites do belong on the Supreme Court" http://j.mp/d4Qtmp
• todd mccarthy reviews woody allen's latest film ... "You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger" http://j.mp/9lzlcz
• it will be interesting to see what this committee ends up doing ... "Cyber-safety committee speaks out on ISP filtering" http://j.mp/9ZtNJp

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