Tweetlinks, 9-22-09

Celebrity, blogging and the role of the academic

Journalism FAIL on climate change: Vital signs weak for climate bill (via @jayrosen_nyu: "For a perfect example of "will it work?" outranking "is it true?" see The Politico's savvy")

Rebooting the News #26 (podcast)

Canadian Health Care, Even With Queues, Bests U.S.

Deadline Sept. 28 for DuraSpace/SPARC Open Access Week Contest Entries

Open Access Week has a FriendFeed room - join in.

Melatonin Promotes Oligodendroglial Maturation of Injured White Matter in Neonatal Rats

Novak Djokovic imitates then plays against John McEnroe (video)

Making the World Safe for Smart: Why TED Matters - "In America, the gospel of average is one of the most recurring & potent political and societal forces"

The menace of the public option - specifically, the public library option.

Nine Scientifically Proven Ways to Get Retweeted on Twitter (I know, title promises causation, but even figuring out these correlations is cool).

Miss Baker will be on NPR Science Friday this week, talking about using blogs/social networks in classroom.

If Hollywood Taught Science Class

Journalism still finding recruits if not profits - Alana Taylor portrayed in Forbes: How should j-school students think about their future and profession.

Saving sharks, the oceans, and more! Introducing ...OCEAN!

Can I Get A Witness: ""if you want to be a journalist, you need to actually perform the act of journalism""

Even Philip Davis could not inject too much snark into this: PLoS Releases Article-level Metrics, still works from an assumption that Impact Factor is important, though.

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