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Links 5/18/11

By mikethemadbiologist on May 18, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

Is Nathan Myhrovld's Intellectual Ventures behind the iOS in-app purchase patent troll job?
What Does it Mean to be "Museum-Worthy?" How a Political History Curator Defines the Term (will have to ask biology/paleontology curators same thing)
The evolutionary tree of fungi grows a new branch

Other:

Marshall Auerback: Revenue Sharing for the States - How It Works, Why We Need It and Why Nixon Liked It!
It's all my fault...
Sen. John Kerry Introduces Reconnecting Youth To Prevent Homelessness Act
Farm subsidies will bring a different kind of partisanship
Schemes of the Rich and Greedy
Women Who Ran With the Republicans
Commuter rail won bonuses as riders fumed. Penalties for running late were slashed by the T, saving the operator millions. Can it surprise that service is so poor?
Degree of difficulty: really almost nil: It's graduation season, which means a host of notables becoming 'doctors'
Anna Holmes on Donald Trump's sexism

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