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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…
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Happy Tuesday! Links for you. Science: Why we keep calling Osama "Obama": Linguists and speech pathologists explain why we constantly make this mistake -- but not the other way around Why Every Child in America Needs an iPad (Doesn't have to be an iPad, but the point is interesting; full…