{"id":3517,"date":"2009-09-05T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-05T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2009\/09\/stuff-i-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week\/"},"modified":"2009-09-05T08:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-05T08:30:00","slug":"stuff-i-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2009\/09\/stuff-i-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuff I linked to on Twitter last week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the main things <a href=http:\/\/twitter.com\/Allochthonous\/>I do on Twitter<\/a> is link-sharing: that is, note stories and web resources that I find interesting, but that I don&#8217;t have the time or inclination to blog about (my own idiosyncratic approach to blogging has always generally boiled down to, &#8220;some thought\/input from Chris required&#8221;). It works well for me, but I know that not everyone who reads the blog is into Twitter; that, and the desire to keep a more permanent record of stuff I&#8217;ve encountered on the interwebs, has led me to wondering if it would be worth posting a weekly summary. Which is what you see below: all of my tweets last week where I linked to something I found interesting, shorn of all the @s and RTs.<br \/>\nSediments can be as pretty as minerals sometimes: see Clastic Detritus&#8217; Friday Field Foto from Tierra del Fuego <a href=http:\/\/bit.ly\/g2hfa>http:\/\/bit.ly\/g2hfa<\/a><br \/>\nWonder what hoaxers thiink? Apollo 12 landing site (+ visible astronaut footprint tracks!) imaged by LRO: <a href=http:\/\/is.gd\/2RiYv>http:\/\/is.gd\/2RiYv<\/a><br \/>\nWANT. Like beer? Like the Burgess Shale? Combine them! <a href=http:\/\/bit.ly\/Mzzqg>http:\/\/bit.ly\/Mzzqg<\/a><br \/>\nRock and Roll Building Will Survive Earthquakes <a href=http:\/\/bit.ly\/n8WKL>http:\/\/bit.ly\/n8WKL<\/a><br \/>\nMentioning geoengineering could spur people to reduce their carbon footprint. <a href=http:\/\/bit.ly\/yE8WE>http:\/\/bit.ly\/yE8WE<\/a><br \/>\nA glass act: sculptures of deadly viruses <a href=http:\/\/bit.ly\/drAsD>http:\/\/bit.ly\/drAsD<\/a><br \/>\nDid Life Arise 3.5 Billion Years Ago? <a href=http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/kv9axl>http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/kv9axl<\/a><br \/>\n24 hr global animation of scheduled flights. Fascinating!  <a href=http:\/\/bit.ly\/WBDY>http:\/\/bit.ly\/WBDY<\/a><br \/>\nHow depressing. Exclusive: Chances of getting a (UK) research grant plummet to all-time low. <a href=http:\/\/bit.ly\/1OSfQr>http:\/\/bit.ly\/1OSfQr<\/a><br \/>\nOooh: anectodal report that Iphone can accurately measure diips and strikes <a href=http:\/\/bit.ly\/10oiAr>http:\/\/bit.ly\/10oiAr<\/a>  Structural mapping app, anyone?<br \/>\nA great discussion about different types of basin <a href=http:\/\/bit.ly\/1aYces>http:\/\/bit.ly\/1aYces<\/a><br \/>\nDiscussion on mainstreaming geo-terminology at All of My Faults are Sress Related gets ever better. Fave so far: Franciscan=disorganised. <a href=http:\/\/bit.ly\/DbOFs>http:\/\/bit.ly\/DbOFs<\/a><br \/>\nGeobloggers riffing off the LA fires: <a href=http:\/\/bit.ly\/1Yzv1J>http:\/\/bit.ly\/1Yzv1J<\/a>  and <a href=http:\/\/bit.ly\/t8h3c>http:\/\/bit.ly\/t8h3c<\/a><br \/>\nCompletely addicted to StormPulse hurricane monitoring tool. Here&#8217;s Jimena: <a href=http:\/\/bit.ly\/2JNlXu>http:\/\/bit.ly\/2JNlXu<\/a><br \/>\nWhat would you give to geologise on Mars? Should the first manned mission to Mars be a one-way trip? <a href=http:\/\/bit.ly\/PuyQY>http:\/\/bit.ly\/PuyQY<\/a><br \/>\nRoyal Society weighs in on Geoengineering <a href=http:\/\/bit.ly\/2KoDK>http:\/\/bit.ly\/2KoDK<\/a> Seem to think it may be a necessary semi-evil.<br \/>\nDear science journalists, please stop saying &#8220;scientists believe&#8230;&#8221; <a href=http:\/\/bit.ly\/JHg0k>http:\/\/bit.ly\/JHg0k<\/a><br \/>\nPG&#038;E wants to store wind, solar energy <a href=http:\/\/bit.ly\/VUqDl>http:\/\/bit.ly\/VUqDl<\/a>  As compressed air pumped into porous reservoir rock. Clever.<br \/>\nLet me know whether you think this is useful or interesting; if enough people like, I&#8217;ll make it a regular weekend thing. Please don&#8217;t be afraid to tell me you find it annoying; I&#8217;ll just keep a personal record and leave it at that.<br \/>\nWhile you&#8217;re possibly feeling opinionated, please also take a second to go and tell the Overlords what you&#8217;d like from their proposed <a href=http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/seed\/2009\/09\/what_would_you_like_to_see_in.php>user registration programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think it&#8217;s interesting, but do you?<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2009\/09\/stuff-i-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bloggery","category-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}