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Brainiac: If dropped randomly on Earth, could you tell where you were? A fabulous new game http://t.co/wyw2mJ6VVC http://t.co/UwnUFPzcd0More to come on Sunday. cc @Annaleen RT @ohmgee: 1 of 5 spot illos for a fun mass extinction story in @GlobeIdeas http://t.co/vA2YGf0t1gFor a soulful touch in your garden this year, why not hire a live hermit, like rich Brits did? http://t.co/o0K9IAJsBr Q&A by @alicegregory

Brainiac: Was Operation Ceasefire really responsible for Boston's drop in gang violence? Harvard scholars took a look http://t.co/yn2efIaYmLGood news: If you couldn't stop thinking dirty thoughts after a mortality scare, you're normal. http://t.co/NnYYYUJ8frBoston's distinguished waterway history presents an interesting question: public or private #water? http://t.co/qjoW0b0Tvf @BostonGlobe
Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasThe F-word: so common during WWI that "it was merely 'a warning that a noun was coming." 4000 yrs of swearing http://t.co/vpZJD5csgk
Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasWe got rid of pork--& with it, Congress's ability to get anything done. @leoncrawl on the hidden beauty of earmarks http://t.co/YYwrcO3K9NBrainiac: A tree tent, & its pluses & minuses (pro: no moose step on your head; con: don't fall out) http://t.co/EA4JP2qXhz

A grey area in privacy law: the DNA in your garbage is up for grabs. http://t.co/pUpThzEUWn By @KSHartnettHow did Boston Strong so quickly become the phrase that rallied the city? @bgzimmer investigates http://t.co/HDfDKClMg4 #bostonstrong*%$!#! Study reveals that swearing can help you tolerate pain. http://t.co/haAjk9XreM
Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasBrainiac: Recent acquisition at Harvard's @HoughtonLib: a guide for freelance writers of "Star Trek" http://t.co/jC3mGqxRTr

Brainiac: Forget a piddling anti-distraction program like Freedom. For true concentration, you need the Isolator. http://t.co/V91fhEHqp7Students with strict parents have a harder time with a self-control task http://t.co/L9JsrXu9L4
Retweeted by Boston Globe Ideas4,000 years of oaths, curses, & obscenity: Melissa Mohr on the history of swearing http://t.co/Q4kfvKjlXK By @publicroadEarmarks: corrupt, but also the grease that made Congress go. Why we should bring back the US of Pork, by @leoncrawl http://t.co/YYwrcO3K9N

Brainiac: Get thee back, MOOC: At San Jose State U., philosophers make a case against cheap, generic online ed http://t.co/H7iApjVr6RBe creative, not like those Soviet kids! How Cold War America sold parents on childhood creativity http://t.co/ThJU9eN6wA By @rebeccaonion

Infrastructure: public or private? In the 19th century, Bostonians battled over how to handle the need for water http://t.co/7iUuKRWQJvBrainiac: What city has most jobs reachable w/in 1 hr drive? (Or: why LA'ers accept spending all their time in cars) http://t.co/6sKUXSdd2O

Bostonians: with the passage of time, how important is the trial of the marathon bomber to you? @leoncrawl http://t.co/aeN1Cz2GqT
Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasOur writer @leoncrawl now on Talk of the Nation (@totn) discussing expectations from Marathon bombings trial. Listen: http://t.co/GFbJ7D5g68What do we want out of the Marathon bombings trial? @leoncrawl live on NPR's @totn, 2:40p EST, to discuss his story: http://t.co/yrSRMmVKxsBrainiac: "Lost on Saturday last...small Red Dog of the Spaniel Kind": lost-dog ads of 18th-century London http://t.co/qKAy4BeX1o

Fascinating interview @GlobeIdeas: "Conversations with Evil Men." http://t.co/DXDmOtidlg
Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasBrainiac: Dial 1 for Allen Ginsberg http://t.co/UcCz8umOTP

Interviews with war criminals. What does being evil mean?. http://t.co/k6vN1iX0j8
Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasBrainiac: UMass vs. Harvard economics showdown: just how important is debt-to-GDP ratio? http://t.co/mm0oVwbV9YThoreau? The guy who burned down the woods? A less great moment in Transcendentalist history, 169 years ago today http://t.co/srpyiAwQplBrainiac: When you could hack the phone system by whistling http://t.co/bZqcXu1GXDOn this date in 1844, Henry David Thoreau accidentally burned down the Concord Woods: http://t.co/qCrCZ7zyFt. Haunted him rest of his life.
Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasHow Big Data may create overly narrow focus on just the most easily crunched data, causing us to learn less not more: http://t.co/DMD81TPGgG
Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasIn the 18th & 19th centuries, what did Americans dream about? Horses, angels, wind direction, anxiety http://t.co/ybD8kz7Ox6

@meredithqualls Thanks, Meredith--and welcome!Conversations w evil men: James Dawes spoke to war criminals abt how they came to commit atrocities http://t.co/RHEjuV2zPR By @galbeckermanBrainiac: Should medical schools be emphasizing evolutionary biology more? The debate http://t.co/cpSmuqLYBRMarathon bombings trial is about real people injured, not general fear, say experts--& that's good. By @leoncrawl http://t.co/TxFkKVTaU4.@bgzimmer with sensible proposal on vocab at @ScrippsBee: http://t.co/P8lG67b1sz. I still respectfully disagree: http://t.co/nSXEzruCGs
Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasSpelling is showbiz, vocabulary is...homework? @bgzimmer on controversial new questions in National Spelling Bee http://t.co/LfhE3KEpjj

Brainiac: If we covered MBTA parking lots w solar canopies, we'd save energy--but not recoup cost, researchers say http://t.co/dU5V3FEVKaPreview: Tsarnaev trial is about those actually hurt, not public catharsis--& that's good, say experts. By @leoncrawl http://t.co/TxFkKVTaU4From 9/11 to 4/15, we adopted tech that allows us to connect in minutes, not days. The disaster network, by @katzish http://t.co/cPWQVvGYrwAn ABC proof too tough even for mathematicians - Boston Globe http://t.co/2cmjaFGcX2
Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasCould boredom be curable? http://t.co/cwrvFj3TPV via @BostonGlobe
Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasYup. RT @thisisjendoll Comparing last Friday to this one is also a bit surreal. http://t.co/LHeBkWR6zEWhy do we live in the city? The same things that make it dangerous make it productive & joyful. By @sfheuser http://t.co/nP2MG4WzosBrainiac: Studying a temporary pop-up city--no, not Burning Man. Something much, much bigger. http://t.co/Cd8JInqH9A

How Beirut & Baghdad changed when trust left the city, & what Boston can learn http://t.co/TlcdIUifA0 By @tcambanisHappy 449th birthday you entertaining cheapskate. Shakespeare the skinflint - Ideas - The Boston Globe http://t.co/Qdy4p5O4DY #shakespeare
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Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasHere's what Harvard's Robert Darnton told us about the Digital Public Library of America (@dpla)'s mission in 2011: http://t.co/JznUgP4IU5Brainiac: Digital Public Library of America @dpla is now open (tho launch @BPLBoston was delayed by bombings) http://t.co/yfDxhNZmSl

Brilliant piece about the change in connectivity since 9/11: the disaster network #Boston http://t.co/ByplhqiSNr
Retweeted by Boston Globe Ideas"Will the army shoot me if I make a mistake?" @tcambanis, making me cry while discussing Beirut & lessons for Boston http://t.co/TvdZc5ZKJ6
Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasHow fishermen and politicians worked together to deplete cod, and how - together - they can bring them back http://t.co/m1ADEyoDyo
Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasBrainiac: Hyper-realistic cars, drumsets, & more made from cardboard, by artist Chris Gilmour http://t.co/BZUwkZIk4CHours after Monday's bombings, the #1 @MerriamWebster search was for the word "surreal." By @bgzimmer http://t.co/LHeBkWR6zEDear @chicagotribune: Thank you so much for buying us pizza lunch. You guys are the sweetest. Love, the newsroom (and @GlobeIdeas)
Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasBrainiac: 25% of PhDs (both male & female) marry other PhDs, & more on who marries whom, education-wise http://t.co/yCkZvmKGyIRisk & the open city: Urban life means vulnerability. That's why we live here. http://t.co/nP2MG4Wzos By @sfheuser

The disaster network: What we've built since 9/11 meant that on Mon, we connected in minutes, not days. By @katzish http://t.co/cPWQVvGYrwWhy the word we reached for this week was "surreal," by @bgzimmer http://t.co/LHeBkWR6zEWhen trust leaves the city, as in Baghdad & Beirut (but not Boston), how the city transforms, by @tcambanis http://t.co/TlcdIUifA0Urban life means risk. That's why we live here. By @sfheuser http://t.co/nP2MG4WzosWe are all Bostonians now: on the city as identity, by @mkonnikova http://t.co/UslXt23IdROur section devoted to bombings/the city is free to all today. By @sfheuser @katzish @mkonnikova @tcambanis @bgzimmer http://t.co/oJ4TFoGfaA

Marathon Sports, site of #bostonmarathonexplosion says all employees working at store are safe http://t.co/Rj7y9GPkD5
Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasOur hearts go out to all affected by the attacks on what was a joyous day in Boston. Globe liveblog w news/resources: http://t.co/OzGqY69sITHappy tax day: An oxymoron? Maybe, but some experts think the IRS should work to change that. http://t.co/xf1xz5cRPf By @leoncrawlToday's Google Doodle honors Leonard Euler, so prolific eds have been readying his complete wks for more than 100 yrs http://t.co/zyKoQckC39"After major hurricanes like Katrina, baby names that share syllables with the hurricane’s name become more popular" http://t.co/eWnZ5YuISx
Retweeted by Boston Globe Ideas"Kenmore Square: A Novel," ft. the Pixies & Wade Boggs, & 5 more novels of Boston squares as proposed by @katzish http://t.co/c4UXDOvlaBFascinating @GlobeIdeas article about baby name data & what it teaches us about cultural changes & spread of ideas http://t.co/Y7ISx0caId
Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasCan you MOOC your way thru college in one year? http://t.co/Wtuvhw9KyGGo runners (& wheelchair racers, now arriving at the finish)! Interactive Boston Marathon route & maps here http://t.co/goTiWTKolu

Brainiac: New entries in the quixotic quest to live without sleep (or with less, anyway) http://t.co/39h8GEmQ9pClass mobility. Individualism. How sounds spread. What baby names say about...everything, by @publicroad http://t.co/kFoAjdOfRj #longreadsBrainiac: Taxodus, the new game that helps you hone your skills as an international corporate tax evader http://t.co/vhprRtbplkImagine being hit by a car - with no driver. How to deal with robots that can sometimes cause harm: http://t.co/b4MnXZtqwT via @BostonGlobe
Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasIf you didn't get enough wacky driving lingo from my @GlobeIdeas column (http://t.co/J1XAOpVkTD), here's some more: http://t.co/qACgxVtwu7
Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasBrainiac: The great thing about driverless cars: they can drop you off at work, no parking spot necessary http://t.co/V2iXKVfcTAOne chilly, pragmatic way to see why U.S. is standing by as deadly war rages in Syria, by @tcambanis http://t.co/wMZheXvlii@abrahamjoseph Your defense of our honor v. anonymous appliances did not go unobserved.

Could boredom be curable? - http://t.co/Ift23i6Oe3
Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasIs a drawn out conflict in #Syria good for US interests? A sobering analysis by @tcambanis: http://t.co/8VWdw4u10Z
Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasBrainiac: Not all doctors ask suicidal patients whether they have guns, study says, tho research suggests they should http://t.co/JnHLSKYr56

Live freest or die? Sorry RT @bmolynch NH is going to look silly if isn't them MT @GlobeIdeas Which state is freest? http://t.co/BdssHK7xwFA chemical analysis of opera poisonings, from venom to radiation http://t.co/TeF5cmc8C4 By @Carolynyjohnson, w fab graphic by @JZarracina"When one gets behind the wheel in this fair City, one loses 50 I.Q. points": Tell us how you rly feel http://t.co/IBa58PJbbW #bostondrivingSpending time alone can look suspect these days but it is a crucially nourishing component of life http://t.co/oX6wlQmWqC
Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasThe blindness of football refs--quantified http://t.co/DK14qGoafIBrainiac: Which state is the freest? Hint: Not Mass. Or NY. Or CA. http://t.co/BdssHK7xwF@carla_filmigeek @bgzimmer @laura_nelson An underlying principle in everything we publish about Boston. Putting it in print is overkill."The war is helping America, so there’s no incentive to change policy.” The tragedy of realpolitick in #Syria: http://t.co/JQDWCufusN
Retweeted by Boston Globe IdeasBoston left. Boston bump. Boston block. @GlobeIdeas looks into Boston's intensely local traffic lingo. http://t.co/z79sdE1nUk
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Brainiac: How to paint with bubble wrap, à la @BradleyHart72: start by injecting each bubble with paint... http://t.co/dJtG7QMRf3Grim theory about why U.S. remains on sidelines in Syria: horrific war is tying up American enemies. By @tcambanis http://t.co/wMZheXvliiFun: tax story illustration outtakes RT @petexryan Section cover for Boston Globe - ft. lots of rejected ideas: http://t.co/zcuv9UtFzSWhat a great piece. Exactly what gov't should do. Market the value of taxes. Like WBUR http://t.co/pe6goIph8t (great class assignment)
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