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This week in tweets from @proflafferty

Jan 21

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Tomorrow's internet will be interesting. Viva la Revolución! http://t.co/8qM68JS7 http://t.co/2SKJPz6e http://t.co/hDj3JIUZ #SOPA #PIPA #
My favorite so far. RT @eff: Elegant and powerful #SOPABlackout protest from our friends at @2600: http://t.co/sZr4qVMU #J18 #SOPA #PIPA #
#cim270 RT @annienoll 3 Successful Google+ Pages and Why They Work – http://t.co/vzpgQLWd #
Today's #OfficeHoursPlaylist Black Sabbath. You know the way I'm going to feel! #
Nice to see a KS Senator do the right thing for once. #Moran RT @occupywallst: #PIPA support collapses: http://t.co/oSGIKRuI #stopSOPA #OWS #
Good use of NFC RT @jocolibrary: News at the Library: Johnson County Library to Implement RFID to Improve Efficiencies http://t.co/iqTJzFeB #
#CIM130 Remember that we are meeting in LIB120A on Tuesday. #
RFID vols? RT @runningboard7: @proflafferty My wife's really excited about it, and I'm sure she'd be happy to have volunteers for tagging… #
What the #SOPA & #PIPA blackout protests accomplished in 24 hours: http://t.co/jnfwh8D3 HT @shannerty #
In re: #DOJ takedown of #Megaupload #Anonymous takes down DOJ & Universal Music http://t.co/XkM9lYyd #
#CIM130 #CIM200 #CIM270 #CIM273 RT @gneiderh: @proflafferty http://t.co/v27UmXUQ #
RT @thehill #SOPA #PIPA Pause and reset – The Hill's Congress Blog http://t.co/mZLOM3sa #
RT @SenatorSanders 10pmET on @HBO: Sen. Sanders is talking with @BillMaher about how to end corporate campaign donations. #

This week in tweets from @proflafferty

Jan 14

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Hmm. @POPVOX seems too similar to the idea developed by my @KUJournalism students that was called VoxPop…in 2007: http://t.co/Ve1pE9of #
Here's a Washington Post article on @POPVOX: http://t.co/aQkjvvhU via @thetheorist #

This week in tweets from @proflafferty

Jan 7

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Happy New Year! Now, let's get to work. We've got a lot to fix. #
Sign the ACLU's pledge to fight worldwide indefinite detention for as long as it takes. http://t.co/FWOqtsCH via @aclu #
Dear #CIM200 students, I urge you to buy a Kindle and get the Kindle text. Approx the same cost of the physical book http://t.co/Cdz3iySw #

Mantra #1

We owe no allegiance to any government. They owe abject allegiance to us.

Mantra #2

Corporations are not human. Non-humans have no inalienable rights.

Mantra #3

Single-payer or bust!

Mantra #4

It is impossible to awaken someone who is pretending to sleep.

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