Mike Billings
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RT @AP: Teens migrating to Twitter tell researchers that there are too many adults
and too much drama on Facebook: apne.ws/12sgXTc …
Poll: Teens migrating to Twitter
bigstory.ap.org — WASHINGTON (AP) - Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior.
A little more nuanced than this, but: Judge Rules Airbnb Illegal in New York City on.mash.to/10McgoW via @mashable
Judge Rules Airbnb Illegal in New York City
mashable.com — A judge in New York City ruled that renting an entire apartment using Airbnb in the city is, indeed, illegal. The ruling, mailed last week, determined that a man who rented out his apartment using the booking service violated a 2011 law against illegal hotels that prevents landlords from renting property for less than a 30-day period.
Will San Francisco silence street performers and musicians? sfexaminer.com/local/personal… via @sfexaminer
City might hit mute on street acts
sfexaminer.com — Mike Koozmin/2013 S.F. Examiner file photo The sound of music coming from street performers in and around Union Square and other neighborhoods could be silenced if legislation expected to be discussed by the Board of Supervisors Tuesday is adopted.
Wells Dry, Fertile Plains Turn to Dust nyti.ms/10OW17c
High Plains Aquifer Dwindles, Hurting Farmers
nytimes.com — HASKELL COUNTY, Kan. - Forty-nine years ago, Ashley Yost's grandfather sank a well deep into a half-mile square of rich Kansas farmland. He struck an artery of water so prodigious that he could pump 1,600 gallons to the surface every minute.
RT @BreakingNewsMan: Montana man dies in Yosemite climbing accident shar.es/ZdtWj
Montana man dies in Yosemite climbing accident
ajc.com — The Associated Press YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - A Montana man died in a rock climbing accident as he tried to climb to the top of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, authorities said.
Web of Tax Shelters Saved Apple Billions, Inquiry Finds nyti.ms/YVc5a2
Apple Avoided Billions in Taxes, Congressional Panel Says
nytimes.com — WASHINGTON- Even as Apple became the nation's most profitable technology company, it avoided billions in taxes in the United States and around the world through a web of subsidiaries so complex it spanned continents and surprised experts, a Congressional investigation has found.
SF brings back the idea of a congestion pricing fee for to charge drivers entering downtown sfexaminer.com/local/transpor… via @sfexaminer
Driver fees could help combat gridlock
sfexaminer.com — Mike Koozmin/2013 S.F. Examiner file photo Downtown San Francisco will be mired in gridlock unless changes are made soon to alleviate automobile traffic - and the most effective method could be a long-discussed and controversial congestion-pricing scheme.
an older article from The New Yorker also on what is good about bacteria m.newyorker.com/reporting/2012…
Exploring the Human Microbiome : The New Yorker
newyorker.com — ABSTRACT: ANNALS OF SCIENCE about the human microbiome. Human beings are inhabited by as many as ten thousand bacterial species; the bacteria living inside us weigh, all told, about three pounds (the same as our brain).
a good read on importance of bacteria in our lives-- Some of My Best Friends Are Germs nyti.ms/10XrKSC
Say Hello to the 100 Trillion Bacteria That Make Up Your Microbiome
nytimes.com — I can tell you the exact date that I began to think of myself in the first-person plural - as a superorganism, that is, rather than a plain old individual human being. It happened on March 7.
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