If you follow me on Twitter, you may have already seen these items of interest encountered recently in my feed-reader or via twitter (please consider following some of the bloggers/tweeters). What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links or pithy observations in comments. Shameless self-promotion entirely welcome!

1. 1 min Viv Smythe ?@vivsmythe

   Sinead O’Connor on the Magdalene Laundries report – an open letter http://www.irishpost.co.uk/news/an-open-letter-from-sinead-oconnor-on-the-magdalene-laundries-report … (via @studentactivism)

2. Feb 22 Viv Smythe ?@vivsmythe

   Star Wars, where are the women? http://reelgirl.com/2013/02/star-wars-where-are-the-women/ … | #reelgirl blog

3. Feb 19 Schtang ?@Schtang

   CLASSIC RT @pseudomorph: So apparently Gillard should stand aside for the good of the Liberal Party.

4. Feb 19 Viv Smythe ?@vivsmythe

   Facebook And Taxes http://bit.ly/XiRGut  at Echidne of the Snakes

5. Feb 19 Viv Smythe ?@vivsmythe

   The curious case of Reeva Steenkamp’s boyfriend http://bit.ly/VFIIJR  by @sesmithwrites at #TigerBeatdown

6. Feb 16 Viv Smythe ?@vivsmythe

   Crommunist: New required reading: Confessions of a former misogynist http://bit.ly/Xg6gQb 

7. Feb 15 Ben McKenzie ?@labcoatman

   I’ve backed a lot of Kickstarters, but this is one of my faves: The People’s E-Book, a free online ebook-creator: http://kck.st/Tiv78S 

8. Feb 15 Jim C. Hines ?@jimchines

   .@neilhimself being awesome about “political correctness.” http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/43087620460/i-was-reading-a-book-about-interjections-oddly …

9. Feb 15 Guardian style guide ?@guardianstyle

   Much as we agree with the sentiment it should be “a horrendous” RT @DuncanNRoss: @guardianstyle “Cameron is an horrendous PM” your thoughts?

10. Feb 15 Christopher Mims ?@mims

    Why Russia’s culture of dashboard cams was uniquely suited to capturing the meteor. http://www.businessinsider.com/why-russian-drivers-have-dash-cams-2012-12 … via @marklittlenews

11. Feb 15 Jadehawk ?@IamJadehawk

    WTF?! by what def. of “consensual”?! RT @SunnyClifford Really?!? Cops call low-IQ gang sex assault case ‘consensual’http://soc.li/K9AVAhN 

12. Feb 15 Viv Smythe ?@vivsmythe

    Ha! “It’s their/our way of using Twitter.” | In Twitterspace No-one Can (Actually) Hear You Scream from @AusVotes2013 http://wp.me/p2YeRx-9P 

13. Feb 15 Jon ?@moldor

    @aimee_maree Also “If you *can* put an axe through it, it’s hardware – if you *want* to put an axe through it, it’s software”

14. Feb 15 Latika Bourke ?@latikambourke

    Agree. Agree. Agree. RT @PPDaley: Since when did the Liberal Party become a credible commentator On Labor leadership? Bizarre.

15. Feb 14 Viv Smythe ?@vivsmythe

    RT @nswpolice: The more people who share this, the less chance the scam has of working. http://fb.me/1WKqVPubl

16. Feb 13 allisonkilkenny ?@allisonkilkenny

    RT @michaelianblack: Pay the people who write for you. RT @ariannahuff “no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty”

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• Limited News weekly Long Reads collation
• Feminaust does a Weekly RoundUp
• The Early Bird Catches The Worm does regular On The Net linkdumps and weekly On (The Rest of) The Net RoundUps.
• Racialicious does regular link roundups and entertainment roundups
• Muslimah Media Watch: Friday Links
• Melissa’s Blogarounds at Shakesville
• Feministing‘s What We Missed linkfest and Weekly Feminist Reader

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