Garlic Mustard, Miserable Scientists, and Missing Docks

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Ray Gustini 607 Views Aug 9, 2011

Here at The Atlantic Wire, we respect and value the social media editors who share the links that make our jobs easier. Sometimes, though, we have no idea what they're talking about. So after a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorites.





Nothing can replace field work. Not even Dijon simulated under laboratory conditions.


Not the mustard scientists, that's for sure. They're always out taking global surveys and speaking on Dijon panels at Davos.


What happened to the bank-as-face-hugging-squid metaphor? Or is the squid a zombie too?


Florida, for instance, is identified with oranges, New York with pizza. Illinois, meanwhile, appears to be the home of large bowls full of red saucy substance.


There's no dock in this story. There is a former Ukrainian prime minister on trial. But no dock.

A sex novel with prose so exhilarating it will have you "bouncing up and down like a horse thief." http://slate.me/oyzeWLless than a minute ago via SocialFlow Favorite Retweet Reply


If anyone abruptly cancels their Tuesday night plans with you, this tweet may have had something to do with it.

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