We respect and value the social media editors who share the links that make our job easier. But sometimes, we have no idea what they are talking about. So after a long day spent staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorites. 

Want to get ahead? Move to Denmark | Diane Roberts gu.com/p/34n7c/tf

— GuardianUS (@GuardianUSA) January 17, 2012

This is the kind of tough, pro-Danish advice you rarely get from someone not connected with the Copenhagen Board of Tourism.

Separated at Birth: The runaway Italian captain. Part II. mbist.ro/yX6JQz

— FishbowlDC (@FishbowlDC) January 17, 2012

It's a tipping point for fame -- or maybe just infamy -- when you're recognizable enough to be the subject of separated at birth guessing games. 

Clumsy polar bears play with pumpkin huff.to/xEj9WP

— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) January 17, 2012

More curious than the fact that these are some particularly clumsy polar bears is this: where did they find pumpkins in January? At the very least, clumsy polar bears are very resourceful.

Scientists: Moroccan meteors came from Mars wapo.st/wxjsNd

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 17, 2012

It's worth noting that the Mars meteors wouldn't have gotten in if Morocco had built a border fence, and stretched it all the way to outer space.

Baby born on train: Those contractions were the real thing lat.ms/wctVI9

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 17, 2012

You bet they were! Also, kudos to the Los Angeles Times reporter who cornered the train baby for comment. That's not an easy get.

VA Judge Says No to Perry: Again. thebea.st/ztk1Cd #cheatsheet

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 17, 2012

Poor Rick Perry: what does the guy have to do to get some attention from a judge in Virginia. (Our theory: it's the high-collar shirts. Virginia judges just don't go for high-collar shirts on anyone other than George Hamilton.)

OBAMA TO DISNEY WORLD drudge.tw/yjvjG1

— Drudge Report (@Drudge_Report) January 17, 2012

Mitt Romney just picked up the Epcot vote.

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Ray Gustini