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    <updated>2011-12-19T17:19:39Z</updated>
    
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    <title>Saudi billionaire Alwaleed Bin Talal Invests $300 Million In Twitter</title>
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    <id>tag:www.socialtextjournal.org,2011:/the_skim//13.1755</id>

    <published>2011-12-19T17:16:37Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-19T17:19:39Z</updated>

    <summary>Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal invests $300 million in Twitter, though at the time of this announcement &quot;it wasn&apos;t clear how much of Twitter the prince will control.&quot;...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Michael Ralph</name>
        <uri>http://www.socialtextjournal.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=13&amp;id=10</uri>
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        <![CDATA[Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal invests <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/19/alwaleed-bin-talal-twitter_n_1157205.html?ref=daily-brief?utm_source=DailyBrief&amp;utm_campaign=121911&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=NewsEntry&amp;utm_term=Daily%20Brief">$300 million</a> in Twitter, though at the time of this announcement "it wasn't clear how much of Twitter the prince will control." ]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Salon</title>
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    <id>tag:www.socialtextjournal.org,2011:/the_skim//13.1738</id>

    <published>2011-12-02T04:52:49Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-02T04:54:53Z</updated>

    <summary>&quot;There is no reason to believe that these abrogations of popular sovereignty cannot be sustained for a very long time with the tactical application of force.&quot; Africa? Latin America? No, Western Europe and the U.S.....</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Tavia Nyong&apos;o</name>
        <uri>http://www.socialtextjournal.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=13&amp;id=3</uri>
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        <![CDATA["There is no reason to believe that these abrogations of popular 
sovereignty cannot be sustained for a very long time with the tactical 
application of force." Africa? Latin America? No, <a href="http://www.salon.com/2011/11/30/is_the_financial_crisis_now_permanent/">Western Europe and the U.S.</a>. ]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>#meme</title>
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    <id>tag:www.socialtextjournal.org,2011:/the_skim//13.1735</id>

    <published>2011-11-30T17:23:48Z</published>
    <updated>2011-11-30T17:27:13Z</updated>

    <summary>When will the &quot;meme&quot; meme die?...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Tavia Nyong&apos;o</name>
        <uri>http://www.socialtextjournal.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=13&amp;id=3</uri>
    </author>
    
    
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        <![CDATA[When will the "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/business/media/the-branding-of-the-occupy-movement.html?_r=1&amp;scp=4&amp;sq=meme&amp;st=cse">meme</a>" meme <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2303.2005.00305.x/abstract;jsessionid=DC1BB8E70C7904A70796B788E1ABC807.d01t01">die</a>? ]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Neoliberal reform in Greece</title>
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    <id>tag:www.socialtextjournal.org,2011:/the_skim//13.1732</id>

    <published>2011-11-29T15:37:37Z</published>
    <updated>2011-11-29T15:40:19Z</updated>

    <summary>There is nothing wrong with higher education in Greece that a little less democracy couldn&apos;t solve, according to an international committee that included the chancellors of University of California-Davis and New York University....</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Tavia Nyong&apos;o</name>
        <uri>http://www.socialtextjournal.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=13&amp;id=3</uri>
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        <![CDATA[There is nothing wrong with higher education in Greece that <a href="http://greekleftreview.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/linda-katehi-and-the-neoliberal-reform-of-greek-higher-education/">a little less democracy</a> couldn't solve, according to an international committee that included the chancellors of University of California-Davis and New York University. ]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>UC Davis</title>
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    <id>tag:www.socialtextjournal.org,2011:/the_skim//13.1729</id>

    <published>2011-11-21T19:55:32Z</published>
    <updated>2011-11-21T19:56:37Z</updated>

    <summary>When did &quot;health and safety&quot; become a euphemism for &quot;shock and awe&quot;?...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Tavia Nyong&apos;o</name>
        <uri>http://www.socialtextjournal.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=13&amp;id=3</uri>
    </author>
    
    
    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.socialtextjournal.org/the_skim/">
        <![CDATA[When did "<a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2011/11/20/4068892/uc-davis-chancellor-linda-katehis.html">health and safety</a>" become a euphemism for "<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/11/why-i-feel-bad-for-the-pepper-spraying-policeman-lt-john-pike/248772/">shock and awe</a>"? ]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.socialtextjournal.org/the_skim/2011/10/great-aerial-footage-of-ows.php" />
    <id>tag:www.socialtextjournal.org,2011:/the_skim//13.1721</id>

    <published>2011-10-28T02:50:58Z</published>
    <updated>2011-10-31T05:19:24Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Great aerial footage of #OWS action in solidarity with #OccupyOakland&nbsp;...]]></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Micki McGee</name>
        <uri>http://www.socialtextjournal.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=13&amp;id=33</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.nokilling.org/Occupy_Wall_Street_Surveillance/">Great aerial footage</a> of #OWS action in solidarity with #OccupyOakland&nbsp;<br />]]>
        
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    <title></title>
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    <id>tag:www.socialtextjournal.org,2011:/the_skim//13.1715</id>

    <published>2011-10-20T00:08:55Z</published>
    <updated>2011-10-20T00:09:43Z</updated>

    <summary>Brown University faculty issues statement of support for Occupy Providence...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Kaveh Landsverk</name>
        <uri>http://www.socialtextjournal.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=13&amp;id=644</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<a href="https://sites.google.com/a/brown.edu/brown-occupy-teach-in/home/faculty-statement-10-14-2011">Brown University faculty issues statement of support for Occupy Providence</a>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Days of Rage</title>
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    <id>tag:www.socialtextjournal.org,2011:/the_skim//13.1713</id>

    <published>2011-10-18T21:46:28Z</published>
    <updated>2011-10-18T21:47:00Z</updated>

    <summary>What Days of Rage looked like around the world....</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Tavia Nyong&apos;o</name>
        <uri>http://www.socialtextjournal.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=13&amp;id=3</uri>
    </author>
    
    
    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.socialtextjournal.org/the_skim/">
        <![CDATA[What <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-spreads-worldwide/100171/">Days of Rage</a> looked like around the world.]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Columbia University faculty in support of #OccupyWallStreet</title>
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    <id>tag:www.socialtextjournal.org,2011:/the_skim//13.1708</id>

    <published>2011-10-09T16:04:06Z</published>
    <updated>2011-10-09T16:05:46Z</updated>

    <summary>Columbia University faculty in support of #OccupyWallStreet...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Micki McGee</name>
        <uri>http://www.socialtextjournal.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=13&amp;id=33</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/68042482/Faculty-Action-Committee-2011-10-07">Columbia University faculty in support of #OccupyWallStreet</a><br />]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>J.D. Samson</title>
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    <id>tag:www.socialtextjournal.org,2011:/the_skim//13.1707</id>

    <published>2011-10-08T03:05:03Z</published>
    <updated>2011-10-08T03:05:59Z</updated>

    <summary>What do you do when your job makes your poorer?...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Tavia Nyong&apos;o</name>
        <uri>http://www.socialtextjournal.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=13&amp;id=3</uri>
    </author>
    
    
    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.socialtextjournal.org/the_skim/">
        <![CDATA[What do you do when your job makes your <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jd-samson/i-love-my-job-but-it-made_b_987680.html">poorer</a>?]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>&quot;Mic check? MIC CHECK!&quot; </title>
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    <id>tag:www.socialtextjournal.org,2011:/the_skim//13.1704</id>

    <published>2011-10-04T20:17:38Z</published>
    <updated>2011-10-04T20:18:39Z</updated>

    <summary>&quot;Mic check? MIC CHECK!&quot;...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Michael Mandiberg</name>
        <uri>http://www.socialtextjournal.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=13&amp;id=382</uri>
    </author>
    
    
    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.socialtextjournal.org/the_skim/">
        <![CDATA["Mic check? <a href="http://www.thenation.com/blog/163767/we-are-all-human-microphones-now">MIC CHECK</a>!" ]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Julian Assange: Statement on the Unauthorised, Secret Publishing of the Julian Assange &quot;autobiography&quot; by Canongate</title>
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    <id>tag:www.socialtextjournal.org,2011:/the_skim//13.1684</id>

    <published>2011-09-22T22:36:52Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-22T22:38:01Z</updated>

    <summary>The UnAutobiography of Julian Assange...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Michael Ralph</name>
        <uri>http://www.socialtextjournal.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=13&amp;id=10</uri>
    </author>
    
    <category term="wikileaks" label="Wikileaks" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
    
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        <![CDATA[The <a href="http://www.wikileaks.org/Julian-Assange-Statement-on-the.html">Un</a><i>Autobiography of Julian Assange</i><br />]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>In Berlin, Pirates Win 8.9 Percent of Vote in Regional Races - NYTimes.com</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.socialtextjournal.org/the_skim/2011/09/in-berlin-pirates-win-89-percent-of-vote-in-regional-races---nytimescom.php" />
    <id>tag:www.socialtextjournal.org,2011:/the_skim//13.1682</id>

    <published>2011-09-21T10:48:34Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-21T10:49:08Z</updated>

    <summary>&quot;With laptops open like shields against the encroaching cameramen...&quot;...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Michael Ralph</name>
        <uri>http://www.socialtextjournal.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=13&amp;id=10</uri>
    </author>
    
    
    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.socialtextjournal.org/the_skim/">
        <![CDATA["With <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/world/europe/in-berlin-pirates-win-8-9-percent-of-vote-in-regional-races.html?emc=tnt&amp;tntemail0=y">laptops</a> open like shields against the encroaching cameramen..."]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>A supplement to the Texas US history textbook</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.socialtextjournal.org/the_skim/2011/09/a-supplement-to-the-texas-us-history-textbook.php" />
    <id>tag:www.socialtextjournal.org,2011:/the_skim//13.1680</id>

    <published>2011-09-20T02:35:04Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-20T02:41:06Z</updated>

    <summary>Wikiversity&apos;s Supplement to the Texas US History Textbook responds to the perversion of the high school history curriculum....</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Michael Mandiberg</name>
        <uri>http://www.socialtextjournal.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=13&amp;id=382</uri>
    </author>
    
    <category term="history" label="history" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
    <category term="pedagogy" label="pedagogy" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
    <category term="politics" label="politics" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
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        <![CDATA[Wikiversity's <a href="http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/A_supplement_to_the_Texas_US_history_textbook">Supplement to the Texas US History Textbook</a> responds to the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/education/13texas.html">perversion of the high school history curriculum</a>.<br />]]>
        
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</entry>

<entry>
    <title>Occupy Wall Street</title>
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    <id>tag:www.socialtextjournal.org,2011:/the_skim//13.1668</id>

    <published>2011-08-31T15:22:14Z</published>
    <updated>2011-08-31T15:23:06Z</updated>

    <summary>Sept 17, 2011: What is your one demand?...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Tavia Nyong&apos;o</name>
        <uri>http://www.socialtextjournal.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=13&amp;id=3</uri>
    </author>
    
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    <category term="wallstreet" label="wall street" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
    
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        <![CDATA[Sept 17, 2011: What is your <a href="https://occupywallst.org/">one demand</a>?]]>
        
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