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Feb. 18, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: The Kloutified velvet rope, the Deck.ly backlash, the Watson effect

Lawrence Wright on writing that epic Scientology article: “I am an index card person… I know it’s retro.” http://nie.mn/gFipXj0 »

Here’s something we’ve never gotten to tweet: Scroll down to “Hold the Salsa.” Nice work, @greglinch! http://nie.mn/ggJDg4 »

On hating the iPad: “A salad spinner would have been a better investment, and I don’t even eat that much salad.” http://nie.mn/e8P1LL »

Rolling Stone asks readers to pick its next cover http://nie.mn/eBz1Ns (via @CJR) »

An argument against Deck.ly, in four parts http://nie.mn/gKPujK (via @mathewi) »

Via @dweinberger: http://www.broadbandmap.gov/ »

Crowdmapping isn’t just for crisis situations. Meet…BurgerMap http://nie.mn/gshFkq (via @kenyanpundit) »

Las Vegas’ Palms Hotel starts looking at Klout scores to decide who gets past the velvet rope http://nie.mn/fWcPNL »

Radiohead’s new album dropped today. Any ideas why it’s a “newspaper album,” we’d love to hear them http://nie.mn/eA58V5 »

Fantastic job opportunity: GOOD is looking for an exec editor for its website http://nie.mn/gpZPKX »

Photo in need of a caption, Presidential NerdFete edition http://nie.mn/eNiDWK »

“Jeopardy champion Watson is making IBM as sexy to work for as Apple, Google or Facebook.” http://nie.mn/gzcqH7 »

Chris Anderson would like to see Wired’s iPad app offered to print subscribers “at a 100% discount” http://nie.mn/fMsffh »

So Lifehacker is the only Gawker site that hasn’t taken a traffic hit since the redesign. Any theories? http://nie.mn/i4Vhkx »

The Economist saw record circulation in the second half of 2010 http://nie.mn/i6caZM »

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