Extenuating Circumstances

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for August 9th from 20:58 to 08:43:

• GSA’s 18F speeds innovation to government | Federal Times | federaltimes.com – 18F builds "digital services designed to help people better navigate government." —@FederalTimes
• Foldit Gamers Solve Riddle of HIV Enzyme within 3 Weeks – Scientific American – Foldit Gamers Solve Riddle of HIV Enzyme within 3 Weeks (via @evanbbb)
• The Social Laboratory – Singapore is testing whether mass surveillance and big data can engineer a more harmonious society: via @honorharger
• Flying fish: Difference between revisions – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia – Flying fish Wikipedia article edited anonymously from Google
• Untitled (http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/09/amazon-takes-the-muppets-off-the-shelf/&OQ=_phpQ3DtrueQ26_typeQ3DblogsQ26_phpQ3DtrueQ26_typeQ3DblogsQ26_phpQ3DtrueQ26_typeQ3DblogsQ26smidQ3Dtw-shareQ26_rQ3D2Q26&OP=6778c7 – A new milestone for Amazon: if they *don't* agree to carry a product, it's newsworthy, even vaguely rude:
• Twitter / sevensixfive: Alright, this show is amazing … – Alright, this show is amazing #KnightsOfSidonia