Tweetlinks, 9-24-09

47 institutions in 14 German Federal States will take part in the Open Access Week 2009.

Prevention of Winter Depression

Iran's science minister does science the easy way: by plagiarizing [updated]

Glenn Beck and left-right confusion

Getting a jump on journalism bootstrapping

'You and Your Research' (PDF), or how to become the ultimate Ivory Tower insider.

Elaine Marshall is running for Senate.

Raleigh News & Observer has a new website - what do you think? Improvement, but is it going far enough?

Clive Thompson on How the Real-Time Web Is Leaving Google Behind

Frameworks and Lessons from the Public Participation in Science Research Report - Four models for participatory projects: contribution, collaboration, co-creation, co-option

Participatory Journalism ... what's it all about?

If You Want to Catch a Liar, Make Him Draw

57 College Presidents Declare Support for Legislation to Ensure Public Access to Publicly Funded Research in the U.S.

Stunning shots of thirsty bats swooping down for a drink from garden pond

Bad news for bloggers and citizen journalists: Shield law: Definition of 'journalist' gets professionalized

NIH Administrators Ignore the Advice of Peer Review Panels- OH NOES!!!!!

Explainers for hire: Research for hire: A revenue model for the news? and Commoncraft - science, PR or journalism?

Clay Shirky on the future of news

There is no single future for scientific journals

RT @jayrosen_nyu: Academics show how media reported ACORN charges "without investigating truth or falsity" - PDF.

Data sharing after publication

Clay Shirky: Let a thousand flowers bloom to replace newspapers; don't build a paywall around a public good

No duh: Surgery success is not linked to phases of the moon

I Don't Want To Hear About Distributed Conversations Any More

Only a week left till next Blog Pick of the Month at PLoS ONE - make sure it is aggregated on ResearchBlogging.org

RT @StacyCBaker Science teachers or anyone interested please call in during my segment on NPR Science Friday this week (2:20-3:00).

EduPunks: RT @academicdave : Washington Monthly, WaPo and NPR.

How Federico Caprilli changed the way we jump horses: and now we have Prix Caprilli and Caprilli School

On Futurity.org and science journalism: Carl Zimmer - Apocalypse Via Press Release and John Timmer - PR or science journalism? It's getting harder to tell

GOP Favors Public Option for Property, Not People (former NY Times investigative reporter writes at Firedoglake)