My tweets

• Wed, 12:28: RT @nytimesscience: Charles H. Townes, Physicist Who Helped Develop Lasers, Dies at 99 http://t.co/f6DAsTHhDb
• Wed, 15:32: RT @juliamoskin: Proud: my chili article is drawing only about 70% negative comments from Texas natives. http://t.co/lSB0qbpvDE
• Wed, 15:36: RT @Travelzoo: Hot Fare Alert: Nonstop - LA to London for $698 R/T on @AirNZUSA. Sale ends 1/29. http://t.co/Z1ptAB1lrx #LAX #London
• Wed, 16:18: RT @andrewducker: Ten Things About Trans People (A Cis Man Explains) http://t.co/prxwQTSTIc
• Wed, 18:12: RT @BetteMidler: 100 days until the tour starts! The countdown is on....and I'm off to start packing! http://t.co/M1mJ7HAGk5
• Wed, 19:06: Tech Jobs http://t.co/Fiq6SOaAuS
• Wed, 19:08: RT @IllusionTheater: Extremely last minute reminder: $10 preview tickets to @TLATheatre 's These Old Shoes tonight! Walk ups welcome! #thes…
• Wed, 19:09: RT @owillis: mitt romney says clinton would be a disaster on economics. i remember the last time they said that about a clinton. http://t.c…
• Wed, 19:10: RT @MPRnews: Loft Literary Center director to depart: http://t.co/aocdaHwxgF
• Thu, 02:39: RT @guardian: Thorn Birds author Colleen McCullough dies aged 77 http://t.co/qQOz5kylvu

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NYT Critics' Picks Plus a Few

Exploring the Limits in a Man’s World
In ‘Girlhood,’ a French Adolescent Comes Out of Her Shell
NYT Critics' Pick

A Medieval Time on a Planet Far Away
‘Hard to Be a God,’ Aleksei German’s Last Film
NYT Critics' Pick

A Fury Arrives. Hypocrisy, Too.
‘Timbuktu,’ an Abderrahmane Sissako Film About Radical Islam
NYT Critics' Pick

-- Oscar Shorts --

And to the Point
‘Crisis Hotline,’ ‘La Parka,’ ‘Joanna’ and Other Short Oscar Nominees

-- And two SF movies to watch out for (as in run away fast) --

With Ability to Script Success, What Could Go Wrong?
‘Project Almanac,’ a Teenage Tale of Time Travel

Embedded With the E. T. Fighters
‘Alien Outpost,’ Directed by Jabbar Raisani