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[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — exploring recursive form as a mode of pattern recognition ]
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I was explaining what this series of posts is about to a friend the other day. I said it’s a compilation of tweets that in some way reflect a “serpent bites its own tail” form, which some people seem to be particularly attuned to, and which almost always exposes some point of humor, irony, paradox or discovery that’s worth paying attention to. And then I read my friend fifteen or twenty examples from the last post in the series<\/a> straight through — and taken neat, one right after another, they’re hilarious.<\/p>\n

Here’s a sampler:<\/p>\n

CONFIRMED: Nothing coming out of Syria is confirmed.
\nNews photographer .. decided to put his camera aside and walk into the photo he would have clicked.
\nPlease donate to my Kickstarter to help fund my search for a great idea for a Kickstarter.
\nWhy coups beget coups By Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson | Foreign Policy
\nFor $3,200 I can pay for open access to my 5,000 word essay on open data.
\nThe Business of America is Spying on America
\nThe conference call that wasn’t. How’s that for responsible reporting that isn’t?
\nPoitras also finds herself in a strange, looking-glass dynamic, because she cannot avoid being a character in her own film
\nThis is what we’ve come to: I am ordering packing tape from Amazon so I can seal up a box I need to return to Amazon.
\nThe BBC says anyone who accuses it of bias \u2013 is biased
\nWriting your name with a marker on your arm so that if you are killed your body can be identified.
\nImportant personal details about Junipero Serra: he loved chocolate and self-flagellation.
\nDecapitated snake bites itself (warning: it\u2019s kinda creepy)
\nThe joke of the century: Al Jazeera accuses the Copts of burning their own churches! Talk about irresponsible reporting, unbelievable!
\nWhoops! Surf City Riot Suspect Arrested After “Liking” His Own Photo On Police Facebook Page
\nScientists Unlock Self-Fertilizing Crops <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There’s real tragedy there, and comedy aplenty — and also simplicity, beauty:<\/p>\n

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— Teju Cole (@tejucole) August 16, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n