> ...I had no idea I was irritating anyone...
If you never irritate /anyone/, then you aren't saying anything worth saying. I think Mike's take on your news forwards is a minority opinion--most people like them--though I do agree that over 50% of your stuff I've already seen elsewhere. Selection is information; i.e., the act of selecting certain things, even if they are available elsewhere, is useful work. So I hope you continue to make us aware of such things. Perhaps you could identify such posts in the title with "NEWS FWD:" or something? And maybe consolidate them into a daily update?
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