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Aaron Rowe and I are organizing a tweet-up for LA-area science writers/communicators. Many of us interact daily through our blogs or through twitter, but rarely in person - so this is a chance to meet up face to face. If you're interested, please click the link to this survey, which we'll use to put together an email/twitter list, as well as to determine availability for a weekend afternoon meet-up in the near future.