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$\"\"$ The good news is that anyone who wants to still see those somewhat random links that are too interesting not to do something with, but which I don\u2019t have time to mention in an actual blog post, can find me on Google+<\/a>. It sounds as though what is left of Google Reader will include the \u201c+1\u201d button and allow things to be shared on Google+.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, presumably we should all export our Google Reader data and back it up, in case something goes wrong\u2026<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"