I fire up my G+ stream and get: A post by Timothy Gowers about Mobius strips and Valentine's Day: https://plus.google.com/103703080789076472131/posts/gYmEcGuN8

I fire up my G+ stream and get: A post by Timothy Gowers about Mobius strips and Valentine's Day: https://plus.google.com/103703080789076472131/posts/gYmEcGuN8xx https://plus.google.com/103703080789076472131/posts/gYmEcGuN... A repost by Michael Chui with an animation of a double star + planet system showing chaos: https://plus.google.com/113476531580617567600/posts/Y3yiBojnef6 https://plus.google.com/113476531580617567600/posts/Y3yiBojn... A post by an acquaintance about local politics with interesting infographics. A post from Rajini Rao titled "An Academic Valentine: The Science Behind Flower Color": https://plus.google.com/114601143134471609087/posts/7mWzModf9gn https://plus.google.com/114601143134471609087/posts/7mWzModf... A post by David Brin on an interesting sci-fi TV series I hadn't heard of: https://plus.google.com/116665417191671711571/posts/CJFcZkUfKen https://plus.google.com/116665417191671711571/posts/CJFcZkUf... A report from Human Rights Watch on sectarian violence in the Central African Republic: https://plus.google.com/113055770163061121890/posts/jYRxedABgho https://plus.google.com/113055770163061121890/posts/jYRxedAB... A repost by Romain Guy about an open source live wallpaper for Android that shows works of art: https://plus.google.com/109538161516040592207/posts/1zueVNE8zMS https://plus.google.com/109538161516040592207/posts/1zueVNE8... A post from the EFF on the history of surveillance and the Black community: https://plus.google.com/113175636916099066477/posts/ZUoVA3u5R7W https://plus.google.com/113175636916099066477/posts/ZUoVA3u5... There's quite some noise around those posts of course, but far less than on Twitter, and the pictures make it easier for me to sift through it. I'm not a fan of social networks but I like to check my G+ stream now and then when I'm bored on the computer. I definitely don't use it as a Facebook replacement (which I don't really use at all actually...).