Bless: they’re still confused about weather vs climate
Not one of them seems to realise that the only thing that has ever stopped the UK (and other nations around the North Atlantic) from having the same winters as Moscow (at a similar latitude) is the twin effects of the oceanic Gulf Stream (North Atlantic Conveyor) and the atmospheric Jet Stream over Europe
Full Story »Feminism to Blame (Again!)
Does Prof Baskerville give us any stats for how many men in the prisons are there for rape, DV or skipping child support compared to other crimes? No, indeed he does not.
Full Story »The 20th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!
The Twentieth Edition (20! Can you believe it?) of the Down Under Feminists Carnival is up at Pharaoh Katt’s place, Something More Than Sides. Check it out now. There’s a focus on feminism and child care, with plenty of other reading as well! The Twenty-First Carnival, covering posts from January, will be hosted by Rayedish [...]
Full Story »QOTD: Andrew Bartlett #nocleanfeed
The government’s compulsory internet filter will not make the internet any safer for children to use unsupervised, nor will it make police detection of users of illegal content any easier.
Full Story »Otterday! And Open Thread.
Today’s otter comes courtesy of Donald Clark on flickr. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Reading a great book? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? What have you [...]
Full Story »Femmostroppo Reader – January 8, 2010
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. OMG! VF discovers "tweethearts"! – “There’s something kind of cute about watching the withering old media shake its fists in the air, railing at social media to get offa its lawn” [...]
Full Story »Thursday Cheezburger: Lunchtime
Today’s High School Class series LOLCats represent… Lunchtime! Post your own favourite Lunchtime macros here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear. Please post a link to a FULL webpage, rather than a direct link to an image only – that is, no URLs with .jpg, .png, .gif (etc) on the end. [...]
Full Story »Femmostroppo Reader – January 6, 2010
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Perpetrator Friendly Sexual Violence Prevention: Part 2 – “The flaws in this worldview are easy to spot once this worldview isn’t blindly accepted as the way the world works. Let’s apply [...]
Full Story »Heidi Fleiss: “Thank God for abortions!”
Who knew Celebrity Big Brother UK would get so interesting so quickly? Day two, and they’re still making awkward small talk (everything relaxes on day three, when they start having farting competitions). They’ve done the usual thing of stacking the house with people they think will be incompatible: a cage fighter, a football player, the [...]
Full Story »Sunday Silliness: Doctor Who doesn’t mind the Buzzcocks
In the week before Christmas, the BBC broadcast a special Doctor Who version of their music quiz show Never Mind The Buzzcocks (from whose format our Oz ABC show Spicks and Specks is derived). Sadly, not even UKTV on cable shows Buzzcocks, so we just don’t get it here.
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