The video links below are oh so very Not Safe For Work. If you’ve got headphones the vision is safe, but if other people can hear the sound, definitely not. (Update: I’ve now added a partial transcript below) The origin… Read More ›
Month: September 2008
Well they would say that, wouldn’t they?
From ABC Online: A residents’ group that fought against a proposed Muslim school at Camden, in Sydney’s south-west, has denied its support for a proposed Catholic school demonstrates a double standard in the community. Apparently their main concern, they now… Read More ›
Palin’s priorities as mayor of Wasilla: raising taxes essential for a hockey rink, but funding rape evidence kits is too high a burden for the taxpayer
Our last Palin thread is getting a little long, so here’s another bit to chew on: via Bitch PhD: Back in 2000, Alaska’s then-governor, Tony Knowles, signed legislation protecting victims of sexual assault from being billed for tests to collect… Read More ›
Major science award for climate change pioneer
I’m astonished that there hasn’t been bloggy outrage from the Bolt-Marohasy camp as yet: Top science award goes to climate researcher Wallace Broecker Wallace S. Broecker, a geochemist whose seminal studies made him one of the earliest voices to warn… Read More ›
Virtual travelling
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Sunrise, originally uploaded by RebootYourComputer. Taken in Toronto, Canada. I’ve been on a few early morning… Read More ›
Ladies Handbook: ” The terrible results which follow the unlawful exercise of the reproductive function may be quite plainly pointed out…”
Another instalment in the Ladies’ Handbook series. The initial post is here. This instalment continues Chapter IV, “Sex Physiology and Hygiene“. Here you can see masturbation-aversion, awful advice on interfering with childrens’ genitals, the magical thinking of today’s abstinence-only education… Read More ›
“I think that’s why he gets himself into trouble!”: Rebecca Carmody on Troy Buswell’s “quip”
We’re still looking at a hung parliament at this stage over here in Western Australia, with National leader Brendon Grylls continuing to refuse to fall into line behind either of the major party leaders to form a coalition. But this… Read More ›
US Republican Party feud against UN conventions for the rights of women and children
Shakesville has a post up pointing to the official GOP policy platform site, http://www.gopplatform2008.com. The Republican Party platform includes the following: We strongly support the long-held policy of the Republican Party known as the “Mexico City policy,” which prohibits federal… Read More ›
SF Sunday: must read novels
I’ve only managed 5 on this list: The Twenty Science Fiction Novels that Will Change Your Life. I’ve particularly missed most of the ones less than 10 years old, except for Cryptonomicon. How about you lot? Plus: what would you… Read More ›
Linguistics question: Pluralising proper-noun exemplars?
I have a linguistics question for y’all. Plucked from the WA election commentary last night: “… electorates such as the Forrestfields, the Wanneroos, the Albanys…” (These three are some of the closest contests.) The obviously-singular proper nouns are turned into… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 