This is the name of a book at my local library, and it is indeed what its title suggests – a book of parlour games to be played by families. Everytime I see it I am always disappointed because it’s… Read More ›
Year: 2010
Quote of the Day: institutions vs amateur critics
What the internet means for the old-fashioned print critic is the end of institutional authority. That so many of these critics mistake institutional authority for critical authority says everything you need to know.
Femmostroppo Reader – September 14, 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.
Gillard ministry reshuffle and readjustments
It certainly looks like something else was on their mind beyond just filling portfolios according to factional balances and policy goals, given yesterday’s gaffes regarding the omission of the Ministries for the Status of Women and Indigenous Health.
Newspoll: new election would mean another hung parliament
So is it at all possible that all the frenzied yammering from the “we wuz robbed” CLN diehards about the desperate need for a new election ASAP might just STFU for a while now?
Owl! in a hat!
This cheered me up. I have no idea of the backstory,
Retention of rural healthworkers needs more than increased funds
Fascinating post from Croakey: Globally, about one half of the population lives in rural areas, but less than 38 per cent of the nurses and less than 25 per cent of the physicians work there. The WHO has just released some global recommendations…
One Line: responses to the Gillard minority government
Single sentences that struck me forcefully over the last few days –
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Quicklink: OKCupid’s ‘statistical distinctness’ analysis
“We selected 526,000 OkCupid users at random and divided them into groups by their (self-stated) race. We then took all these people’s profile essays (280 million words in total!) and isolated the words and phrases that made each racial group’s essays statistically distinct from the others’.”
Endangered Sunday: North American Bumble Bee
I’ve never seen a Bumble Bee in nature. I’ve seen plenty of imported European honey bees (some of them in the wild), and plenty of Australian native bees (which are mostly solitary, so no hives for them – our few social species are stingless, which is nice).
But we don’t have Bumble Bees here, so I’ve missed out…
Hoyden About Town 