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Month: September 2011
Saudi women can now vote (still can’t drive)
King Abdullah said his decision came because “we refuse marginalising women’s role in the Saudi society in all fields” and followed “consultations with several scholars”.
Secular Sermon Quicklink: Getting Rich Is a Group Effort
Taxpayer-funded infrastructure and services are essential to the social stability that allows entrepreneurism to flourish. Try doing it without a robust law and order system which protects one’s individual rights under contract!
Hoydens About Town Hall
Mim, her daughter, her mother, and I spent a very, very, very long afternoon filming a new ad advocating same-sex marriage with Australian Marriage Equality and GetUp!. Let me tell you all about it. The organisers had kept the specifics… Read More ›
“Life in paradise. Death in custody”.
I recently read Chloe Hooper’s The Tall Man, upon which this documentary is based and it’s a terrific read. (You can get a taste of it here). Kinda like Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood in terms of genre, but a… Read More ›
Otterday! And Open Thread. Now with bonus CAKE!
I don’t know quite what we’re celebrating, but today we have bonus CAKE! With otter decoration. Own up! Which Hoydenizen’s having a birthday this week? This photo comes courtesy of Shindigs Girl 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? […] Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?
I ♥ axial tilt and elliptical orbits
Because without them we wouldn’t have seasons. Happy September equinox, all.
ObFacebookTickerLoathing: all that screenspace just for the boring stuff?
To me, this doesn’t sound like a problem that needs solving. If Facebook users aren’t sharing stuff because they worry it will bore their friends, good! Thank you, people of Facebook, for your restraint in choosing not to bore me.
But Zuckerberg couldn’t let this undersharing stand.
Just as the planking bandwagon
Just when you thought planking was finished.
Thursday Cheezburger – Pirates
Today’s theme is Pirates.
Hoyden About Town 