Today’s otter is having a scritch in the sunlight at the London Zoo. Snapped by Esther Simpson.
Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.
Year: 2011
Ozblogistan outage
There arewere tech problems occurring in California, apparently. Investigations are occurring, but a whole swathe of oz-blogs are currently unavailable back online.
Who’s using Dribbble?
Anybody? It looks very interesting, but I’m hesitant to sign up for yet another thing without knowing how other people are finding it usability-wise etc.
A Prize of One’s Own
A group of Australian women writers and publishers are working to set up an equivalent of the Orange prize in their country, to combat what they describe as “the systemic exclusion of women writers over several decades” from the country’s major literary awards.
Quick Hit: Today in ‘equality’
Her refusal to cheer for him in basketball games led to her being thrown off the team, and she then sought to sue her school (specifically for infringing her freedom of speech).
Advice please: dealing with NSW Dept of Education re a student with disabilities
How the fuck can I help this rather lovely young person get the best out of hir education when the existing systems seem to be letting hir down?
Femmostroppo Reader May 5, 2011
Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.
Oh Noes, we missed Star Wars Day
Because who doesn’t love a truly horrible pun?
Systemic Imbalance and Marginalised Voices: Feminism FOR REAL
This anthology was launched in March, but in a fine example of its major theme regarding whose voices get sidelined in the feminism movement, most of the femosphere appears to not have heard of it until it was centred in a blogstorm this week.
WTF, Harper Collins? Limited Checkouts on eBooks for Libraries?
Tell HarperCollins: Limited Checkouts on eBooks is Wrong for Libraries
Hoyden About Town 