Apologies for my long linkfest hiatus, and now back to your normal programming! Items of interest I’ve recently tweeted. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments. Shameless self-promotion entirely welcome!
Month: September 2012
Doctor Who: S7 Ep2 – Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
Now I want a t-shirt that says “Move Away From The Pterodactyls”
Otterday! And Open Thread.
Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Books? News stories? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?
Quote of the week: Clinton’s speech was so good…
that Republican strategists are demanding to see his birth certificate too.
A thread for discussing the USA election campaigns.
Whimsy: teeny-weeny echidnas
For Mary. Please share links to anything that has recently surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you: think of these threads as a brain-bleach repository.
The 52nd Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!
All the details on the latest edition, and how to submit to the next one!
The thing about intimidatory silencing tactics?
Sometimes they work out exactly as the malicious arseholes want them to, grinding people down until they feel the need to stop speaking out. But the technology that gives the bullies a megaphone to amplify their intimidation is a two-edged sword.
Because we fail to notice that we fail to notice
A poem by R.D. Laing
#dataretention is worthless #securitytheatre – how-to guides for Tor, VPN and https
To show how easy it is for any punk kid (or middle-aged feminist blogger) who just doesn’t want to play along with Roxon’s plans for an expanded surveillance culture, please do some googling on the search strings below.
Parking near intersections in NSW
10 metres, you irresponsible gits.
Yes, this is a crotchety rant while wearing my curmudgeon pants.