If you follow me on Twitter, you may have already seen these items of interest encountered recently in my feed-reader or via twitter (please consider following some of the bloggers/tweeters). What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links or pithy observations in comments. Shameless self-promotion entirely welcome!
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#media yet again conceals newsworthy government secrets | Glenn Greenwald http://gu.com/p/3dj4n/tw via@guardian#secrecy#journalism -
want a laugh? look at this. now. http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattbellassai/50-most-wtf-animal-pics-of-the-year-6z51 …
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This can’t be said enough. Why we should be suspicious of politicians campaigning on cost of living. From
@BernardKeane http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/07/the-strange-case-of-the-national-delusion-on-cost-of-living/ … -
Love this interview with
@bobbyllew from@Maynardcomau Top notch! http://skepticzone.libsyn.com/-the-skeptic-zone-224-3-feb-2013 … -
Megan and Grace Phelps Leave Westboro http://bit.ly/WQgoSK (on Skepchick)
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jemima kahn on how julian assange alienated his allies (long but worth the read) http://bit.ly/11KVbxi (just follow
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#NOTBUYINGIT: The Problem Is Far Bigger Than Audi’s#BraveryWins http://bit.ly/11JJPos (on Tiger Beatdown) -
Really interesting research on similarities/differences with spread of folk tales and gene exchange: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=genes-mix-faster-than-folk-tales …
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Eastern quolls officially extinct on Australian mainland http://bit.ly/11pd1Xo adorable little carnivores are also known as marsupial cats
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Terrifying evacuation on Manus. Asylum seekers believed they were going to die. I’ve posted their message on my blog. http://www.wendybacon.com/2013/who-is-responsible-for-asylum-seekers-on-manus-terrifying-evacuation/ …
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Ireland says sorry to the 10,000 ‘women slaves’ of its Catholic workhouses who were locked up and… http://bit.ly/11o6Ti1 via
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Site plagiarizes blog posts, then files DMCA takedown on originals http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/02/site-plagiarizes-blog-posts-then-files-dmca-takedown-on-originals/ …
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#Kiva Microfinance: changing the world one step at a time http://ow.ly/hdl2s#empower#poverty -
Proud that all six Muslim Labour MPs voted for equal marriage today, dispelling the Daily Mail myth that we’re all intolerant extremists.
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Excellent, thoughtful piece by
@alicearnold1 on same sex marriage: “If I win the lottery you do not become poorer” http://soc.li/StuLl3f -
All this talk about restaurant work has reminded me how much I need to read Dorothy Sue Cobble on waitresses unions: http://www.amazon.com/Dishing-Out-Waitresses-Twentieth-American/dp/0252061861 …
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When politicians worry more about pleasing certain industries than about serving the people who elect them… http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/the-four-industries-that-rule-australia-20130205-2dwew.html …
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Emotional Labour – The enforced happiness of Pret A Manger – Timothy Noah http://on.tnr.com/WP0k0w
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No, that waitress isn’t flirting with you. http://bit.ly/12qSKzR
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Picture desk live: the best news pictures of the day, including a facial reconstruction of
#RichardIII http://gu.com/p/3dhgy/tw -
UK 2013. Police shut down contractor supplying care to pensioner.Noone thinks to bring food. She dies. .http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/topstories/10206396.Pensioner_dies_after_being_left_to_starve_for_nine_days/ … …
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When people say ‘if gays can marry, could a man then marry his horse?’ I always silently add ‘asking for a friend’ to the question.
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Investigative Journalist Claims Her Public Tweets Aren’t ‘Publishable;’ Threatens To Sue Blogger Who Does http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130203/18510621869/investigative-journalist-claims-her-public-tweets-arent-publishable-threatens-to-sue-blogger-who-does-exactly-that.shtml …
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International Wheelchair Rugby Qualifiers kick off in Ireland this week http://ow.ly/hqcf0
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Win an arts grant, lose your single parenting payment http://newmatilda.com/2013/02/05/arts-grant-or-welfare …
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Baillieu sues
@AEUvictoria in a bid to make job security for teachers illegal: http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/state-takes-action-against-teachers-20130204-2dujd.html … (via@robcorr) -
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@COPMIorg: Kids & teens: A message from other young people when you have a parent with#mentalillness http://bit.ly/11DGMCY -
For all the talk of “humorless feminists,” no one, anywhere, ever, is more humorless than a macho guy when gender norms are threatened.
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Today BoM released Special Climate Statement on the recent extreme rainfall and flooding in QLD and NSW http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/statements/scs44.pdf …
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Huh: Kids today have a richer notion of pop culture because so much more of it is available to them: http://ow.ly/hpzRH
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The full cast of
@nbcCommunity drawn as characters from Star Trek: TNG. Because obviously. http://red3blog.tumblr.com/post/42318896899/community-recast-as-star-trek-the-next
PW Dorling ?
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andie ?
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She Inspires ?
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Brian Stuart ?Other people’s linkfests:
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- bluebec’s linkspams
- Geek Feminism Linkspams
- Limited News weekly Long Reads collation
- Feminaust does a Weekly RoundUp
- The Early Bird Catches The Worm does regular On The Net linkdumps and weekly On (The Rest of) The Net RoundUps.
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- Muslimah Media Watch: Friday Links
- Melissa’s Blogarounds at Shakesville
- Feministing‘s What We Missed linkfest and Weekly Feminist Reader
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