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• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2010-08-28 • ( 21 )

  Today’s Asian small-clawed otters are jumping for joy in anticipation of a meal. Via the L.A. Times. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything… Read More ›

• Rainbow Kittehs

  By lauredhel on 2010-08-26 • ( 7 )

  Post your own favourite rainbow-enabled cat macro here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear.

• Pap smears, fat-shaming, and the lithotomy trap

  By lauredhel on 2010-08-24 • ( 44 )

  [x-posted at FWD/Forward] So I’m sitting watching the evening news, and on comes a chap telling us women and girls that we oughtta go and get more Pap smears. Then on comes a woman to talk about how Pap screening… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Election-Free Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2010-08-21 • ( 12 )

  Anyone want to caption this little otter? Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires, except anything to do with the election —

• Barbara Moore’s book launch today in Melbourne: Cosmic Collisions and Falling Bodies

  By lauredhel on 2010-08-20

  With apologies for the late notice. Please also note that Barbara Moore’s book has now been published by MacMillan, and her sister will be receiving her Master’s degree this weekend. ~~~ Last Year we posted an obituary honouring the life… Read More ›

• Only in WA… on unequal pay

  By lauredhel on 2010-08-20 • ( 6 )

  Well, probably not only in WA. But sheesh, did my head ever hit the desk when I saw how the awful situation for women’s wages was somehow turned into “Those bitchez are getting it good” headline in The West: Wages… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger: Cyber Kitties

  By lauredhel on 2010-08-19 • ( 6 )

  Post your own favourite in-theme Cheez here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear.

• You want soundbites, Australia? Here, we gotcher soundbites right here.

  By lauredhel on 2010-08-17 • ( 8 )

  The Australian Election 2010 Infographic
  Some inconvenient facts to dispel right wing misinformation

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2010-08-14 • ( 27 )

  Today’s wee otter, via The Daily Squee, is enjoying its fishsicle. 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… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2010-08-07 • ( 23 )

  Today’s otters… have quills. And ickle cutesome noses. And teeny pink feet. And they’re not actually mustelids, as such. And… they’re hedgehogs. I couldn’t resist! Check these out! Via The Daily Squee. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.