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• “Firewalls Under Fire”: Mark Newton talks internet censorship on Today show

  By lauredhel on 2008-11-15 • ( 3 )

  Karl Stefanovic interviewed internet service provision expert and outspoken censorship critic Mark Newton on yesterday’s Today Show. Click on the eye image to see video. ~~~ Transcript: Karl Stefanovic: [Australia?]’s plan for a new internet filter has been widely criticised… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread

  By lauredhel on 2008-11-15 • ( 8 )

  Today’s otters are courtesy of Cute Otters. These Asian Short Clawed triplets were born at the Chessington Zoo to parents Guinevere and Lancelot. *iz ded* Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is… Read More ›

• Internet Censorship on MMM’s Spoonman Part Three: Matthew Black and Adam Darbyshire

  By lauredhel on 2008-11-14 • ( 5 )

  This is part three of a transcription of MMM’s Spoonman show on internet censorship, which aired 13 November 2008. You can download the podcast here. Previous parts: Part One, an interview with EFA Chair Dale Clapperton. Part two, an interview… Read More ›

• Internet Censorship on MMM’s Spoonman Part Two: with Iinet’s Steve Dalby

  By lauredhel on 2008-11-14 • ( 6 )

  This is part two of a transcription of MMM’s Spoonman show on internet censorship, which aired 13 November 2008. You can download the podcast here, and Part One, an interview with EFA Chair Dale Clapperton, is transcribed here. Here’s part… Read More ›

• Internet Censorship on MMM’s Spoonman Part One: with EFA’s Dale Clapperton

  By lauredhel on 2008-11-14 • ( 7 )

  The Spoonman on MMM last night hosted a discussion of Conroy & Rudd’s internet censorship plans. You can download the podcast here. Here’s a transcript of the first part of the show, with EFA Chair Dale Clapperton. (errors are mine,… Read More ›

• Quick hit: Second Shift for the Sick

  By lauredhel on 2008-11-13 • ( 21 )

  Amandaw has a superb post up at Three Rivers Blog: Second Shift for the Sick. She describes the energy and time requirements for someone who is sick or has a disability, in terms of what it takes to keep an… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger

  By lauredhel on 2008-11-13 • ( 7 )

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• Salma Hayek “still” breastfeeding – world can’t decide whether to jerk off or prosecute

  By lauredhel on 2008-11-12 • ( 156 )

  This is a montage of images from hyperventilating stories about Salma Hayek “Still”! Breastfeeding! At! 13! Months! The world has burst into a babblefest of gossip about how bizarre this is. There has been an outpouring of shock and disdain,… Read More ›

• Internet censorship in Senate Question Time today

  By lauredhel on 2008-11-11 • ( 34 )

  Greens Senator Scott Ludlam writes: In the Senate question time at about 2:30PM Eastern Summer Time today I plan on asking Communications Minister Stephen Conroy about his project for mandatory internet censorship, the so-called ‘clean feed’ which you’ve written to… Read More ›

• People with disabilities not quite yet people. Trifecta edition.

  By lauredhel on 2008-11-09 • ( 10 )

  Further to the story on a doctor working in rural Victoria denied residency because he has a son with Down Syndrome, CBC News Canada has reported that a critical care doctor’s residency status has been up in the air because… Read More ›