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• Wild claims Hysteria Enthusiastic commentary on internet censorship: Ludlam in Senate Estimates

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-23 • ( 10 )

  [edited 24/25/27 Oct 2008 to update Further Reading list and keep the links roundup up to date.] Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has been trying to extract information on the new internet filtering plans in Senate Estimates committee. Here’s the transcript,… Read More ›

• How about some truth in advertising, Australian Tourist Bureau?

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-23 • ( 15 )

  From ninemsn via wtf_nature, this bird-eating spider. The photos are alleged to have been captured in a backyard in Atherton, in north Queensland (inland from Cairns). The spider: a Golden Orb Weaver. The bird: a native finch called a Chestnut–breasted… Read More ›

• Kidlit report: Never Tease a Weasel, and Danny the Champion of the World

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-23 • ( 11 )

  Among the giant pile of books we currently have checked out of the library are these two, both of which are skating close to five stars for me. This is a terrific picture book. Never Tease a Weasel, by Jean… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-23 • ( 7 )

  Close runner-up: “Teehee“

• Plucked from the wire: blogs are dead, dancing boobies, detention debt, NSW health, and Oz net use

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-22 • ( 16 )

  Blogging is dead, long live multimedia-sharing and Twitter Wired says blogs are dead. Blah blah linkbait, blah blah everyone’s on Twitter these days, blah blah. Read it if you can be bothered. Most amusing moment: the author complains that blogs… Read More ›

• Reclaim The Night, 30 October (and thereabouts)

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-22 • ( 6 )

  I was just reading the comments on this Shakesville thread, “Feminism 101“, when a press release for Reclaim the Night, from the Cross Campus Womyns Network in Melbourne, dropped into my inbox. The Shakes thread opens: The Right To Go… Read More ›

• I shall wear purple

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-21 • ( 14 )

  I have grey hair! Last time I went for a haircut, I had about two grey hairs on the right temple. Now I’m quite distinctly going salt ‘n’ pepper at the temples, if you look closely. I have half a… Read More ›

• Linkfest: from steampunk to flamingos

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-21 • ( 10 )

  Check out Sophie’s Steampunk Suffragette costume, now at the Hoydens About! flickr pool. She wore this for the Wasteland Steampunk convention. ~~~~ I’ve a guest post up at Shakesville, reprising the Monica Dux saga and responding to her article which… Read More ›

• John McCain: Sarah Palin a direct counterpoint to feminism

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-20 • ( 10 )

  OK, so can we stop talking about how feminism and feminists should rally behind Sarah Palin now? John McCain, answering “Hasn’t Governor Palin become a drag on your ticket?”: “As a cold, political calculation, I could not be more pleased…. Read More ›

• Otterday, and open thread

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-18 • ( 34 )

  This fellow looks just pooped out. [I grabbed this a while back and forgot to note where it was from – does anybody know?] Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there… Read More ›