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• Paging @BoganetteNZ to the light relief phone

  By tigtog on 2010-11-04 • ( 11 )

  I figured Boganette could do with a bit of light relief from her position as inadvertent heart of a Twitterstorm (That Shall Not Be Otherwise Mentioned In This Thread*, because then it wouldn’t be light relief at all).

• Femmostroppo Reader November 3, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-11-03 • ( 4 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed-reader. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments.

• Because an injured sex worker is just hilarious

  By tigtog on 2010-11-03 • ( 2 )

  UPDATE: OK, it looks like I misheard this one. The story wasn’t about a sex worker at all, it was about a public servant seeking worker’s compensation for an injury sustained during a sexual encounter at a work-related conference. This does put a different perspective on the joke and the reaction.

• Today in vile scumbaggery: just here to help

  By tigtog on 2010-11-02 • ( 3 )

  Newspaper publishes list of gay people to ‘help them live responsible lives’ Of course! Outing them is for their own good!

• Sobering thought for the day: how many earn $250K?

  By tigtog on 2010-11-02 • ( 2 )

  US$250,000 is an important number because this the income level where the about-to-expire Bush tax cuts (that have got the Tea Party so energised) kick in, and these are the tax cuts that many people say are motivating their intent to vote Republican at the mid-term elections that will be held today.

• Nurse practitioners not actually TEOTWAWKI* – yay!

  By tigtog on 2010-11-01 • ( 31 )

  The Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) says its research shows Australians were comfortable with the newly expanded role to be taken on by specially trained nurses.

• Femmostroppo Reader October 31, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-10-31 • ( 3 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed-reader. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments.

• How about a fillum on Tuesday instead of the fillies?

  By tigtog on 2010-10-29 • ( 6 )

  I’m thinking seriously of going to see Made in Dagenham while the rest of the nation is stopped by a race.

• Signal boost: Oh good, look what Apple’s endorsed

  By tigtog on 2010-10-29 • ( 7 )

  Call them, and please reblog. Make some noise.

• Femmostroppo Reader October 28, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-10-28 • ( 1 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed-reader. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments