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• Whoydensday: Matt Smith at Glastonbury Festival

  By tigtog on 2010-06-30 • ( 5 )

  Matt Smith thrilled fans at Glastonbury just by turning up on stage to introduce cult electronic dance duo Orbital, and then …

• Cyberstalking: throw the book at him

  By tigtog on 2010-06-29 • ( 6 )

  I definitely approve of a high-profile case which should clarify the public understanding of the range of behaviours that qualify as stalking.

• Quickhit: Senate Committee grills Scientologists

  By tigtog on 2010-06-29 • ( 1 )

  A Senate Committee is currently examining the tax-exempt charity status of Scientology in reference to a private member’s bill brought by Senator Nick Xenophon (Ind., SA) which seeks a “tax-law amendment that would require religious and charitable organisations to meet a public benefit test”.

• Gillard supports carbon tax and a sustainable Australia

  By tigtog on 2010-06-27 • ( 19 )

  “I believe in climate change. I believe it’s caused by human activity and I believe we have an obligation to act,” she said.

• Endangered Sunday: Sea turtles in the Gulf oil spill

  By tigtog on 2010-06-27 • ( 3 )

  A BOAT captain working to rescue sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico said he saw BP ships burning sea turtles and other wildlife alive.

• #Spillard Reader – June 26, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-06-26 • ( 4 )

  {Addendum: Just realised this is my 2000th post on HaT}

• Team Hoyden for Dry July?

  By tigtog on 2010-06-26 • ( 26 )

  Dry July’s mission is to directly benefit adult cancer patients with real and tangible change.

• Quickhit: Mental clinic bans patient from nursing

  By tigtog on 2010-06-26 • ( 5 )

  THE enrolled nurse Alistair Colgrave was driving home after his first shift at a psychiatric unit on the north shore when he received a call from his boss telling him not to return.

• Otterday! And Open Thread

  By tigtog on 2010-06-26 • ( 17 )

  Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.

• I have a nit to pick

  By tigtog on 2010-06-25 • ( 16 )

  This is the painting by Van Gogh named La nuit étoilée [Starry Night] which hangs in the permanent collection of the Musée d’Orsay