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Femmostroppo Reader – July 17, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. PFAW on the litany of right wing fringe lies about hate crimes legislation – If the US rightwing get away… Read More ›
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Well, I’m glad someone was out with their camera last night
I was stuck in traffic without mine, enjoying this dramatic sunset but itching for a lens. The light was glorious.
The SMH put together a gallery of sunset shots around the beaches and the harbour, and it’s pretty cool:
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Friday Hoydens: hoydens and their blogs
NB: I don’t necessarily read these blogs, but they keep on popping up in my Google Alerts on “hoyden”, so I feel like I should make some sort of net-gesture? Check ’em out. the hoyden: musings from a loudmouth girl… Read More ›
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JackassOTD
Attorney’s Million Dollar Dare Comes Back to Haunt Him h/t Simon on a mailing list
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Happy Anniversary to the Apollo 11 mission
I remember the excitement of the television coverage of the launch, which we went to a neighbour’s house to watch as we didn’t yet have a TV. And then I remember our school putting a TV on the stage in… Read More ›
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Femmostroppo Reader – July 16, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Women, confidence and fear of male judgement – how do you react to stereotype threat? Sonia Sotomayor: Everything the Republicans… Read More ›
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Thursday Cheezburger: So Very, Very Sorry edition
see more Lolcats and funny pictures
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Femmostroppo Reader – July 15, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Women and Men – “So women were forced into underpaid pink collar professions like education and nursing. By men. And… Read More ›
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Take unpaid leave or lose your job
This appears to be a looming trend:
Bendigo Bank urges staff to take unpaid leave
The Bendigo Bank is asking its 5,000 staff to take up to 10 days unpaid leave in a bid to avoid job cuts.
It follows similar calls from some major international corporations, including British Airways.
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Watching Whales Watching Us
From the NYT: a heartbreakingly beautiful essay that combines lyrical descriptions of whales with sobering facts about how our oceanic noise pollution threatens them. And then, within moments, the mother was surfacing again off to our stern and doubling back… Read More ›
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