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  • Otterday! and Open Thread

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    Lauredhel has had a difficult week spoonwise, so I’m supplying this week’s otter. This river otter on ice comes from a gallery on BBC Online, and is taken by Jack Clegg of Exmoor Photography. There’s some interesting notes on the… Read More ›

  • SF Saturday: recommendations for a teen boy?

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    My son is currently absolutely fascinated by the idea of space propulsion systems and orbital habitats. He has just possibly been playing too much Halo. He’s full of questions and schemes for writing his own stories/future world. He’s got to… Read More ›

  • Femmostroppo Reader – June 6, 2009

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    Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Homeopathy kills – “The reality is that the antivaxxers’ work will result in babies dying. The reality is that belief… Read More ›

  • A quick question

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    There’s a lot of finger-pointing in the anti-vaccine movement about how any doctors or scientists who accept the scientific consensus that vaccines are the single most effective life-prolonging medical innovation in human history are just greedy, greedy Big Pharma shills… Read More ›

  • What “Elective Surgery” really means

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    And yes, Virginia, this does apply to abortion surgery as well. I’ve noticed an uptick in the number of people arguing that women having therapeutic late-term abortions don’t really have good medical reasons because the surgeries are classified as elective… Read More ›

  • Femmostroppo Reader – June 5, 2009

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    Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Man Allegedly Rapes Girlfriend Live on Webcam – Trigger warning: highly disturbing (title unknown) – From Hullabaloo, who still haven’t… Read More ›

  • Femmostroppo Reader – June 4, 2009

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    Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. China's kidnapped baby brides – “I have three sickening words for you: Baby bride trafficking.” Protecting abortion providers – “She… Read More ›

  • Femmostroppo Reader – June 3, 2009

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    Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Sotomayor: Actual Facts! – “As more or less everyone has already noted, a lot of people have been claiming that… Read More ›

  • Something blue from a Biggest Morning Tea

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    I had the chance to remind myself of the charm of Emily’s work because I went along to a morning tea fundraiser for the Cancer Council at my second cousin’s home, which was a very pleasant few hours that flew by while drinking tea and noshing cakes with other women, and indeed went so well that we are probably going to form a book group of some sort. The Cancer Council’s target for their Biggest Morning Tea fundraiser is $11,000,000 and so far they’ve raised less than $1 million for their 2009 drive, but there’s the whole month of June to go.

  • Thought for the day from Feynman

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    I was just reminded of this and am about to add it to the HAT quote file: “I can live with doubts and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it’s more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers… Read More ›