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• Obligatory Obama acclamation & McCain Veep selection thread

  By tigtog on 2008-08-30 • ( 33 )

  Bene mentioned last night a desire for some commentary on the cynically timed announcement of McCain’s running partner as Sarah Palin, so here goes: here’s a short bit from the LA Times, who sums her up as a risky choice… Read More ›

• Advice to bloggers: use a webmail account for those off-blog interactions

  By tigtog on 2008-08-29 • ( 30 )

  Because if you use your primary email account, one where your user id might contain your full name and perhaps other identifying details in your sign-off block, you might be setting yourself up for cyberstalking woes. There are weird folks… Read More ›

• Compare and contrast: UK sex education edition

  By tigtog on 2008-08-29 • ( 13 )

  The Guardian: Teach primary school pupils about sex, say MPs • Put sex in its proper context, says letter signed by charities • Call to start teaching social and emotional aspects early Primary school children should have compulsory sex education… Read More ›

• Whoydensday: hey, who turned out the lights?

  By tigtog on 2008-08-27 • ( 23 )

  THIS THREAD CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR SEASON 4 EPISODE SILENCE IN THE LIBRARY. PLEASE NO SPOILERS FOR FUTURE EPISODES ON THIS THREAD. Well, the spoiler warning simply had to be done properly for this one, didn’t it? Wait until next week,

• Go and read: feminism and families

  By tigtog on 2008-08-27 • ( 5 )

  I’ve been too busy this week to do much participating at LP, but Kim has just written an absolute cracker of a post: Feminism good for families Check it out (and let’s get it nominated for the Down Under Feminists… Read More ›

• If anything suddenly looks different

  By tigtog on 2008-08-26 • ( 13 )

  that’s because I’m tweaking CommentLuv and a couple of other plug-ins which aren’t working as efficiently as would be ideal. Let me know if you see anything odd. Update: OK, we have one commentor who’s having trouble getting out of… Read More ›

• Virtual travelling

  By tigtog on 2008-08-26 • ( 4 )

  Candy colored Portobello Road (365/145), originally uploaded by jennipenni I love these colours, and can imagine how cheering they would be on a grey day. It reminds me a little of the La Boca district of Buenos Aires, except the… Read More ›

• Wringing every last drop out of that coverage

  By tigtog on 2008-08-26 • ( 5 )

  What a joke. Channel 7 currently is showing footage of a plane taxi-ing on a runway as its Breaking News. And cutting away to a woman in the terminal who has baked some muffins to give to her sister when… Read More ›

• MIA: long post in the works

  By tigtog on 2008-08-25 • ( 27 )

  I’ve got a lot of reading and writing to do for a long post coming up, that I will post both here and over at Feminism 101, on Rape Myth Acceptance and negative attitudes towards victims of sexual violence, in… Read More ›

• Practical aid for remote indigenous communities: subsidise freight charges for fresh food, for a start?

  By tigtog on 2008-08-25 • ( 15 )

  Some focus in the SMH today on the high cost of fresh food in remote communities, where in at least one community in WA, Mulan, so high are the basic living costs that many simply go hungry for a couple… Read More ›