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  • Spent day with camera (and partner)

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    Thus no blogging. We walked around the Sculpture by the Sea track, and then went to some ponds covered in waterlilies. I’ll get those shots up on Flickr tomorrow, once I’ve sorted through the best. (Addit: OK, I’ve started putting… Read More ›

  • Wednesday Wow: aerial

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    So many shots taken from plane windows are rather pedestrian, but the mountains silhouettes against the sunrays and the clouds make this one pretty spectacular.

  • Pass it on

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    The GetUp! Save Our Senate 3-party ad is now on YouTube. The funding for free-to-air broadcast is limited, so the more people who see it the better.

  • Debunking differences

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    Get your Gender Essentialist bingo cards ready, but this time so that we can cross off various myths being vigorously debunked. First the headline and teaser: The difference myth We shouldn’t believe the increasingly popular claims that boys and girls… Read More ›

  • Born to be aloud?

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    Image Source: screen capture from this news story Obviously not! Only the quiet gays should adopt children! My descent into spelling snark here is a form of deflection, I guess, from pondering sadly just how much Rudd is going to… Read More ›

  • Gratuitous David Tennant Blogging

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    Drawing by jennicat5 based on a publicity photo Because, well, why the hell not?

  • A Senate preference deal to celebrate

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    In Queensland, the Australian Greens and the Australian Democrats have agreed to a preference swap deal, to maximise the chance that at least one non-major Senate candidate will win a seat. I’m so glad to hear this. Good on Andrew… Read More ›

  • Busy day yesterday

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    Lots of things going on, panicking clients and minor domestic urgencies not least of all, but at least I got a walk in Centennial Park and some photos even if I didn’t get any writing done. He didn’t want to… Read More ›

  • Scorn as Art

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    I posted recently about the art of crafting political invective, in finding just the right term to throw at a political adversary to sink them in the public estimation, and how it’s an art that’s largely gone down hill in… Read More ›

  • And we think we’ve got healthcare problems?

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    Read La Lubu’s fabulous post at Feministe on her experiences navigating the healthcare maze in the US.