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  • Lenticular clouds

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    I just heard on the radio that weather conditions in Sydney today are such that there’s a high probability of a lenticular cloud forming over the city late this afternoon, as the day cools. If it does, it will likely… Read More ›

  • 10,000

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    Sometime in the next week this incarnation of Hoyden About Town will see its 10,000th comment since moving here from blogspot in September 2006. (Those interested can see the number of a comment by hovering their mouse over the datestamp… Read More ›

  • Yes and No

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    This post has been hanging around as a draft since February, because I wasn’t quite happy with it. Lindsay’s recent post (and my response), on how misusing “moderate” to describe faith positions which don’t preach intolerance imputes that the intolerant… Read More ›

  • Feminism – an ethic or a subculture?

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    This post is text yanked from the previous post, because the beginning and the end of the post were just a really, really bad match, and I think the feminist material deserved its own post. So if you’ve already read… Read More ›

  • Web 2.0 wibbling: tigtog’s recommended reads to your RSS reader (plus feminism and subculture)

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    People sure are coming up with lots of widgets and ways to “share” more and more material with others on the web. As if the interwebs aren’t already a far too effective tool for procrastination! Anyway, I now have a… Read More ›

  • “Moderate” language

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    Image Credit: Karen Wehrstein, Gliese 581c, uploaded by Phil Plait The picture has nothing to do with the subject of the post, it’s just v. cool (follow the link). Lindsay Bernstein, of Majikthise, has a post up talking of the… Read More ›

  • Take Back the Blog

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    Take Back the Blog was a blogswarm aimed at encouraging discussion of the rights of women to full participation in online discussions. Check out the collection of posts at Crablaw’s place. Lauredhel put up a belated post addressing the way… Read More ›

  • How to win your local audiophile pissing contest

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    Buy a pair of monobloc class-A valve amplifiers and matching pre-amp for your iPod. Watch them writhe. Or possibly confess that they can’t actually hear any difference.

  • It’s only hurting women

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    Austin, TX. Shorter World Media: For some reason, terrorism doesn’t count if it’s directed against women and their health care providers. From zuzu.

  • Friday Fluffy and blogrolling

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    My son is officially addicted to I Can Has Cheezburger?, with all those cats-with-slogans postcards that are now generically known as lolcats. He keeps sending me his favourites, which do make me laugh, and is now beginning to ask for… Read More ›