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• Marry, Shag or Cliff? Politics and corruption edition

  By tigtog on 2012-10-26 • ( 26 )

  

  Remember the rules? It’s been a while: you must choose one of each of the three candidates to match each fate. No skipping any.

  Or you could just talk about your favourite television dramas, since this is just a hook to hang some pop culture on.

• Lazy vicious marginalisation from Vagenda at New Statesman

  By tigtog on 2012-10-24 • ( 4 )

  

  My feminism will be intersectional or it will be bullshit.
  ~ Flavia Dzodan, on Tiger Beatdown 2011/10/10

  Are you noting a distinct lack of attribution there from Vagenda, for an ‘oft-quoted phrase’ which is easily googled as to its source?

  As if that wasn’t bad enough, here’s what happened next:

• Whimsy: Halloween house lights Gangnam style

  By tigtog on 2012-10-24 • ( 8 )

  

  Halloween house lights are a thing? Who knew? Please share anything that has recently surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you: think of these threads as a brain-bleach repository.

• Media Circus: fewer horses and bayonets edition

  By tigtog on 2012-10-23 • ( 34 )

  

  I just had to use that in a post somewhere! What’s piqued your media interests lately?

• Quicklink: how to respond when you see some sexism happening

  By tigtog on 2012-10-23 • ( 5 )

  

  NWN wants suggestions for more responses and more incidents requiring responses in comments – go for it!

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By tigtog on 2012-10-20 • ( 23 )

  These cute baby river otters are from SeaWorld in San Diego. Zooborns reckons they are kissing, I reckon they’re sharing secrets!

  Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.

• Privacy, anonymity, pseudonymity, outing, accountability: where are the boundaries?

  By tigtog on 2012-10-19 • ( 12 )

  

  There are competing ethical imperatives, and there’s a balance to be found. It is basic courtesy to respect a pseudonym or some in-confidence knowledge about a person generally, but should that expected courtesy take precedence over the protection of other people from harm which could be avoided if they knew what you know?

• Friday Hoyden: Ada Lovelace Day roundup

  By tigtog on 2012-10-19 • ( 4 )

  

  It was Ada Lovelace Day on Tuesday this week, celebrating women’s achievements in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) fields. There’s lots of excellent weekend reading. Did you go to any Ada Lovelace Day events this year? Tell us about it if you did.

• Blog comments problem

  By tigtog on 2012-10-18 • ( 6 )

  

  If you’ve been having problems leaving a comment recently, please try again on this post.

• Only in Newtown?

  By tigtog on 2012-10-18 • ( 4 )

  

  Mohawk Snake Guy. On a skateboard. Moving too fast for me to get my camera out in time.