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• New Mars rover Curiosity landing today

  By tigtog on 2012-08-06 • ( 6 )

  

  Today the Mars Science Laboratory mission finds out whether they made all the calculations correctly as the delivery vehicle targets Gale Crater for Curiosity’s landing. Landing should be at 15:31 AEST.

• Terminology 101: ‘females’ vs ‘women’

  By tigtog on 2012-08-06 • ( 32 )

  

  Females :: many species. Women :: one species. Female humans :: one species.
  This post has been brought to you courtesy of disingenuous arguments taking place elsewhere.

• Thank you Lara Giddings

  By tigtog on 2012-08-06 • ( 3 )

  

  …and the MPs of Tasmania who are willing to vote for marriage equality.

• Friday Fluff: eaglets!

  By tigtog on 2012-08-03 • ( 2 )

  Found nesting on top of a monopole (cell phone tower), the baby eagles are to be left and allowed to leave the nest naturally.

• The Drawbacks Of A Healthy Eating Internet Education

  By tigtog on 2012-08-03 • ( 11 )

  

  I know you. We have a lot in common. You have been doing some reading and now you are pretty sure everything in the grocery store and your kitchen cupboards is going to kill you.

• Whovian Squee: trailer for upcoming season

  By tigtog on 2012-08-02 • ( 7 )

  

  Beware casting spoilers, if those bother you.

• De Botton on sex – even odder than you might have expected

  By tigtog on 2012-08-01 • ( 6 )

  

  Apparently Alain de Botton knows exactly how everybody feels about sex (just like he does! how convenient!) while being blithely unaware of the sheer TMI factor. This review of his latest book How To Think More About Sex at sexandthe405.com is long, comprehensive and unfavourable.

• Media Circus: the plot sickens

  By tigtog on 2012-07-31 • ( 5 )

  

  As usual, please use this thread to throw your brickbats at egregious spin tactics and churnalism, but don’t forget to throw the odd bouquet when it’s deserved as well.

• Pushback Awesome: another community having the anti-harassment policy debate

  By tigtog on 2012-07-30 • ( 19 )

  

  This time it’s the science fiction writing community undergoing Deep Rifts over a disputed implementation of an existing anti-harassment policy at Readercon following a verified harassment incident, complete with yet another round of but-we-don’t-need-no-stinkin-policy-anyway backlash. [nb: updates 1 & 2]

• Disability funding: shirking the NDIS is a disgrace

  By tigtog on 2012-07-30 • ( 1 )

  

  Eleanor Gibbs has a cracker of an article in New Matilda on the national disgrace that is the continuing roadblocks to the National Disability Insurance Scheme: