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• Next transit of Venus will be in 2117, so you might want to catch this one

  By tigtog on 2012-06-04 • ( 11 )

  Nicole at Skepchick has links for how and when for this week in 2012. The Local Transit Times page on the Transit of Venus website reckons that for Sydney the details are as follows:

• Media Circus: new polling lows, media asks why nobody likes either side?

  By tigtog on 2012-06-04 • ( 3 )

  

  Dear Media, it’s not them, it’s you.

• The “Skeptics Don’t Need No Stinking Anti-Harassment Policies” Saga continues

  By tigtog on 2012-06-03 • ( 43 )

  

  Rebecca Watson won’t be going to TAM this year, and I think she’s absolutely right to take this stand after DJ Grothe’s statements.

• Slump/Hiatus

  By tigtog on 2012-06-02 • ( 7 )

  Some of you may have noticed that I’ve not been posting as much as usual lately, and that for the last month I’ve been basically avoiding the Twitters. This is basically because of Real Life (TM) – specifically my health, other people’s health and the ever-growing to-do list.

• Signal Boost: How to run an accessible feminist event

  By tigtog on 2012-06-01 • ( 2 )

  

  From The F-Word Blog by Philippa Willitts – a comprehensive outline of common accessibility issues that ought to be considered by those running any social justice event.

• To Save Some Species, Zoos Must Let Others Die

  By tigtog on 2012-05-29 • ( 2 )

  

  Sobering article from the NYT, as part of their new series The Animal Lifeboat: A Conservation Dilemma: zookeepers are increasingly being pressed into making cold calculations about which animals are the most crucial to save.

• What Jadehawk said

  By tigtog on 2012-05-28 • ( 10 )

  

  “let’s pretend social interactions happen without social context”

• Q: is it possible for a party to “not accept a vote” cast in its favour by any MP in House? A: No

  By tigtog on 2012-05-26 • ( 8 )

  

  Why not? Because the Speaker of the House must tally all votes cast by sitting MPs on the floor of the House in order to determine whether a proposal has been carried or not. How else would it be determined?

• Skeptical speakers behaving badly, anti-harassment policies and yammering yahoos

  By tigtog on 2012-05-24 • ( 7 )

  

  Last week a casual anecdote in a conference speech by Jen McCreight started a whole lot of balls rolling.

• Media Circus: still all about Craig Thomson?

  By tigtog on 2012-05-23 • ( 15 )

  

  So what else is going on in Canberra? Or the state capitals? Or your local council? Are they all on the austerity bandwagon, having drunk the Austrian Kool-Aid like the Dems in the USA? Or is something progressive/constructive actually going on in your part of the world?