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• Tim Minchin’s ‘Storm’, and one quick thought on sex/gender

  By tigtog on 2011-04-10 • ( 18 )

  I’m letting other people’s writing do the secular sermon heavy lifting this week.

• 4.3 inverse femtobarns of data

  By tigtog on 2011-04-10 • ( 10 )

  No, I don’t know how much a femtobarn is either, but analysis based on that much data has got some particle physicists rather hot and bothered.

• Bring on the #giantrobotsofjustice

  By tigtog on 2011-04-08 • ( 3 )

  When will #lookwhatIjustpulledoutofmyarse pop psychology die its #welldeservedfierydoomfromthesky death (at the claws of #giantrobotsofjustice)?

  Random Friday Pursuits: I plan to use those three hashtags above as much as I can today…

• Fancy that

  By tigtog on 2011-04-07 • ( 2 )

  Critics’ review unexpectedly supports scientific consensus on global warming

• But he seemed like such a nice guy…

  By tigtog on 2011-04-07 • ( 9 )

  

  “As a scientist I always judge things on empirical evidence and [Epstein] always has women ages 19 to 23 around him, but I’ve never seen anything else, so as a scientist, my presumption is that whatever the problems were I would believe him over other people.”

• Femmostroppo Reader April 6, 2011

  By tigtog on 2011-04-06 • ( 1 )

  Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.

• Gratuitous Costume Drama Blogging: The Gruff

  By tigtog on 2011-04-05 • ( 6 )

  When Oh When shall we see Ioan Gruffudd in a costume drama again?

• Femmostroppo Reader April 4, 2011

  By tigtog on 2011-04-04 • ( 1 )

  Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.

• Onion video: nearly too close to the bone

  By tigtog on 2011-04-04

  The Onion’s new online video channel takes on the latest efforts of the anti-choicers in the USA.

• Don’t mistake expressing contempt for taking offense

  By tigtog on 2011-04-03 • ( 49 )

  I’m not offended by those words. I’m contemptuous of those words, and I’m letting you know that using them just made me think less of you – less admiration, less trust, less enjoyment in your company.