Culture

The milieu through which we swim

Hands Up Who Saw This Tweet Coming

By on • ( 15 )

So in Rupert’s world, if you are famous and popular enough to make oodles of money for people like him, then you should be allowed to punch people and everybody else should just shrug and move on.

a photograph of Earth's moon showing a brightly sunlit crescent contrasted against the finally earthlit rest of the surface

ObEquinox: Happy Turn Of The Seasons To You

By on • ( 1 )

The March equinox happened a little over an hour ago here in Sydney, at 9:45am AEST. APOD, of course, has an informative image for us today, and a London headmaster showed us what not to do when a few voices complain about a school taking note of a once in a lifetime event.

A pie with the symbol Pi carved into its crust.

Happy Epic Pi Day

By on • ( 5 )

Only really works when one writes the date in that teeth-itch-making USian way, but today, 3.14.15 9:26:53 captures the first ten digits of pi – which happens once a century (according to David Brin on FB).