Pull up a comfy chair and a cup of tea and talk about something (anything) else!
Culture
The milieu through which we swim
Happy 50th anniversary to The Dish
The CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope even got its own Google Doodle:
DEAR STEELY DAN
PLEASE GET YOUR SOUND ENGINEER TO TURN THE MAIN FADERS DOWN.
FBI updates its definition of rape
This will have a knock-on effect regarding discussions of rape online…
Quicklink: What and How we Measure
When does quantifying something help us learn — and when does it mislead us?
The more things change…
Thucydides, describing what happened when the Hellenes’ Great War veterans came home from the battlefields –
Quoted by commentor at Juan Cole’s blog back in January, but I didn’t end up posting it then. Just observing various blogstoushes has prompted me to post it now.
Possibly the most Extreme act of Rugby World Cup Avoidance evah
I meant to post this last week when my friend in Auckland first linked to it on our seekrit mailing list. But I forgotted.
A friendly hello and thank you to our local reproductive health clinics
I wanted them to know that there are still people who think well of them compared to the demonstrators outside many of their clinics right now as part of the “40 Days For Life” international anti-abortion campaign.
Of course the flight patches had to be pink
“Today’s flight was awesome,” Lockley said, noting it was the first time reservists and active duty personnel have flown on the same aircraft.
It’s ages since we’ve blogged about True Blood
I’ve loved every moment Fiona Shaw is on-screen as Marnie, although it wasn’t until I googled her bio right now that it finally clicked that why I knew her face so well was because Petunia Dursley. I also learnt that she’s just about to direct The Marriage of Figaro with the English National Opera. Versatility: you have it by the bucketsful, Ms Shaw.
Hoyden About Town 