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Otterday! And Open Thread

By tigtog on 2017-09-17 • ( 5 )

Hello! I had a sudden urge to revisit our rusty weekend Open Thread tradition. This one is hosted by an otter eating a carrot. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.

100 books by women in 2016

By Mindy on 2017-01-24 • ( 1 )

I read 100 books by women in 2016 and learned a few things along the way.

Link OTD: DIY Feminist Cybersecurity

By tigtog on 2017-01-05 • ( 1 )

from HACK*BLOSSOM: A DIY Guide to Feminist Cybersecurity – Take control of your digital spaces.

Otterday! And Open Thread

By tigtog on 2016-11-05 • ( 9 )

It’s ages since we’ve had an Otterday! This week’s Open Thread is hosted by an otter who learnt to use an asthma inhaler last year at an aquarium in Seattle:

clipart of music notes in black and white

Today was a singing day

By tigtog on 2016-11-03 • ( 2 )

I decided to prioritise the singing for today and let the politics wait for tomorrow.

100 books by women in 2016

By Mindy on 2016-02-07 • ( 6 )

My reading challenge for 2016.

Vale David Bowie

By Mindy on 2016-01-11 • ( 9 )

What’s your favourite David Bowie song/movie/thing?

Otterday! And Open Thread (Xmas-free zone)

By Mary on 2015-12-19 • ( 13 )

Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Reading a great book? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

A table with a Xmas summer dessert feast: pavlova with strawberries and a berry sorbet pudding

Xmas open thread 2015

By Mary on 2015-12-19 • ( 10 )

Feel free to talk services, observances, decorations, rushing, shopping, gifts, surprises, feasting and family traditions heart-warming and otherwise. If anyone making other seasonal observances wants to join the thread, please do.