In July, I published a call for people to let the Queensland government know that routinely distributing free formula samples to mothers was a bad, bad idea: “Call to activism: oppose infant formula promotion in Qld Indigenous communities”. Success! The… Read More ›
Life
Otterday, and Open Thread
This sleepy baby sea otter comes via Dependable Renegade. 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… Read More ›
Friday Night Election Fun: Barack Wiggle
Inspired partly by this post at obama_daily but mostly by it being 2 in the morning at the time, I present to you: the sixth Wiggle, Barack Wiggle, with his sidekick Bill. This will probably mean far more to people… Read More ›
The Art Report, and Stationery Love
It’s been a while since I showed you some art. The lad is showing all the signs of being a budding stationery lover. He recently raised quite a bit of money in the school Fun Run (he’s also showing signs… Read More ›
Thursday Cheezburger
And a bonus election-week addition!
Birthwatch: Coached pushing robs babies of oxygen, Brazilian C sections, and joyful birth
[from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life. Transcript here.] A couple of articles have been sitting in my Journalwatch pile for a goodly while now, so here they are. “Effects of Pushing Techniques in Birth on Mother and Fetus: A… Read More ›
Where would your eight homes be?
Saw this meme over at Cara’s and as she doesn’t tag people, I’m just taking it. For those who have not been paying obsessive attention to the US election details, it’s a reference to how many homes the McCains own… Read More ›
Genes for gender identity?
I find the implications of this research (Scientists find a gene for the transsexual experience) absolutely fascinating, but can also already see how it’s going to be spun by the evpsych pseudoscience brigade in their continual battle to tell women… Read More ›
House-hunting: traps and peeves
Via The Worst of Perth, this space-warped Shenton Park apartment, which reminds me of a certain scene from Jurassic Park. Crappy photographs are one of the biggest things that get on my wick. In this era of internet house-hunting, I… Read More ›
Wag of the finger for some of the runners of Sydney
It would not bloody kill you to go and run somewhere other than the clifftop-walk between Tamarama and Bondi Beach while it’s full of crowds viewing the annual Sculptures By The Sea exhibition. You do not own this piece of… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 