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Otterday! And Open Thread.

By tigtog on 2012-01-21 • ( 24 )

Today’s otter video is a tribute to the passing of an online Best Mate who loved his coffee, whisky, urban legends, puns, poker and pointed sarcasm. Vale atque ave, Phil Gustafson – somewhere a JATO car is pacing your passage, and somehow a scuba suit is involved. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.

Weekend womenscraft: Eat your art

By hatbluemilk on 2012-01-20

I didn’t make these so I can’t give you any baking or food preparation tips, I think they look kinda self-explanatory. I’m just putting the idea out there and lettin’ you know that with a little bit of effort you… Read More ›

Quick Hit: OMG I don’t even…

By Mindy on 2012-01-19

@GuardianJessica Jessica Reed
This is totally unacceptable. RT @NaomiMc: Feminism has gone too far again.

And now, fatherhood as the path to feminism

By hatbluemilk on 2012-01-18 • ( 5 )

This is brand new father and mega-famous rapper, Jay-Z: Before I got in the game, made a change, and got rich/ I didn’t think hard about using the word bitch/I rapped, I flipped it, I sold it, I lived it/Now… Read More ›

Otterday! And Open Thread.

By lauredhel on 2012-01-14 • ( 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? […] Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

Canadian same-sex marriages of foreign couples likely rendered invalid

By Chally on 2012-01-13 • ( 8 )

Well, that was unexpected.

Who are you calling a feminist?

By Mindy on 2012-01-12 • ( 10 )

Who are you calling feminist?

A red dishcloth with a TARDIS pattern on it.

Whoydensday: A TARDIS in your own kitchen

By Chally on 2012-01-11 • ( 4 )

I knitted a TARDIS dishcloth, and you can do it, too! Adventures in time and space and washing up.

Conflict of interest, what conflict of interest?

By Mindy on 2012-01-08 • ( 4 )

Diet promoter suggests grading students based on their BMI.

carcharias taurus, Maroubra, Sydney, by Doug Anderson, CC BY-NC

BFTP — Endangered Sunday: grey nurse shark

By Mary on 2012-01-08

I’ve been in the water with a lot of sharks: leopard sharks, wobbegongs, Port Jackson sharks, grey and white tipped reef sharks and grey nurse sharks. What’s a scary thing I’ve encountered diving? That dreaded apex predatory homo sapiens. Homo sapiens is of course the big threat to today’s Endangered Sunday species, the grey nurse shark or carcharias taurus.