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• Daylight Saving and ANZAC Day holiday

  By Mindy on 2015-04-01 • ( 3 )

  

  When does Daylight Saving end? Does the clock go forward or back? Do I get to sleep in? Do I get an ANZAC Day public holiday on Monday the 27th (chances are no)?

• Otterday! And Open Thread

  By lauredhel on 2015-03-28 • ( 41 )

  

  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 good book (or a bad one)? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

• Hands Up Who Saw This Tweet Coming

  By tigtog on 2015-03-26 • ( 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.

• Media Circus: Fraser Condolence Motions Edition

  By tigtog on 2015-03-23 • ( 13 )

  

  I missed out on a memorial post for Malcolm Fraser over the weekend, so here is a Media Circus to focus on his achievements.

  What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?

• Sunday links – mental health

  By Jo Tamar on 2015-03-22 • ( 2 )

  

  Some mental-health related links for you.

• ObEquinox: Happy Turn Of The Seasons To You

  By tigtog on 2015-03-21 • ( 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.

• Quick links: nothing to hide

  By Mary on 2015-03-20 • ( 1 )

  

  Data retention is coming to Australia very soon. “[Data retained] includes your name, address and other identifying information, your contract details, billing and payment information…”

• “Country”

  By megpie71 on 2015-03-17 • ( 2 )

  [Inspired by: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-11/abbott-defends-indigenous-communities-lifestyle-choice/6300218 – particularly the comment thread] I was born in Western Australia, and I lived most of my life until I was about 27 in the south-eastern suburbs of Perth.  I then moved to Canberra, in the ACT,… Read More ›

• Escape (the Pina Colada song): the Aftermath

  By Mindy on 2015-03-17 • ( 3 )

  

  If you like Pina Colada and getting caught in the rain…you probably have this song playing in your head now.

• Happy Epic Pi Day

  By tigtog on 2015-03-14 • ( 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).

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