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• On the not Grokking of Internet Bingo Cards

  By tigtog on 2011-02-16 • ( 19 )

  Let me hand a depressingly large number of people an embarrassingly obvious cluestick: nobody gets to yell BINGO! on marking just one square.

• I haz a roquefort

  By tigtog on 2011-02-14 • ( 13 )

  and various other noms along these lines…Nom nom nom nom.

• Gratuitous Colin Firth blogging

  By tigtog on 2011-02-14 • ( 12 )

  Congratulations to the lovely and talented Mr Firth on his Best Actor BAFTA. Do go and see The King’s Speech if you haven’t already.

• Femmostroppo Reader February 13, 2011

  By tigtog on 2011-02-13 • ( 6 )

  Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.

• Happy Darwin Day

  By tigtog on 2011-02-12 • ( 4 )

  Charles Darwin was born 202 years ago today, and the International Darwin Day Foundation uses February 12th each year to celebrate Darwin, Science and Humanity. In November it will be 152 years since the publication of his paradigm-shattering work, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2011-02-12 • ( 11 )

  Today’s otter, a North American river otter snapped in Yellowstone National Park, is brought to you via yathin on flickr.

  Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.

• Friday Hoyden: Dr Ivy Williams, first woman called to the English Bar

  By Jo Tamar on 2011-02-11 • ( 1 )

  “She now set her heart on being called to the bar (not, it seems, for her own sake but to offer free legal advice to the poor).”

• Looking for an expert female speaker for your Australian event?

  By tigtog on 2011-02-11 • ( 14 )

  After nearly a year in concept, the No Chicks No Excuses website listing women speakers covering a wide variety of expertise has been launched, so that organisers no longer find it so terribly difficult to find women who know how to speak at a large event.

• Femmostroppo Reader February 10, 2011

  By tigtog on 2011-02-10 • ( 14 )

  Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.

• Thursday Cheezburger – Luv

  By tigtog on 2011-02-10 • ( 2 )

  Today’s theme is: Luv It’s make Hallmark a fortune Valentine’s Day soon.

  Post your own favourite in-theme Cheez here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear.

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