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  • Observations from West End, Brisbane

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    You might have heard, Brisbane and huge parts of Queensland have gone under water in a catastrophic flood. To put that in perspective, this is an area of land the size of France and Germany combined affected by the floods. Brisbane, which is the capital of Queensland is the fastest growing city in Australia and rates third for size in the country. As you might imagine, some absolutely tragic events have been unfolding in this flood.

    I had to leave work in a bit of a hurry as I work right in the CBD, which was a surreal feeling; but apart from that my own family has been safe from the flooding, although we have no power for the foreseeable future and have had to be adopted into someone else’s home.

  • Quote of the Day: martial language vs eliminationist rhetoric

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    The problem is not martial language. The problem is the discussion of martial solutions, mentioned as actual policy options. That’s what “eliminationist rhetoric” means, you weaseling fucks.

    ADDENDUM: Sarah Palin fans the heated rhetoric flames by playing the victim card and describing criticism as a “blood libel”. Seriously.

  • Femmostroppo Reader January 12, 2011

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

  • Abbott Watch: Scumbaggery alert

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    Sure, that’s the most important thing right now, Tony. Remind everybody about the terrible no good horrible very very bad NBN.

    Ghoul.

  • Can you offer emergency animal foster care in Brisbane area?

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    Several RSPCA animal shelters are flooded or about to be. I’m donating, since I’m too far away to foster.

    Please only call RSPCA QLD hotlines if you have an animal emergency.

    Email offers of help or donate through the website.

  • Something wrong in the wiring.

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    There must have been a glitch in my wiring then, somehow I got the ‘male’ wiring and I am obviously an affront to nature or at least to motherhood. I don’t want to be a ‘house-wife’ and I think that is a pretty awful term with a nasty stereotype “what did you do all day?” attached and doesn’t reflect the reality of unpaid work whether you have children or not. ‘Working mother’ is a tautology, because it doesn’t matter whether you are paid or unpaid you are still working. Bloody hard I might add.

  • Femmostroppo Reader January 10, 2011

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    Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. Lots of reaction to the Arizona shootings. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.

  • How I minimise the online abuse I receive

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    a winged monkey sculpture crouched against a chimney stack

    So here is an assortment of technical tips & tricks whereby bloggers can cut down the volume and the repetition coming from this cyberbullying cadre of keyboard jockeys, making the harassment little more than a tiny hiss of background noise instead of an overwhelming flood of spite.

  • Endangered Sunday: grey nurse shark

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

    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.

  • Otterday! And Open Thread.

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    The photo was taken in the Pforzheim wildlife park (English translation) in the Black Forest, Germany.

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