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• The callous cruelty of mandatory detention of asylum seekers

  By tigtog on 2010-09-21 • ( 3 )

  On this day after a detained asylum seeker threw himself off a detention centre roof to his death rather than be deported back to persecution in Fiji, this terrible yet fantastic post from Pamela Curr at the Drum should be required reading for all Australians with a social conscience:

• Testing twitter auto-update

  By tigtog on 2010-09-21 • ( 25 )

  Feel free to ignore. Or you could use the comments to share your technical woes of any kind, if you’re feeling chatty.

• Wins and losses – the prosecution of sexual violence

  By Jo Tamar on 2010-09-21 • ( 14 )

  A tale of two legal systems.

  In each legal system, there is a woman has been sexually assaulted.

  Each woman is subjected to some sort of abuse by the person who is supposed to be prosecuting the sexual assault.

  The similarities end there.

• Can’t blog

  By tigtog on 2010-09-20 • ( 9 )

  Too many last minute errands before sprog the younger heads off on school trip to France this evening.

• Soapmaking Photo Walkthrough, Part One: The Setup

  By lauredhel on 2010-09-19 • ( 11 )

  Soap, soap, soap! It’s been so long since I last made some, and the soapmaking pressure was building so that I had a real head of steam going. Yesterday I finally had the combination of an assistant present, no child in the house, and a little allocation of spoons, so away we went!

• Otterday! And Open Thread. Now with bonus otters!

  By lauredhel on 2010-09-18 • ( 17 )

  

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

• Friday Hoydens: That’s a pretty big teaspoon

  By Guest Poster on 2010-09-17 • ( 6 )

  Some Israeli women wield the teaspoon of civil disobedience and smuggle Palestinian women out of the West Bank for a day at the beach.

• It’s not censorship when it’s a personal decision over privately owned space

  By tigtog on 2010-09-17 • ( 25 )

  aka One More Time For The Clueless! “Free speech” has never meant that individuals or corporations are obliged to provide a forum for speech they find obnoxious on their own private property.

• Thursday Cheezburger: Beasts and Legends

  By lauredhel on 2010-09-16 • ( 7 )

  Today’s LOLcat theme is Beasts and Legends! Post a link to your own favourite in-theme kitty macro here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear.

• Sexting and Slut-Shaming

  By Wildly Parenthetical on 2010-09-15 • ( 44 )

  Announcing the release of this particular video, he commented “The launch of this new video comes on White Balloon Day – a time to break the silence on child sexual assault and raise awareness that child safety is everyone’s responsibility.”

  Everyone’s responsibility. Everyone’s. Shall we take a quick peek at the video in question?

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