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• Femmostroppo Reader – April 14, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-04-14 • ( 3 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Welcome Home – “by Shaker bekitty, a New Zealand citizen who, until recently, was living with… Read More ›

• Whoydensday: MOFF TIEM NAO

  By Beppie on 2010-04-14 • ( 35 )

  This year, Australia is only two weeks behind the UK for Doctor Who — “The Eleventh Hour” — the first episode of the fifth series of New Who will be airing on ABC at 7:30pm this Sunday April 18th, BUT… Read More ›

• How many hours can someone be stuck in a car?

  By Mary on 2010-04-14 • ( 4 )

  On Monday there was an accident on NSW’s F3 freeway, which runs from Sydney to Newcastle and is thus a major commuter road. The accident involved two trucks and completely stopped northbound traffic from 11:40am. For various reasons the road… Read More ›

• Vatican tells bishops to report abuse cases to police

  By tigtog on 2010-04-13 • ( 8 )

  Just posted this over at LP, but I’d like to have this discussion here as well. The Guardian: Vatican issues detailed instructions to all bishops after criticism of Catholic church’s handling of paedophile priests Yep. Not actually that hard to… Read More ›

• Values are not exclusively Christian.

  By Mindy on 2010-04-12 • ( 45 )

  The article linked to below attacks the idea of teaching ethics in NSW Public Schools “at the expense of scripture”. As a parent who is also an atheist, I quite like the idea of ethics classes that have nothing to… Read More ›

• Private messaging exists on social networking sites for a reason

  By tigtog on 2010-04-12 • ( 8 )

  The media seem to be asking whether it’s “fair” that people’s behaviour online should be scrutinised by their employers. Why not, when customers/clients might find an employee’s comment through a search engine that could be a potential liability for the employer?

• Endangered Sunday: Aussie natives need to be pets to survive?

  By tigtog on 2010-04-11 • ( 17 )

  ABC Online: Pet market tipped to save endangered wildlife Our native animals are so vulnerable to feral species in the wild that a major rethink of long-standing policy (that many native animals are illegal to keep as pets) is in… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2010-04-10 • ( 10 )

  Today’s otter is no otter! It’s a bouncing stoat, courtesy of The Daily Squee. 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… Read More ›

• On what we talk about when we talk about “domestic violence”

  By lauredhel on 2010-04-09 • ( 22 )

  Why do we, as feminists (collectively), and as anti-violence activists in general, typically ignore the largest group of victims when we talk about domestic violence? The group that can’t get away under their own steam, no way, no how? The… Read More ›

• Heads-up: new Facebook T&C for Fan Pages

  By tigtog on 2010-04-09 • ( 3 )

  Fan pages with millions of fans have been locked and/or deleted, and perhaps yours could be next if your page is no longer in compliance with FB’s new terms and conditions.

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