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• I have nothing to add …

  By lauredhel on 2009-09-26 • ( 3 )

  …except “Oh, for fuck’s sake.”

• Not-so-evil internets: making kids better writers

  By tigtog on 2009-09-25 • ( 10 )

  Every few months or so, we read about some freaked out reporter/columnist/pundit/politician complaining about how the internet and texting are destroying kids’ ability to write. Yet, pretty much every study on the subject has found the opposite to be true. Study after study after study after study after study have all found that kids today are better writers than in the past.

• New study on negative effects of smacking children

  By tigtog on 2009-09-25 • ( 11 )

  Dr Straus said children who constantly faced physical punishment lived in fear and suffered stress, which was associated with poorer academic performance.

• Femmostroppo Reader – September 25, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-09-25 • ( 1 )

  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.

• One for the annals of classic rebuttals

  By tigtog on 2009-09-24 • ( 6 )

  Lots of people in skeptical circles have linked to this, so many of you may have seen it already. Marvellous effort from Cristina in Romania, pointing out that not only is the latest attempt by American fundagelicals to demonise Darwin full of the usual ignorance of actual science, misrepresentations of science and outright falsehoods about Darwin and science, it’s full of double standards and blatant hypocrisy as well.

• If you’re one of the many who couldn’t read HaT today

  By tigtog on 2009-09-24 • ( 8 )

  … instead of the handsful who could, I forgot to uncheck a box blocking most users after I finished debugging yesterday.

  Sorry about that Chief.

• Thursday Cheezburger: Virtue #4 – Courage

  By tigtog on 2009-09-24 • ( 3 )

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

• Femmostroppo Reader – September 24, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-09-24 • ( 1 )

  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. Bachmann Compares Census To WWII Internment Camps – Michelle Bachman – sadly deluded or cynical demagogue?… Read More ›

• Dear World: Look up “Satire” in the Dictionary

  By lauredhel on 2009-09-24 • ( 3 )

  Dear world: Stop mis-using ‘satire’. Satire is a genre that ridicules human wrongdoing, with the ultimate goal being to expose institutional oppression and effect social change. Putting ignorance on display, then panicking, backpedalling and calling it “satire” isn’t hip or… Read More ›

• Petty Peeve OTD: Diagnosis Murder edition

  By tigtog on 2009-09-24 • ( 1 )

  Furrfu, Hollywood.

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