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• United Nations: Elder’s heatstroke death in police van possible torture or inhuman punishment

  By lauredhel on 2009-05-09 • ( 8 )

  Today, a senior chemist who assisted in a re-enactment of the incident in similar conditions told the inquiry the air temperature in the back of the van reached 50.4C [123 F]. He also told the court the surface temperature of the metal floor in the back peaked at 56.6C [134 F] during the re-enactment.

• In which I contribute to the harshing of Apatow’s Google Buzz

  By tigtog on 2009-05-09 • ( 14 )

  Somebody posting as “Phoebus” is very concerned that a snarkfest on Shakesville (regarding the comingsoontoacinemanearyou Dudebrocalypse that is a Judd Apatow/Seth Rogen/Adam Sandler “comedy” (see the trailer)) is a display of “vitriol” and “personal animus”, two terms which are so… Read More ›

• Femmostroppo Reader – May 9, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-05-09 • ( 1 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please add interesting links of your own in the comments.

• Otterday! And Open Thread

  By lauredhel on 2009-05-09 • ( 19 )

  Today’s Asian Short Clawed otters are via the UK’s Telegraph. The triplets were born at Chessington Zoo to parents Guinevere and Lancelot. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great… Read More ›

• Quickhit: is this one of those “life’s ironies” then?

  By tigtog on 2009-05-08 • ( 4 )

  As I move back into the income-earning world after many years of misdiagnosed and mismedicated mental illness, I no longer have the time to spare to blog extensively, yet blogging is what kept me going while I couldn’t manage anything… Read More ›

• Femmostroppo Reader – May 8, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-05-08

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please add interesting links of your own in the comments. Damir Dokic: Hitting Jelena Was “For Her Sake” – Quote: “Obviously Damir’s rantings are the sort of quote-fests the tabloids live… Read More ›

• Murdoch: the current days of the Internet will soon be over

  By tigtog on 2009-05-08 • ( 4 )

  From CNN:

  Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch expects News Corporation-owned newspaper Web sites to start charging users for access within a year in a move which analysts say could radically shake-up the culture of freely available content.

  Speaking on a conference call as News Corporation announced a 47 percent slide in quarterly profits to $755 million, Murdoch said the current free access business model favored by most content providers was flawed.

• OK, I give up on another spam-blocker

  By tigtog on 2009-05-07 • ( 32 )

  Too many people have reported problems getting the WP-SpamFree blocker to recognise that they are not, in fact, a spambot. So that plugin has been deleted and now I have to try and debug a 403 forbidden error that’s screwing up other stuff.

  In the meantime, because I’ve become addicted to no longer wading through hundreds of spam every day, I’m enabling comment registration.

• Tai Chi and Christianity – are they really incompatible?

  By Mindy on 2009-05-07 • ( 11 )

  Now, I’m no expert on either Tai Chi or Christianity but that’s never stopped me having an opinion before.;) So when I read this story about a group of mainly senior citizens being thrown out of a church hall for practicing… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger and Delurking Day: The Kittehs Always Win

  By lauredhel on 2009-05-07 • ( 6 )

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