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• No, no, no, just no.

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-28 • ( 11 )

  The Age: ‘Groomer’ jailed for sex with 12-year-old No. Rape isn’t sex. [cut for child rape triggers]

• WordPress.com enables another new “feature” to far from universal acclaim

  By tigtog on 2008-04-28 • ( 17 )

  Looking at Fire Fly’s blog, I noticed that she’s discovered that a new feature on her hosted-by-Wordpress.com blog. It turned up without direct notification, and is opt-out, not opt-in. … » Problem No.1 (She’s disabled it, and you should too if you blog on wordpress.com – see below for instructions)

• i made u a LOLswan

  By tigtog on 2008-04-27 • ( 2 )

  but he sez iz not fud moar funny pictures Edit: Because I’m an ICHC n00b, I fubared the submission of this image for consideration for the front page. The link on the image above now takes one to an official… Read More ›

• This week’s accessibility frustration

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-27 • ( 13 )

  Adding this to the list of things I can’t access: Driving Change in the Disability Sector: A multi-disciplinary symposium The topic of inclusion is a concept that has many faces, many interpretations and although controversial, may in some instances be… Read More ›

• Bandwidth allowance exceeded (soon) extended – we’re back!

  By tigtog on 2008-04-27 • ( 1 )

  This means the blog will go down sometime shortly to be replaced by a message from my webhost about why you can’t see the blog. I’ve tried to get onto them to jack up the bandwidth again, but I’m not… Read More ›

• Interlude: Chez Tog

  By tigtog on 2008-04-27 • ( 2 )

  mr tog is off doing a course this weekend. It will fulfil most of the remaining requirements for him to be registered as a civil marriage celebrant. He has been dressing rather more formally to attend the course than is… Read More ›

• Quick hit: Bra-snappin’, chair-sniffin’ Liberal leader Troy Buswell in the news again

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-27 • ( 5 )

  And this guy wants to be Premier of our state. Perthnow reports. The new allegations follow admissions by Mr Buswell in January that he snapped open the bra of a Labor staffer during a drunken night at Parliament House last… Read More ›

• More molecular evidence of dino-bird relationship: collagen fragments tell all

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-26 • ( 2 )

  Archaeopteryx fossil, c/i Science Made Cool. If you’re into dinos and gaming, check out their game Bone Wars. National Geographic reports: “T. Rex Protein “Confirms” Bird-Dinosaur Link”. We know dino bones and bird bones are morphologically similar. The hypothesis is… Read More ›

• A few adjustments

  By tigtog on 2008-04-26 • ( 12 )

  Hi y’all. Bandwidth is getting a little tight towards the end of this month (I’ve had to keep on ratcheting it up lately, hello new readers!) so I’m going to see if disabling a few of the plug-ins I have… Read More ›

• Update: Seal Press and Amanda Marcotte respond to racist artwork in Jungle quagmire

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-26 • ( 34 )

  Update 27 Apr 2008: profbwoman at WOC PhD has an formidable series. Why Seal Press is OFF the Syllabus Don’t Mess With Feminist Press Why Seal Press is Off the Syllabus pt. 2 Celebrating Feminist and Multicultural Presses: Publishers that… Read More ›

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