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• Butbutbutbut the US is the world, isn’t it?

  By tigtog on 2007-08-19 • ( 2 )

  This is the gist of a recent formulaic dummy spit from global warming skeptic Michael Duffy, arguing that a minor shift in US figures after re-analysis somehow implies something crucial about global changes which were measured differently. Penguin Unearthed dissects… Read More ›

• “I think we should discuss…”

  By lauredhel on 2007-08-18 • ( 4 )

  I’m dying here. What would happen if corporate meetings were internet comment threads: http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1771556 College Humour, via Neatorama.

• Satan’s Bed

  By lauredhel on 2007-08-18 • ( 14 )

  As promised to la doctorita in this thread: the dangers of Secret Vice, or Self-Pollution. Published in Chicago by the “Vitalogy Association” in 1926 is the comprehensive home health encyclopaedia, “Vitalogy”, by E. H. Ruddock. The encyclopedia covers everything under… Read More ›

• Feminism Friday (belated): Disruptive Posters Index

  By tigtog on 2007-08-18 • ( 3 )

  I’ve noticed lately on my favourite feminist blogs that several thread hijackers are using a relatively new technique. Because most if not all femiblogs (on platforms which allow it) have enabled the option to always moderate first-time posters, these people’s… Read More ›

• Public health stupidity and Friday night grumpiness.

  By lauredhel on 2007-08-17 • ( 8 )

  So the AMA has put out an alarming influenza warning tonight. ABC News reports: “AMA urges flu sufferers to seek medical attention”. On a Friday night. Just like five weeks ago, when the WA Health Department put out a public… Read More ›

• Friday Hoyden: Scout Finch

  By tigtog on 2007-08-17 • ( 11 )

  Mary Badham as Scout Finch in the 1964 film of To Kill A Mockingbird I only read TKAM last year, after having had it on my “must read” list for yonks. I thought Scout was utterly fabulous, totally relating to… Read More ›

• Boffins wa-hey!

  By tigtog on 2007-08-16 • ( 7 )

  So what is the difference between a Boffin and a Wonk? Is it merely that “wonk” is a USAnism and “boffin” is a Britishism? Or is it to do with scholarly rigor – wonks are fascinated but waffle (or at… Read More ›

• Double standards

  By tigtog on 2007-08-16 • ( 1 )

  Jessica of Feministing is asking for input regarding sexist double standards – e.g. sexually active men are studs, sexually active women are whores. Sexist double standards are going to be the subject of her next book, and she wants to… Read More ›

• A good cause flawed by misrepresentation

  By tigtog on 2007-08-16 • ( 8 )

  I really hate it when ventures I wholeheartedly support in principle get oversold on dodgy statistics. The only men’s health facility of its kind in western Sydney, it was formed by the Department of Health and Aging three years ago… Read More ›

• A snag in the plan

  By lauredhel on 2007-08-15 • ( 2 )

  There’s a snag in the plan. Who knew? ABC News reports: Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough has confirmed that the new Northern Territory intervention legislation will have to be amended. He says under the legislation the Commonwealth will take… Read More ›

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