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• Cymru!

  By tigtog on 2007-07-23

  Three Welsh inventors are touting their Greenbox system that would replace car exhaust systems with an emissions capture system. It uses algae to absorb the emitted gases and hold them inertly so that the boxes can be easily transported for… Read More ›

• Foregrounding the object redux: rape research from the UK

  By lauredhel on 2007-07-22 • ( 5 )

  A while back, I wrote about the effects of the passive voice and agent deletion in media reporting of sexual violence, in Passive Aggression: Foregrounding the Object. An article in the UK Telegraph hit me between the eyes today: Four… Read More ›

• Our own desert places

  By lauredhel on 2007-07-22 • ( 6 )

  I have succumbed to the July lurgy, so today: an invitation to join me in Stuff I Have Been Reading. Don’t miss the stuff below the cut. Jane Simpson is amazing. Aboriginal Poets We are tired of the benches, our… Read More ›

• Proof positive that most Americans have hardly noticed our Prime Minister’s world-class presidential arselicking displays

  By tigtog on 2007-07-22

  He’s not mentioned on the Boston Phoenix‘s annual list of the 100 Unsexiest Men. It is a very US-centric list: there’s a mere sprinkling of foreigners, the only “Australian” who is mentioned is Mel Gibson, and I hadn’t heard of… Read More ›

• And we thought Haneef had it bad

  By tigtog on 2007-07-20 • ( 3 )

  At least he was charged with a crime in front of a judge before the executive arm got involved. Since the latest Presidential Executive Order has been signed and sent to Congress, someone in Haneef’s situation in the USA could… Read More ›

• Friday fun: A day at home

  By lauredhel on 2007-07-20 • ( 7 )

  The lad’s not quite 100% today, and we’ve kicked back at home with some movies, popcorn, and a box of drawing tools. He decided to draw a pageful of “monsters”. And here it is. Caption by the lad: “A scary… Read More ›

• Friday Hoyden: Keiko Fukuda

  By lauredhel on 2007-07-20 • ( 2 )

  I was a judo player through my university years. Judo was an essential ingredient in my personal realisation of my bodily strength and mental power. I learned that I could jump, fall, roll, lift, and throw; and I learned that… Read More ›

• Life without family planning

  By tigtog on 2007-07-20 • ( 3 )

  A new World Bank report warns that poor countries, wealthy donors, and aid agencies are losing sight of the value of contraception, family planning, and other reproductive health programmes in helping to boost economic growth. The report – Population Issues… Read More ›

• Lights, Action – Cue SFX

  By tigtog on 2007-07-19 • ( 3 )

  I don’t know quite how my son managed this, taken a few hours ago (because he’s very keen on lolcats and wants to submit photos of our cat to I Can Has Cheezburger? for glory’s sake). Originally uploaded by the… Read More ›

• Thursday Godless quote

  By tigtog on 2007-07-19 • ( 6 )

  This comes from a long and contentious thread at Pharyngula, and is unrepresentative of most of the thread actually, but it’s one of those regular arguments for which I always wished a pithy response. Thanks, Tulse. In all things, I… Read More ›

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