I don’t remember telling any googlethang that I didn’t want to interact with one person, let alone 23! Especially when some of you in that “blocked” group are actually some of my favourite people?
blogging
the craft of blogging, interblog incidents, troll-patrol etc
38th Down Under Feminists Carnival is Up!
Rebecca at bluebec.com has curated a fine collection of writing from Down Under bloggers over the month of June –
Signal boost: hosts needed for Down Under Feminists’ Carnival
Down Under Feminists’ Carnival hosts are needed from November this year onwards. Give back to the Down Under feminist blogging community by hosting DUFC.
Meme of the Week: Fractal Wrongness
The state of being wrong at every conceivable scale of resolution. That is, from a distance, a fractally wrong person’s worldview is incorrect; and furthermore, if you zoom in on any small part of that person’s worldview, that part is just as wrong as the whole worldview.
Is it okay just to lurk?
I was turning this question over in my mind last night, after spending the evening catching up on feminists blogs. There is currently a stoush on between a couple of blogs which began last week (I think) and is ongoing…. Read More ›
Quickhit: Gay Girl in Damascus Amina Arraf is a pseudonym for American Tom MacMaster
Now the regime is going to be able to cast everything MacMaster wrote about what was happening in Syria as pure fiction, and real people who trusted Arraf have been endangered.
Why is it always
… contrarians who can’t be arsed to set up their own free blog who whinge about being “silenced” when they’re not allowed to dominate comment threads on other people’s blogs?
37th Down Under Feminists Carnival at Boganette
The astonishingly prompt Boganette has posted the May DUFC already!
Ozblogistan outage
There arewere tech problems occurring in California, apparently. Investigations are occurring, but a whole swathe of oz-blogs are currently unavailable back online.
Blogging Against Disablism Day 2011
A fantastic collection of posts has already been published and collated for BADD 2011 over at Diary Of A Goldfish, and there will definitely be more to come.
It’s not too late to write one yourself, if you were thinking of it and haven’t managed it yet. May 1st is a suggestion, everybody understands about clashing priorities and perhaps your spoons allocation.
Hoyden About Town 