The Blood is The Life 12-04-2012
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miss_s_b- German Pirate Party overtakes Greens, survey by Forsa shows
- Carbon nanotubes: The weird world of 'remote Joule heating'
Mysterious science thing is cool!
- The BBC Wants You!
... if you're good at sewing. Sadly this is slightly too early in my skill attainment cycle for me to consider, but...
- Eastercon: It was fun, but…
This makes me sad, because I know that the people who run Eastercon are good people with good hearts.
- BREAKING: The range of published science fiction caters overwhelmingly to a white male audience.
More on the Eastercon thing, with some suggested solutions.
- These 17 Actors Were in Multiple Geek Properties, Get Over It
Is anyone else a bit disturbed by the erasure of McKellen's political activism here? I mean, here he is, trying to make a point about LGBT acceptibility and they blithely cover it up with geekery... I'd be pretty pissed off if they made Patrick Stewart's "This is what a feminist looks like" t-shirt into "this is what a starship captain looks like" too... But judging by the comments on the entry, I guess I'm just being a bit oversensitive and squee-harshy :(
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Date: Thursday, April 12th, 2012 12:55 pm (UTC)Yes, really keen to do more cons in general, and yours is top of the list (yay books!)