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The Blood is The Life 13-03-2012

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:00:19 GMT

Jo Swinson: The Invisible Woman
Caron details the Fail's wilful blindness
(tags: Sexism )
Jim C. Hines » Freedom of Speech 101
Jim Hines reiterates in the clearest terms why "I don't like this" does not always mean "this should be banned" and why people who pretend it does are just arseholes.
(tags: awesome )
When Geeks Have Empathy Problems | Geek Feminism Blog
Remember this next time someone defends something odious, and feel sorry for them. Also, probably pass them a link to this post, even if it is a bit long.
(tags: geekery )
Insect Memories
Gina posts some amazingly beautiful photos of the specimens she has been working on in the entomology department.
(tags: photos )
cpwilsoniii's deviantART gallery
Fabulous superheroes-in-the-style-of-Winnie-the-Pooh stuff. I particularly like Wolverine meets Hulk (because Wolverine as Piglet makes SO MUCH SENSE) and Werm Hole Experamunt, which is just glorious (Lookit the ickle THOR!)
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lizw on whether or not she should resign from the Lib Dems
the comments are thoughtful and interesting too.
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The leadership's three major mistakes on NHS Debate · caronmlindsay · Storify
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#ldconf, the NHS Bill, and Where The Leadership Stands Now
Very long but very thought-provoking and knowledgeable post, detailing the events of the weekend and some possible repercussions.
(tags: libdemmery )
It’s Not A War On Women—It’s A War On Sex «
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Speaking as a Reeder Reader
LMC echoes my feelings on the removal of Amy Reeder from Batwoman
(tags: comics )
The 0158 from Stevenage
Another one to file in the "evidence in favour of the campaign for real time" box
(tags: time )
We BelieveYou – Mumsnet Rape Campaign | saltandcaramel.com
Why is rape one of the most under-reported crimes? If someone steals your purse, you would go to the police, you would tell friends and family. But then, it is unlikely that the police or your friends would say, “Hmm, I see you used your purse right before it got stolen. And you use your purse in different shops, and often take it out of your bag. Are you sure that you didn’t lead the person who took your purse on, made him think that he could have it”.
(tags: rape )
We Believe You Rape Awareness Campaign | Mumsnet
Since every news outlet is talking about it, but few seem to be linking to it...
(tags: rape )
Doonesbury Strip
"Please take a seat in the Shaming Room"
(tags: comics )
That steady diet of EastEnders IS turning her into a shrew • The Register
Time to get out your sexism bingo card: - use of the term "shrew" - only women watch soap operas - people who read El Reg don't watch soap operas, DO play video games, and are all men Of course, the original research is just as bad, but then I often have problems with psych folks not managing to remove their own assumptions from experiments.
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c.£1million pounds of Private Health Care money gifted to the Lib Dems from non-dom tax dodgers. - Njuice
Anyone know the truth of this?
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Getting older makes us happier, because we give up on our dreams - WARNING! Contains Torygraph
"Once you finally accept your lowly position, you'll be fine!" *rolleyes*
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New Notes From Lizzie Borden Trial | The Mary Sue
Apparently Lizzie Borden DIDn't take an axe and give her father forty whacks. Damn. Next you'll be telling me that man who wasn't there on the stairs actually WAS...
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Sigourney Weaver reveals there's R-rated Galaxy Quest out there | Blastr
Oh Cthulhu I would sell my grandma to see this.
(tags: scifi )

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The Blood is The Life 14-02-2012

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:00:05 GMT

Those new Liberal Democrat groups explained
Yet another splinter group was launched yesterday. I fully agree with Jonathan Calder about the lot of them.
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TARDIS Eruditorum: A Psychochronography in Blue: You Were Expecting Someone Else 8 (Alan Moore's Doctor Who Work)
I must confess to not having read Moore's Who stuff, and that my first thought on clicking through to this was "if he only did 28 pages, did he have time to fit the rapes in?" Not that I think the much vaunted Moore is fond of some troubling tropes or anything...
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Literary Characters, as drawn by a police sketch computer programme
Rochester is eerily like my imagined picture. Sam Spade is just ODD, but that's probably because he looks nothing like Bogey. The scariest one is Emma Bovary, who looks like a scowling Anna Ford
(tags: photos books )
Valentine Dilemma
This is so familiar.
(tags: funny )

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The Blood is The Life 01-02-2012

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:00:02 GMT

The £10K tax threshold could be one of those policies that sticks
It'd be nice if rather than a set figure it was "what a person on full time minimum wage earns" because #10k is worth progressively less as time goes on, but I'm picking nits...
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Dina Goldstein's Fallen Princesses
Some of these are funny, some of them tragic. I think I like JAsmine best.
(tags: photos )
Question Time, QI and Mock the Week criticised by BBC diversity report | Media | guardian.co.uk
Good Cthulhu the comments are depressing on this.
(tags: gender )
E. chromi Designer Bacteria Will Color Your Poo According to Your Illness | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World
(tags: poo )
If 2012's Oscar-nominated movie posters told the truth
(tags: funny film )
The BBFC's first ever guide for filmmakers, released 1913
This is so cool.
(tags: film )

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The Blood is The Life 24-01-2012

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:00:01 GMT

Illustrated BMI Categories - a set on Flickr
Those of you who still have any faith in BMI might care to have a look at this. I think my favourite is this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/77367764@N00/1459239412/in/set-72157602199008819
(tags: photos )
Living life without ads
This is why the BBC is worth every penny.
(tags: telly )
When She Codes, The Revolution’s Coming
Is ladies learning to code awesomely feminist, or just awesome?
(tags: feminism )
Until 2009, the human clitoris was an absolute mystery to mainstrweam science
Witness my face of not surprise.
(tags: sexism )
The 5 Stupidest Habits You Develop Growing Up Poor
Oh God. This is me. This whole damn article. FFS.
(tags: poverty )
Why are Paddy and other Lib Dem Peers picking this Welfare Reform fight?
I share Caron's confusion and frustration.
(tags: libdemmery )
We need to tackle ‘crony capitalism’ on our watch
Gareth Epps detects a faint whiff of hypocrisy in how the government has dealt with the pub industry
(tags: pubs )

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The Blood is The Life 16-01-2012

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:00:02 GMT

Goths up trees
Must submit Mat to this...
(tags: silly goths )
WTF is with empowered women in video games now?
This is the funniest thing I have seen in weeks :)
(tags: gender )
Memory Myths
Quite proud that there's only one of these I didn't already know - combination of biology teacher dad and training in evidence law ;)
(tags: memory )
Signal boost: women write about comics
I need to remind myself to do something about this.
(tags: comics feminism )
nanila takes lovely photos of Kensal Green Cemetery
(tags: photos )
The Potter Blogger: What the fuck has happened to us?
My insistence that the Lib Dems are a democratic party gets more and more feeble every time shit like this happens. There are names of people I KNOW on that list. They voted FOR the one year time limit even in a FREE VOTE? Ugh.
(tags: epicfail libdemmery )
Hands on With the WiMM One Android Watch
Didn't Douglas Adams say something disparaging about people who think digital watches are cool? ;)
(tags: technology )
'Piracy' student loses US extradition battle over copyright infringement
OFFS
(tags: epicfail )
To opt in or not to opt in | The Economist
“The British have become toxic. Nobody wants to be too closely associated with them,” - Will nobody Danish stand up for us plucky Brits? Ms Toksvig? Nah, don't blame you.
(tags: Europe )
Give Queen a new royal yacht for diamond jubilee, says Michael Gove | UK news | The Guardian
To quote Stephen Sumpter on Google+: "Gove wants to buy the queen a £60 million yacht, at the same time as government are claiming that we have no money left and ruthlessly cutting everything. This man is in our government. How can anyone take him seriously?"
(tags: epicfail gove )

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The Blood is The Life 13-01-2012

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:00:03 GMT

Government filthy tricks subvert parliamentary process | A Latent Existence
I cannot believe that the stooping has gone this low :(
(tags: bloodytories government )
NASA Tests Helper Robots Inspired By Star Wars And Powered By Android | Co.Design
Robots are cool
(tags: robots )
Dawn Over Tower Bridge
Absolutely stunning shot of tower bridge
(tags: photos )
Marky Guitar: Lumia lights up my comms
I want one of these so much
(tags: phones )
Why Samsung Is The Next Apple | TechCrunch
.... except presumably not so horrendously overpriced....
(tags: technology )
BBC News - Ten 100-year predictions that came true
One of the ones they have tagged as wrong would have been right if he'd said "a lot of" instead of "all", too....
(tags: future )
This Photograph Is Not Free
Interesting article on the true cost of an individual photograph.
(tags: photos )
We’ve started manufacture! | Raspberry Pi
OMG I am so excited about this. As is Holly. The article also details why the finished pi won't be made in the UK. The reasons are entirely understandable, and frankly, Vince, you need to sort this shit out (there's an e-petition here: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/27158 which I have signed, and encourage you to do too)
(tags: technology raspberrypi )
Mental Illness Community for Skeptics
Signal Boosting this
(tags: aspie? )
& yet another Sherlockian thing...
boji has grabs of an interview in the RT with the Ladies of Sherlock. Una Stubbs is awesome 3
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ESA & DLA Appeals can now be cancelled without evidence
More truly shocking shafting of the disabled from this govt :(
(tags: disability )
State Rep. Threatens 'to Stomp' Transgender People in "Wrong" Bathrooms
American politics is so much more pugnacious than ouyrs, isn't it? Glad to see the poll is currently 85% in favour of people using whatever bathrooms they feel like. Me, personally, I like that our local gym/pool complex has one great big changing room (with cubicles for those who need it) for everyone. It's a lot easier than arbitrary division by sex or gender.
(tags: gender )
In Which Eben Moglen Like, Legit Yells at Me for Having Facebook | Betabeat — News, gossip and intel from Silicon Alley 2.0.
More interesting stuff about Facebook
(tags: facebook )

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The Blood is The Life 12-01-2012

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:00:07 GMT

How Facebook's targeted advertising destroyed the life of a young man | Privacy International
This is why I deleted all my friends from facebook, and when I have to use it for page maintenance, I use it in a browser that I don't use for anything other than facebook; this way the only thing they can track is that I use facebook....
(tags: facebook )
Government filthy tricks subvert parliamentary process | A Latent Existence
I cannot believe that the stooping has gone this low :(
(tags: bloodytories government )
NASA Tests Helper Robots Inspired By Star Wars And Powered By Android | Co.Design
Robots are cool
(tags: robots )
Dawn Over Tower Bridge
Absolutely stunning shot of tower bridge
(tags: photos )
Marky Guitar: Lumia lights up my comms
I want one of these so much
(tags: phones )
Why Samsung Is The Next Apple | TechCrunch
.... except presumably not so horrendously overpriced....
(tags: technology )
BBC News - Ten 100-year predictions that came true
One of the ones they have tagged as wrong would have been right if he'd said "a lot of" instead of "all", too....
(tags: future )
This Photograph Is Not Free
Interesting article on the true cost of an individual photograph.
(tags: photos )
We’ve started manufacture! | Raspberry Pi
OMG I am so excited about this. As is Holly. The article also details why the finished pi won't be made in the UK. The reasons are entirely understandable, and frankly, Vince, you need to sort this shit out (there's an e-petition here: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/27158 which I have signed, and encourage you to do too)
(tags: technology raspberrypi )

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