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I blame globalisation and the internet. The number of appalling situations or events are brought to my attention by organisations like Change.org, SumOfUs.org and GetUp is starting to make me sick. Without them, I would be much more comfortable in my privilege as a more-or-less white, basically-middle-class woman in a safe, rich country. As it […]
March 9, 2012
A study found the depressing result that women are happier when their male partners are unhappy. Wayne Swan said the super-rich should contribute to society. He got bagged, apparently by people who don’t understand economics. Israel’s democracy is eroding under the pressure of constant conflict. 500 new fairytales were discovered in Germany. Kevin Rudd joined […]
March 2, 2012
A baby star spouted two jets of colourful gas. Canadians are so cash-strapped that 52% of them didn’t make any super contributions. J Edgar Hoover’s role in the Nixon Whitehouse. Two American NATO servicemen were killed in Afghanistan. The US Senate is about to vote on whether they’re going to let religion dictate their laws. […]
February 24, 2012
Hermit crab shells are running out. Luckily we have 3D printers! An amazing, dreamy iPad book. Some scientors grew a flower from one that’s been frozen for 32,000 years. Property foreclosures are happening to successful Hollywood types. Journalists died when the Syrian government bombed its own people. JK Rowling is writing a book that’s meant for adults. […]
February 17, 2012
Cubans are beginning to inject money into the island’s ragged real estate. LA might decide that good graffiti art is not crime. The government talked about doing things to the health system. Some random on Twitter broke the news of Whitney Houston’s death about an hour before the media did. No more sneak-peakiness in the […]
February 10, 2012
Criticising a woman does not equal sexism. A rundown of criticism vs actual sexism. This town seems to be the centre of America’s war on gay people. Starting with kids. A worker at Foxconn, the Chinese company that supplies bits and pieces to most tech companies, tells about what it’s like working in one of […]
February 3, 2012
An SBS reporter gives the story from inside Australia’s Villawood detention centre. Brisbane City Councillors are in a tizzy about an art installation that looks like a bus stop seat and tips people onto the ground. Palestinian protesters threw shoes at Ban Ki-Moon in Gaza. Science writers in Canada plead with their government to allow […]
January 20, 2012
Possibly one of the most horrific stories I’ve heard about the actions of an Australian media outlet. Gay marriage is the topic of the day for USA election chatter. An eye-witness account of American romance tourists to the Ukraine. Liverpudlians demanded refunds after going to see a Golden Globe and BAFTA nominated movie that they […]
January 12, 2012
China has come down hard on its non-government TV network with censorship. Lisa Dempster rode her bike amazing distances. A bomb went off in a market in Pakistan and killed about 35 people. Mashable put together a retrospective of the year that was through tweets. I can forgive the emotionally indulgent music because so many […]
January 9, 2013
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