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• Abortion will remain in the NSW Crimes Act

  By tigtog on 2017-05-12 • ( 1 )

  

  Yesterday a bill to decriminalise abortion was voted down in New South Wales Parliament.

• Wonder Woman movie marketing machine tied up in knots

  By tigtog on 2017-04-30 • ( 8 )

  

  …and not in a knowing nod to the cognoscenti way. Shana O’Neill on SyfyWire wonders Where is the Wonder Woman movie advertising?

• Vale John Clarke #PutOutYourGumboots

  By tigtog on 2017-04-11 • ( 3 )

  

  Two nations have lost a great satirist, a terrific writer, and by all accounts a delightful human being generally.

• QOTD for IWD: Aung San Suu Kyi

  By tigtog on 2017-03-08 • ( 7 )

  

  It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. From Freedom from Fear I heard this quoted on… Read More ›

• This Week in Even More Unnerving: Darth Bannon’s dodgy history obsession

  By tigtog on 2017-02-08 • ( 3 )

  Bannon is portrayed as believing that a “global existential war” with radical jihadis (and maybe China as well) is inevitable, and that authoritarian politics in the USA is the only way to prepare the nation for victory.

• So I only just discovered the Tomlin Rule

  By tigtog on 2017-02-06

  

  The quote is about trying to stay informed by reading the newspapers, and seems to embody my own attempts at self-preservation in a world where duplicitous absurdities constantly gain more traction than rigorously scrutinised realities.

• Beyond Marching: I Will Not Be Passive #Resist

  By tigtog on 2017-01-29

  

  Later this week I will be part of my first anti-fascist #resist planning meeting*. I’m on a steep learning curve here, but I refuse to be just an observer any more. I will not be passive.

  Anyone else organising with anti-fascist #resistance movements, I’d like to know anything you’re authorised to share with others. We need to be visible.

• Media Circus: Baird Surprise

  By tigtog on 2017-01-19 • ( 1 )

  

  Let the speculations begin!

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  What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?

• Crunching numbers on the latest Oxfam report

  By tigtog on 2017-01-19

  

  Most of the arguments against the Oxfam figures are asking us to look at all these molehills and ignore those few stupendously ginormous mountains.

• Link OTD: DIY Feminist Cybersecurity

  By tigtog on 2017-01-05 • ( 1 )

  

  from HACK*BLOSSOM: A DIY Guide to Feminist Cybersecurity – Take control of your digital spaces.