October 2009
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“Question time is dominated by 78 people on a boat. We have around 50,000 visa...”
– Paul Howse, quoted in The Age. (via indefensible) (via asunburntcountry)
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““On November 25, International White Ribbon Day, we will ask all 10 million men...”
– Rudd’s oath on violence against women - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
You can swear here.
(via isay) (via asunburntcountry)
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A Call for a New Reformation
by John S. Spong (via http://web.archive.org/web/20080531150305/http://www.dioceseofnewark.org/jsspong/reform.html ) In the 16th century the Christian Church, which had been the source of much of the stability of the western world, entered a period of internal and violent upheaval. In time this upheaval came to be called the Protestant Reformation, but during the violence itself, it was...
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WatchPynchon and neodialectic sublimation
Two Australians have a chat about Pynchon and neodialectic sublimation until it hurts.
I put much love into making this little video so I expect you to watch it. Please. There’s some swearing :)
Reference information (good for a laugh): elsewhere.org/pomo/2122206543/ *it’s a video not writing
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Watchstever:
Marmite Gastronomy 4: A World of Sandwiches
This is my first animation using xtranormal. I found it very easy to use.
With bananas?
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An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping... →
By Amy Wallace
An example of excellent journalism on a complex and (unfortunately) emotionally charged topic, vaccinations.
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A deadly tongue-piercing - TIME.com →
Infections following a tongue-piercing led to fatal brain abscesses in the case of one 22-year-old, according to a report published in the October issue of the journal Archives of Neurology.
This reminds me of the time when a dental X-Ray caused my Mum to discover my younger sister had pierced her tongue. It was one of the funnier episodes in my sister’s teenage years.
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Madonna - Like a Virgin...
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ResusciAnnie™ Found Unresponsive in Motel Room - Q... →
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How Safe is the HPV vaccine? | Information Is... →
This site makes understanding abstract benefits and risks straight forward and it’s beautiful.
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“Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away; and if they could, they would...”
– John Muir (via thingsthatyoushouldbeawareof)
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Life in the DOT
maryinstereo:
i just ran into kevin coakley who i went to middle school with at the banshee. he moved off mass. in 8th grade went he went to Miami, FL.
So WTF is he doing living in Dorcester?
He realised Florida is America’s ‘Most Fucked Up State’?
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“Every day we humans gleefully churn out yet more books and films and TV shows...”
– Charlie Brooker - request for a cultural diet. (via lanipauli) (via somethingchanged)
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Windsor Hotel redevelopment
A Melbourne landmark is under threat
The Windsor is Australia’s only surviving grand 19th century city hotel, and a Melbourne landmark. The Windsor is so important that the State Government purchased it in 1977 to save it from demolition.
The Windsor needs facilities and rooms to be upgraded, but the current proposal would see the historic buidling almost reduced to a facade, completely...
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