April 2010

Today, I got a message from Chrys of Atheist Nexus: Penny Sharpe, Minister for Parliment in NSW, has tweeted that she has had her inbox inundated this morning with messages from Christians pleading with the government to axe the ethics classes in NSW schools so they won’t compete with scripture classes. We need all hands [...]

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Dara O Briain, Marcus Brigstocke, Nick Cohen, Shappi Khorsandi and Tim Minchin backstage at the Big Libel Gig explain why Britain has become a haven for those who wish to silence debate and why we must reform English libel law. Join them and 50,000 others by showing your support and signing up at: www.libelreform.org/sign

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Podblack Finds For 12th April 2010

by podblack on April 12, 2010

A quick-round up for the start of the week – then it’s back to work for me! Firstly – Jim Wallace is not happy about ethics classes being offered to students from NSW as an alternative to scripture… Opinion, The Age: You can’t teach ethics without referring to Christianity: With our nation having just played [...]

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I just realised I didn’t mention it earlier on my site! This episode is now my highest-rating in terms of downloads, even after one day. Download episode #16 featuring Taslima Nasrin’s speech from the Global Atheist Convention. There’s also  iTunes, mp3 and Zune! This episode features one of the most engaging speakers from The Rise [...]

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Deafness And Skepticism

by podblack on April 10, 2010

Look, as far as I’m concerned, I’m still on my holiday break from solid blogging – and next week it’s pretty much nothing but editing and preparing for the start of classes again for me. So, don’t expect my usual updates or essay-length blog-posts, beyond some favorite YouTube videos. I’m meant to be on a [...]

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Little Kitten – Pixels

by podblack on April 9, 2010

PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN. Thanks to Josh for the find – and congrats to Jennifer on her new job involving the restoration of Coastal Louisiana!

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I’m For Sale On eBay!

by podblack on April 7, 2010

Kind of! Okay, it’s a fundraiser, one of two that you can get – go bid on a poster! Signed poster from 2010 Global Atheist Convention – all proceeds to support the Atheist Foundation of Australia’s Celebrate Reason Bus Campaign. ONLY 15 of these posters exist of which just two are being made available for [...]

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Skepticism and Women’s Intuition – and much more! Token Skeptic Podcast – episodes 14 and 15, now out! Scott Sigler features in “Episode Fourteen – On Science Fiction And Skepticism” – conducted on Monday during the final day of SwanCon, the Perth Science Fiction convention. Dr Scott Lilienfeld features in “Episode Fifteen – On Women’s [...]

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