Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
You may know that the The Australian Skeptics National Convention, (or as they call it, ‘Briskepticon’, which is how you can find it tagged on Twitter), will be held next weekend at the University of Queensland. What you may not know is that on Friday, 27th November, before the convention starts – there’s going to [...]
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Appears the Mark Wootton / Shirley Ghostman / UK comedy shows Little Duke Productions / Verses story has some additional legs, with quite a few people being drawn into being filmed without realising that they’re part of a project… that has more in common with ‘Borat’ and John Saffran than a Scorsese or Spike Lee. [...]
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Dear all, Over the past few days there has been two five to six hour round trips to south of the state; some getting over a cold; one teacher workshop on critical thinking (where I presented on skepticism for the fourth time); a rather worrying development in the health of a co-worker; one house-guest (who [...]
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You may have noticed that the blog has pretty much been a string of videos, links to media items and plenty of ‘little kittens’. If you’re new to the blog, my ‘little kittens‘ are essentially fun and / or interesting finds. They also indicate that I’m probably under the hammer or under a pile of [...]
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Sheesh, maybe they should do some reading instead: UPI.com: Officers said they caught the four teenagers, ranging from 13 to 15 years old, crawling out of a Stripling Middle School window with backpacks, pillows and blankets about 1 a.m. Sunday, The Dallas Morning News reported Monday. The teenagers, who were taken to a juvenile detention [...]
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Before I start – get into Fine Lines book reviews at Jezebel.com. Great little trips down memory lane, with young adult books from the times you saved up to pay for the latest Judy Blume with small bills! ‘From the Mixed-Up Files…’ – it’s damned cool to check it out now – yes, running away [...]
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