by podblack on November 21, 2010
If you’re reading this due to the Freethought Blogs – read this. Thanks! During my time interacting with skeptical and atheist groups – I have seen evidence of people assuming that skepticism and atheism are one and the same. More often than not, it’s from co-workers or family members, who think that ‘a skeptic equals [...]
by podblack on July 26, 2010
I am holding a legally-purchased copy of Cosmos Magazine. Why? This magazine features an informative and detailed article about vaccination and I strongly urge people to support this publication – rather than illegally scan it and feature it on a website, as the Australian Vaccination Network has done on their site. The NSW Health Care [...]
by podblack on May 3, 2010
Sorry to all of the people I know who I recently spammed by sending out a link to that most recently-posted YouTube clip of Shakespeare, with the joke ‘dare you to do this at Dragon*Con!‘ I very much doubt anyone will (however, I would love to hear Dr Karen Stollznow recite Shakespeare, as she certainly [...]
by podblack on April 30, 2010
I’m sorry, but if you know of the Skeptic Zone podcast? You’ll know how both insulting and yet hilarious this is. This is a screenshot from an anti-vaccination group, who are bitter that there’s a parody of the AVN on Facebook. Many thanks to Dave the Happy Singer, who alerted us with “#StopAVN are the [...]
by podblack on April 15, 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 [...]
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 [...]
by podblack on November 23, 2009
I neglected to post this earlier — Lomography photo session, as mentioned in the blog earlier! You can see shots that we took here on Flickr and also on the Facebook group for Pigeonhole. Here’s a favorite:
by podblack on November 7, 2009
Don’t forget to join the Facebook group for the Skeptic Zone podcast — we have DOZENS of vodcast documentaries and films that we take and we’re always open to having people join us on our adventures.