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Alcohol, It’s No Joke

by podblack on January 14, 2010

I’ve written before at length why I don’t drink alcohol, on a post called “My Not Drinking Alcohol Is Not Your Problem“.
One of the things that I probably didn’t emphasise enough was that a contributing factor to not drinking was discovering how many of my high-school students talked about being pressured to drink alcohol. Especially [...]

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Gardasil for Guys? Actually, Yes, According To Hungry Beast

by podblack on November 25, 2009

brandist Hungry Beast was bloody brilliant!!! I’ve never seen such a poignant picture of Australia’s refugees. GREAT JOB GUYS!!!
So, I’ve been lax in keeping up with my Hungry Beast round-ups. Simply put, I’ve been busy for a sequence of Wednesdays and that pretty much means that I’ve been stuck trying to catch the online eps… [...]

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Little Kitten – Tim Minchin Goes Rock’N'Roald

by podblack on September 29, 2009

Hi to all the Guardian readers / fans of Tim Minchin out there!
Yes, there are quite a few Tim Minchin blog-posts with lots of information on this site, since I was one of the first skeptic podcasters to interview him (for the TANK Vodcast, back in 2008).
After that, we had a four-part lengthy video interview, [...]

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Silence Is The Enemy – Blogging To Help Shout The Message

by podblack on June 1, 2009

Sheril Kirshenbaum leads a vital blogo-spheric initiative called SILENCE IS THE ENEMY starting today, June 1st, to help a generation of young women half a world away. She says:
An International Rescue Committee survey suggests 12 percent of girls aged 17 and under acknowledged having been sexually abused in some way in the previous 18 months. [...]

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Swine Flu Scam Alert

by podblack on April 30, 2009

Many, many thanks to Richard Saunders of the Skeptic Zone podcast and the Young Australian Skeptics for the following!
Get a pdf here and print it out, pass it on and suggest for podcasts and other blog sites.
“With the growing world-wide threat of Swine Flu (or the N5H1 virus) the public is alerted to various fake [...]

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Stephen Fry Leads New Zealand Internet Twitter Blackout Protest Against Insane Copyright Law

by podblack on February 16, 2009

Alert from Stephen Fry leads to the following articles: If you’re on Twitter, would you change your avatar to black to show support for the fight against a “three accusations and you’re offline” law in New Zealand?
Sections 92A and C of the amended Copyright Act establish a guilt upon accusation principle that can see anyone [...]

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