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AVN In Trouble Due Copyright Infringement

by podblack on September 1, 2010

Here it is in the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper – Copyright breaches land group in trouble:
An anti-vaccination group is under fire for allegedly breaching copyright laws by selling newspaper and medical journal articles online without permission from the authors.
The Australian Vaccination Network, which was the subject of a public warning issued by [...]

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An Update On The Flight…

by podblack on August 30, 2010

Approximately twenty minutes time. Flight delays.
This time, as I wait in the Qantas lounge, there are no loud members of a well-known band talking about ‘Lars and the Real Girl’ – however, there are the ubiqutous UK-accented fellow passengers loudly dictating their Facebook updates:
‘Tell her we Haven’t. Left. Yet!’
‘We Nout. Left. Yet! I have it [...]

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Little Kitten – ‘In The Exit Stairwell Of Fame’ / ‘The Lady Vanishes: Invisible Wife Syndrome’

by podblack on August 29, 2010

Two well-worth-reading articles by Gia Milinovich (whose work I’ve read and enjoyed long before I knew who this ‘Brian Cox’ fellow was – she inspired me to see about getting a proper photograph done of myself for the website! :p):
From The lady vanishes: Invisible Wife Syndrome (The Guardian):
When we first met, I was the expensively [...]

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Tribal Scientist on Communication, Science And That ‘Politeness’ Thing

by podblack on August 28, 2010

A little while back I read the following by Chris Mooney, a post about what he considered to be a good example of science communication. My friend Michael McRae responded with his own post – Encouraging Scientists To Speak For Science.
I’m intrigued by these kinds of discussions, as over the past year I have met [...]

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Blog-Break Until Dragon*Con! Token Skeptic On Science At Home

by podblack on August 23, 2010

I’ve had continuing health problems, a week ahead of me full of planning and coordinating lessons for the fortnight that I’m away… and Dragon*Con itself to plan for, along with all the travel! :/ So, it’s only fair to warn you that I’m going to try to blog while on the road rather than over the [...]

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