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Tripod In America! Tripod Versus The Dragon

by podblack on November 24, 2009

As mentioned briefly when I wrote earlier about the show in Melbourne — they’re preparing to head overseas! The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art are hosting them as ‘artists in residence’! Tripod versus The Dragon Saturday, January 30, 2010, 8:00 pm Hunter Center Part Flight of the Conchords and part Tenacious D [actually, they've been [...]

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Little Kitten – Tripod Do Dungeons And Dragons

by podblack on November 3, 2009

If you’re looking for horse racing superstitions? Check out last year’s post, ‘White House, White Horse, Superstitions and the Course‘. If you’re looking for news about Tripod? Much better luck with me today — because they’ll be heading to the USA in 2010! Especially good recent news if you’re in Melbourne, as I’m very envious [...]

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Obama Eliminates Abstinence-Only Funding in Budget

by podblack on September 24, 2009

Huffington Post: President Obama’s 2010 budget, released this afternoon, eliminates federal funding for a range of abstinence-only education programs.

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‘The God Of Skeptics’ Article

by podblack on August 26, 2009

EDIT – the same article, with a slight title change, has now been syndicated in the San Francisco News as ‘The Demystifying Adventures of The Amazing Randi‘. I started to read a link that Richard Saunders (who you can follow on Twitter under the name @skepticzone) presented. It was an article by Michael J. Mooney [...]

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Charitible Atheists Growing In Numbers And Activities

by podblack on July 22, 2009

ABC News – Atheists Grow in Numbers, Goals: Valerie Celeste Coffey is a woman on a mission. For six years, her small group of local atheists has gathered to exchange bemused stories about the things Christians do in worship and swap tips for raising confident skeptics. ..The ranks of nonbelievers are on the rise, research [...]

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Little Kitten – Story Of A Big And A Small Squirrel

by podblack on May 1, 2009

From Popbitch: Big squirrel, little squirrel, helpful humans. Watch it when you need something to restore your faith in the loveliness of the world.

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Science Succeeding In Texas – NCSE

by podblack on March 28, 2009

Thanks to Skeptical Teacher for the overview in their blog earlier – here’s a few news links from today and there seems to be less ‘oh noes!’ and more ‘this is actually working out!‘. Yet to see any evidence of ‘footholds’ for the creationist opposition, so I’m keeping an eye on the NCSE site as [...]

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High School Possession And The Skeptical Teacher’s Quandary

by podblack on January 28, 2009

Today a news item popped up, which didn’t really surprise me. I’d heard of accounts of similar sorts of behaviour as ‘warnings’ to me, when I tried talking about how interesting and educational it would be to talk about the paranormal and pseudoscientific topics in the high school classroom. What should a teacher do in [...]

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