by podblack on September 21, 2010
I really have have half-a-dozen things requiring completion (particularly new podcast episodes out on Token Skeptic) – but the lure of retweeting jokes about the #onmouseover on Twitter… BBC News: A flaw in the website of micro-blogging service Twitter is being used to pump out pop-up messages and links to porn sites. So, if you’re [...]
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 the [...]
by podblack on April 22, 2010
Don’t forget to check out the latest Token Skeptic Episode: On How We Only Like You Because You’re Good In Blog – Blogging Skeptically. Submission for ‘We Only Like You Because You’re Good in Blog’ Day! …what we will NOT tolerate are veiled threats or references to violence or sex acts such as those above. [...]
by podblack on April 4, 2010
This will be my last blog-post for a while! I’m taking a little holiday to catch up on some other projects (and yes, for a polychronic person like myself, I assure you I’ll be keeping busy)! I’ll re-post a few links to some of my classic blog-posts so you can check out my archives if [...]
by podblack on March 17, 2010
Yes, that’s me standing next to him – and yes, I knew it was misquoted. Good to have visual evidence. Full post at Young Australian Skeptics: Reporting on the 2010 Global Atheist Convention, Barney Zwartz & Jacqueline Maley, in their respective articles “Dawkins delivers the sermon they came to hear” (The Age, 15/3/10) and “Dawkins [...]
by podblack on March 1, 2010
Over at the Young Australian Skeptics site, there’s a great announcement! Finally! Many, many thanks to everyone who submitted and here are our final selections for the Young Australian Skeptics Blog Anthology! Some great reads there – and there should be a significant hat-tip to the following: Additional big thanks to the following people: “Dr [...]
by podblack on February 14, 2010
Thanks to BastardSheep for putting this online! This video is of members of Victorian Skeptics taking back the word “skeptic” from Climate Change “skeptics”, better known as Deniers. It appeared on the ABC TV show Insiders at 9am on the 14th of February 2010. Left to right we have Terry Kelly, President of the Victorian [...]
by podblack on December 21, 2009
I’m interviewed on a radio show! Reality Check has a really keen look at LGBT issues nationally and internationally, with a pro-skeptical-approach. Unique and well worth catching! Reality Check is a weekly radio show broadcast on JOY 94.9 FM in Melbourne, Australia. Each week Reality Check brings you a round-up of LGBT world news and [...]