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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Karmin Music
Nice cover here, hat tip to the Berklee Music Blog. Hip hop lends itself to sparse arrangements; this is as sparse as it gets. Absolutely love Amy Heidemann’s performance. Beautifully expressive expressions, if that’s not too redundant. Of course, the reason this is getting huge numbers of views is probably yet another example…
Urgent news: 49 year old man was born in 1961
It is difficult to express how deeply and predictably pathetic Fox News is. When I read thatBarack Obama has released his birth certificate, I was curious as to how this piece of not-news would be received by the right wing. Here’s a shot from their front page: Urgent? Seriously? I understand why Fox News does…
Oh FFS, Parliament, grow up
Is it patronising to say, “calm down, dear” to a woman? Usually. The “hysterical women” stereotype is one of the more annoying ones for the female gender, going by some of the eloquent rants I’ve read on the subject. The insidious thing about that particular stereotype is that complaints can leave you open to further…
The delusions of tired old Lords
It is a sad comment on the backward nature of this country’s governance that the thing that unites left wing and right wing enemies is to become Lords together, united in their detachment from reality. Taken from this BBC article, here is Lefty Lord “FTP Is The British Way” Reid writing in the Right Old…
Fairer Fridays: Asking the right question
(One of a series of regular posts on the run up to the AV referendum on May 5th. As the post makes clear, I’m in favour of voting Yes. For those whom it concerns, I believe the question is either a choice between FPTP and AV – or between standing still and electoral reform –…
The Global Village Construction Set
From fusion physicist to open source farmer, Marcin Jakubowski is on an incredible journey through life. His Open Source Ecology site is the kind of thing that “it blows my mind” is meant for. You absolutely must watch his five minute TED talk: Distributing the means of production is at the heart of what I…
Warwick professor thinks poor kids are stupid
I should probably calm down and review this properly, but this does seem a grotesque abuse of expert authority. The idea that a professor would dismiss efforts to improve the education of children by shoddy analysis is deeply offensive to me. There is a graph (included below) in the government’s social mobility paper Opening Doors, Breaking…
Fairer Fridays: The Dubya Disaster
(One of a series of regular posts on the run up to the AV referendum on May 5th. As the post makes clear, I’m in favour of voting Yes. For those whom it concerns, I believe the question is either a choice between FPTP and AV – or between standing still and electoral reform –…