Foundation Beyond Belief – Supporting Relief For Oklahoma

May 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
crisis-logo

I know that every other blogger will be out supporting and promoting this - but despite being a very long way away in Australia, it deserves promoting. In class today we were watching the news and worried about the disaster, so every bit of help can make a difference: At 3:01 pm CT on May 20, a massive F-4 tornado decimated the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, OK. Scores of severe injuries and deaths have been reported, and intense work is under way to find and rescue those trapped in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Current Events, Media, Politics Leave a Comment

#BigSci13 Storify Of #OnSci – Challenges, Impediments And Issues Facing Science Communicators, Educators, Policymakers And Innovators In Australia

May 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Check out all the blogging over on the official ScienceRewired site at http://sciencerewired.org/summit/category/blog - and if any of the discussion points fire you up, contribute some of your OWN ideas at: http://sciencerewired.org/summit/participate. ***** [View the story "#bigsci13 - The Challenges - #onsci" on Storify] … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Current Events, Education, Politics, Science, Technology Leave a Comment

17th May – Why #FOOTY4IDAHO Matters – Stamp Out Homophobia In Sport

May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
aflplayerscomau

Today - which is International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) - things go to a new level. AFL superstars including Brownlow Medallist Jobe Watson, Scott Pendlebury, Jude Bolton, Drew Petrie, Patrick Dangerfield and Chris Judd - to name just a few - are putting their weight behind a campaign to stamp out gay slurs in the game, both on and off the field. These players are taking a pledge to stamp out the use of homophobic language, while also raising awareness of the damaging effects it can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Current Events, Media, Politics Leave a Comment

The Daily Show: John Oliver’s Australia & Gun Control’s Aftermath

May 12, 2013 By 1 Comment

… [Read more...]

Filed Under: Current Events, Little Kitten, Media, Politics 1 Comment

Australia’s Daily Telegraph Continues #NoJabNoPlay Campaign – Gets Tony Abbott Endorsement

May 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/no-jab-no-play-campaign-launched-to-ban-unvaccinated-kids-from-childcare-centres-and-preschools/story-fncvk70o-1226635256015

Morning paper in New South Wales - for the 12th May! What have they continued to serve up? Let's get political! By Jane Hansen - Tony Abbott backs No Jab, No Play campaign: A TONY Abbott-led government will crack down on people who choose not to vaccinate their children by supporting childcare centres' right to turn away children who are not immunised and by reviewing family benefit payments to vaccine refusers. In response to The Sunday Telegraph and The Daily Telegraph's No Jab, No Play … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumer Rights, Current Events, Media, Politics, Science, Skepticism Leave a Comment

Ben Goldacre’s Bad Education? – Guest Post By Jonny Scaramanga

May 11, 2013 By 13 Comments

What follows is a guest post by Jonny Scaramanga - you can find his site at http://leavingfundamentalism.wordpress.com and follow him on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/JonnyScaramanga. Ben Goldacre is a bit of a hero to me. Like a lot of people, I discovered Bad Science and skepticism at the same time and found something I wanted to be part of. But now Dr. Goldacre has stepped into my field – education – and, frankly, he’s made a total balls-up of it. Now, there are lots of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Current Events, Education, Politics, Science 13 Comments

Holding the Australian Vaccination Network to Account – Video Of Anthony Roberts MP In Parliment

May 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment

"The O'Farrell-Stoner Government is commited to protecting the community from being misled by the Australian Vaccination Network and its anti-immunisation scare campaign." … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumer Rights, Current Events, Media, Politics Leave a Comment

Interview With Maryam Namazie #SSAWeek

May 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Welcome to Hour Eighteen of the Token Skeptic Sunday Sessions! DONATE HERE! There’s 24 posts for every hour of today, looking at issues involving secularism, skepticism, atheism, feminism, science, philosophy and more - in order to support and urge you to donate to SSAWeek2013 at SecularStudents.org. Maryam Namazie is a political activist, campaigner and blogger, and the spokesperson for Fitnah - Movement for Women’s Liberation, and also the Equal Rights Now, One Law for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Current Events, Education, Feminism, Media, Politics, Religion and Spirituality Leave a Comment

Podcasts – ScienceRewired, 365 Days Of Philosophy And Token Skeptic Shows Now Out #scicomm

April 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
audioboo.fm/sciencerewired

I've been very busy over my brief holiday break - the important thing is that if you're in Australia and interested in science communication, science education and science outreach, that you check out some of the presenters at the forthcoming ScienceRewired Big Science Communication Summit and consider not only: Giving feedback on what is discussed (think of it like a "wiki" for things that will be raised at the event), but Consider signing up to present yourself! For these interviews, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Current Events, Education, Feminism, Media, Philosophy, Podcasting, Politics, Pseudoscience, Science, Skepticism Leave a Comment

The Australian Christian Lobby… Sorry, The AUSTRALIAN CAT LADIES’ New Site!

April 28, 2013 By 3 Comments
http://australianchristianlobby.org/

I'd seen rumblings of this happening on Twitter, having caught a 'holding' page before the launch - but here it is! Appears that the http://australianchristianlobby.org has let their site lapse...  and left the cat-door open! Done that myself with cat-doors, the little buggers get in and manage to gnaw their way into a box of doughnuts, despite people telling me that "cats don't like cake". What are the values of the Australian Christian Lobby Australian Cat Ladies? There's a number … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Current Events, Politics, Religion and Spirituality 3 Comments