October 2011
3 posts
BLIMEY THAT IS NICE: Pretty interesting article on... →
zoebarker:
Pretty interesting article on advertising on the Guardian site today… ‘We are not born with our values: they are embedded and normalised by the messages we receive from our social environment. Most advertising appeals to and reinforces extrinsic values. It doesn’t matter what the product is: by…
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No Time And Yet A Life: US muscle reigns, but... →
gorrangorra:
‘Howard Hotson, professor of early modern intellectual history at the University of Oxford, who has become a prominent critic of the government’s higher education policy, said: “You can turn the data from the World University Rankings upside down and inside out…to measure different things; but…
September 2011
6 posts
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Don’t know what to think about this whole neutrino business. I mostly think it’s pretty exciting, but may mean I need to remember/catch up on a whole bunch of physicsy stuff that I wasn’t paying enough attention to previously if I’m not gonna feel all out of touch and old fashioned when they start teaching string theory at school. Or something.
Also, does this mean that...
Troy Davis: please watch →
http://www.toystereo.com/ →
I wrote my first post for toystereo. It’s been a long time coming. And, despite it being a blog written by a group of friends, I still find it a bit scary.
August 2011
3 posts
The epidemiology of rioting? →
WatchSo good.
“Those condemning the events of the past couple of nights in north London and...”
– from There is a context to London’s riots that can’t be ignored — Nina Power, The Guardian (via jonheslop)
June 2011
6 posts
Bon Iver first listen contd.
Okay, so Calgary’s pretty good…
Bon Iver first listen →
Unsure…have some of the tracks slipped into BeeGee territory…? Am I gonna get lynched for saying that?
May 2011
15 posts
Just in case the world ends tomorrow, I just want everyone to know that there was a bunch more stuff I wanted to do.
And today this: http://www.amontobin.com/ and yerba maté.
The promised link to the other blog... →
Stef starting fixing up our blog today (with minimal input from me - I mostly ate hummus and pitta bread), so this is the link! Just a taster up so far. Keep your eyes peeled for further updates…
I’m hoping it’ll explode a little after I’ve finished my exams…
So it looks like Britain’s political system is incredibly unfair, but that’s okay, because that’s just the way Britons like it.
Good to know.
April 2011
13 posts
Watch
Poppy Project's funding cut →
I first found out about the Poppy Project through Amnesty during my final year of my degree at UCL, and I’ve since been involved in some fundraising work for them with the LSE Amnesty society. The work they do is incredibly important and as an organisation they can’t be replaced by a larger charity whose work isn’t as focused on the particular needs of women affected by sex...
When I read →
This is what I listen to…
Spring in my step →
Some songs.
Save the children Ivory Coast appeal →
Willets blames feminism for the lack of jobs for... →
I should probably not read Guardian articles illustrating tthe fact that our country is being run by a bunch of super-baddies before breakfast. The combination of hunger and anger make me want to do something incredibly violent to men resembling sloths.
Probably due to me being a man-hating feminist or something.
Jobcentres tricking people out of benefits to cut... →
Yet MPs still seem baffled when people express their anger on the streets…
March 2011
9 posts
About those arrested during the protest →
The alternative
Had a pretty peaceful if tiring time today on the march for the alternative. I’ve been pretty shocked by the reporting of the other actions - particularly by the BBC. The Guardian has been the most measured (as per), whereas many of the other reporters have used deliberately inflammatory language, peppered with outright lies (a petrol bomb? Really?! And Trafalgar Square is being solely...
I can’t hide my disappointment with King of...
Homeless photographers' unique shots of London... →