Posted on Thursday, 29th October 2009 by Interloper
My tickets arrived in the mail today to see Richard Dawkins speak at the Adelaide Writer’s festival, next year. This makes it a more fitting day than most to post the following Dawkins-inspired rap.
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Posted on Thursday, 29th October 2009 by Interloper
As reported by ABC Science, Astronomers have uncovered the most distant object ever observed in our universe and are set to document their findings in the latest issue of the science journal, Nature.
Appearing as little more than a red pin-prick of light, the object is believed to be the remnant light from a long-dead star, [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, 27th October 2009 by Interloper
DNA samples taken from a dead leech have helped to solve an eight-year-old crime here in Australia.
Eight years ago, a 71-year-old woman living in a rural Tasmania was attacked by two assailants. The men tied her to a chair and hit her repeatedly with sticks before making off with a grand total of AUD $550 [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, 27th October 2009 by Interloper
Before yesterday, I’d never heard of them, but the consortium of European companies that call themselves the Desertec Foundation are set to significantly influence the utilisation of renewable energy on our planet.
So, what’s the plan? Desertec plans on building solar panels across the Sahara desert in a bid to provide clean, renewable energy to countries [...]
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Posted on Monday, 26th October 2009 by Interloper
We’re rolling lucky sevens all day here today at the Shrine, because it’s the seventh installment of Good Morning, Monday #7, the only regular internets column by me, myself, moi.
My name is Michael, but you can call me “the Interloper” (if that’s how you roll), or you can just call me Michael. In the privacy [...]
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Posted on Friday, 23rd October 2009 by Interloper
This week I’m leaving you with a special treat in the form of ΠΑΛΙΕΣ CULT ΔΙΑΦΗΜΙΣΕΙΣ 3.
I don’t know what ΠΑΛΙΕΣ CULT ΔΙΑΦΗΜΙΣΕΙΣ 3 means, but it appears to be a collection of commercials. To really get the best effect, I recommend that you make yourself comfortable and settle in for the whole seven minutes.
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Posted on Friday, 23rd October 2009 by Interloper
A Government sponsored advertisement about climate change has come under fire in the United Kingdom, after depicting scenes of pets drowning in a flood of epic proportions.
Most of the complaints focused on the lack of “scientific evidence” presented by the ad and one petition has gone so far as to claim that the ad is [...]
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Posted on Friday, 23rd October 2009 by Interloper
CNN recently brought in a psychiatrist in an attempt to answer the eternal question of why so many people continue to listen to conservative talk radio.
The answer, according to psychiatrist Gail Saltz, is that most listeners of conservative talk are those who feel that they have no voice of their own. She went on to [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 22nd October 2009 by Interloper
Starting next week, a series of advertisements promoting Atheism will adorn the walls of twelve New York City subway stations, as part of a campaign organised by eight different atheist organisations.
The advertisements pose the question: “A million New Yorkers are good without God. Are you?” and are designed to raise awareness about “people who don’t [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 22nd October 2009 by Interloper
After cleaning the house yesterday I referred to it as being “spick-and-span” (which could be something of an overstatement, but these things are all relative). Anyway, that thought was enough to make me ponder what exactly “spick-and-span” actually even means. So I decided to find out.
Spick-and-span (sometimes rendered spic-and-span thanks to the hard work of [...]
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