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To start off: * They Might Be Giants are lovely, * I am delighted that TMBG are putting out children's albums. I heartily encourage all bands to put out children's albums. Okay. Got that out of the way. So, the latest TMBG kids album is called Here Comes
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There's a fascinating podcast over on Against the Grain about Darwin, Evolution, and Slavery . James Moore argues that Darwin's research into natural selection was motivated by his abhorrence of slavery. I won't blog about it at length as I'm grappling
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I've recently finished the edits for my first chapter, which includes a reasonable large section on knowledge and power. I have also recently had a number of deeply frustrating debates about 'science' with friends and acquaintances. (I suspect that the
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Asha Achuthan has an interesting series of posts over at the CIS website, a work in progress that she writes will: lay down the historical and geo-political contexts for the use of technology in India engage with existing concepts like context, postcoloniality,
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* Debate continues on the use of FOSS at UWA , and I want to do another post to engage with some interesting issues people have brought up in the comments thread and through email, but I'm taking a break for a post or two to talk about some other things
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