Home Westminster UnionsMedia Activism

Top Stories and Blog Review Wednesday 13th May


by Debi Linton    
May 13, 2009 at 11:32 am

BROWN: SCRUTINISE ALL CLAIMS

Nationwide
Miliband to meet far-right Israeli minister
Tory stance on expenses offers Labour lessons
Clegg to repay bill in ‘no tolerance’ policy
UK jobless total hits 2.2 million

International
Sri Lankan hospital shelled, taking 47 lives
Belgian city plans ‘veggie’ days
Anti-gay minister in ‘Nazi battle’ outrage
Attacks on Pakistan Taliban intensify

DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Debi Linton

Penny Red joins the party talking about PETA’s longstanding campaign of misogyny

The good folks at DeadBroWalking are compiling a list of people of colour who are also fans of science fiction and fantasy (read the comments)

George Monbiot is concerned by the corporatisation of science.

Samhita at Feministing looks at the preferential treatment given by the media to crimes against white victims.

The BBC Ouch! Blog breaks the completely unsurprising news that disabled people pay more to use public transport.

And finally, Click Opera highlights the work of upcoming volumetric performance artist Maru; or you can browse through previous Netcasts


-------------------------

  Tweet  

About the author
This is a guest post. Debi is a museum-based science communicator, who has a job now but is still working on her PhD. She blogs about a range of subjects at Advancing the Sum Total of Human Knowledge and Endeavour
· Other posts by Debi Linton

Filed under
netcast


5 responses in total   ||  



Reader comments

I’m going to shamelessly plug my piece, which went up late today and had no chance of being considered for the netcast, because I think people will be interested in Tory MP’s comments that Tamil Protestors ought to be tackled with *water cannons*:

http://badconscience.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/say-hello-to-your-new-masters/

Thanks for highlighting that, Paul. Bit worried now.


Reactions: Twitter, blogs
  1. Liberal Conspiracy

    New post: Top Stories and Blog Review Wednesday 13th May http://bit.ly/5DifA

  2. IB

    #lt Guest post on LC Top Stories and Blog Review Wednesday 13th May http://tinyurl.com/pw5f5u

  3. Liberal Conspiracy

    New post: Top Stories and Blog Review Wednesday 13th May http://bit.ly/5DifA



Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.

 
Liberal Conspiracy is the UK's most popular left-of-centre politics blog. Our aim is to re-vitalise the liberal-left through discussion and action. More about us here.

You can read articles through the front page, via Twitter or RSS feed.
RECENT OPINION ARTICLES
TwitterRSS feedsRSS feedsFacebook


20 Comments



42 Comments



388 Comments



44 Comments



46 Comments



21 Comments



25 Comments



26 Comments



24 Comments



19 Comments



LATEST COMMENTS
» James whetlor posted on Shocking video: when police charged into students on horses

» Matt Winston posted on Shocking video: when police charged into students on horses

» Un Homme posted on Shocking video: when police charged into students on horses

» Quartz posted on Shocking video: when police charged into students on horses

» Lily Danel posted on Shocking video: when police charged into students on horses

» Scooby posted on She is free now, but the justice system still fails raped women

» Pratibha Parmar posted on Shocking video: when police charged into students on horses

» Bryan posted on Media warned over next WikiLeaks story

» cathredfern posted on Shocking video: when police charged into students on horses

» Virginia Moffatt posted on Shocking video: when police charged into students on horses

» Dennis Mayr posted on Shocking video: when police charged into students on horses

» Scott Redding posted on Media warned over next WikiLeaks story

» Scooby posted on More evidence of police brutality emerges

» World Peace posted on Media warned over next WikiLeaks story

» Rolo Tamasi posted on We need to reclaim the true ideals behind civil disobedience