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January 28, 2009

Screws tighten further on Wikipedia freedom

Posted by : Michael Lund
Filed under : Media

News comes today from the ABC (last night on the ABC’s PM program actually) that Wikipedia is looking at restrictions on who can edit biographies.
This from a website that still markets itself as “the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit”.
The problem, according to “Vandals prompt Wikipedia to ponder editing changes” (Wednesday 28 January 2009), is [...]

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January 13, 2009

Acting Premier tackles evolution

Posted by : Michael Lund
Filed under : Media

Nice to know Queensland is in such safe hands as the Acting Premier Paul Lucas.
The self-confessed fan of building blocks is trying to reassure all is well after news unusual fish larvae were discovered in the state, as reported in The Courier-Mail’s “Two-headed fish larvae blamed on farm chemicals in Noosa River” (Tuesday 13 [...]

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January 13, 2009

Oprah’s inventing new words

Posted by : Michael Lund

Nice to see Tom Cruise actually sitting on a sofa this time as he chats with US talk show host Oprah Winfrey.
But it is not Cruise’s antics that are a cause for concern.
It’s Oprah. She’s inventing words as she chats with the actor.
The interview was recorded in May 2008 at Cruise’s home in Telluride, Colorado, [...]

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Just so you know…


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