Monthly Archives: June 2011

You do realise that anyone can apply?

June 30, 2011 – 2:20 pm

Tweet In the United Kingdown people have free will and the right to pursue whatever career they wish. Not everyone will have an equal chance of getting the job that they want because people will be limited to different extents by inherent ability, social class and means and of course the education that is made [...]

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Abuse and defamation, part 2

June 29, 2011 – 11:25 pm

Tweet So, I’ve heard back from the lawyers representing Associated Newspapers and it turns out they’re not satisfied with the action I have taken so far (see here and here for the full background). You see, although I deleted the original post and replaced it with a short explanation as to why – in which [...]

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Johann Hari: not angry, just disappointed

June 28, 2011 – 10:52 pm

Tweet I know lots of people have already written about Johann Hari’s confession that often when he writes up his interviews he includes quotes that were not actually said by the person he interviewed. For example: After saying this, he falls silent, and we stare at each other for a while. Then he says, in [...]

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‘Recycling’ or how extreme capitalism works

June 26, 2011 – 10:42 am

Tweet One of the frequently recycled stories that appear on the Mail website that really bothers me is the one where person x wears item x of clothing for a second time. Sometimes this is referred to as a fashion ‘faux pas’ (one of the favourite phrases of Mail hacks), sometimes as recycling but it [...]

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Paul Dacre, Abuse and Defamation

June 23, 2011 – 9:52 pm

Tweet As some of you might already be aware if you follow me on Twitter I received a rather dire warning from my webhosts today informing me that I had breached their terms and conditions. I immediately logged into my account to discover whether I had accidentally hosted any hardcore pornography or broken any superinjunctions. [...]

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