This is just bloody terrible, and makes me want to get into the self-publishing business … Via Ben Goldacre I’ve read this morning about the copyright owners of the Folstein Mini Mental State Examination, and their efforts to extract money for its use (which in one sense is fair, but they’ve ignored their copyright for...
I’ve just seen a cartoon video produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, purporting to address privacy concerns – which is pretty important, as it’s likely there are a fair number of people with concerns over what information is asked for, and what will be done with that information, or how securely it...
While I don’t intend this to be a regular feature, in the absence of any clever title, or indeed any overarching coherent thread, I will title this post for the day and the moaning. There are a number of things that bug me, and that I moan about (if you’ve read my blog before,...
Minor apologies for the language but thinking on a few people I’ve been seeing lately, I almost want to start a new Tumblr – named, according to what seems to be the fashion for all you crazy kids, “Fuckyeahantidepressants”. As I’ve written recently (well, not that recently; I have been slack...
If this doesn’t make you rage-cry, we can no longer be friends
A friend on Facebook posted one of the most awful things I’ve read in ages: a report of a mother bear killing herself, then her cub – to avoid the torture and agony of bile-farming. I knew about bile-farming. I did not know that the bears try to suicide by hitting themselves in the abdomen...
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