New Kiva loan!

 

Wayne just made a loan to Chiv on Kiva.org
Chiv still needs $75 to purchase more stock of chickens to raise.

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Adelaide Roller Derby (Great Southern Slam)

Amanda Palmer’s take on Radiohead’s “Idioteque”

Amanda Palmer’s take on Radiohead’s “Idioteque”, on her magical ukulele!

(click above to view the bandcamp flash-based player in Tumblr)

oliyoung: whitet: publicradiointernational: swirlspice: Spotted at BP station in Ohio (by The Rachel Maddow Show) Oh, the irony. It hurts.

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whitet:

publicradiointernational:

swirlspice:

Spotted at BP station in Ohio (by The Rachel Maddow Show)

Oh, the irony. It hurts.

Sometimes, nature is really fucked up.

How Nestlé spins when it gives into campaigners' demands

Thanks to the great work of Greenpeace and activists, Nestlé have agreed to switch to Palm Oil sourced from sustainable plantations by 2015; a clear victory in the preservation of Orang-utan rainforest habitat.

Nestlé have used this opportunity to praise themselves for their efforts to preserve the ecology of the Indonesian rainforest, showing that they clearly don’t take responsibility for their actions to date. This isn’t the first time they’ve used such spin. Click this link below to see why the Boycott Nestlé action originated, and what media spin we can expect from Nestlé.

Green groups want oil exploration ban - ABC News

… and with good reason.

Margaret River offshore drilling lease approved

Given the events in the Gulf of Mexico, how on earth could the Rudd government approve such a thing, particularly in such an ecologically diverse area? This government has no environmental credibility whatsoever.

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getupaustralia — April 27, 2010 — Climate change is the great moral challenge of our generation.

To delay any longer would be reckless and irresponsible for our economy and for our environment.

- Kevin Rudd 2009

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Add me to your last.fm friend list, bitches.

Because I <3 music and social networking based around music must be a good thing…

Democracy, South Australian style - Crikey

SA Attorney-General Michael Atkinson has changed the rules of democracy in the state, explains Hendrik Gout: you can’t make an anonymous political comment on a blog, but you can make an anonymous…