So, obviously I did some chalking today to promote the joint event that UMSS and the ALP club on campus are holding tomorrow. Details as per the pictures:
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The history of the illusion is fascinating — a computer program designed to turn 2D line drawings into 3D solids that, when fed ‘impossible’ shapes would crash most of the time…but would occasionally produce an actual representation of the impossible shape. More information here. Escher would weep with joy if he could see this…
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For those who don’t know, two days time from now (May 17th) is IDAHOT – the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. As a precursor to the events to come on Monday, today Equal Love held a pro gay marriage rally outside the State Library in Melbourne — a fantastic follow-up from the gay marriage rally [...]
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A couple of weeks ago on the Daily Show Jon Stewart interviewed Ken Blackwell, a reasonably senior figure in the Republican National Committee. The interview ran overtime for the show, so rather than cut it unnaturally short the Daily Show decided to finish the interview and then post the full thing online in three parts, [...]
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I really didn’t know that much about the guy before this — seems rather that he’s getting a bit of poetic justice out of all this palaver.
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Oh yeah! The University of Melbourne Physics Students’ Society is holding the first ever physics ball! Comic Adventures at the Croft is happening on the 26th of May, so make sure to grab tickets in advance and get a superhero costume together. It’s all happening at the Croft Institute too, a very swish bar (with an [...]
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Both here and here. My personal favourite bit? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And offence is in the sphincter of the uptight white honky who’s convenient answers have been questioned. Offence is an unavoidable and healthy byproduct of free speech. Amen to that. So to speak.
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Well, sort of.
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Note to those who are friends of Belle — me and her will be at the Little Creatures Dining Hall on Brunswick St from 7pm tonight if you want to pop along and wish her a happy birthday!
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