Via a couple of friends who have direct policy and personal experience of the upcoming changes around housing benefits, 'Big Society' plans and the like, some information for people who are going to be affected by these changes ( Read more... )

Chaps, chaps, a question: did any of you when you were tiny do things like pull your radio to pieces to see how it worked, and then rebuild it? Or develops your own computer skills out of sight of school/parents, and learn how to hack? Or similar? And if you did do any of these things, how have they contributed (or not) to you being in the line of ( Read more... )

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For those of you that haven't seen, there are truly horrific fires happening across Victoria, Australia right now. The current death toll stands at 84.

If you can, please donate to the Red Cross. (Australians, if you know of other ways that internationals can help, please say).

Awesomely interesting stuff with amazing people at Brighton Uni - please do propagate:

( PhD on the 'alternative' city: Countercultures, LGBT communities, 'alternative' music scenes, acts of resistance )

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