Double standards in judgement

This makes me very, very angry. Originally posted via Storify The victim in the Ched Evans rape case was relocated and given a new identify because people took it upon themselves to judge her a liar, him and his friends heroes because he kicks a ball for lots of money - they harassed her relentlessly. …

Russia Running Rings Around Homophobia

Please go to More Links for updates since I wrote this. I've been meaning to write about this for some time and after a loooong writing break, am finally getting around to it. It's long, but I hope it's worth it. I went to Russia a few years ago. It was a great holiday, and …

Offended? Good.

This post is long but one I reference often. Edit: tl;dr = Don't Be A Dick. It's a lot of stuff in a sort of web of thoughts I've been having and I just hope it makes some sense. Please comment to extend it further - the point of this is to be thinking and …

Reasonable force?

Gonna go all topical today, because why not - and Twitter's 140 character limit is annoying me, which is rare. You may or may not have heard about the new "witch-hunt" (though I'd prefer not to call it that): a young man who goes by the alias of @Rileyy69 being arrested this morning. This followed …

OlympHiggs boson

Hello everyone! I'm sort of back from my thesis-writing hiatus now. For anyone who was unaware, I am in the process of finishing my PhD. The gigantic document/book is handed in, my exam (viva) is next week. After that you may call me Dr Noodlemaz. Anyway, there's a point to me banging on about that. …