About the author
Geek and nerd Joe D has in the past studied genetics, molecular and cell biology, worked in cancer research, and made contemptuous amounts of money from incompetently composed photographs. The views expressed on this weblog are not his own; rather, he stole them from you through mind invasion.
Tag Archives: politics
Church leader declares crackpot ideas, gets free air time
This is another archival repost from the old blog — this one from March 2008. Wow, a slow news day, eh? The BBC, shunning predictable Chinese military aggression, another turn of the tides in Iraq, and yet more boring news … Continue reading
Posted in shouting at my radio
Tagged bad arguments, badjournalism, catholic church, hybrid embryos, keith o-brien, politics, radio 4, religion, science
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Hey, look at this social media clown
I have an underused “I get mail” category over here, which could easily get filled with sarcastic posts about the incompetent and irrelevant marketing crap with which I am constantly bombarded. Instead, I’ve been saving up for the truly special … Continue reading
Posted in i get mail
Tagged bad marketing, government waste, politics, social media, spam
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Cotch: Victory Flashmob
With Section 44 stop-and-search found to be in contravention of the declaration of human rights this week, the people of Photographer Not A Terrorist organised a victory flashmob at New Scotland Yard. For pictures, and to find out what it … Continue reading
Posted in cotch dot net
Tagged bad policies, london, new scotland yard, photographer not a terrorist, photography, politics, protest, sigma1020, stop-and-search, uk, westminster
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AWWTM: When you start paying road tax…
London’s authorities are to be fined £300 million for failing to prevent the serious air pollution that we’re experiencing. More importantly, an estimated 4-5,000 people will die prematurely this year because of the city’s polluted air. But nobody seems quite … Continue reading
Posted in at war with the motorist
Tagged boris johnson, congestion charge, london, low emission zone, mayor of london, politics, polution, tax, taxis
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Help! Help! I’m being repressed
(This is another archival repost of something written on the old blog a few years ago.) I’ve been catching up with about a month of blogosphere this weekend, after travelling, and other distractions. I managed to catch a discarded copy … Continue reading
Posted in shouting at my radio
Tagged alternative medicine, badscience, ben goldacre, homeopathy, homophobia, medicine, politics, pseudoscience, rustum roy, science, the guardian
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Cotch: Law In Action: Owning Your Image
A quick review of this week’s Law In Action on Radio 4, which looked at photography and the law — particularly jobsworth office managers who think it’s their job to harass people, and other police initiatives that lack any credible … Continue reading
Posted in cotch dot net, shouting at my radio
Tagged law, london, photography, politics, radio 4, reviews
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New blog: At War With The Motorist
At War With The Motorist reports from the front line of the civil war for Britain’s city streets. We will uncover the bollocks public transport, bullshit cycling infrastructure, bad town planning, and injustice, given out by the Motorist government and … Continue reading
A short note on sweatshops
I want to take a short diversion from normal service to add to the occasional series “arguments so bad my jaw literally drops.” I have forgotten exactly what radio programme I heard it on, but it was probably one of … Continue reading
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Tagged bad arguments, economics, media, politics, radio 4, sweatshops
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This is an historic landslide victory for the conservatives
In an historic and decisive election, David Cameron has won an astonishing slightly more seats than the other parties, catapulting him to the possibility of forming a government. Despite all of the stumbling blocks standing in his way, including vastly … Continue reading
Cotch: May Day
May Day is a day of traditions, a day of marching with banners and dancing around the May Pole, dressing up as trees and casting adrift flower boats. It’s a day of looking silly and causing a disturbance. A day … Continue reading
Posted in cotch dot net
Tagged events, london, may day, music, photography, politics
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Cotch: Tough on crime in fantasy land
The first post on the new photography-oriented cotch dot net is up. It’s a quick review of the police stop-and-search policy, in place across London as a counter-terrorism measure, and in particular the decision to consider photography to be a … Continue reading
Posted in cotch dot net
Tagged evidence-based policy, london, photography, politics, skepticism, stop-and-search
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