by Heather Hastie | Mar 21, 2016 | Asia, Auē a Tau Kē, Science & Nature
Two very cute cubs were born to Lowry Park Zoo’s (Tampa, Florida) clouded leopard couple, Malee and Yim, on 29 February. However, Malee stopped feeding her cubs after the first day so zoo staff have stepped up to the task. The cubs are a male and female and the...
by Heather Hastie | Mar 6, 2016 | Auē a Tau Kē, Science & Nature
Once again my Tau Kē (very cool) of the week comes via Amy Carparelli. She monitors the videos that come from ZSL (Zoological Society of London/London Zoo) and they released this one on Friday about the critically endangered pygmy three-toed sloth. Apparently...
by Heather Hastie | Jan 31, 2016 | Atheism, Auē a Tau Kē, Religion
It must be true, because the internet said so. I’m not quite up to thinking too hard yet, but I thought I’d make the effort to do my weekly Auē a Tau Kē Tēnei Wiki posts anyway. In an experiment to see whether God would intervene in the heresy of an...
by Heather Hastie | Jan 4, 2016 | Asia, Atheism, Auē a Tau Kē, Freedom of Speech, NZ Politics
The Murder of Atheist Bloggers in Bangladesh On 14 May 2015 I posted Bangladesh: Another Atheist Blogger Hacked to Death. This post was mainly about the murder two days earlier of Ananta Bijoy Das, the fourth atheist blogger hacked to death in the streets of...
by Heather Hastie | Dec 20, 2015 | Auē a Tau Kē
I celebrate Christmas. Not Christ’s mass, but all the other stuff. I have a big Christmas tree with lights and decorations, other decorations around the house, and my front windows all have lights in them to delight passers by. New Zealand pretty much closes...
by Heather Hastie | Dec 13, 2015 | Auē a Tau Kē, US Politics
It’s about time really. Ever since he entered the race to become the Republican party’s candidate for the 2016 presidency, Donald Trump has been abusing and insulting just about every demographic imaginable. Despite that, he has continued to mostly lead...