Dave Hemprich-Bennett

It’s got to that time of the year where I can feel the tiredness in my bones. When the body is no longer remotely willing and the spirit is asleep

I would say ‘hugs’ but that’s probably the last thing you need. So solidarity, hang in there, those wards are rough

We are being poisoned every day, so why do we keep voting for more pollution? Ask a lobbyist | George Monbiot The dirty industries that dominate politics deceive us into accepting dangerous pollutants such as ammonia as part of life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

I think about this quote from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social a lot:

“The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.”

When their deceased likeness gets trapped in that data centre with mine they’ll learn the meaning of hell

I don’t believe in ghosts but if after I pass someone attempts to capture my being in a data centre forever I WILL find a way to come back and haunt them

2 panel comic Panel 1: Smug Orange Man says “Let he who has NOT had a Nazi phase cast the first stone” Panel 2: Orange man shits his pants as he is simultaneously pelted with a shitload of stones

…and the baby will think I’m cool, right? Right?!

I do think it’s worth noting that, on the day that a damning review into the state of NHS maternity care has been released, the big issue that gender critical self-titled “feminists” seem to have with the NHS is that the specific board in Fife just isn’t transphobic enough to staff for their liking.

i guess chatting to a computer prompt is fine too

…we joined a WhatsApp group of other new parents, and in messaging them for advice we got human connection at a difficult time, friendship and a support network

A dark black and white photo taken at night, showing a man walking towards the camera, entirely in silhouette due to the somewhat Victorian-looking street lamp behind him

Have another photo, taken 1 year ago tomorrow and still one of my favourites from Oxford

A photo of a cyclist wearing blue and yellow, cycling in front of a blue building with yellow outlining on the window and doorframes. The sign over the door says “Oxford backpackers”

Here, have a street photo

you only get one, choose wisely

A photo of a cyclist wearing blue and yellow, cycling in front of a blue building with yellow outlining on the window and doorframes. The sign over the door says “Oxford backpackers”

Here, have a street photo

Also: WE’RE ALL CONFUSED BY LIFE HADLEY, THAT’S WHAT ABOUT HALF OF ALL HUMAN ENDEAVOUR IS MADE OUT OF

HADLEY FREEMAN Wes Streeting must stand up to the ADHD activists I can help with the minister's review: some people are just confused by life Hadley Freeman

As the trans community have known for a while now - the definition of activist is someone who dares to state they exist

Button press meme. Transphobic British Press unable to decide which button. One is labelled "neurodivergent kids aren't really neurodivergent" the other is labelled "trans kids are actually just neurodivergent"

Here we go

This is haunting and beautiful and a reminder that there is absolutely still wonder out there.

Absolutely buzzing over this new video of a rarely seen giant squid

Thanks!

Oh cool, I’ll have a look ta 🙂 I’ll never buy a Tesla but looks like there are quite a lot of decent used options. And yeah costs seem pretty reasonable even using public chargers now that the variables I’m using are more sensible. Will probably be upgrading next summer, got a bit of research to do!

Some sort of used saloon, we’ve heard good things about polestar but are still (evidently) pretty early in our research! Having mixed up the polestar 2’s 200kw motor with its 69kwh battery capacity, I was >doubling the rough costs 🤦‍♂️ so am interested again. Nearby is a type 2, 22kw charger

Huh, turned out I was misinterpreting the specs and it’s about half the price I’d expected. Oops. Deleting the above then as it’s wrong 😂

Oh hang on, I think I’ve mixed up battery capacity with motor power when looking at the specs on a few cars 🤦‍♂️ that makes quite a difference!

Yeah something like that could be worth looking into for us tbf rather than solely electric vs ICE. It’s something that I’m only just starting thinking about, realising we’ll probably opt to change car sometime next year

Our usage isn’t too high normally tbh, the issue is more that it would be a huge pain in the arse to ever charge at home without a driveway or a proper charge point. We’d just need to rely on the public ones instead

Yeah, our place has neither and we’d need a seriously long granny charger to make it work, plus that would only really be viable in summer. Changes could be made if we owned the place, but not changes a landlord would likely be too inclined to make for us

maybe someday I’ll have enough job security to buy a place and be green. maybe someday

Exercise benefits are diminished by air pollution - AirQualityNews The benefits of regular exercise, long considered to be one of the most effective ways to reduce the risk of premature death, may be undermined by poor air quality, according to new research. The…

The further we reduce PM2.5, the better it is for our #Health.

New research from UCL shows that exercising in areas of raised PM2.5 pollution reduces the health benefits of being active. More evidence that we need to be heading towards World Health Organization #AirPollution guideline levels.