Benny from the Block

Drum & Bass enthusiast. Middle-aged skateboarder. Street art aficionado. Cleantech booster. Random knowledge synthesizer. Breviloquist extraordinaire. Theoretical astrologist. Bad influencer.

Widowed hot dad of three kids. #widowhood #soloDad #cookingWithBenny
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Green. Humanist. Intolerant of intolerance.
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Does not give unsolicited advice.

Last Notes

2026-05-17 08:31:55 UTC

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@nprofile…x9tq I can't remember, were they filled with as much concern during the previous 5 administrations?

2026-05-14 17:35:09 UTC

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@nprofile…x9tq Wasn't there an entire review into the sector that was effectively shelved by the Tories? Nothing has changed, so it's good to go!

2026-05-10 15:32:37 UTC

A mate of mine gave me a call today saying he was down about having no friends locally (he'd moved to another country.) I told him to go into a board game cafe, and ask random guys what the rules of whatever they're playing are. #instaBuddies #boardGames

2026-04-16 19:46:27 UTC

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@nprofile…l2f6 Great essay, I enjoyed reading it. It intersects in a very strange way with my surroundings and is making me reconsider something under my nose.

2026-04-15 10:48:31 UTC

"Public polling of AI sentiment is in the gutter; it’s never been popular, and it’s especially unpopular now. A widely discussed NBC poll found that just 26% of Americans had positive feelings about AI; around half had negative feelings. Gen Z in particular loathes AI: For respondents aged 18-34, AI’s net favorability rating was minus 44." #ai
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2026-03-29 10:51:10 UTC

Aussies in two states offered free public transport as price of fuel surges
"Victorians will be offered free public transport for one month while Tasmanians will travel for free until July, as the country is gripped by an escalating fuel crisis.
Trains, trams and buses will be free in Victoria from March 31 until the end of April, a temporary measure announced to help ease cost of living pain in the state."
https://www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-news-free-public-transport-in-the-state-to-address-fuel-shortage/aa18489c-095a-4bbc-93a5-a806c0bd3c60 #australia #oilCrisis #publicTransport
(via my brother in Oz)

2026-03-25 18:38:13 UTC

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@nprofile…d60a Russia's 3-day special military operation to quickly decapitate the Ukrainian leadership and install a friendly government is now into its 4th year... 🍿

2026-02-22 21:50:10 UTC

Disappointment is the gap between expectation and reality.

2026-01-25 10:00:13 UTC

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@nprofile…l2f6 Don't mess with the Finns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War

2025-12-14 14:25:05 UTC

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@nprofile…8ugg @nprofile…ks6m It's ironic since both of the families that I know that moved back did so because of the lack of health care and special needs provision. But, you know, Daily Mail....

2025-12-14 14:12:09 UTC

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@nprofile…ks6m I think the way that's phrased, it's less about Poles leaving and more about pushing the narrative of "needing" to tax less.

2025-03-13 10:30:29 UTC

Am doing the classic Zoom business top half, gym clothes bottom half this morning.