Cant catch a break? Try this. Unexpected, unprecedented. Resetting and refocusing. A kind of a break, and a new start of sorts. Three and a half weeks without my young family’s constant needs was just what the doctor ordered. Only, I didn’t know it until the opportunity was thrust upon… Read More »1 Tip to improve everything: Take an actual break
Is the playground a place of innocence? The local playground. A place of fun? A place of good times? Maybe. Yet also a place where children come together to socialize that can become a microcosm of society’s larger issues. I’m going to reflect on three distinct incidents that occurred in… Read More »Navigating the Playground: Bullying, Anti-Social Behaviour and Racism
Thoughts on supporting Ukraine from broken Britain The UK is currently in an economic tailspin, suffering massively due to the fallout of Brexit. There is a cost of living crisis. Nothing seems to work anymore. Councils can’t prepare for adverse weather events. The trains are expensive and barely run. There… Read More »On supporting Ukraine: The UK needs to maintain its influence
Apologies for the self-indulgence This is a post about my plans for the year of the rabbit. As of now I am currently living in an economically declining country on the edge of a successful and (mostly) civil continent where it left the main players club. This leaving, commonly known… Read More »Behold the Year of the Rabbit
A corner of the Congo where suffering is rife I recently learned about an affront to human decency which the world is silent on. Beyond the horrors of the conflict in Ukraine and the recent crackdown on rights in Iran there is another ongoing abuse of humanity. It is so… Read More »Happy New Year! Same old suffering world, this time the DRC (aka Congo)
Parenting is rewarding. Parenting is worthwhile. It’s the greatest thing you’ll ever do. Some people would give anything to be able to conceive so count yourself lucky if you can have children. I’m sure these were things I heard in relation to being a parent, possibly long before I actually… Read More »Is it me or does parenting suck?
The first Breakdown of the Day Communication matters. This was it. This was dinosaur day. A trip up the A34 to Oxford to the Museum of Natural History. Mostly to indulge my three-year-old’s current mega obsession with all things prehistoric and lizard-like but also to find a renowned cake shop.… Read More »On Communication and Stress (dealing with family days out)
Insulate Britain’s activities Insulate Britain is an environmental protest group. It is the offshoot of Extinction Rebellion that’s been winding up motorists across the UK and bringing attention to the climate crisis. Basically, to date they have been causing havoc on roads in an organized but peaceful way. What they… Read More »On Insulate Britain: Civil Resistance Works, They Need Public Support
A Strange Dream A few nights ago, I had a vision of an Earth where somehow a global society was emerging. It was not necessarily cohesive but the human populations of my dream-world had had a sudden and shared epiphany that united them despite their differences. They basically became aware… Read More »On Social Media and Money: The Controlled Minds Need Feeding
Privacy By Default Online privacy as a field is a whole new world for many people. Cyber-security is ever-changing as technologies are invented or adapted and old tech is made redundant. It is vitally important that we get to grips with what is at stake here, despite the rapidly shifting… Read More »Online Privacy In The Age of Digital Surveillance
Supermarkets these days It genuinely surprises me when I’m queuing in a supermarket and there is a hold up for a number of minutes. This is a testament to the incremental improvements in selling groceries to the masses and also the lucrative nature of making little changes to big business.… Read More »On the state of the World: Lost in the Supermarket
An Issue for the Coming Decade Between Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp there are over 3.5 billion active users. That’s almost half the planet’s population. The social media network has become megalithic, ever-present and seemingly irreplaceable. It’s electronic tentacles stretching around the globe and creeping into our lives. Facebook has capitalised… Read More »Forgoing Facebook’s Offerings: Reducing my Digital Footprint