Dave Hemprich-Bennett
@davehb.bsky.social
A bunch of stardust with ADHD. Scientist working on the ecology of bats, mosquitoes and malaria, based at Oxford Uni. Used to be @hammerheadbat on twitter. Runner, photographer, guitarist.
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Wood burners may treble children’s exposure to pollution in homes, study finds
Wood burners may treble children’s exposure to pollution in homes, study finds
Research in Wales found that home, not outdoor travel, was largest contributor to children’s daily exposure
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Wood burners may treble children’s exposure to pollution in homes, study finds
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How much temperate rainforest could there be in the UK and Ireland, and where? Despite campaigns calling for restoration in both countries, these questions have been difficult to answer. In our new paper we assess the evidence base 🌏🧪🌐🌳🌲 1/9
Comparison of three temperate rainforest climate envelopes for Britain and Ireland: Where could our rainforest be?
There are multiple methods for creating climate envelopes for temperate rainforest, and these climate envelopes result in different extents across Ireland and Britain. An awareness of these differenc...
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February 4, 2026 at 10:32 AM
How much temperate rainforest could there be in the UK and Ireland, and where? Despite campaigns calling for restoration in both countries, these questions have been difficult to answer. In our new paper we assess the evidence base 🌏🧪🌐🌳🌲 1/9
New insult overheard on the bus: “she gives ‘bellend-aura’”
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
New insult overheard on the bus: “she gives ‘bellend-aura’”
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Ok, let’s do this🙄
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
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1/25
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
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1/25
February 1, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Ok, let’s do this🙄
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
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Discworld QOTD, from Jingo
January 31, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Jingo
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my dad didn’t go to university and he was extremely happy to pay taxes for his four children to do so; and, indeed, for the doctors who treated him at Addenbrookes to have gone to university as well.
Rachel Reeves: "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to." I don't use local leisure centres and I don't drive, so will I be made exempt for taxation that pays for all that stuff? Or is it only education we'll be going after
January 29, 2026 at 10:22 PM
my dad didn’t go to university and he was extremely happy to pay taxes for his four children to do so; and, indeed, for the doctors who treated him at Addenbrookes to have gone to university as well.
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My first book, Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life, will be published by Yale University Press on 11 August (UK) and 8 September (US). Please help spread the word! 🙏
UK: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... @yalebooks.bsky.social 🏳️🌈📚🐵
US: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... @yalepress.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ 🗃️🦋
UK: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... @yalebooks.bsky.social 🏳️🌈📚🐵
US: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... @yalepress.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ 🗃️🦋
January 30, 2026 at 10:21 AM
My first book, Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life, will be published by Yale University Press on 11 August (UK) and 8 September (US). Please help spread the word! 🙏
UK: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... @yalebooks.bsky.social 🏳️🌈📚🐵
US: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... @yalepress.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ 🗃️🦋
UK: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... @yalebooks.bsky.social 🏳️🌈📚🐵
US: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... @yalepress.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ 🗃️🦋
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Science-Bluesky: I’m thinking of buying a handheld air pollution monitor as I’d like to map the air pollution where I live. Any recommendations of models/brands to buy/avoid? It needs to be able to log and later export information, taking data points quite frequently while I walk
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January 29, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Science-Bluesky: I’m thinking of buying a handheld air pollution monitor as I’d like to map the air pollution where I live. Any recommendations of models/brands to buy/avoid? It needs to be able to log and later export information, taking data points quite frequently while I walk
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A niche one but a rapper called P.O.S was one of my favourite musicians for a very long time. Made music that could’ve been tailor-made to my brain. And then I guess he lived up to the name
January 29, 2026 at 4:13 PM
A niche one but a rapper called P.O.S was one of my favourite musicians for a very long time. Made music that could’ve been tailor-made to my brain. And then I guess he lived up to the name
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Science-Bluesky: I’m thinking of buying a handheld air pollution monitor as I’d like to map the air pollution where I live. Any recommendations of models/brands to buy/avoid? It needs to be able to log and later export information, taking data points quite frequently while I walk
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January 29, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Science-Bluesky: I’m thinking of buying a handheld air pollution monitor as I’d like to map the air pollution where I live. Any recommendations of models/brands to buy/avoid? It needs to be able to log and later export information, taking data points quite frequently while I walk
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every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar
January 28, 2026 at 8:22 PM
every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar
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🚨 Requesting help:
I am looking for an agent who can facilitate more speaking gigs, podcast appearances, and interviews with journalists
I want to more widely share my story and expertise as a trans geneticist who understands the reality and complexity of "biological sex" 🏳️⚧️🧬
Please signal boost?
I am looking for an agent who can facilitate more speaking gigs, podcast appearances, and interviews with journalists
I want to more widely share my story and expertise as a trans geneticist who understands the reality and complexity of "biological sex" 🏳️⚧️🧬
Please signal boost?
January 28, 2026 at 9:03 PM
🚨 Requesting help:
I am looking for an agent who can facilitate more speaking gigs, podcast appearances, and interviews with journalists
I want to more widely share my story and expertise as a trans geneticist who understands the reality and complexity of "biological sex" 🏳️⚧️🧬
Please signal boost?
I am looking for an agent who can facilitate more speaking gigs, podcast appearances, and interviews with journalists
I want to more widely share my story and expertise as a trans geneticist who understands the reality and complexity of "biological sex" 🏳️⚧️🧬
Please signal boost?
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We had eradicated this disease.
And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.
And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
We had eradicated this disease.
And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.
And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.
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#Solar grazing: ‘triple-win’ for sheep farmers, renewables and society or just a PR exercise for energy companies?
TLDR - the former
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
TLDR - the former
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Solar grazing: ‘triple-win’ for sheep farmers, renewables and society or just a PR exercise for energy companies?
For Hannah Thorogood, a first-generation Lincolnshire farmer, grazing her sheep on solar land gave her a leg-up in the industry
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:30 AM
#Solar grazing: ‘triple-win’ for sheep farmers, renewables and society or just a PR exercise for energy companies?
TLDR - the former
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
TLDR - the former
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As someone with a newborn on the way I’d love for there to be enough herd immunity for them to not be exposed to measles et al before they’re old enough to get vaccinated themself. If you’re not fully vaccinated, be like Madeline:
I realised over Christmas that I’d never gotten my second MMR jab on account of childhood moves and policy changes. I emailed my GP and I just got it this morning, free on the NHS. It’s never too late and you can’t overdo it. Please get vaccinated.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK loses measles elimination status
Decision made after outbreaks in 2024, when there were nearly 3,000 cases in England and Wales.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 9:05 AM
As someone with a newborn on the way I’d love for there to be enough herd immunity for them to not be exposed to measles et al before they’re old enough to get vaccinated themself. If you’re not fully vaccinated, be like Madeline:
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Please please vaccinate your child against measles.
This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
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This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
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January 26, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Please please vaccinate your child against measles.
This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
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This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
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If you or anyone you know has missed their vaccination, it’s never too late to get caught up. Because this shit sucks
UKHSA responds to the confirmation from @WHO that the UK has lost its measles elimination status.
Read more from WHO here: https://bit.ly/3YZuOFa
Read more from WHO here: https://bit.ly/3YZuOFa
January 26, 2026 at 6:08 PM
If you or anyone you know has missed their vaccination, it’s never too late to get caught up. Because this shit sucks
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me five years ago: can’t have tiktok because it’s a data security risk
me today: can’t have tiktok because it’s a data security risk
me today: can’t have tiktok because it’s a data security risk
January 26, 2026 at 8:39 AM
me five years ago: can’t have tiktok because it’s a data security risk
me today: can’t have tiktok because it’s a data security risk
me today: can’t have tiktok because it’s a data security risk
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is the cure for male loneliness showing up early and setting up chairs?
A lot of the Male Loneliness Epidemic can be traced back to the fact that most cis dudes don’t participate in communal logistics.
I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.
January 26, 2026 at 4:02 AM
is the cure for male loneliness showing up early and setting up chairs?
If anyone would like some actual proper good news for a change: we have kid #2 arriving in the summer!
January 25, 2026 at 12:18 PM
If anyone would like some actual proper good news for a change: we have kid #2 arriving in the summer!
Well, my first run back post-chest-infection was my slowest ever parkrun. Nice to be outside, and nice to have something to try and improve on next week eh…
January 24, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Well, my first run back post-chest-infection was my slowest ever parkrun. Nice to be outside, and nice to have something to try and improve on next week eh…
I'm currently planning a new project in an area of research that's somewhat new to me, and just learned of the *perfect* conference to meet potential collaborators.... and it's right in the middle of a holiday I already have booked
January 23, 2026 at 9:40 AM
I'm currently planning a new project in an area of research that's somewhat new to me, and just learned of the *perfect* conference to meet potential collaborators.... and it's right in the middle of a holiday I already have booked