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Dave Hemprich-Bennett
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A bunch of stardust that got ADHD. Runner, guitarist, photographer. Biologist working on bats and mosquitoes and things, though I don’t tend to talk shop too much here.
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If you don’t teach your kids about the dangers of LinkedIn, who will

Photo of a small baby sat at a computer desk, pressing a keyboard, with LinkedIn open onscreen and a dummy next to the trackpad
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Ugh, that sucks. I got my 2 weeks, which was great… but not exactly much given that the first 9 days were spent in hospital. I’d love to do SPL at some point but it’s kinda cute to imagine that things will go well if I just disappear and leave my work unattended for a month, way after kiddos birth

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this:

Screenshot: "In 2015, the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition promised to improve things by introducing shared parental leave (SPL), under which mothers could give their partner a portion of their maternity leave. But 10 years on from its introduction, it is clear this was a resounding failure. Only 5% of men take any SPL. It is so complex to administer that many employers simply can’t do it. It often means, as a father, taking leave entitlement away from the mother of your child. And in a context where many men still earn more than their partners, it’s a financial hit few people can afford.

It is a bitter irony that the gender pay gap itself prevents many men from taking paternity leave, because the damper put on women’s careers by becoming mothers is one of the gap’s major drivers. In other words, paternity leave is part of how we shrink the pay gap, and shrinking the pay gap would make it more affordable for fathers and co-parents to take paternity leave."
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Just seen this on the dark side. "Did you have a terrific birding trip to Iceland in May, but then lose your SD card with your 3,700 bird photos in Norfolk? I have it!' If this is you, then get in touch with Steve Gantlett! #birdingScotland#UKbirding#birding

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'Very few people have seen them. But on a recent field trip the Ngururrpa rangers were lucky enough to have one fly in and land in their camp.' 😮 The largest population of night parrots has been discovered in Western Australia, including a breeding site! 🥳🧪🦉 www.theguardian.com/world/2024/s...

‘Equivalent of Tasmanian tiger for bird watchers’ discovered in Western Australia desert
‘Equivalent of Tasmanian tiger for bird watchers’ discovered in Western Australia desert

Rangers and scientists thrilled as they find the largest known population of one of Australia’s rarest birds, the night parrot, living in Great Sandy desert

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not me! I’ve uh *checks notes* …just recovered from covid Yeah there seems to be a lot of it right now. Too much

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"i would like a SMALL CABBAGE"

Photoshop of Ripley in Alien, where the beast's face is righr next to her's, but the beast is the cute baby pygmy hippo
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unsure if this is post-covid-tiredness falling asleep during lunch, new-parent-tiredness falling asleep during lunch, or just being in my 30s

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Dave Hemprich-Bennett
@davehb.bsky.social
A bunch of stardust that got ADHD. Runner, guitarist, photographer. Biologist working on bats and mosquitoes and things, though I don’t tend to talk shop too much here.
292 followers193 following891 posts