Phil Himsworth
@philhimsworth.bsky.social
Software - bikes - energy - transport - climate - he/him
I remember when we replaced a Dyson with a Shark, I realised vacuums didn't actually have to be so loud as to risk hearing damage every time you used them. A revelation.
December 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I remember when we replaced a Dyson with a Shark, I realised vacuums didn't actually have to be so loud as to risk hearing damage every time you used them. A revelation.
Ha, I remembered about this video yesterday and watched it another thousand times. It is a true classic.
December 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Ha, I remembered about this video yesterday and watched it another thousand times. It is a true classic.
The railways seem to acknowledge that this will only get worse with climate change, but money is generally, grudgingly found to repair failed railway embankments, landslides and the like. Will money be found for canals that aren't so important for transport?
December 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The railways seem to acknowledge that this will only get worse with climate change, but money is generally, grudgingly found to repair failed railway embankments, landslides and the like. Will money be found for canals that aren't so important for transport?
Yes. If kids can't walk or bike to school safely, the roads are unsafe, not fit for purpose and need redesigning.
December 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Yes. If kids can't walk or bike to school safely, the roads are unsafe, not fit for purpose and need redesigning.
"but why do the left always use such violent language..." 🤪
December 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"but why do the left always use such violent language..." 🤪
It is incredible that despite cyclists riding on pavements at 70mph it's still car drivers that kill orders of magnitude more people.
If high speed pavement cycling is that safe it might as well be legal, surely?
If high speed pavement cycling is that safe it might as well be legal, surely?
December 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
It is incredible that despite cyclists riding on pavements at 70mph it's still car drivers that kill orders of magnitude more people.
If high speed pavement cycling is that safe it might as well be legal, surely?
If high speed pavement cycling is that safe it might as well be legal, surely?
Yes me too! I was wondering how you secure a child with bungy cords 🤪
December 17, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Yes me too! I was wondering how you secure a child with bungy cords 🤪
The problem is that the vast majority of paved space is roads, and roads are too dangerous. We need to make roads safer for basically any other form of transport to work.
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The problem is that the vast majority of paved space is roads, and roads are too dangerous. We need to make roads safer for basically any other form of transport to work.
Best wishes. I have a mask like that (from on-one?); I thought I had lost it years ago, until I found it in a back pocket of some trousers last week! One of those memories of when the world totally changed.
December 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Best wishes. I have a mask like that (from on-one?); I thought I had lost it years ago, until I found it in a back pocket of some trousers last week! One of those memories of when the world totally changed.
In winter I bet she could have biked in in less time than she spent de-icing the car.
December 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
In winter I bet she could have biked in in less time than she spent de-icing the car.
I assumed if you did a "bump charge" during the cheap period now it would still use the cheap rate?
Octopus do like to come up with interesting schemes but are pretty rubbish at explaining how they actually work 🙃
Octopus do like to come up with interesting schemes but are pretty rubbish at explaining how they actually work 🙃
December 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I assumed if you did a "bump charge" during the cheap period now it would still use the cheap rate?
Octopus do like to come up with interesting schemes but are pretty rubbish at explaining how they actually work 🙃
Octopus do like to come up with interesting schemes but are pretty rubbish at explaining how they actually work 🙃
There are people round us who drive to school; with traffic and parking we almost always get there faster walking. They still do it anyway, I've no idea why.
November 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
There are people round us who drive to school; with traffic and parking we almost always get there faster walking. They still do it anyway, I've no idea why.
I have occasionally had to work on a certain brand of industrial weigh scale that sometimes throws a wobbler so when you try to do something it just says "can't".
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I have occasionally had to work on a certain brand of industrial weigh scale that sometimes throws a wobbler so when you try to do something it just says "can't".
Rejoining the single market? 🙃
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Rejoining the single market? 🙃
If you have a robot vacuum and haven't stuck googly eyes to it, what are you even doing?
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
If you have a robot vacuum and haven't stuck googly eyes to it, what are you even doing?
Jeez sounds like they had better drive really carefully then in order to prevent risking other people's lives.
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Jeez sounds like they had better drive really carefully then in order to prevent risking other people's lives.
I was going to say it should turn a traffic light red so they have to stop, but tbh I like your idea better.
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I was going to say it should turn a traffic light red so they have to stop, but tbh I like your idea better.
I don't remember ever having to press "refresh" on a file explorer window before windows 11 came along, now it's all the time. How did they break the file explorer?!
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I don't remember ever having to press "refresh" on a file explorer window before windows 11 came along, now it's all the time. How did they break the file explorer?!
People would ride on the road if they weren't full of lunatic drivers. Stop complaining about people trying to keep themselves safe and fix that.
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
People would ride on the road if they weren't full of lunatic drivers. Stop complaining about people trying to keep themselves safe and fix that.
This xkcd would be an excellent starting point I would think...
What if ALL the sun’s power was focused in one place?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This xkcd would be an excellent starting point I would think...
That surface is waaaay too smooth to be a bike path round here! I keep wondering whether a phone could be made to measure g-force, I'm sure you could easily tell which bits were road and which were bike path.
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
That surface is waaaay too smooth to be a bike path round here! I keep wondering whether a phone could be made to measure g-force, I'm sure you could easily tell which bits were road and which were bike path.
Yes that made me actually LOL :-)
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Yes that made me actually LOL :-)
People like you are why we can't have nice things.
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
People like you are why we can't have nice things.
It is excellent to see a map like this with the lines going eastwards, not westwards.
October 31, 2025 at 11:24 PM
It is excellent to see a map like this with the lines going eastwards, not westwards.
It means that you have to buy them too early so they've all gone manky by actual Halloween, but if you wait to buy one so it won't be manky they've all gone!
October 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
It means that you have to buy them too early so they've all gone manky by actual Halloween, but if you wait to buy one so it won't be manky they've all gone!