drunk driving may kill a lot of people, but it also helps a lot of people get to work on time, so, it;s impossible to say if its bad or not,— wint (@dril) May 9, 2014
― Piedie Gimbel, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 08:43 (one year ago) link
strong essay by peter apps on the grenfell enquiry so far:
https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/home/home/the-grenfell-tower-inquiry-has-painted-a-vivid-picture-of-the-world-we-must-leave-behind-76600
― mark s, Saturday, 23 July 2022 15:11 (one year ago) link
Excellent, especially the last few remarks.
This also seems relevant.
How did one of the world’s wealthiest economies end up with housing so unfit for extreme weather? I wrote about how Edwardian moralising, cheap coal and Thatcher's bonfire of housings standards has left British homes unprepared to weather climate change. https://t.co/2eDJLlHb5R— Phineas Harper (@PhinHarper) July 20, 2022
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 23 July 2022 17:35 (one year ago) link
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/multiple-firefighters-who-saved-lives-28941465
― StanM, Friday, 13 January 2023 07:47 (one year ago) link
"Up to a dozen firefighters who saved lives at the Grenfell Tower have been diagnosed with cancers; the majority of which are understood to be digestive cancers and leukaemia, for which there is no cure"
― StanM, Friday, 13 January 2023 07:48 (one year ago) link
:-(
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 13 January 2023 12:02 (one year ago) link
this is doubly grim bcz attached to this particular event but i assume the issue is baked in to all modern fire-fighting
― mark s, Friday, 13 January 2023 12:53 (one year ago) link