Pete Ashton

pete@social.coop

Stirchley, Birmingham UK. Got the post-covid chronic fatigue bullshit and figuring out how life works now, online and off. Keeper of rabbits. Middle-aged autistic diagnosis. Very interested in composting.Mostly crossposting from <a href="https://notes.peteashton.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://notes.peteashton.com</a>

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Post #2478714
Notes and links from Fri 8 May: https://notes.peteashton.com/2026/05/08/notes-and-links-from-fri.html I’ll be honest, today was pretty much spent refreshing the Birmingham council election results and nattering about it on the local chats. I could come to like these daytime counts. So we have a Green Party councillor. The results will hopefully be here once the Birmingham.gov.uk website recovers, and it was surprisingly close, which says a lot about the Labour incumbent who was one of those go...
Post #2478713
Notes and links from Sat 9 May: https://notes.peteashton.com/2026/05/09/notes-and-links-from-sat.html This quarter’s Rabbiting On from the RWAF arrived which is always a pleasure and I spent the afternoon flicking through it. As I’ve mentioned before it’s a mix of rabbit care advice and really gruesome veterinary photos, all wrapped in a graphic design that looks like a magazine for kids who are obsessed with cute fluffy bunnies. In many ways it perfectly reflects the #rabbit community: deadly...
Post #2478712
Notes and links from Sun 10 May: https://notes.peteashton.com/2026/05/10/notes-and-links-from-sun.html Well, this is the first time in a while I&#39;ve come to my text document at the end of the day to find it completely empty. It seems I read, listened and saw nothing I felt was worth noting today. And if you&#39;ve been reading this for a while you&#39;ll know that&#39;s a very low bar. To be honest today has been a bit shite. Low mood, head stress, feeling grumpy and useles...
Post #2478711
Notes and links from Mon 11 May: https://notes.peteashton.com/2026/05/11/notes-and-links-from-mon.html Feeling a bit better today but still pretty low. I tried a couple of tricks to shake me out of it, which usually work when I’m just in a funk, but they didn’t do their magic this time so I reckon this is the fatigue. Which is good as the fatigue passes with rest. Eventually. One of the tricks was to dive into a spreadsheet. I transcribed all the voting results from the Birmingham elections in...
Post #2478710
[Mutes Eurovision, unread count plummets] (I don’t mind it, just have zero interest. Y’all have fun now!)
Post #2478709
Notes and links from Tues 12 May: https://notes.peteashton.com/2026/05/12/notes-and-links-from-tues.html We’d heard from neighbours that hedgehogs had been spotted so I put out the trailcam for the first time since the autumn and caught two of the little buggers! Loads of footage which I will edit into a video when I find the time but here’s a screenshot of them having a face-off at 3am. So good to see them back in the garden. We had a lot of hog action last year but it suddenly stopped way be...
Post #1748724
Badges from @jeni arrived this week and they’re splendid. Thanks! Now I just need to get out of the house so other people see them. (Or give them away to friends, which is my main plan.) https://deliciouscreative.com/badges