Dr Ben King 🌍
@benking01.bsky.social
Long Covid & PE recovery.
GeographyTeacher.
Sustainability & Climate Change.
BSc Env Science & Physics (Stirling).
Soil Erosion PhD & Geog PGCE (Exeter).
Tuba player.
Devon, UK
GeographyTeacher.
Sustainability & Climate Change.
BSc Env Science & Physics (Stirling).
Soil Erosion PhD & Geog PGCE (Exeter).
Tuba player.
Devon, UK
Pinned
Well-and-truly RESTED today; just a short shopping trip and some hoovering to get some light movement in.
Going to end the day more than 20 #VisibleHealth PacePoints behind today's pacesetter 🙏
#Pacing to avoid debilitating #LongCovid #PEM symptoms.
Going to end the day more than 20 #VisibleHealth PacePoints behind today's pacesetter 🙏
#Pacing to avoid debilitating #LongCovid #PEM symptoms.
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The government's Water White Paper doesn't tackle the root cause of the water crisis- privatisation.
As bills soar, shareholders pocket outrageous payouts for crumbling infrastructure, outages and sewage pollution.
Greens want water back where it belongs- in public hands.
As bills soar, shareholders pocket outrageous payouts for crumbling infrastructure, outages and sewage pollution.
Greens want water back where it belongs- in public hands.
January 20, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The government's Water White Paper doesn't tackle the root cause of the water crisis- privatisation.
As bills soar, shareholders pocket outrageous payouts for crumbling infrastructure, outages and sewage pollution.
Greens want water back where it belongs- in public hands.
As bills soar, shareholders pocket outrageous payouts for crumbling infrastructure, outages and sewage pollution.
Greens want water back where it belongs- in public hands.
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This is a truly horrifying account of increasingly likely collapse of essential natural systems which would bring mass food shortages, price rises & global disorder. Commissioned from UK intelligence chiefs but scandalously suppressed by Govt, & sneaked out now while attention is elsewhere 👇
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
January 20, 2026 at 9:48 PM
This is a truly horrifying account of increasingly likely collapse of essential natural systems which would bring mass food shortages, price rises & global disorder. Commissioned from UK intelligence chiefs but scandalously suppressed by Govt, & sneaked out now while attention is elsewhere 👇
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"Somalia's not even a country."
- D0nald 7rump just now in the Whitehouse Briefing Room
- D0nald 7rump just now in the Whitehouse Briefing Room
January 20, 2026 at 6:53 PM
"Somalia's not even a country."
- D0nald 7rump just now in the Whitehouse Briefing Room
- D0nald 7rump just now in the Whitehouse Briefing Room
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[Under Biden] "...their core inflation was so high that nobody could even calculate it."
- D0nald 7rump just now in the Whitehouse Briefing Room
Weird stuff 😌
- D0nald 7rump just now in the Whitehouse Briefing Room
Weird stuff 😌
January 20, 2026 at 7:07 PM
[Under Biden] "...their core inflation was so high that nobody could even calculate it."
- D0nald 7rump just now in the Whitehouse Briefing Room
Weird stuff 😌
- D0nald 7rump just now in the Whitehouse Briefing Room
Weird stuff 😌
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"My wife thinks that I'm the greatest genius. That I'm a financial genius..."
- D0nald 7rump just now in the Whitehouse Briefing Room
Weird stuff 😌
- D0nald 7rump just now in the Whitehouse Briefing Room
Weird stuff 😌
January 20, 2026 at 7:09 PM
"My wife thinks that I'm the greatest genius. That I'm a financial genius..."
- D0nald 7rump just now in the Whitehouse Briefing Room
Weird stuff 😌
- D0nald 7rump just now in the Whitehouse Briefing Room
Weird stuff 😌
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Nonsense about 'foreign mental asylums being emptied and the people having been sent to the USA' spouted now by DJT.
Goodness me.
Goodness me.
January 20, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Nonsense about 'foreign mental asylums being emptied and the people having been sent to the USA' spouted now by DJT.
Goodness me.
Goodness me.
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Piracy is apparently the only thing Somalians are good at
According to THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD right now
According to THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD right now
January 20, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Piracy is apparently the only thing Somalians are good at
According to THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD right now
According to THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD right now
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"A little river called the Nile. I always think of the Nile being in Egypt."
DJT just now
DJT just now
January 20, 2026 at 7:47 PM
"A little river called the Nile. I always think of the Nile being in Egypt."
DJT just now
DJT just now
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"I say Clean Beautiful Coal. I never say the word coal, it has to be preceded by the words Clean Beautiful Coal."
The rambling continues...
The rambling continues...
January 20, 2026 at 8:05 PM
"I say Clean Beautiful Coal. I never say the word coal, it has to be preceded by the words Clean Beautiful Coal."
The rambling continues...
The rambling continues...
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The BBC coverage of Trump for the last few days has been excruciatingly poor. Degenerative lunacy becomes a "reflective afternoon".
January 20, 2026 at 9:06 PM
The BBC coverage of Trump for the last few days has been excruciatingly poor. Degenerative lunacy becomes a "reflective afternoon".
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Starmer and co have just sneaked out the until now suppressed national security report on the climate and ecological crisis
It's grim, but it is only a few pages long and doesn't look like the full report
When are we going to see the rest of it Mr Starmer
www.gov.uk/government/p...
It's grim, but it is only a few pages long and doesn't look like the full report
When are we going to see the rest of it Mr Starmer
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security
This strategic assessment explores how global biodiversity loss and the collapse of critical ecosystems could affect the UK’s resilience, security and prosperity.
www.gov.uk
January 20, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Starmer and co have just sneaked out the until now suppressed national security report on the climate and ecological crisis
It's grim, but it is only a few pages long and doesn't look like the full report
When are we going to see the rest of it Mr Starmer
www.gov.uk/government/p...
It's grim, but it is only a few pages long and doesn't look like the full report
When are we going to see the rest of it Mr Starmer
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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"The Trump administration’s new dietary guidelines urging Americans to eat far more meat and dairy products will, if followed, come at a major cost to the planet via huge swathes of habitat razed for farmland and millions of tons of....emissions"
Pure insanity
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Pure insanity
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Huge amounts of extra land needed for RFK Jr’s meat-heavy diet guidelines
Even 25% increase in meat and dairy consumption would require 100m more acres of agricultural land, analysis says
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:33 PM
"The Trump administration’s new dietary guidelines urging Americans to eat far more meat and dairy products will, if followed, come at a major cost to the planet via huge swathes of habitat razed for farmland and millions of tons of....emissions"
Pure insanity
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Pure insanity
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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NATO General Secretary 2009-2014, Anders Fogh Rasmussen on #C4News
"It's fair to conclude that President Trump is a real threat to world peace"
"It's fair to conclude that President Trump is a real threat to world peace"
January 20, 2026 at 9:06 PM
NATO General Secretary 2009-2014, Anders Fogh Rasmussen on #C4News
"It's fair to conclude that President Trump is a real threat to world peace"
"It's fair to conclude that President Trump is a real threat to world peace"
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Dow tumbles by more than 850 points and stocks suffer worst day since October as Trump clashes with European leaders over Greenland: https://cnn.it/4pRVr9U
January 20, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Dow tumbles by more than 850 points and stocks suffer worst day since October as Trump clashes with European leaders over Greenland: https://cnn.it/4pRVr9U
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"Every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse" - wow, the wording in this isn't pulling its punches
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share:
“Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.”
(link below)
The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share:
“Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.”
(link below)
January 20, 2026 at 6:08 PM
"Every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse" - wow, the wording in this isn't pulling its punches
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The report warns of multiple likely ecosystem >collapses< that will have dire implications for our national security, and that requires serious strategic adaptation at minimum. The report also sets out how these collapses if they are allowed to occur will significantly increase migration.
January 20, 2026 at 7:55 PM
The report warns of multiple likely ecosystem >collapses< that will have dire implications for our national security, and that requires serious strategic adaptation at minimum. The report also sets out how these collapses if they are allowed to occur will significantly increase migration.
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share:
“Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.”
(link below)
The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share:
“Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.”
(link below)
January 20, 2026 at 6:05 PM
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share:
“Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.”
(link below)
The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share:
“Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.”
(link below)
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Trump: "They didn't allow the water to come down from the Pacific Northwest. They routed the water into the Pacific Ocean. So we had no water there. No, he had -- I would say open up the water. Open it up to the governor, the mayor. They wouldn't do it. They wanted to protect a tiny little fish."
January 20, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Trump: "They didn't allow the water to come down from the Pacific Northwest. They routed the water into the Pacific Ocean. So we had no water there. No, he had -- I would say open up the water. Open it up to the governor, the mayor. They wouldn't do it. They wanted to protect a tiny little fish."
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Oh @SkyNews it's happening again... Don't you know?!
Well over a minute of this sound issue on @skynewsrss.bsky.social so far...
January 20, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Oh @SkyNews it's happening again... Don't you know?!
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There’s still a taboo in the media about describing Trump’s cognitive state.
It’s rooted in the idea that the US President being insane sounds so preposterous that it must be an inaccurate slur.
But it’s the hard truth.
All of this is a result of Trump being an unstable narcissistic megalomaniac.
It’s rooted in the idea that the US President being insane sounds so preposterous that it must be an inaccurate slur.
But it’s the hard truth.
All of this is a result of Trump being an unstable narcissistic megalomaniac.
January 20, 2026 at 6:05 PM
There’s still a taboo in the media about describing Trump’s cognitive state.
It’s rooted in the idea that the US President being insane sounds so preposterous that it must be an inaccurate slur.
But it’s the hard truth.
All of this is a result of Trump being an unstable narcissistic megalomaniac.
It’s rooted in the idea that the US President being insane sounds so preposterous that it must be an inaccurate slur.
But it’s the hard truth.
All of this is a result of Trump being an unstable narcissistic megalomaniac.
"I say Clean Beautiful Coal. I never say the word coal, it has to be preceded by the words Clean Beautiful Coal."
The rambling continues...
The rambling continues...
January 20, 2026 at 8:05 PM
"I say Clean Beautiful Coal. I never say the word coal, it has to be preceded by the words Clean Beautiful Coal."
The rambling continues...
The rambling continues...