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
www.unbeheld.com
GeographyTeacher.
Sustainability & Climate Change.
BSc Env Science & Physics (Stirling).
Soil Erosion PhD & Geog PGCE (Exeter).
Tuba player.
Devon, UK
www.unbeheld.com
Pinned
Not convinced that the dental infection is completely gone, despite a second week of antibotics.
Borderline 'Stability' according to #VisibleHealth despite loads of Rest 🤔
Borderline 'Stability' according to #VisibleHealth despite loads of Rest 🤔
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Schumer: "It makes you think that maybe to Trump he wants to distract the American people, as he always does, from the skyrocketing costs they are facing, from the Epstein files."
January 3, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Schumer: "It makes you think that maybe to Trump he wants to distract the American people, as he always does, from the skyrocketing costs they are facing, from the Epstein files."
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I’m at Times Square, where an emergency “No War On Venezuela” protest just took to the street. Easily a thousand people here in real-feel 20°F weather.
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
January 3, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I’m at Times Square, where an emergency “No War On Venezuela” protest just took to the street. Easily a thousand people here in real-feel 20°F weather.
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
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“Here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil.”
— President George W. Bush, State of the Union, January 31, 2006
— President George W. Bush, State of the Union, January 31, 2006
January 3, 2026 at 5:37 PM
“Here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil.”
— President George W. Bush, State of the Union, January 31, 2006
— President George W. Bush, State of the Union, January 31, 2006
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Trump just said what it is all about.
The sooner the world sheds its addiction to fossil fuels, the better. The alternatives are available, plentiful and cheaper.
The sooner the world sheds its addiction to fossil fuels, the better. The alternatives are available, plentiful and cheaper.
January 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Trump just said what it is all about.
The sooner the world sheds its addiction to fossil fuels, the better. The alternatives are available, plentiful and cheaper.
The sooner the world sheds its addiction to fossil fuels, the better. The alternatives are available, plentiful and cheaper.
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BREAKING: Ed Davey’s response to Keir Starmer’s statement
January 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
BREAKING: Ed Davey’s response to Keir Starmer’s statement
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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani: “Unilaterally attacking a sovereign nation is an act of war and a violation of federal and international law.”
January 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani: “Unilaterally attacking a sovereign nation is an act of war and a violation of federal and international law.”
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Oil, conflict, and climate change – there is a direct connection.
The real kicker here is that if US companies do succeed in ramping up Venezuela’s oil, it’s some of the dirtiest and most carbon intensive in the world. And it’s cheap to produce (PdVSA says $5/barrel, probably closer to $25).
ociplus.rmi.org/supply-chain
ociplus.rmi.org/supply-chain
January 3, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Oil, conflict, and climate change – there is a direct connection.
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This wind farm is on the Gobi Desert. One day's wind power generation in Gansu reached 227 GWh.
We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #renewables #RenewableEnergy #GreenNewDeal
We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #renewables #RenewableEnergy #GreenNewDeal
January 3, 2026 at 7:07 PM
This wind farm is on the Gobi Desert. One day's wind power generation in Gansu reached 227 GWh.
We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #renewables #RenewableEnergy #GreenNewDeal
We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #renewables #RenewableEnergy #GreenNewDeal
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This video falsely claims to show US strikes on the Fort Tiuna military site in Venezuela this morning.
In fact, it shows Iranian missile strikes on Israel during the 12-day war in June.
In fact, it shows Iranian missile strikes on Israel during the 12-day war in June.
January 3, 2026 at 5:56 PM
This video falsely claims to show US strikes on the Fort Tiuna military site in Venezuela this morning.
In fact, it shows Iranian missile strikes on Israel during the 12-day war in June.
In fact, it shows Iranian missile strikes on Israel during the 12-day war in June.
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THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
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But I'm back to work Monday...
Booked an emergency dental appointment mid-week just in case there's a resurgence 🤞
In the mean time, I'm sick of lying down indoors; out for a local walk in #Dartington to raise my spirits 😊
Carefully #pacing to avoid the #PEM of my #LongCovid
Booked an emergency dental appointment mid-week just in case there's a resurgence 🤞
In the mean time, I'm sick of lying down indoors; out for a local walk in #Dartington to raise my spirits 😊
Carefully #pacing to avoid the #PEM of my #LongCovid
January 3, 2026 at 2:48 PM
But I'm back to work Monday...
Booked an emergency dental appointment mid-week just in case there's a resurgence 🤞
In the mean time, I'm sick of lying down indoors; out for a local walk in #Dartington to raise my spirits 😊
Carefully #pacing to avoid the #PEM of my #LongCovid
Booked an emergency dental appointment mid-week just in case there's a resurgence 🤞
In the mean time, I'm sick of lying down indoors; out for a local walk in #Dartington to raise my spirits 😊
Carefully #pacing to avoid the #PEM of my #LongCovid
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...but #KubiosHRV says I'm Ready (66%) and #EliteHRV gives me 9 out of 10 Readiness and a better Heartrate Variability figure, with near-perfect balance between my Parasympathetic and Sympathetic Nervous Systems 🤔
January 3, 2026 at 2:44 PM
...but #KubiosHRV says I'm Ready (66%) and #EliteHRV gives me 9 out of 10 Readiness and a better Heartrate Variability figure, with near-perfect balance between my Parasympathetic and Sympathetic Nervous Systems 🤔
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Not convinced that the dental infection is completely gone, despite a second week of antibotics.
Borderline 'Stability' according to #VisibleHealth despite loads of Rest 🤔
Borderline 'Stability' according to #VisibleHealth despite loads of Rest 🤔
January 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Not convinced that the dental infection is completely gone, despite a second week of antibotics.
Borderline 'Stability' according to #VisibleHealth despite loads of Rest 🤔
Borderline 'Stability' according to #VisibleHealth despite loads of Rest 🤔
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Trump: "We're there now, but we're going to stay until such time as the pop -- proper transition can take place. So we're gonna stay until such time as -- we're gonna run it essentially."
January 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Trump: "We're there now, but we're going to stay until such time as the pop -- proper transition can take place. So we're gonna stay until such time as -- we're gonna run it essentially."
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"We are going to run [Venezuela] until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition" to another Government, Trump says.
"As everyone knows the oil business in Venezuela has been a bust, a total bust for a long period of time".
Says he will run it better.
"As everyone knows the oil business in Venezuela has been a bust, a total bust for a long period of time".
Says he will run it better.
January 3, 2026 at 4:46 PM
"We are going to run [Venezuela] until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition" to another Government, Trump says.
"As everyone knows the oil business in Venezuela has been a bust, a total bust for a long period of time".
Says he will run it better.
"As everyone knows the oil business in Venezuela has been a bust, a total bust for a long period of time".
Says he will run it better.
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Very hard to see how he can “run” Venezuela without ground forces.
Says US wants oil resources - is prepared to “do a second, bigger wave”
Says US wants oil resources - is prepared to “do a second, bigger wave”
January 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Very hard to see how he can “run” Venezuela without ground forces.
Says US wants oil resources - is prepared to “do a second, bigger wave”
Says US wants oil resources - is prepared to “do a second, bigger wave”
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Trump: “We’re going to run the country until such time as we can have a safe, proper, transition…so we are going to run the country until we can have a safe…judicious transition.”
So Trump, for the time being, is effectively saying for now he’s also President of Venezuela.
So Trump, for the time being, is effectively saying for now he’s also President of Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Trump: “We’re going to run the country until such time as we can have a safe, proper, transition…so we are going to run the country until we can have a safe…judicious transition.”
So Trump, for the time being, is effectively saying for now he’s also President of Venezuela.
So Trump, for the time being, is effectively saying for now he’s also President of Venezuela.
Trump: "This partnership of Venezuela with the United States of America, a country that everybody wants to be involved with because of what we're able to do and accomplish, will make the people of Venezuela rich, independent, and safe."
January 3, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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Trump says the US “will run Venezuela until proper transition” to democracy.
January 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Trump says the US “will run Venezuela until proper transition” to democracy.
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India, Saudi Arabia and Argentina are among the ~70 nations that did not submit updated climate plans to the UN’s in 2025, despite the 2015 Paris Agreement’s requirement that countries do so every five years.
www.climatechangenews.com/2026/01/02/i...
www.climatechangenews.com/2026/01/02/i...
India, Saudi Arabia and Argentina fail to submit climate plans in 2025
The Paris Agreement requires governments to submit climate plans every five years - and most nations published there's this year
www.climatechangenews.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
India, Saudi Arabia and Argentina are among the ~70 nations that did not submit updated climate plans to the UN’s in 2025, despite the 2015 Paris Agreement’s requirement that countries do so every five years.
www.climatechangenews.com/2026/01/02/i...
www.climatechangenews.com/2026/01/02/i...
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“In these decisive hours, receive all my strength, my confidence, and my affection. Let us all remain alert and in contact.
“VENEZUELA WILL BE FREE!”
“VENEZUELA WILL BE FREE!”
January 3, 2026 at 3:35 PM
“In these decisive hours, receive all my strength, my confidence, and my affection. Let us all remain alert and in contact.
“VENEZUELA WILL BE FREE!”
“VENEZUELA WILL BE FREE!”
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“To Venezuelans abroad: we need you mobilized, engaging governments and citizens around the world and committing them, starting now, to the great operation of building the new Venezuela.
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January 3, 2026 at 3:35 PM
“To Venezuelans abroad: we need you mobilized, engaging governments and citizens around the world and committing them, starting now, to the great operation of building the new Venezuela.
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Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado: “Venezuelans, the hour of freedom has arrived.
“Today we are prepared to enforce our mandate and take power.
“To Venezuelans inside our country: be ready to carry out what we will very soon communicate to you through our official channels.
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“Today we are prepared to enforce our mandate and take power.
“To Venezuelans inside our country: be ready to carry out what we will very soon communicate to you through our official channels.
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January 3, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado: “Venezuelans, the hour of freedom has arrived.
“Today we are prepared to enforce our mandate and take power.
“To Venezuelans inside our country: be ready to carry out what we will very soon communicate to you through our official channels.
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“Today we are prepared to enforce our mandate and take power.
“To Venezuelans inside our country: be ready to carry out what we will very soon communicate to you through our official channels.
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Not convinced that the dental infection is completely gone, despite a second week of antibotics.
Borderline 'Stability' according to #VisibleHealth despite loads of Rest 🤔
Borderline 'Stability' according to #VisibleHealth despite loads of Rest 🤔
January 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Not convinced that the dental infection is completely gone, despite a second week of antibotics.
Borderline 'Stability' according to #VisibleHealth despite loads of Rest 🤔
Borderline 'Stability' according to #VisibleHealth despite loads of Rest 🤔
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BREAKING: Keir Starmer says he needs to "establish all the facts" before commenting on the capturing of Venezuela's President by the US
"What I can say is that the UK was not involved in any way in this operation"
"What I can say is that the UK was not involved in any way in this operation"
January 3, 2026 at 12:41 PM
BREAKING: Keir Starmer says he needs to "establish all the facts" before commenting on the capturing of Venezuela's President by the US
"What I can say is that the UK was not involved in any way in this operation"
"What I can say is that the UK was not involved in any way in this operation"