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
...leading to Balance ( #EliteHRV) and Stability ( #VisibleHealth) at 6am on Monday morning 🙏
Using these two apps together gives me greater confidence in my Readiness for this busy Monday ahead... [continues...]
Using these two apps together gives me greater confidence in my Readiness for this busy Monday ahead... [continues...]
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Tuba playing can be RESTFUL.
End of tonight's rehearsal and I'm back on track; in-line with my daily #VisibleHealth pacesetter 🙏
#Pacing works - I'm living my life and avoiding the debilitating #PEM associated with my #LongCovid 😊
End of tonight's rehearsal and I'm back on track; in-line with my daily #VisibleHealth pacesetter 🙏
#Pacing works - I'm living my life and avoiding the debilitating #PEM associated with my #LongCovid 😊
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Tuba playing can be RESTFUL.
End of tonight's rehearsal and I'm back on track; in-line with my daily #VisibleHealth pacesetter 🙏
#Pacing works - I'm living my life and avoiding the debilitating #PEM associated with my #LongCovid 😊
End of tonight's rehearsal and I'm back on track; in-line with my daily #VisibleHealth pacesetter 🙏
#Pacing works - I'm living my life and avoiding the debilitating #PEM associated with my #LongCovid 😊
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When it comes to climate change, methane is a notorious super-polluter.
And LNG, which stands for liquefied "natural gas", is primarily made up of...you guessed it...methane. 😷
And LNG, which stands for liquefied "natural gas", is primarily made up of...you guessed it...methane. 😷
Can methane cuts pull us back from the brink of climate breakdown?
With temperatures breaching the Paris limit, experts say tackling the powerful gas could buy crucial time as the clean-energy shift stalls
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
When it comes to climate change, methane is a notorious super-polluter.
And LNG, which stands for liquefied "natural gas", is primarily made up of...you guessed it...methane. 😷
And LNG, which stands for liquefied "natural gas", is primarily made up of...you guessed it...methane. 😷
Absolutely devastating report from Stanford on Brexit’s impact.
📉Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%.
📉The Treasury would have £40bn more each year if Britain had remained in the EU.
Imagine the Chancellor could do with that extra money this week more than most!
📉Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%.
📉The Treasury would have £40bn more each year if Britain had remained in the EU.
Imagine the Chancellor could do with that extra money this week more than most!
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Absolutely devastating report from Stanford on Brexit’s impact.
📉Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%.
📉The Treasury would have £40bn more each year if Britain had remained in the EU.
Imagine the Chancellor could do with that extra money this week more than most!
📉Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%.
📉The Treasury would have £40bn more each year if Britain had remained in the EU.
Imagine the Chancellor could do with that extra money this week more than most!
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Absolutely devastating report from Stanford on Brexit’s impact.
📉Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%.
📉The Treasury would have £40bn more each year if Britain had remained in the EU.
Imagine the Chancellor could do with that extra money this week more than most!
📉Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%.
📉The Treasury would have £40bn more each year if Britain had remained in the EU.
Imagine the Chancellor could do with that extra money this week more than most!
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...And, of course, a key factor in my ability to reset and recover overnight is that I invariably sleep well.
A good night's sleep EVERY night is something I never take for granted - I've been a parent of three small children!
In this very busy week ahead, I'll keep #Micropacing to avoid #PEM
A good night's sleep EVERY night is something I never take for granted - I've been a parent of three small children!
In this very busy week ahead, I'll keep #Micropacing to avoid #PEM
a sloth is walking with a cane and wearing a green shirt and pants .
Alt: a sloth is walking very slowly
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 AM
...And, of course, a key factor in my ability to reset and recover overnight is that I invariably sleep well.
A good night's sleep EVERY night is something I never take for granted - I've been a parent of three small children!
In this very busy week ahead, I'll keep #Micropacing to avoid #PEM
A good night's sleep EVERY night is something I never take for granted - I've been a parent of three small children!
In this very busy week ahead, I'll keep #Micropacing to avoid #PEM
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...and I've noticed that #KubiosHRV 'Normal' Readiness further indicates a more easily-paced day ahead 👇
Low #KubiosHRV Readiness tends to match with Sympathetic Swings.
Ridiculously High #KubiosHRV Readiness can match with Parasympathetic Swings, very low HR and very high HRV.
Low #KubiosHRV Readiness tends to match with Sympathetic Swings.
Ridiculously High #KubiosHRV Readiness can match with Parasympathetic Swings, very low HR and very high HRV.
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM
...and I've noticed that #KubiosHRV 'Normal' Readiness further indicates a more easily-paced day ahead 👇
Low #KubiosHRV Readiness tends to match with Sympathetic Swings.
Ridiculously High #KubiosHRV Readiness can match with Parasympathetic Swings, very low HR and very high HRV.
Low #KubiosHRV Readiness tends to match with Sympathetic Swings.
Ridiculously High #KubiosHRV Readiness can match with Parasympathetic Swings, very low HR and very high HRV.
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...leading to Balance ( #EliteHRV) and Stability ( #VisibleHealth) at 6am on Monday morning 🙏
Using these two apps together gives me greater confidence in my Readiness for this busy Monday ahead... [continues...]
Using these two apps together gives me greater confidence in my Readiness for this busy Monday ahead... [continues...]
November 24, 2025 at 6:37 AM
...leading to Balance ( #EliteHRV) and Stability ( #VisibleHealth) at 6am on Monday morning 🙏
Using these two apps together gives me greater confidence in my Readiness for this busy Monday ahead... [continues...]
Using these two apps together gives me greater confidence in my Readiness for this busy Monday ahead... [continues...]
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Tehran is on the brink of a severe water crisis.
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Tehran is on the brink of a severe water crisis.
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
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Ditto. Thx for reposting this thread, @benking01.bsky.social!
This 👇 is the debilitating #PEM I am managing to avoid via very careful #pacing and constant monitoring of both my heartrate *and* my movement levels 🙏
#LongCovid continues disabling people because the #Covid19 pandemic is not suddenly 'over' just because we all want it to be!
#LongCovid continues disabling people because the #Covid19 pandemic is not suddenly 'over' just because we all want it to be!
Clip: @oonaghcousins.bsky.social explains how post-exertional malaise has affected her. It’s not tiredness after exercise, simple tasks like preparing food or even talking would cause her whole body would go into shutdown, affecting her nervous, immune, digestive systems and more.
November 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Ditto. Thx for reposting this thread, @benking01.bsky.social!
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Reposted by Dr Ben King 🌍
Rested for all but 2 hours today.
Just 20 minutes of 'Moderate' movement and 100 minutes of 'Light' movement.
Self-imposed REST before what's going to be another incredibly busy week ahead, including rehearsals with 3 different musical groups and performances with 2.
#TubaPlayer
Just 20 minutes of 'Moderate' movement and 100 minutes of 'Light' movement.
Self-imposed REST before what's going to be another incredibly busy week ahead, including rehearsals with 3 different musical groups and performances with 2.
#TubaPlayer
a young man is laying on a green couch with his hand on his face
Alt: a young man is laying on a green sofa
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Rested for all but 2 hours today.
Just 20 minutes of 'Moderate' movement and 100 minutes of 'Light' movement.
Self-imposed REST before what's going to be another incredibly busy week ahead, including rehearsals with 3 different musical groups and performances with 2.
#TubaPlayer
Just 20 minutes of 'Moderate' movement and 100 minutes of 'Light' movement.
Self-imposed REST before what's going to be another incredibly busy week ahead, including rehearsals with 3 different musical groups and performances with 2.
#TubaPlayer
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Open letter from over 1,000 UK scientists urging all MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing. A huge list full of highly respected names.
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP #NEB2025
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP #NEB2025
National Emergency Briefing
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
www.nebriefing.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Open letter from over 1,000 UK scientists urging all MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing. A huge list full of highly respected names.
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP #NEB2025
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP #NEB2025
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Many people think about cold in Northern Europe if the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC fails. But that wouldn’t be the only problem for Europe by far.
This new study shows that severe drought is another one. 🌊
This new study shows that severe drought is another one. 🌊
📢 New paper on the impacts of AMOC collapse on European hydroclimate. 🌊
We find an AMOC collapse would exacerbate drought conditions across Europe, linked to reduced precipitation. In combination with climate change droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe.
doi.org/10.5194/hess...
We find an AMOC collapse would exacerbate drought conditions across Europe, linked to reduced precipitation. In combination with climate change droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe.
doi.org/10.5194/hess...
Changing European hydroclimate under a collapsed AMOC in the Community Earth System Model
Abstract. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is expected to weaken or even collapse under anthropogenic climate change. Given the importance of the AMOC in the present-day climate,...
doi.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Many people think about cold in Northern Europe if the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC fails. But that wouldn’t be the only problem for Europe by far.
This new study shows that severe drought is another one. 🌊
This new study shows that severe drought is another one. 🌊
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Wild camping: we won the battle on Dartmoor, now what?
Listening to @lewis-winks.bsky.social, @maryannochota.bsky.social & Aila Taylor discussing extending the right to wild camp in England - at Kendal Mountain Festival, in (appropriately enough) a very big tent
Listening to @lewis-winks.bsky.social, @maryannochota.bsky.social & Aila Taylor discussing extending the right to wild camp in England - at Kendal Mountain Festival, in (appropriately enough) a very big tent
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Wild camping: we won the battle on Dartmoor, now what?
Listening to @lewis-winks.bsky.social, @maryannochota.bsky.social & Aila Taylor discussing extending the right to wild camp in England - at Kendal Mountain Festival, in (appropriately enough) a very big tent
Listening to @lewis-winks.bsky.social, @maryannochota.bsky.social & Aila Taylor discussing extending the right to wild camp in England - at Kendal Mountain Festival, in (appropriately enough) a very big tent
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When a government speaks responsibly about climate risks. Iceland's climate minister Jóhannsson:
"We believe that confronting climate tipping points and the risks they pose openly is not a sign of 'pessimism' or 'alarmism' but a sign of realism and responsibility."
youtu.be/B-0eQnEEsYA?...
"We believe that confronting climate tipping points and the risks they pose openly is not a sign of 'pessimism' or 'alarmism' but a sign of realism and responsibility."
youtu.be/B-0eQnEEsYA?...
After COP30 Fire and Floods: AMOC Shutdown
YouTube video by International Cryosphere Climate Initiative
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
When a government speaks responsibly about climate risks. Iceland's climate minister Jóhannsson:
"We believe that confronting climate tipping points and the risks they pose openly is not a sign of 'pessimism' or 'alarmism' but a sign of realism and responsibility."
youtu.be/B-0eQnEEsYA?...
"We believe that confronting climate tipping points and the risks they pose openly is not a sign of 'pessimism' or 'alarmism' but a sign of realism and responsibility."
youtu.be/B-0eQnEEsYA?...
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An excellent discussion - Please listen to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social and @zackpolanski.bsky.social
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
How To Platform Socialist Ideas Through Billionaire Owned Channels | George Monbiot | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
An excellent discussion - Please listen to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social and @zackpolanski.bsky.social
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
An excellent discussion - Please listen to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social and @zackpolanski.bsky.social
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
How To Platform Socialist Ideas Through Billionaire Owned Channels | George Monbiot | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
An excellent discussion - Please listen to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social and @zackpolanski.bsky.social
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
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Let’s never forget rationing ventilators and Zoom funerals. Boris Johnson and his cronies partied while our loved ones lay dying alone. COVID-19 was the worst public health crisis in a century. We should have locked down earlier. To some of us, PPE was not a get-rich-quick commodity.
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Let’s never forget rationing ventilators and Zoom funerals. Boris Johnson and his cronies partied while our loved ones lay dying alone. COVID-19 was the worst public health crisis in a century. We should have locked down earlier. To some of us, PPE was not a get-rich-quick commodity.
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Former Team GB rower and #longCOVID campaigner @oonaghcousins.bsky.social spoke to Sky News in response to the COVID Inquiry. She highlighted how long-term illness was foreseeable and why a proper national strategy is urgently needed. Aired on 20/11/25 (5 mins).
youtu.be/-qZHg9PsE4c?...
youtu.be/-qZHg9PsE4c?...
Former Team GB Rower Oona Cousins Responds to the COVID Inquiry on Sky News
YouTube video by Broken Battery
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Former Team GB rower and #longCOVID campaigner @oonaghcousins.bsky.social spoke to Sky News in response to the COVID Inquiry. She highlighted how long-term illness was foreseeable and why a proper national strategy is urgently needed. Aired on 20/11/25 (5 mins).
youtu.be/-qZHg9PsE4c?...
youtu.be/-qZHg9PsE4c?...
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Clip: @oonaghcousins.bsky.social explains how post-exertional malaise has affected her. It’s not tiredness after exercise, simple tasks like preparing food or even talking would cause her whole body would go into shutdown, affecting her nervous, immune, digestive systems and more.
November 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Clip: @oonaghcousins.bsky.social explains how post-exertional malaise has affected her. It’s not tiredness after exercise, simple tasks like preparing food or even talking would cause her whole body would go into shutdown, affecting her nervous, immune, digestive systems and more.
This 👇 is the debilitating #PEM I am managing to avoid via very careful #pacing and constant monitoring of both my heartrate *and* my movement levels 🙏
#LongCovid continues disabling people because the #Covid19 pandemic is not suddenly 'over' just because we all want it to be!
#LongCovid continues disabling people because the #Covid19 pandemic is not suddenly 'over' just because we all want it to be!
Clip: @oonaghcousins.bsky.social explains how post-exertional malaise has affected her. It’s not tiredness after exercise, simple tasks like preparing food or even talking would cause her whole body would go into shutdown, affecting her nervous, immune, digestive systems and more.
November 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This 👇 is the debilitating #PEM I am managing to avoid via very careful #pacing and constant monitoring of both my heartrate *and* my movement levels 🙏
#LongCovid continues disabling people because the #Covid19 pandemic is not suddenly 'over' just because we all want it to be!
#LongCovid continues disabling people because the #Covid19 pandemic is not suddenly 'over' just because we all want it to be!
Reposted by Dr Ben King 🌍
Left some fruit and vegetables outside my house with an honesty box. When I returned, there was a note inside the honesty box telling me I’m far too old to be wearing skinny jeans.
November 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Left some fruit and vegetables outside my house with an honesty box. When I returned, there was a note inside the honesty box telling me I’m far too old to be wearing skinny jeans.
Reposted by Dr Ben King 🌍
Open letter from over 1,000 UK scientists urging all MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing. A huge list full of highly respected names.
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP. #NEB2025
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP. #NEB2025
National Emergency Briefing
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
www.nebriefing.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Open letter from over 1,000 UK scientists urging all MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing. A huge list full of highly respected names.
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP. #NEB2025
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP. #NEB2025
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...