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
How I use the #VisibleHealth app:
As my Heartrate Variability (HRV) drops, the number of PacePoints used (related to spikes in my heartrate) *rises*...
...and as my HRV has now been rising for a couple of weeks, my Energy Use (and PacePoints use) has dropped significantly.
It's a great feeling 😊
As my Heartrate Variability (HRV) drops, the number of PacePoints used (related to spikes in my heartrate) *rises*...
...and as my HRV has now been rising for a couple of weeks, my Energy Use (and PacePoints use) has dropped significantly.
It's a great feeling 😊
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Ellie Chowns, "Reform UK, before it was the Brexit Party, before when it was UKIP, has been busy for many years fermenting this idea that immigration is the problem in this country"
"It's completely untrue"
"Inequality is the problem in this country"
"It's completely untrue"
"Inequality is the problem in this country"
February 12, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Ellie Chowns, "Reform UK, before it was the Brexit Party, before when it was UKIP, has been busy for many years fermenting this idea that immigration is the problem in this country"
"It's completely untrue"
"Inequality is the problem in this country"
"It's completely untrue"
"Inequality is the problem in this country"
Really enjoying watching #BBCQT this evening, rather than simply collapsing into bed, as has been my norm for so many months.
As a @greenparty.org.uk member I've been very impressed with @elliechowns.bsky.social but also by @lukepollard.bsky.social of @labouruk.bsky.social
Great discussion 🙏
As a @greenparty.org.uk member I've been very impressed with @elliechowns.bsky.social but also by @lukepollard.bsky.social of @labouruk.bsky.social
Great discussion 🙏
February 12, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Really enjoying watching #BBCQT this evening, rather than simply collapsing into bed, as has been my norm for so many months.
As a @greenparty.org.uk member I've been very impressed with @elliechowns.bsky.social but also by @lukepollard.bsky.social of @labouruk.bsky.social
Great discussion 🙏
As a @greenparty.org.uk member I've been very impressed with @elliechowns.bsky.social but also by @lukepollard.bsky.social of @labouruk.bsky.social
Great discussion 🙏
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“Jim Ratcliffe’s comments were outrageous. They are offensive and they were deeply wrong. We do have a problem in our country, and that problem is inequality. It’s not immigration.”
Ellie Chowns on #BBCQT, rejecting attempts to blame migrants for country's problems.
Ellie Chowns on #BBCQT, rejecting attempts to blame migrants for country's problems.
February 12, 2026 at 10:54 PM
“Jim Ratcliffe’s comments were outrageous. They are offensive and they were deeply wrong. We do have a problem in our country, and that problem is inequality. It’s not immigration.”
Ellie Chowns on #BBCQT, rejecting attempts to blame migrants for country's problems.
Ellie Chowns on #BBCQT, rejecting attempts to blame migrants for country's problems.
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Wet winters on the increase because of global warming, say scientists
The wet winter which has set records in parts of the UK could become more common in coming years because of global warming, scientists have said.
The wet winter which has set records in parts of the UK could become more common in coming years because of global warming, scientists have said.
Wet winters on the increase because of global warming, say scientists
The wet winter which has set records in parts of the UK could become more common in coming years because of global warming, scientists have said. Winters in the UK are becoming significantly wetter…
buff.ly
February 12, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Wet winters on the increase because of global warming, say scientists
The wet winter which has set records in parts of the UK could become more common in coming years because of global warming, scientists have said.
The wet winter which has set records in parts of the UK could become more common in coming years because of global warming, scientists have said.
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EPA rescinded the climate change Endangerment Finding an hour ago. Here's our response: theconversation.com/trump-says-c...
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@globalecoguy.bsky.social
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@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@csfh-lab.bsky.social
@globalecoguy.bsky.social
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Trump says climate change doesn’t endanger public health – evidence shows it does, from extreme heat to mosquito-borne illnesses
Climate change is making people sicker and more vulnerable to disease. Erasing the federal endangerment finding increases the risk.
theconversation.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:43 PM
EPA rescinded the climate change Endangerment Finding an hour ago. Here's our response: theconversation.com/trump-says-c...
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@csfh-lab.bsky.social
@globalecoguy.bsky.social
@katharinehayhoe.com
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@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@csfh-lab.bsky.social
@globalecoguy.bsky.social
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Log‑scale chart showing COVID‑19 trends in England from Feb 2020 to Feb 2026.
Four lines: positive cases (brown), hospital patients (blue), deaths involving COVID‑19 (red), and PCR test positivity (purple).
Chart shows repeated waves across the pandemic.
Four lines: positive cases (brown), hospital patients (blue), deaths involving COVID‑19 (red), and PCR test positivity (purple).
Chart shows repeated waves across the pandemic.
February 12, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Log‑scale chart showing COVID‑19 trends in England from Feb 2020 to Feb 2026.
Four lines: positive cases (brown), hospital patients (blue), deaths involving COVID‑19 (red), and PCR test positivity (purple).
Chart shows repeated waves across the pandemic.
Four lines: positive cases (brown), hospital patients (blue), deaths involving COVID‑19 (red), and PCR test positivity (purple).
Chart shows repeated waves across the pandemic.
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We’re treating COVID like a memory instead of a continuing risk. Data exists, governments aren’t translating it into clear guidance on ventilation, vaccination, or avoiding crowded indoor spaces. Public health messaging has drifted into silence just when we should be preparing for the next pandemic.
February 12, 2026 at 11:38 AM
We’re treating COVID like a memory instead of a continuing risk. Data exists, governments aren’t translating it into clear guidance on ventilation, vaccination, or avoiding crowded indoor spaces. Public health messaging has drifted into silence just when we should be preparing for the next pandemic.
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Messaging has faded but COVID hasn’t.
Data keeps warning us, yet without clear guidance on ventilation, vaccination, and indoor risk, people navigate blind.
Treating the pandemic as over weakens readiness for the next one.
Honest communication and resilient data systems are needed now.
Data keeps warning us, yet without clear guidance on ventilation, vaccination, and indoor risk, people navigate blind.
Treating the pandemic as over weakens readiness for the next one.
Honest communication and resilient data systems are needed now.
February 12, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Messaging has faded but COVID hasn’t.
Data keeps warning us, yet without clear guidance on ventilation, vaccination, and indoor risk, people navigate blind.
Treating the pandemic as over weakens readiness for the next one.
Honest communication and resilient data systems are needed now.
Data keeps warning us, yet without clear guidance on ventilation, vaccination, and indoor risk, people navigate blind.
Treating the pandemic as over weakens readiness for the next one.
Honest communication and resilient data systems are needed now.
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In Scotland that sharp rise is very focused around the west.
Inverclyde is on 14.3%;
South Ayrshire, 10.8%;
Argyll & Bute, 10.4%.
7/9
Inverclyde is on 14.3%;
South Ayrshire, 10.8%;
Argyll & Bute, 10.4%.
7/9
February 12, 2026 at 7:14 PM
In Scotland that sharp rise is very focused around the west.
Inverclyde is on 14.3%;
South Ayrshire, 10.8%;
Argyll & Bute, 10.4%.
7/9
Inverclyde is on 14.3%;
South Ayrshire, 10.8%;
Argyll & Bute, 10.4%.
7/9
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In the North-West and Yorkshire there are definite signs of growth around Rochdale (on 9.38%) and Calderdale.
Similar & growing levels in Chester and Cheshire.
6/9
Similar & growing levels in Chester and Cheshire.
6/9
February 12, 2026 at 7:13 PM
In the North-West and Yorkshire there are definite signs of growth around Rochdale (on 9.38%) and Calderdale.
Similar & growing levels in Chester and Cheshire.
6/9
Similar & growing levels in Chester and Cheshire.
6/9
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A similar rise in West Sussex, on 12.86%.
Everywhere else in the South-East has seen a decline.
4/9
Everywhere else in the South-East has seen a decline.
4/9
February 12, 2026 at 7:13 PM
A similar rise in West Sussex, on 12.86%.
Everywhere else in the South-East has seen a decline.
4/9
Everywhere else in the South-East has seen a decline.
4/9
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In London, covid beds are back up to the level they were at at New Year.
There's a lot of non-reporting boroughs, but hopefully enough for people to be able to triangulate & assess their local risk.
2/9
There's a lot of non-reporting boroughs, but hopefully enough for people to be able to triangulate & assess their local risk.
2/9
February 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
In London, covid beds are back up to the level they were at at New Year.
There's a lot of non-reporting boroughs, but hopefully enough for people to be able to triangulate & assess their local risk.
2/9
There's a lot of non-reporting boroughs, but hopefully enough for people to be able to triangulate & assess their local risk.
2/9
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The PCR positivity map is out, and positivity has risen to 2.75% in England.
Adjusted for non-reporting we make it 3.34%.
In Scotland there's been a sharp upturn to 4.37%.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
1/9
Adjusted for non-reporting we make it 3.34%.
In Scotland there's been a sharp upturn to 4.37%.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
1/9
February 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
The PCR positivity map is out, and positivity has risen to 2.75% in England.
Adjusted for non-reporting we make it 3.34%.
In Scotland there's been a sharp upturn to 4.37%.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
1/9
Adjusted for non-reporting we make it 3.34%.
In Scotland there's been a sharp upturn to 4.37%.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
1/9
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My Year 9 classes have been researching FACTS about #immigrants in our lessons this week.
Here's an interesting one that they didn't come up with...
#GeographyTeacher #Migration #TaxHavens
Here's an interesting one that they didn't come up with...
#GeographyTeacher #Migration #TaxHavens
February 12, 2026 at 5:39 PM
My Year 9 classes have been researching FACTS about #immigrants in our lessons this week.
Here's an interesting one that they didn't come up with...
#GeographyTeacher #Migration #TaxHavens
Here's an interesting one that they didn't come up with...
#GeographyTeacher #Migration #TaxHavens
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Families of nurses and carers have said they fear being torn apart under an immigration crackdown by the government condemned as “an act of economic vandalism”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Nurses’ families fear being torn apart in UK immigration crackdown, survey says
Exclusive: Most people in charity’s study say they worry about being separated from relatives under Mahmood plans
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Families of nurses and carers have said they fear being torn apart under an immigration crackdown by the government condemned as “an act of economic vandalism”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Around the world this ratio holds up.
Billionaires, and obscenely profitable multinational companies, pay nothing, or even negative tax with write-offs and concessions, even though *their profitability relies on an educated, healthy and stable society*, which taxes pay for.
Billionaires, and obscenely profitable multinational companies, pay nothing, or even negative tax with write-offs and concessions, even though *their profitability relies on an educated, healthy and stable society*, which taxes pay for.
My Year 9 classes have been researching FACTS about #immigrants in our lessons this week.
Here's an interesting one that they didn't come up with...
#GeographyTeacher #Migration #TaxHavens
Here's an interesting one that they didn't come up with...
#GeographyTeacher #Migration #TaxHavens
February 12, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Around the world this ratio holds up.
Billionaires, and obscenely profitable multinational companies, pay nothing, or even negative tax with write-offs and concessions, even though *their profitability relies on an educated, healthy and stable society*, which taxes pay for.
Billionaires, and obscenely profitable multinational companies, pay nothing, or even negative tax with write-offs and concessions, even though *their profitability relies on an educated, healthy and stable society*, which taxes pay for.
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3:45pm and it has been a full-on teaching day.
But today's only period of 'Exertion' picked-up by my #VisibleHealth heartrate monitor was immediately after I bounded up the stairs in twos this lunchtime 🤦
I do struggle to hold myself back when I feel this good 🙏
3 more hours to go, but L👀K 👇
But today's only period of 'Exertion' picked-up by my #VisibleHealth heartrate monitor was immediately after I bounded up the stairs in twos this lunchtime 🤦
I do struggle to hold myself back when I feel this good 🙏
3 more hours to go, but L👀K 👇
February 12, 2026 at 3:56 PM
3:45pm and it has been a full-on teaching day.
But today's only period of 'Exertion' picked-up by my #VisibleHealth heartrate monitor was immediately after I bounded up the stairs in twos this lunchtime 🤦
I do struggle to hold myself back when I feel this good 🙏
3 more hours to go, but L👀K 👇
But today's only period of 'Exertion' picked-up by my #VisibleHealth heartrate monitor was immediately after I bounded up the stairs in twos this lunchtime 🤦
I do struggle to hold myself back when I feel this good 🙏
3 more hours to go, but L👀K 👇
My Year 9 classes have been researching FACTS about #immigrants in our lessons this week.
Here's an interesting one that they didn't come up with...
#GeographyTeacher #Migration #TaxHavens
Here's an interesting one that they didn't come up with...
#GeographyTeacher #Migration #TaxHavens
February 12, 2026 at 5:39 PM
My Year 9 classes have been researching FACTS about #immigrants in our lessons this week.
Here's an interesting one that they didn't come up with...
#GeographyTeacher #Migration #TaxHavens
Here's an interesting one that they didn't come up with...
#GeographyTeacher #Migration #TaxHavens
Impressive not-for-profit eco-aware company based here in South Devon 👇
Run by teenagers.
Impressive! Please support them!
www.rootsclothing.co.uk
Run by teenagers.
Impressive! Please support them!
www.rootsclothing.co.uk
Roots | Not-For-Profit Clothing and Media
Roots is a teenage-led, activist collective rewriting sustainable fashion and media for people and planet. 100% of profits donated to grassroots climate action.
www.rootsclothing.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Impressive not-for-profit eco-aware company based here in South Devon 👇
Run by teenagers.
Impressive! Please support them!
www.rootsclothing.co.uk
Run by teenagers.
Impressive! Please support them!
www.rootsclothing.co.uk
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& data from #KubiosHRV shows that
My Readiness is the highest it's been in 3 months
My Resting Heartrate, in the mid-50s bpm, is at its lowest in 3 months
My Sympathetic Nervous Activity is nice and high, as is my Parasympathetic Nervous System Activity - And they're balanced.
My Readiness is the highest it's been in 3 months
My Resting Heartrate, in the mid-50s bpm, is at its lowest in 3 months
My Sympathetic Nervous Activity is nice and high, as is my Parasympathetic Nervous System Activity - And they're balanced.
February 12, 2026 at 6:17 AM
& data from #KubiosHRV shows that
My Readiness is the highest it's been in 3 months
My Resting Heartrate, in the mid-50s bpm, is at its lowest in 3 months
My Sympathetic Nervous Activity is nice and high, as is my Parasympathetic Nervous System Activity - And they're balanced.
My Readiness is the highest it's been in 3 months
My Resting Heartrate, in the mid-50s bpm, is at its lowest in 3 months
My Sympathetic Nervous Activity is nice and high, as is my Parasympathetic Nervous System Activity - And they're balanced.
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#VisibleHealth morning check-ins for the past 2 weeks show a plateauing of my Heartrate Variability in the low 60s, and then a rise to the mid-60s in the past 3 days...
February 12, 2026 at 6:10 AM
#VisibleHealth morning check-ins for the past 2 weeks show a plateauing of my Heartrate Variability in the low 60s, and then a rise to the mid-60s in the past 3 days...
I’m standing with headteachers and co-signing their open letter on @schoolcuts.bsky.social
Will you join me? Sign before the Spring Budget on March 3. actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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February 12, 2026 at 8:06 AM
I’m standing with headteachers and co-signing their open letter on @schoolcuts.bsky.social
Will you join me? Sign before the Spring Budget on March 3. actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Will you join me? Sign before the Spring Budget on March 3. actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Update on the situation at #Torcross and the #Slapton Line A379
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HT @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social
#GeographyTeacher
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#GeographyTeacher
Redirecting...
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February 12, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Update on the situation at #Torcross and the #Slapton Line A379
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#GeographyTeacher
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Thursday morning and another busy day ahead: Teaching and my Lunchtime Club, then a 3-hour Parents' Evening (online), followed by Orchestra Rehearsal until 10pm.
But my #LongCovid body is in the best place possible, due to careful #pacing and no recent infections 🤞
But my #LongCovid body is in the best place possible, due to careful #pacing and no recent infections 🤞
February 12, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Thursday morning and another busy day ahead: Teaching and my Lunchtime Club, then a 3-hour Parents' Evening (online), followed by Orchestra Rehearsal until 10pm.
But my #LongCovid body is in the best place possible, due to careful #pacing and no recent infections 🤞
But my #LongCovid body is in the best place possible, due to careful #pacing and no recent infections 🤞
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Wearing masks and avoiding indoor crowds before a major globally broadcast competition are hardly 'extreme measures' when it protects an athlete's career from being sidelined by a virus
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
Olympic Covid restrictions are gone, but some athletes still self-quarantining
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
n.pr
February 12, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Wearing masks and avoiding indoor crowds before a major globally broadcast competition are hardly 'extreme measures' when it protects an athlete's career from being sidelined by a virus