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
Oh yes! (Tues)Day Off and couldn't be better rested nor more Stable and In Balance 👇
Weekly gym session (will take it easy, as ever)
Playing Christmas Carols in #Totnes Market Square this evening 😄
#EliteHRV #VisibleHealth
Weekly gym session (will take it easy, as ever)
Playing Christmas Carols in #Totnes Market Square this evening 😄
#EliteHRV #VisibleHealth
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Feeling really healthy today! But not going to let my guard down.
Got to keep #Pacing if I'm to avoid overexertion and the potential return of my debilitating #LongCovid #PostExertionalMalaise symptoms.
Weekly #NuffieldHealth gym session was so much fun!
bsky.app/profile/benk...
Got to keep #Pacing if I'm to avoid overexertion and the potential return of my debilitating #LongCovid #PostExertionalMalaise symptoms.
Weekly #NuffieldHealth gym session was so much fun!
bsky.app/profile/benk...
I used to burn through 8-10 #VisibleHealth PacePoints in my weekly gym sessions. Now I use just a handful of PP.
RESTING properly in-between each activity allows my HR to return to a resting pace and I barely work-up a sweat.
Maintaining #strength #mobility and #cardio fitness despite #LongCovid
RESTING properly in-between each activity allows my HR to return to a resting pace and I barely work-up a sweat.
Maintaining #strength #mobility and #cardio fitness despite #LongCovid
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Feeling really healthy today! But not going to let my guard down.
Got to keep #Pacing if I'm to avoid overexertion and the potential return of my debilitating #LongCovid #PostExertionalMalaise symptoms.
Weekly #NuffieldHealth gym session was so much fun!
bsky.app/profile/benk...
Got to keep #Pacing if I'm to avoid overexertion and the potential return of my debilitating #LongCovid #PostExertionalMalaise symptoms.
Weekly #NuffieldHealth gym session was so much fun!
bsky.app/profile/benk...
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WHO said ‘hundreds of millions will suffer post covid condition’ this I believe was 2023. @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social Why are Labour not talking about this cause of sickness, which we were informed quite clearly about.
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
WHO said ‘hundreds of millions will suffer post covid condition’ this I believe was 2023. @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social Why are Labour not talking about this cause of sickness, which we were informed quite clearly about.
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& that's despite running for longer than usual, within my two 5-minute Treadmill sessions. It felt so easy & I felt light as a feather 😆
Checking-in with my #KiActiv smartwatch (movement) data, I've used 26 minute of today's 60 minutes of 'Moderate' exertion quota.
& 1 min of 'Vigorous' exercise 🙏
Checking-in with my #KiActiv smartwatch (movement) data, I've used 26 minute of today's 60 minutes of 'Moderate' exertion quota.
& 1 min of 'Vigorous' exercise 🙏
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
& that's despite running for longer than usual, within my two 5-minute Treadmill sessions. It felt so easy & I felt light as a feather 😆
Checking-in with my #KiActiv smartwatch (movement) data, I've used 26 minute of today's 60 minutes of 'Moderate' exertion quota.
& 1 min of 'Vigorous' exercise 🙏
Checking-in with my #KiActiv smartwatch (movement) data, I've used 26 minute of today's 60 minutes of 'Moderate' exertion quota.
& 1 min of 'Vigorous' exercise 🙏
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I used to burn through 8-10 #VisibleHealth PacePoints in my weekly gym sessions. Now I use just a handful of PP.
RESTING properly in-between each activity allows my HR to return to a resting pace and I barely work-up a sweat.
Maintaining #strength #mobility and #cardio fitness despite #LongCovid
RESTING properly in-between each activity allows my HR to return to a resting pace and I barely work-up a sweat.
Maintaining #strength #mobility and #cardio fitness despite #LongCovid
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I used to burn through 8-10 #VisibleHealth PacePoints in my weekly gym sessions. Now I use just a handful of PP.
RESTING properly in-between each activity allows my HR to return to a resting pace and I barely work-up a sweat.
Maintaining #strength #mobility and #cardio fitness despite #LongCovid
RESTING properly in-between each activity allows my HR to return to a resting pace and I barely work-up a sweat.
Maintaining #strength #mobility and #cardio fitness despite #LongCovid
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November 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I used to burn through 8-10 #VisibleHealth PacePoints in my weekly gym sessions. Now I use just a handful of PP.
RESTING properly in-between each activity allows my HR to return to a resting pace and I barely work-up a sweat.
Maintaining #strength #mobility and #cardio fitness despite #LongCovid
RESTING properly in-between each activity allows my HR to return to a resting pace and I barely work-up a sweat.
Maintaining #strength #mobility and #cardio fitness despite #LongCovid
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I used to burn through 8-10 #VisibleHealth PacePoints in my weekly gym sessions. Now I use just a handful of PP.
RESTING properly in-between each activity allows my HR to return to a resting pace and I barely work-up a sweat.
Maintaining #strength #mobility and #cardio fitness despite #LongCovid
RESTING properly in-between each activity allows my HR to return to a resting pace and I barely work-up a sweat.
Maintaining #strength #mobility and #cardio fitness despite #LongCovid
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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As a society we also need to think about why it's OK to exclude kids from even the limited protections offered by occupational health and safety rules, even in places like schools where they are forced to be present. Kids should be *more* protected than an adult working in a steel mill, not less.
December 13, 2024 at 8:31 PM
As a society we also need to think about why it's OK to exclude kids from even the limited protections offered by occupational health and safety rules, even in places like schools where they are forced to be present. Kids should be *more* protected than an adult working in a steel mill, not less.
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Here's what bad air quality alone does to mental function (not counting long COVID etc, just rebreathing air in a poorly ventilated space like a school bus, and only up to 2,500 ppm). Even with qualified drivers that endangers our kids.
Source: ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/...
Source: ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/...
December 13, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Here's what bad air quality alone does to mental function (not counting long COVID etc, just rebreathing air in a poorly ventilated space like a school bus, and only up to 2,500 ppm). Even with qualified drivers that endangers our kids.
Source: ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/...
Source: ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/...
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💯 Even ignoring COVID, if people really looked into the infrastructure quality in schools they would be shocked. The air in classrooms and on school buses can build up enough CO2 in it that it's impairing cognition on its own (e.g. window closed vs open effects on the bus in the cold AM vs warm PM).
December 13, 2024 at 8:31 PM
💯 Even ignoring COVID, if people really looked into the infrastructure quality in schools they would be shocked. The air in classrooms and on school buses can build up enough CO2 in it that it's impairing cognition on its own (e.g. window closed vs open effects on the bus in the cold AM vs warm PM).
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Our piece on the need to do more to protect students from COVID has been picked up by the Tyee! With @juliamwright.bsky.social @dickzoutman.bsky.social and @ryantennant.bsky.social
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
Universities Are Failing a Critical COVID Test | The Tyee
Post-COVID condition is a real but preventable lasting threat. Why aren’t schools taking it seriously?
thetyee.ca
December 12, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Our piece on the need to do more to protect students from COVID has been picked up by the Tyee! With @juliamwright.bsky.social @dickzoutman.bsky.social and @ryantennant.bsky.social
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
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Haytor, how lovely, that's a great achievement!
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Haytor, how lovely, that's a great achievement!
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Oh yes! (Tues)Day Off and couldn't be better rested nor more Stable and In Balance 👇
Weekly gym session (will take it easy, as ever)
Playing Christmas Carols in #Totnes Market Square this evening 😄
#EliteHRV #VisibleHealth
Weekly gym session (will take it easy, as ever)
Playing Christmas Carols in #Totnes Market Square this evening 😄
#EliteHRV #VisibleHealth
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Oh yes! (Tues)Day Off and couldn't be better rested nor more Stable and In Balance 👇
Weekly gym session (will take it easy, as ever)
Playing Christmas Carols in #Totnes Market Square this evening 😄
#EliteHRV #VisibleHealth
Weekly gym session (will take it easy, as ever)
Playing Christmas Carols in #Totnes Market Square this evening 😄
#EliteHRV #VisibleHealth
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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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