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Benedict Allen

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Motivational Speaker, "Extreme Explorer", Environmental Scientist, broadcaster, author. Brought non film-crew expeditions to the telly - inadvertently pioneering the Video Selfie. Instagram: @benedictallenexplorer X: @benedictallen www.benedictallen.com

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · Nov 14

So much to do, so little time in which to do it...
Exploration is not something of the past, a long-gone Golden Age, as we're often taught, it's something of the present - and of the future. In fact, we need to get to understand our precious planet now more than ever, and fast.✌️

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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 9h

Golden Eye Lichen, Teloschisties chrysophthalmus, on a Hawthorn in ancient wood pasture up the lane.

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 8h

Oh yes, I still remember that rain plus wind hitting my face as I did my daily run along the coast, from the uni. heading towards the city. 💨🏃

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 21h

Well thank you, Emsy. And you too! 😃👍🏼

Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 21h

"LET'S GO!!!!"

Upbeat sketch-of-the-day for my son's school sandwich wrapper.

Don't put it off - there'll never be a 'right' time! 👍🏼😃

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 1d

I agree with every word Zelda Williams says. And this at the end from OpenAI makes me want to go full Ned Ludd. Creators can’t have a blanket opt-out on copyright infringement of their work and have to fill out a form appealing to OpenAI’s mercy every time? Fuck off into the sun

OpenAI told the Guardian that content owners can flag copyright infringement using a “copyright disputes form” but that individual artists or studios cannot have a blanket opt-out. Varun Shetty, OpenAI’s head of media partnerships, said: “We’ll work with rights holders to block characters from Sora at their request and respond to takedown requests.”

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 1d

A good leader is always open to dissenting opinions (well, to a certain extent!)

Explorer Wisdom Of The Day for my son's school sandwich wrapper. 👍🏼😃

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 2d

Wuff! 😃👍🏼

Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 2d

Ask yourself:
"Are you running away - or running TOWARDS?"

(Explorer Wisdom Of The Day for my son's school sandwich wrapper.👍🏼😃)

May you too get where you need to go, this week! ✌️

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 4d

Weedy pond visitor. 🌏👍🏼

Ian Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 4d

The #weedypond is pretty sheltered from the 52 mph gusts that are hitting the the garden at the moment, so a Chiffchaff decides to come in to bathe.
A bit of a sway on the camera...
I expect conditions are worse up in the [email protected]
#StormAmy #nature #wildlifegardening

Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 5d

Ask yourself at all times: "Are you a challenger? Are you ALTERING OUTCOMES?"

Wisdom Of the Day for my son's school sandwich wrapper. 👍🏼😃

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👣COCA👣 🇺🇦 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 6d

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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 6d

The Prime Minister of Albania came up to Macron and Azerbaijani President Aliyev and joked about how Trump had resolved the conflict between Albania and Azerbaijan.

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 6d

A world in which the Chinese Communist Party adheres more closely to evidence led policy making than the British Conservative Party. A national embarrassment.

Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 6d

Stark, raving mad.

Tories pledge to scrap landmark climate legislation www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tories pledge to scrap landmark climate legislation

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says her party would axe legally binding targets to cut emissions.

www.bbc.com

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 6d

Beware the... BLACK SWAN EVENT!

(Coined by Nassim Nicholas Taleb: the 'black swan' is a highly impactful, unpredictable, and rare occurrence that was unforeseen - but predictable in hindsight.)

(Wisdom of the day for my son's school sandwich wrapper) 👍🏼😃

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 6d

So very sad to lose the serene but ever-determined Jane Goodall, one of my great heroes.

Such a champion - for our nearest relative the chimpanzee, for women in science and for the planet.

What an example to us all. 🌏✌️

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 7d

A work of great craftsmanship, as you see!🤣✌️

Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks, will pass the message on!A shame it has to be a battle, like this! But keep marching onward!

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 7d

Take along a thermos full, I would! ☕️

Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 7d

Hope you didn't fall off! 👍🏼🤞🏼

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 7d

"You have to create an environment where EVERYONE feels valued, everyone included - so that anyone's ready to step up, when the moment comes." Leah Williamson, footballer.

Wisdom Of The Day for my son's school sandwich wrapper.👍🏼😃

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Palm Oil Detectives | #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social · 8d

#News: #Kalimantan farmers travelled 1,000 km to #Jakarta after 5 months of ignored reports on #palmoil #landgrabbing. They demand the Attorney General probe forest loss, #collusion to protect their #humanrights @palmoildetect.bsky.social #BoycottPalmOil jurnalpolisi.co.id/central-kali...

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Island Girl (IG)🇨🇦 @tenoaks6.bsky.social · 8d

dancing on the edge....

#photography #autumn #nature #sky #wellbeing

A small pond green with algae sits in stillness cradled by shrubbery, bull rush and deciduous trees in shades of change. The sky is a deep grey blue with dramatic clouds sweeping upward creating a circular sensation.

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks - the ghastly crucial Czech and maths exams awaiting in the Spring- already trying to swot for them: succeeding in those two subjects is all that counts here! 😳

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 8d

"Choose to be optimistic! It feels better." (Dalai Lama)

Explorer Wisdom Of The Day for my son's school sandwich wrapper.

And the best of luck to YOU, tackling your own mountains today. 👍🏼😃

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 9d

Well said!