Dr Ben King 🌍
@benking01.bsky.social
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Long Covid & PE recovery. GeographyTeacher. Sustainability & Climate Change. BSc Env Science & Physics (Stirling). Soil Erosion PhD & Geog PGCE (Exeter). Tuba player. Devon, UK.
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benking01.bsky.social
Playing the #pacing game ✔️
25 out of 27 pacepoints. 0.5 behind my pacesetter
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Luckily, I know how to REST!

Three and a half hours later and I've only used a single extra PacePoint. I feel great - and this evening's marking load is almost cleared 😆

#Pacing to keep myself #PEM-free and to live my #LongCovid life as best as I can 🙏
Visible Health heartrate graph
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implausibleblog.bsky.social
Lord Heseltine, "The number of people aged below 50 who think it was right for us to leave the European Union, is less than 20%

"The latest polls tells us 56% now believe it was mistake to leave the European Union"

Hands up if you are one of the 56% 🙋‍♂️
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rachelburch.bsky.social
Wheelwright’s stone and Lydford castle (medieval prison) behind it today. The wheel stone was used to fit a metal tyre onto a wooden wheel. The wheel hub fitted into the central socket while the work was being done, the stone was in use locally in the 1920’s. #Dartmoor, #Devon #photography #history
A large stone with autumn leaves on it
benking01.bsky.social
Luckily, I know how to REST!

Three and a half hours later and I've only used a single extra PacePoint. I feel great - and this evening's marking load is almost cleared 😆

#Pacing to keep myself #PEM-free and to live my #LongCovid life as best as I can 🙏
Visible Health heartrate graph
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benking01.bsky.social
Oops - Enjoyed myself too much in that Year 8 History lesson. Speaking with each of the 30 students about their (mostly excellent) test results and moving around the classroom for the whole hour.

I actually broke into a sweat - I was teaching like I used to (pre- #LongCovid)

Home - to Lie Down 😑
Visible Health heartrate graph showing Exertion in Red. Almost 6 pacepoints used teaching one lesson - that's almost one quarter of my daily quota 24 out of today's 27 pacepoints used. By 4pm
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glennyrodge.bsky.social
What do we want?
Motorbike noises.
When do we want it?
Nnnyyyyyowwww.
benking01.bsky.social
Oops - Enjoyed myself too much in that Year 8 History lesson. Speaking with each of the 30 students about their (mostly excellent) test results and moving around the classroom for the whole hour.

I actually broke into a sweat - I was teaching like I used to (pre- #LongCovid)

Home - to Lie Down 😑
Visible Health heartrate graph showing Exertion in Red. Almost 6 pacepoints used teaching one lesson - that's almost one quarter of my daily quota 24 out of today's 27 pacepoints used. By 4pm
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome
Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed
www.theguardian.com
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thierryaaron.bsky.social
"Salinity levels in the Shatt al-Arab have reached alarming concentrations, exceeding 30,000 total dissolved solids (TDS), which is approximately half the saltiness of seawater. This severe saltwater intrusion from the Persian Gulf is intensified by #climate change ..."

#Iraq 🇮🇶
#ClimateEmergency
Iraq’s Basra could become unlivable as climate crisis deepens, experts warn - Türkiye Today
Basra is facing increasingly severe heat waves, with extreme temperatures, especially near oil fields, which act as local heat centers and intensify the effects of climate change
www.turkiyetoday.com
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thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
COVID-19: Lack of surveillance leaves UK in dark as hospital admissions rise, experts warn.

"The UK’s current method of recording covid-19 cases “is not a sensible approach to managing the spread of infection,” virologists have warned."

Paywall free link: archive.md/NWj87
Covid-19: Lack of surveillance leaves UK in dark as hospital admissions rise, experts warn
The UK’s current method of recording covid-19 cases “is not a sensible approach to managing the spread of infection,” virologists have warned. Latest data showed an uptick in the number of UK covid c...
www.bmj.com
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cvcev.bsky.social
🚨Prof Gillean McCluskey (Expert in Education)

Shared her thoughts on barriers faced by children in Clinically Vulnerable families.

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benking01.bsky.social
Lovely birdsong here @nationaltrust.org.uk #Saltram House

#Orangery
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benking01.bsky.social
Having been cooped-up indoors far too much of the time recently, I've stopped-off at #SaltramHouse @nationaltrust.org.uk on my way home from the gym.

Heavenly 🙏
Earl Grey tea pot, cup and saucer. Then green lawn to stately home.
benking01.bsky.social
Lovely birdsong here @nationaltrust.org.uk #Saltram House

#Orangery
benking01.bsky.social
Having been cooped-up indoors far too much of the time recently, I've stopped-off at #SaltramHouse @nationaltrust.org.uk on my way home from the gym.

Heavenly 🙏
Earl Grey tea pot, cup and saucer. Then green lawn to stately home.
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elhopkins.bsky.social
Everyone should read this from the German Health minister in 2023! Then ask why the British Public haven’t had this messaging?
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benking01.bsky.social
As ever, I'm mostly lying down on my day off Tuesday. Even at the gym!

All very much controlled movement, as needed if I'm to avoid the debilitating #PEM associated with my #LongCovid symptoms.

Over a year since I started here at the #NuffieldHealth gym in Plymouth and it keeps me moving & Sane.
Visible Health heartrate graph - with activities tagged Still behind today's Visible Health pacesetter