Dr Ben King 🌍

Caitlin KALINOWSKI over X I resigned from OpenAl. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn't an easy call. Al has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I'm proud of what we built together.

OpenAI head of robotics just resigned over company deal with the Pentagon saying…

“Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got”

You can read it online here including its glorious Clause 1:

“Everyone has the right to breathe clean air and the Human Rights Act 1998 is to be read as though this were a separate Convention right.”
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...

Image is a stack of copies of the Bill on a dark wood table. The front page reads: A BILL TO Establish the right to breathe clean air; to require the Secretary of State toachieve and maintain clean air in England; to make provision about environmental targets and minimum standards in relation to clean air; to make provision about the powers, duties and functions of public bodies in England in relation to air pollution; to give the Office for Environmental Protection additional powers and duties related to clean air; to require the Secretary of State to comply with the United Nations Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution; to require the Secretary of State and public authorities to apply specified environmental principles in carrying out their duties under this Act; and for connected purposes.

I am so proud to have introduced this Bill to Parliament last year with cross-party support.

I am determined to see Ella’s Law voted on and passed through Parliament, and I strongly urge the Govt to adopt it in the upcoming King’s Speech.

Whatever it takes, this vital Bill must become law.

Image shows Sian Berry stood to the left of campaigner Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, and surrounded by a group of clean air campaigners. All of them are smiling and holding a copy of Ella's Law - the Clean Air (Human Rights Bill).

Image shows Rosamund Adoo-Kiss-Debrah sat next to Sian with a copy of Ella's Law on the table in front of them. They are both reading the Bill that is named in memory of Rosamund's daughter Ella who died aged nine due to exposure to air pollution.

Ella’s Law has been published 👏

No child should have the growth of their lungs stunted because of dirty air where they live and play, yet this is the reality of air pollution in England. Ella’s Law would change this.

My thanks to Rosamund and all the hard-working campaigners demanding change.

"Before Rome fell, it expanded... It was the overreach that killed it. Every new province required a garrison. Every garrison required supply lines..."

What just might be happening as the #USA under #Trump struggles to retain Global Dominance.

#Superpowers #GeographyTeacher #Empire #History

2.8 out of today's allocated 30 pace points (Visible Health)

Blimey! Did a small supermarket shop in town and then walked all the way home (via every bench and flat wall!)

Keeping my heartrate low keeps my PacePoints use low. I can use 3 PacePoints in 30 minutes of teaching!

Incredible to think that I can now do this (after lots of Rest) 😊

Visible Health heartrate graph showing me mostly keeping my HR below 100bpm with regular rests

Visible pace points graphic. Just 1.6 out of today's 30 PP used

Following pretty much 24 hours of Rest, I've just thoroughly enjoyed a 45-minute (just over 1 mile) walk into town.

Now *this* is #pacing 👇😄

Sitting on every available bench along the way.

Pacing to avoid #OverExertion and to keep the #LongCovid #PEM symptoms at bay 🙏

Yes, a school was bombed. During the day. Repeatedly.

Yes, at least 150 children were killed.

Yes, the USA did it.

Yes, AI was involved.

President Trump's Pardons: An Embarrassment of Riches At least the specter of corruption in previous presidential administrations (Clinton’s pardon of Marc Rich or Biden’s pardon of his son) appeared to be an exception to the rule. Today, however, the ev...

Trump’s second term pardons have forgiven criminal debts of $1.5 billion. “Allies protected, donors rewarded, DOJ undermined, and election norms threatened. Corruption looks less like an exception and more like the rule.”

Devon head teacher 'hit, spat on and bitten' by school pupils Violence against teachers is rising, school leaders say, as figures show a doubling of incidents.

'I've been hit, spat on and bitten by pupils'

#Devon #BBCDevon

🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...

Photos of all the school children killed by a US strike in Minab, Ireland

The United States killed all these children last Saturday.

170 of them.

Every. Single. One.

By the way, you could also start with the free version of Visible and see if it works for your son. Its in the play store and the apple store and you'd have the phone do your measurements.

2.8 out of today's allocated 30 pace points (Visible Health)

Blimey! Did a small supermarket shop in town and then walked all the way home (via every bench and flat wall!)

Keeping my heartrate low keeps my PacePoints use low. I can use 3 PacePoints in 30 minutes of teaching!

Incredible to think that I can now do this (after lots of Rest) 😊

Here's another suggestion I made to someone else:
bsky.app/profile/benk...

...and you will get more ideas. But don't hesitate in asking me more questions. It has been pretty much a full-time endeavour learning to pace, but it is working for me and my (relatively mild) Long Covid.

Image of my armband

...but I also use a VIBRATING Coospo heartrate monitor - This one 👇 Which I connect to the CoospoRide app (Free) - and this is really good at BUZZING on my arm when my HR gets too high. I use it to warn me to slow down - which Visible doesn't do with their (Polar) armband.

Search my posts for #PEM

Visible - Activity tracking for illness, not fitness. Visible provides the tools you need to understand your energy-limiting condition. Use data to pace your activity, manage your symptoms, and help move science forward.

Hi. It does have a cost and I should say that it has been waived for me - They have given it to me as I have been singing its praises daily for years now!

Details are here:

Visible - Activity tracking for illness, not fitness. share.google/R43kWgYPcFCL...

It has helped me to pace...

Visible Health heartrate graph showing me mostly keeping my HR below 100bpm with regular rests

Visible pace points graphic. Just 1.6 out of today's 30 PP used

Following pretty much 24 hours of Rest, I've just thoroughly enjoyed a 45-minute (just over 1 mile) walk into town.

Now *this* is #pacing 👇😄

Sitting on every available bench along the way.

Pacing to avoid #OverExertion and to keep the #LongCovid #PEM symptoms at bay 🙏

MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine Find out about the MMR vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella, including who should have it, when it's given and possible side effects.

Measles is one of the most highly infectious diseases, and it can make children seriously unwell.

But it is preventable.

Protect yourself and others by ensuring you’re up to date with your and your children’s MMRV vaccines.

🇬🇧 50 UK families have more wealth than 34 million of us COMBINED. 🙃

Extreme wealth concentration is the crisis. Everything else is just a useful distraction for the billionaires bleeding us dry.

It’s worth stressing that 34 million people in UK is HALF of the entire population.

50 people with the equivalent of 500,000 times what a person manages to get by on, EACH 😳.

They don’t only want MORE, but the Government bends over backwards to help BENEFIT THEM before anyone else.

#TaxTheRich

NOT going away!!!

#Iran

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez:

You may have heard that Spain is alone. They’re the same people who said that when we recognized the State of Palestine, and then others followed.

We are not alone — we are the first. Those who will end up alone are the ones defending the indefensible.

I love taking photos of nature. I’m not necessarily very good at it but it gives me joy. Just the act of stoping and taking the time to take the photo makes a difference to my day. That pause to enjoy beauty and appreciate the opportunity to witness it, especially during tough times.

People of the #USA

You need to use your power to make a positive change.

Things are getting very concerning.

This is a phenomenal initiative from a group of educators, taking the National Emergency Briefing message through the education sector - equipping teachers with what they need to know about the climate & nature crisis impacting us right now.

Our thanks to all involved. #NEB2025

Oh wow. Devon really does get them much earlier!

@chrisgpackham.bsky.social Is asking you as EDUCATORS watch this film

🚨 Reset the climate conversation in your school
🏫 Host a screening of the National Emergency Briefing for Schools Teachers
🔗 Register your interest now forms.gle/W2ejtpKe9Env...

The intensity of the Israeli bombardments in Beirut’s southern suburbs....
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth None of them through the Strait of Hormuz

Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth

None of them through the Strait of Hormuz

billmckibben.substack.com/p/sunlight-t...