Dr Ben King 🌍

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...

Why time seems to go by more quickly as we get older As the years advance, time flies faster. Here’s why.

Going to be on BBC South radio at 13:10 discussing why time seems to go by more quickly as we age.

Here's an article I wrote on the subject in case you're interested.

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.”

In awe watching the Men's Downhill Sitting 😮

#MilanoCortina2026

@paralympicsgb.bsky.social

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

Time required for a 1C increase in global average temperature

1970 - 2008 average rise 0.18C per decade = 55 years

2015 - 2024 average rise 0.27C pd = 37 years

New study - last 10+ years - average rise 0.35 pd = 28 years

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

It doesn’t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. It’ll never cease to amaze me that people don’t care that it’s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.

A series of whimsical renaissance wooden carvings on a church wall

Green man ? Disgorging head,.

Wider view of sprites

View of boards against a wall

Beautiful Tudor woodcarvings in Peter Tavy church this week. It’s likely they were a local wealthy family’s pew box, they would have been carved C1500, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #history #Tudor

UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns Prof Tim Lang says country produces far less food than it needs to feed population and is particularly vulnerable

These warnings about food security are happening almost weekly now

But does anyone think the government is taking a blind bit of notice

The UKs 3 worst harvests have been in the last 5 years

By 2050, the number of calories per head globally could be halved

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...