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.
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also stop calling us "mainstream scientists" like there's a cooler bunch of hipster scientists out there
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
also stop calling us "mainstream scientists" like there's a cooler bunch of hipster scientists out there
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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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& 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 🙏
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...
& 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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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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Haytor, how lovely, that's a great achievement!
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Haytor, how lovely, that's a great achievement!