NOT SO FUN FACT—half of all U.S. war casualties during WWI were due to influenza. Today—Trump’s War Secretary remove the flu vaccine requirement for all U.S. military. Plus, bragging about this to all enemies is just absolute idiocy. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
🌋And todays stupid award goes to....
They climbed to the top of Santiaguito Volcano in Guatemala yesterday even though there is a complete ban.
Drone view of hot lava streams over dark black lava landscape. In the distance is a mountain with a patch of sunset brightness on the horizon. Blueish smoke rises.
A drone view over a river estuary where there are pretty channels meeting a paler grey area with visible streams and ripples. Looks a bit like a wave breaking.
A view over a colour river estuary with pale cream and blue streams and channels, with some brown and gold sand banks visible.
A view over a hot bubbling pool with some colourful run-off. It looks a bit like a burning comet falling through the air, an eye with tears or lashes streaming from it, or a jellyfish with long tentacles. The pool is blue and the run off area is pale pink and green, with some green grasses and red rocks surrounding it.
Celebrating five years of drone ownership, renewing my flyer ID today with 38/40 on the test (yay!).
Here's a few of my favourite drone photographs from the past few years from #Iceland. Such a fun addition to my trips there :)
#DJIAir2S #DJIMavic3Pro #DronePhotography
No more antibiotics allowed.
Just got to get through the next week 🙏
Flu spreads efficiently especially in close quarters like military troop lodging facilities. If you are in the military you are required to get several vaccines because of how devastating outbreaks can be to troops and also because they are more likely be targeted by agents of biological warfare.
American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000.
American soldiers killed by flu in World War I: 45,000.
They would have given anything for a flu vaccine.
Now seven dentists and dental surgeons seen 😮 - the most recent of which was able to see me immediately after this afternoon's emergency appointment, as he just happened to be available 🙏
Surgical removal of the tooth next week - this needs doing much sooner than mid- June 🦷
Scientists warn that no adaptation measure can sustain Venice as rising sea levels threaten to swallow the city.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/ZzbG
“I’m sorry for misleading people.” Tucker Carlson apologizes for having supported Donald Trump, says he’s “tormented” by it.
🚨⚠️📢‼️TOMORROW is the deadline of the #KCSIE consultation. Educators: don’t treat climate silence as harmless. Use #safeguarding language—foreseeability, context, cumulative harm—to make it visible.
Rationale, guide for responding:🔗
Lots of sunny spells will develop this afternoon so it’s worth remembering your sun protection as UV levels at this time of year can be similar to those seen in late August 😎
How many Doctors now have long Covid and why aren’t the BMA calling for preventions? Preventions will stop this cycle. We must start preventing long COVID. Very disappointing they aren’t doing this.
KubiosHRV says RMSSD is very low at 40ms. 19% Readiness.
EliteHRV says Readiness of 3 out of 10. Sympathetic Nervous System dominating. Extra rest highly recommended.
Visible Health app says HRV is much lower than my usual and that my body is out of balance
Emergency Dental Appointment Number 5
Luckily it's my weekly Tuesday off work
All three HRV-based apps are clear:
- My HRV is Low
- My Readiness is Low
- Sympathetic Nervous System is dominating over my Parasympathetic Nervous System
- My body is 'Slightly Out Of Balance'
More antibiotics? 😌
I feel incredibly fortunate to be able to speak my mind, to state what I believe even when it's directly at odds with billionaire power. I'm among the minority allowed to do it. But it's not a privilege. It's a right. And everyone should possess it.
Amnesty International has described Israel, Russia and the United States as leading the destruction of global human rights. It describes the three countries’ leaders as “voracious predators”
We need strength in Europe. We need to be back in the EU, urgently.
KubiosHRV says RMSSD is very low at 40ms. 19% Readiness.
EliteHRV says Readiness of 3 out of 10. Sympathetic Nervous System dominating. Extra rest highly recommended.
Visible Health app says HRV is much lower than my usual and that my body is out of balance
Emergency Dental Appointment Number 5
Luckily it's my weekly Tuesday off work
All three HRV-based apps are clear:
- My HRV is Low
- My Readiness is Low
- Sympathetic Nervous System is dominating over my Parasympathetic Nervous System
- My body is 'Slightly Out Of Balance'
More antibiotics? 😌
Global drought extremes in 2025
In 2025, global annual drought affected ~30% of the global land surface.
Drought is no longer just about rainfall.
It’s about temperature and evaporative demand.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
“The National Emergency Briefing is a rapidly growing UK public information initiative, working to ensure that both Parliament and the wider public are clearly and honestly informed about the climate and nature crisis — and what an effective national response requires.”
@swindonlink.bsky.social
21.6 out of today's 22.0 pacepoints used. 0.3 behind daily pacesetter.
🎉 Ha! Ha!
Home. Lying down. And I managed to keep below 22 PacePoints in any case!
Shouldn't have doubted myself 😄
#VisibleHealth pacesetting works a treat 🙏
Minor issue: the recurring dental infection is back - for a FIFTH time. Can't wait to get the tooth removed 🦷 but appointment is in June!
Visible Health pacepoints use is still 18.1 so far today, but that's just 0.8 behind my daily pacesetter, as I've upped my daily limit from 22 to 25.
✨️ M A G I C ✨️
Now I've reset my daily #VisibleHealth pacepoints quota to 25, I'm almost back in line with my pacesetter 😄
A more realistic goal - and still well below my previous quota of 30 daily pacepoints. An informed decision 🙏
#ShiftingTheGoalposts #Pacing #LongCovid
18.1 out of today's 22 pace points. Coming back closer to my pacing line as it rises steadily and my activity is slowing down
...MAYBE 22 PacePoints is too low a daily target 🤔 Until recently I was fine on 30 PacePoints per day...
Going to re-set it to 25 PacePoints, as I am *feeling* fine 🙏
Looking forward to a restful couple of hours now, before tonight's Band rehearsal 🎺
#Pacing to avoid #PEM
Heartrate graph showing reduced HR down from Red (exertion) when teaching down to Blue (Activity) during PPA and meeting time. Now white bars - resting Heartrate.
It didn't help much. And then I various jobs to do, and an hour-long meeting.
But 10 minutes of REST, sitting with my legs crossed, has finally provided my #LongCovid body with what it needs.
I now just need to get to my car, at the other end of the school site.
Maybe...
Hmmm... In the 15 minutes since I drafted this post I've used half a PacePoint just sitting here with my legs crossed!
Heartrate remains elevated - The first day back (teaching) after a holiday is always a shock to the system 🤔
So I'll see what reclining on the comfy staffroom seats does. . . . .
Visible Health pacing screen. 15.9 out of today's 22 PacePoints.
But I'm only 4 @visible_health PacePoints (PP) ahead of my [new] daily limit of 22PP, and I have Planning and Preparation Time now, so I'm sitting here with legs crossed, trying to get my heartrate to drop back down.
Look how I went over my 'Pacing line' about an hour ago 👇
Visible Health heartrate graph for every minute since leaving my car this morning
Back at work (secondary teaching) and I managed to pace the morning well, albeit not a minute's Rest, teaching 3 lessons in quick succession 👇
At lunchtime I failed to Reset properly, and I was helping Year 7 students 1:1 throughout my lesson just now - hence the Exertion 👇
The walk I managed about half of - gradually - over many days last week!
An absolute gem of a circular walk in The Yorkshire Dales!
Thank you @yorkie72.bsky.social 🙏
@yorkshiredales.org.uk
Visible Health Looking Stable. HRV Stavle and within my normal range. Resting HR also.
EliteHRV check in says Readiness 9 out of 10. Balance between SNS and PNS
KubiosHRV check in says 75% Readiness - RMSD back up to 63ms
Sorted 🙏
06:30 Monday morning
Stable ✔️
Balance between Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems ✔️
Ready ✔️
Back to work 😊
The astronauts’ reactions of awe are worth hearing:
Absolutely incredible.
NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.
Watch with sound on.
