Ben Hurley
@bhur.bsky.social
Dad. Runner. Londoner. 100 Vision Comms Founder (W/C imposter😬). Here to learn, support and try not to rant about: politics, infrastructure, mental health, parks, regen, running, bikes & other things I'll work out as I go.
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When we founded @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social in the deep past of 2017 we did so with the idea that art could improve things, that art could build and enrich communities and make radical creative change to our home city of Belfast.
#belfast #aislop #antiai
#belfast #aislop #antiai
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
When we founded @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social in the deep past of 2017 we did so with the idea that art could improve things, that art could build and enrich communities and make radical creative change to our home city of Belfast.
#belfast #aislop #antiai
#belfast #aislop #antiai
Watching another speeder fly down a narrow street of family houses and wondering why there isn't a conversation about using drone, CCTV, phone and car tech to completely eradicate car (driver) crime, deaths and injuries?
a group of south park characters standing in front of a sign that says " south park "
Alt: a group of south park residents with the central figures saying 'we need to be brave enough to ask questions '
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Watching another speeder fly down a narrow street of family houses and wondering why there isn't a conversation about using drone, CCTV, phone and car tech to completely eradicate car (driver) crime, deaths and injuries?
London buzzing today. Streets, bars, shops & restaurants packed. Soho full of London locals and tourists spending £. Latin DJ and dancing on South Bank. And we have a new fish & chip shop made of felt. Massive chasm between narrative about UK life and reality
August 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
London buzzing today. Streets, bars, shops & restaurants packed. Soho full of London locals and tourists spending £. Latin DJ and dancing on South Bank. And we have a new fish & chip shop made of felt. Massive chasm between narrative about UK life and reality
Biggest 1 day athletics event in the world, a packed park and a new East Bank of culture. London is so over
July 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Biggest 1 day athletics event in the world, a packed park and a new East Bank of culture. London is so over
So many questions. Does anyone 'miss out' on a heatwave? Is Met Office in control of heatwaves or upset on someone's behalf?
June 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
So many questions. Does anyone 'miss out' on a heatwave? Is Met Office in control of heatwaves or upset on someone's behalf?
London totally over again this weekend
June 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
London totally over again this weekend
Hunch that Kipyegon will get closer to #breaking4 without the skin suit & Nike show but at a Diamond League (London please 🙏) with a roaring stadium and paving from the best women 800m runners. Crowd probably has more effect than all the other stuff combined
June 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Hunch that Kipyegon will get closer to #breaking4 without the skin suit & Nike show but at a Diamond League (London please 🙏) with a roaring stadium and paving from the best women 800m runners. Crowd probably has more effect than all the other stuff combined
Don't mind these Nike-sponsored spectacles that bring an extra bit of focus on our sport, but don't like how they wrongly compare them to real races. Already they've called it a race and compared it to Roger Bannister's legitimate mile record.
June 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Don't mind these Nike-sponsored spectacles that bring an extra bit of focus on our sport, but don't like how they wrongly compare them to real races. Already they've called it a race and compared it to Roger Bannister's legitimate mile record.
Those anti-car woke bankers and lawyers enjoying a car free space on a sunny day in the centre of our financial district
May 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Those anti-car woke bankers and lawyers enjoying a car free space on a sunny day in the centre of our financial district
First Past The Post hearing over and over that 'two party politics is over'
a bald man in a gray suit is making a funny face .
Alt: DR Evil from Austin Powers, in a gray suit is making his signature little finger to his mouth face, meaning he his hatching a cunning plan
media.tenor.com
May 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
First Past The Post hearing over and over that 'two party politics is over'
This has been niggling me. It's because it's the politics of the stereotypical pub bore I met recently, who told racist Benny Hill jokes in between slagging off cyclists, 20mph limits and women drivers. So the Party I support and help fund is more interested in pub bores than me and my family. Cool
April 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This has been niggling me. It's because it's the politics of the stereotypical pub bore I met recently, who told racist Benny Hill jokes in between slagging off cyclists, 20mph limits and women drivers. So the Party I support and help fund is more interested in pub bores than me and my family. Cool
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Please be one of the remaining 850 signatures if you haven't yet signed. A HUGE THANK YOU!
Just 850 more signatures will bring us to 100,000 and trigger a debate in parliament. Plz share widely - I’m holding my breath! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting
Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...
petition.parliament.uk
April 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Please be one of the remaining 850 signatures if you haven't yet signed. A HUGE THANK YOU!
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A reminder in the five years leading up to the construction of safe cycleways in 2015 with floating bus stops five people died cycling between Stratford and the City. In the ten years the cycleways have been open with safe floating bus stops there have been no deaths and is now safe for everyone
April 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
A reminder in the five years leading up to the construction of safe cycleways in 2015 with floating bus stops five people died cycling between Stratford and the City. In the ten years the cycleways have been open with safe floating bus stops there have been no deaths and is now safe for everyone
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Anybody complacent enough to think that the shitshow in the US could not happen here should take a glance at how quickly elements of the media have rushed to excuse proven lawbreaking by a far-right populist and undermine due process.
April 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Anybody complacent enough to think that the shitshow in the US could not happen here should take a glance at how quickly elements of the media have rushed to excuse proven lawbreaking by a far-right populist and undermine due process.
Message I send my mum every Mother's Day
a man in a green and yellow costume stands in front of a table with the words at least i won the mums
Alt: a sketch from the League of gentleman showing a man in a green and yellow jester costume giving a best man speech saying at least i won the mums
media.tenor.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Message I send my mum every Mother's Day
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Gareth Southgate, "Maybe its the moment you didn't do as well as you hoped to in an exam.. Get rejected from a job.. When someone has let you down"
"In that moment you have a choice"
"Do you let disappointment define you?"
"Do you give up?"
"Or do you get back up, learn from it, and keep going?"
"In that moment you have a choice"
"Do you let disappointment define you?"
"Do you give up?"
"Or do you get back up, learn from it, and keep going?"
March 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Gareth Southgate, "Maybe its the moment you didn't do as well as you hoped to in an exam.. Get rejected from a job.. When someone has let you down"
"In that moment you have a choice"
"Do you let disappointment define you?"
"Do you give up?"
"Or do you get back up, learn from it, and keep going?"
"In that moment you have a choice"
"Do you let disappointment define you?"
"Do you give up?"
"Or do you get back up, learn from it, and keep going?"
Youngest did his 51st Junior Parkrun today. Gone from a 4yr old jogging around holding my hand, to a 10yr old flying round at the front end. Can't put into words how much I love @parkrunuk.bsky.social
March 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Youngest did his 51st Junior Parkrun today. Gone from a 4yr old jogging around holding my hand, to a 10yr old flying round at the front end. Can't put into words how much I love @parkrunuk.bsky.social
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Thinking about why public services should
not be designed in the same way as private-sector ones. I've 5 points so far:
(1) CHOICE: with v few exceptions, we get to choose the private-sector digital services we use but most public services need to be universal at the point of access
(1/n)
not be designed in the same way as private-sector ones. I've 5 points so far:
(1) CHOICE: with v few exceptions, we get to choose the private-sector digital services we use but most public services need to be universal at the point of access
(1/n)
March 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Thinking about why public services should
not be designed in the same way as private-sector ones. I've 5 points so far:
(1) CHOICE: with v few exceptions, we get to choose the private-sector digital services we use but most public services need to be universal at the point of access
(1/n)
not be designed in the same way as private-sector ones. I've 5 points so far:
(1) CHOICE: with v few exceptions, we get to choose the private-sector digital services we use but most public services need to be universal at the point of access
(1/n)
youtu.be/HVaFVKPR8uU?... ending the week like The Brutalist - music, dance, joy
Daniel Blumberg - Epilogue (Venice) | The Brutalist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
YouTube video by SonySoundtracksVEVO
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March 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
youtu.be/HVaFVKPR8uU?... ending the week like The Brutalist - music, dance, joy
Wow, high fives all round in the RFU press office after today's @therestpolitics.bsky.social - zero challenge to the farming lobby points but at least admit a result of direct briefing and personal relationships (capture?) with RFU
March 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Wow, high fives all round in the RFU press office after today's @therestpolitics.bsky.social - zero challenge to the farming lobby points but at least admit a result of direct briefing and personal relationships (capture?) with RFU
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The Irish have started calling Conor McGregor, ‘Andrew Tayto’.
March 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The Irish have started calling Conor McGregor, ‘Andrew Tayto’.
Contender for Richmond's considerate builder/resident of the year
March 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Contender for Richmond's considerate builder/resident of the year