Ben Wilson
@benreturns.bsky.social
Interested in urban design and architecture / Exploring screenwriting and film production / Pro-Commonwealth / Loves a decent Pinot Noir
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In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
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Your small acts of kindness have a ripple effect and make a difference
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December 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Your small acts of kindness have a ripple effect and make a difference
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Daily bunny no.3157 is here to help
December 3, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Daily bunny no.3157 is here to help
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Be kind to yourself, you’re doing your best and that’s enough
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December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Be kind to yourself, you’re doing your best and that’s enough
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Daily bunny no.3156 can give you some recommendations
December 2, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Daily bunny no.3156 can give you some recommendations
Amazing 😍
A row of semi-derelict houses on Strand is to be restored as part of an expansion of the neighbouring Courtauld Institute and art gallery.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/str...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/str...
Strand townhouses saved as Courtauld unveils plans to reunite institute and gallery
A row of semi-derelict houses on Strand is to be restored as part of an expansion of the neighbouring Courtauld Institute and art gallery.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Amazing 😍
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The King has commanded that the Greater London Authority (GLA) shall be allowed to use the coat of arms that once belonged to its predecessor, the GLC.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
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The King grants the Mayor of London permission to use the GLC’s historic coat of arms
The King has commanded that the Greater London Authority (GLA) shall be allowed to use the coat of arms that once belonged to its predecessor, the GLC.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The King has commanded that the Greater London Authority (GLA) shall be allowed to use the coat of arms that once belonged to its predecessor, the GLC.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
Excellent article 👌 Should definitely get building Crossrail 2.
Some really interesting points raised around acquiring and developing whole blocks, and not having to go through local planning for every small thing.
Could there be scope for Mayoral Development Corporations to be involved?
Some really interesting points raised around acquiring and developing whole blocks, and not having to go through local planning for every small thing.
Could there be scope for Mayoral Development Corporations to be involved?
Mayor of London urged to restart Crossrail 2 – and seek new tax powers to fund it
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/may...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/may...
Mayor of London urged to restart Crossrail 2 – and seek new tax powers to fund it
The Mayor of London should restart planning for Crossrail 2 while also arguing for more powers to raise local taxes to pay for it, concludes a report by the London Assembly’s Budget and Performance Co...
www.ianvisits.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Excellent article 👌 Should definitely get building Crossrail 2.
Some really interesting points raised around acquiring and developing whole blocks, and not having to go through local planning for every small thing.
Could there be scope for Mayoral Development Corporations to be involved?
Some really interesting points raised around acquiring and developing whole blocks, and not having to go through local planning for every small thing.
Could there be scope for Mayoral Development Corporations to be involved?
This sounds like an excellent idea. I'd even suggest using the Commonwealth as a basis for a greater Indo-Pacific presence. AUKUS was a great idea, and a good first step. Maybe pivot towards more of a CANZUK alliance?
A new paper from the Council on Geostrategy argues that Britain can expand its long term influence in the Indo-Pacific by using its alliances, training strengths and regulatory expertise, the organisation stated.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-told-to-l...
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UK told to leverage alliances to boost Indo-Pacific role
A new paper from the Council on Geostrategy argues that Britain can expand its long term influence in the Indo-Pacific by using its alliances, training strengths and regulatory expertise, the organisation stated.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This sounds like an excellent idea. I'd even suggest using the Commonwealth as a basis for a greater Indo-Pacific presence. AUKUS was a great idea, and a good first step. Maybe pivot towards more of a CANZUK alliance?
Amazing!
December 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Amazing!
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In World War II, Bletchley Park scientists sometimes asked the RAF to lay mines in a specific area. They’d then look out for the name of that area in the ensuing encrypted messages that would inevitably be sent by the Germans, thereby helping them crack the Enigma code.
December 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In World War II, Bletchley Park scientists sometimes asked the RAF to lay mines in a specific area. They’d then look out for the name of that area in the ensuing encrypted messages that would inevitably be sent by the Germans, thereby helping them crack the Enigma code.
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Daily bunny no.3154 "how's the water down there?"
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Daily bunny no.3154 "how's the water down there?"
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“Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.” Henry James
Kindness isn’t perfection. Kindness includes the moments where we get it wrong. Kindness begins with how we treat ourselves.
🧡
#kindness
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Kindness isn’t perfection. Kindness includes the moments where we get it wrong. Kindness begins with how we treat ourselves.
🧡
#kindness
Picture by nikkimiles
November 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
“Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.” Henry James
Kindness isn’t perfection. Kindness includes the moments where we get it wrong. Kindness begins with how we treat ourselves.
🧡
#kindness
Picture by nikkimiles
Kindness isn’t perfection. Kindness includes the moments where we get it wrong. Kindness begins with how we treat ourselves.
🧡
#kindness
Picture by nikkimiles
This sounds like a nice idea 👌
The crowded road outside the British Museum could be pedestrianised under updated plans shown off by Camden Council.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/bri...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/bri...
British Museum could gain a traffic-free entrance under new Holborn neighbourhood proposals
The crowded road outside the British Museum could be pedestrianised under updated plans shown off by Camden Council.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This sounds like a nice idea 👌
Amazing! I like this 👌
The new scalable British #NationalRail maps are live from today. Very clever idea in many ways, you zoom in or out for more or less detail. Have a play #rail, @transitmap.net and #map fans! railmap.nationalrail.co.uk#/mapview
November 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Amazing! I like this 👌
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“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.” Amelia Earhart
We all have a lot going on in different ways. Kindness means more than we always realise. Small moments really do matter. 🧡
#kindness #humanness
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We all have a lot going on in different ways. Kindness means more than we always realise. Small moments really do matter. 🧡
#kindness #humanness
Picture by @joyfulsmolthings
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.” Amelia Earhart
We all have a lot going on in different ways. Kindness means more than we always realise. Small moments really do matter. 🧡
#kindness #humanness
Picture by @joyfulsmolthings
We all have a lot going on in different ways. Kindness means more than we always realise. Small moments really do matter. 🧡
#kindness #humanness
Picture by @joyfulsmolthings
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'Spacepower, the ability in peace, crisis and war to exert influence in, to and from space, rests on the knowledge, talent and intellectual frameworks that universities cultivate.'
🧪 🔭
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Universities are the intellectual engines of spacepower
Spacepower – the ability to exert influence in, to and from space – is emerging as a defining force in global politics. The countries that will th...
www.universityworldnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 AM
'Spacepower, the ability in peace, crisis and war to exert influence in, to and from space, rests on the knowledge, talent and intellectual frameworks that universities cultivate.'
🧪 🔭
🧪 🔭
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Summer is over. Underground, water freezes and the terrain above begins to crack. The resulting periglacial features indicate hidden ice on the Earth, but could such patterns also point to an accessible source of water on Mars? 🛰️ My latest for #JAXA Cosmos 🤸♂️🧪: cosmos.isas.jaxa.jp/digging-in-m...
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Summer is over. Underground, water freezes and the terrain above begins to crack. The resulting periglacial features indicate hidden ice on the Earth, but could such patterns also point to an accessible source of water on Mars? 🛰️ My latest for #JAXA Cosmos 🤸♂️🧪: cosmos.isas.jaxa.jp/digging-in-m...
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“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
There’s something magical about letting people be.
Letting them shine in the ways that make sense to them.
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#kindness #positivity #belief #compassion
There’s something magical about letting people be.
Letting them shine in the ways that make sense to them.
🧡
#kindness #positivity #belief #compassion
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
There’s something magical about letting people be.
Letting them shine in the ways that make sense to them.
🧡
#kindness #positivity #belief #compassion
There’s something magical about letting people be.
Letting them shine in the ways that make sense to them.
🧡
#kindness #positivity #belief #compassion
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There is still hope we can turn this around but it requires bold action, not climate-change deniers like #ReFuk.
Our 2025 State of the Climate Report was just published in BioScience by scientists from around the world including @michaelemann.bsky.social @petergleick.bsky.social This video (2 minutes) shows the key highlights: doi.org/10.1093/bios...
November 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
There is still hope we can turn this around but it requires bold action, not climate-change deniers like #ReFuk.
Amazing! Great to see some Commonwealth nations coming together to work together #Commonwealth
Canada, Australia, and India just formed a new trilateral partnership on technology and innovation.
We’ll work more closely together on clean energy, critical minerals, and AI to unlock new research, more opportunities, and greater prosperity.
We’ll work more closely together on clean energy, critical minerals, and AI to unlock new research, more opportunities, and greater prosperity.
November 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Amazing! Great to see some Commonwealth nations coming together to work together #Commonwealth
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“You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.” Brené Brown.
Being human means feeling deeply, caring about things that matter, finding our way through the good days, the harder moments, and everything else too.
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#kindness #belief
Art by selfcarerecipe
Being human means feeling deeply, caring about things that matter, finding our way through the good days, the harder moments, and everything else too.
🧡
#kindness #belief
Art by selfcarerecipe
November 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Not horror, but more of a thriller... I rather like TransSiberian (bit of an oldie from 2008)
November 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Not horror, but more of a thriller... I rather like TransSiberian (bit of an oldie from 2008)
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If you spot Batman on the train, he might be heading to a party, or he might be a psychological decoy, nudging you to give up your seat to someone who needs it -- because nothing says "do the right thing" like being judged by a man in a rubber suit.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/cou...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/cou...
Could Batman encourage more people to offer their seats on trains?
If you spot Batman on the train, he might be heading to a party, or he might be a psychological decoy, silently nudging you to give up your seat to someone who actually needs it -- because nothing say...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If you spot Batman on the train, he might be heading to a party, or he might be a psychological decoy, nudging you to give up your seat to someone who needs it -- because nothing says "do the right thing" like being judged by a man in a rubber suit.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/cou...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/cou...