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Rachel Clare

@raquellec

Book sniffer. Cheese eater. Robot dancer. Devoted swearer. Trainee drummer. MA Critical Theory student, Birkbeck. Childfree dog lady. Ally. Homelessness charity person. she/her

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If you think the BBC should be impartial then this is the place to let them know.

If you don’t want to pay for the BBC or have to watch adverts then this is the place to let them know.

You can‘t complain about the BBC unless you get involved

06.03.2026 16:54 👍 27 🔁 20 💬 1 📌 0

🤣

06.03.2026 23:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Israel is bombarding, literally bombarding, two Middle East capitals, Beirut and Tehran, killing 100s of civilians, and yet the US and UK media continue to portray Iran as the threat to the region.

Israel has nukes, but Iran is the nuclear threat.

We live in Orwellian times.

06.03.2026 13:15 👍 6911 🔁 2349 💬 155 📌 52
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A spot of light reading for the weekend 😫

06.03.2026 11:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

#QuitGPT www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

04.03.2026 22:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🤞🤞

04.03.2026 14:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.]

From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes:

NEWSREADER:

Extraordinary images here 

of an expat in Dubai 

[The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly]

…Having their first ever geopolitical thought.

[CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. 

CLIVE MYRIE:

To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent

DAVID JONES:

Clive, this is momentous

It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’.

[Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same]

You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self.

It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts.

CLIVE MYRIE:

Which are…?

DAVID JONES:

You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, 
I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa.

CLIVE MYRIE:

And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days?

DAVID JONES:

I think we can expect to see:

“I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To”

CLIVE MYRIE:

Mmm. 

[Ends]

[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.] From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes: NEWSREADER: Extraordinary images here of an expat in Dubai [The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly] …Having their first ever geopolitical thought. [CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. CLIVE MYRIE: To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent DAVID JONES: Clive, this is momentous It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’. [Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same] You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self. It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts. CLIVE MYRIE: Which are…? DAVID JONES: You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa. CLIVE MYRIE: And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days? DAVID JONES: I think we can expect to see: “I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To” CLIVE MYRIE: Mmm. [Ends]

04.03.2026 11:14 👍 3944 🔁 1228 💬 17 📌 40
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This is the face of a guy who hasn’t got a fucking clue what’s going on

01.03.2026 00:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Off to a wedding today where we know no one except the bride and groom, so suggestions for who we can pretend to be please. I’m thinking AI billionaire recent divorcee and new inappropriate rebound girlfriend.

28.02.2026 11:51 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That’s pretty amazing. I imagine there are countless essays written about its ironic aesthetic genius.

28.02.2026 10:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Solitaire

At the news of Neil Sedaka’s death, can we all take a moment to appreciate the splendour and gorgeousness of The Carpenters version of Solitaire open.spotify.com/track/6r1RBZ...

28.02.2026 08:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Exactly that. Fuck it, that’ll do.

28.02.2026 00:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Amazing. It’s such a brilliant place run by proper enthusiasts. Plus hot chocolate.

27.02.2026 23:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Aw I bloody love kielder observatory. I saw Saturn through the big telescope and got a bit weepy.

27.02.2026 23:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Exceptional

27.02.2026 23:33 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Common Peephole
 
 
She came from Greece,
she had a faulty socket.
Her eye fell out,
she couldn’t stop it.
 
That’s when I
caught her eye.


Brian Bilston

Common Peephole     She came from Greece, she had a faulty socket. Her eye fell out, she couldn’t stop it.   That’s when I caught her eye. Brian Bilston

Pulp poetry.

27.02.2026 09:42 👍 952 🔁 239 💬 20 📌 7

It’s not just that Goodwin’s arse handed to him, it’s that is was done so by a WOMAN. Oh, the deliciousness.

27.02.2026 06:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes but LOOK AT HIM 😍

26.02.2026 16:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hah!

25.02.2026 21:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The alt text on this is inspired

25.02.2026 18:11 👍 84 🔁 20 💬 2 📌 0
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See if you can spot where I lost focus doing some dissertation research yesterday…

25.02.2026 19:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Uncut Gems. Holy Christ. I’ve never been so stressed.

23.02.2026 05:36 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Thank you! 🙏

22.02.2026 08:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Another rough night with lower back pain. Anyone got any tips for sleeping with sciatica? I’m losing my mind 😥

22.02.2026 07:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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My mate just sent me this and I am dying 🤣

21.02.2026 19:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is absolute gold

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My dog when he realises his trip to the dog park is actually a trip to the kennels

20.02.2026 14:54 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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