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Chris Thompson

@christhompsonex

Fellow of Royal Geographical Society, wanders into places most people don't. Photographer and ultra runner.

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Thatโ€™s certainly one way to frame it ๐Ÿค”

10.03.2026 17:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

FACTS:

Net Zero barely nudges your bill.

Fossilโ€‘fuel wars send it through the roof.

So when Farage and his ilk slags off renewables while fanning conflict, remember who actually hikes your costs.

10.03.2026 16:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 976 ๐Ÿ” 289 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Phew! I thought my dyslexia has lost it ๐Ÿ˜†

10.03.2026 16:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"The British media think you're an idiot. They're trying to convince you that a foreign war for Israel is in your interest. It's time to expose the propagandists and the warmongers"

10.03.2026 14:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 62 ๐Ÿ” 41 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Despite the #ceasefire agreement, we continue to see attacks throughout the #GazaStrip. More than 618 Palestinians have been killed in #Gaza by Israeli attacks since the ceasefire.

There is no safety in Gaza, where the humanitarian situation remains catastrophic.

10.03.2026 15:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 53 ๐Ÿ” 29 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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08.03.2026 14:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 19240 ๐Ÿ” 5073 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 715 ๐Ÿ“Œ 239
A newspaper headline from over a century ago, reading:

WOMEN ANARCHISTS HAVE BECOME
THE TERROR OF WORLDS POLICE

Their Daring Crimes Are Said to Have Out-
stripped the Deeds of Brothers of the Red

Search for the Woman is Becoming a Safe Rule in Crimes Proceeding From Anarchistic Violenceโ€”The Guardians of the World Nearly Always Finda Woman Implicated When a Ruler is Stricken Downโ€”Emotional Women Lose Sense of Fear.

A newspaper headline from over a century ago, reading: WOMEN ANARCHISTS HAVE BECOME THE TERROR OF WORLDS POLICE Their Daring Crimes Are Said to Have Out- stripped the Deeds of Brothers of the Red Search for the Woman is Becoming a Safe Rule in Crimes Proceeding From Anarchistic Violenceโ€”The Guardians of the World Nearly Always Finda Woman Implicated When a Ruler is Stricken Downโ€”Emotional Women Lose Sense of Fear.

Happy International Women's Day. ๐Ÿด

08.03.2026 08:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 4954 ๐Ÿ” 1972 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30 ๐Ÿ“Œ 70
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"I said it's quite bold of Nigel Farage to go to the US to side with Donald Trump against his own country. What did I say Roy?"
"You said he's a treacherous self-serving sack of shit"

07.03.2026 19:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 990 ๐Ÿ” 302 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

I do not like this gen AI
I do not like what it implies
I do not want it in my art
I do not think it makes you smart
I do not want it in my games
I do not like its goals and aims
I do not want it in my books
I do not like the way it looks
I do not like it, I don't care
I do not want it anywhere

28.02.2026 09:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 4055 ๐Ÿ” 2000 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30 ๐Ÿ“Œ 27
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Oh, just the business vehicle of Nigel Farage masquerading as a political party breaching its obligations at Companies House.

06.03.2026 19:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 731 ๐Ÿ” 337 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34 ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses" On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.

Make it stick.

06.03.2026 18:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 10188 ๐Ÿ” 2907 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 175 ๐Ÿ“Œ 353

Congratulations!

06.03.2026 19:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh

05.03.2026 16:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 62 ๐Ÿ” 23 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer.

๐Ÿงต 1/5

06.03.2026 08:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 1538 ๐Ÿ” 881 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12 ๐Ÿ“Œ 131
Screenshot of an X post by Ounka reacting to a viral thread. The thread shows a photo of Donald Trump in profile with a red rash visible on his neck, with one commenter jokingly claiming the rash indicates something. The post includes social media engagement numbers beneath the comments.

Screenshot of an X post by Ounka reacting to a viral thread. The thread shows a photo of Donald Trump in profile with a red rash visible on his neck, with one commenter jokingly claiming the rash indicates something. The post includes social media engagement numbers beneath the comments.

Oh myyy! ๐Ÿ˜…

05.03.2026 21:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 2187 ๐Ÿ” 351 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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This is incredible. UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...

05.03.2026 20:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 470 ๐Ÿ” 150 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Can someone tell Shooting Times that snaring was banned in Wales in 2023 Oh dear. In this weekโ€™s edition of Shooting Times, โ€˜the official weekly journal of BASCโ€™, thereโ€™s a three-page article all about trapping, apparently โ€˜balancing traditโ€ฆ

Can someone tell Shooting Times that snaring was banned in Wales in 2023 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/05/c...

05.03.2026 17:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A cartoon from the 1950โ€™s thatโ€™s more relevant than ever ๐Ÿ’”

04.03.2026 14:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 20008 ๐Ÿ” 8487 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 352 ๐Ÿ“Œ 330

Wow, I love seeing real human-made art go viral on #Bluesky!

04.03.2026 21:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 102 ๐Ÿ” 21 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sun headline about ยฃ500k compensation for migrants, discussing human rights, and public outcry over payouts.

Sun headline about ยฃ500k compensation for migrants, discussing human rights, and public outcry over payouts.

Did you see this headline?

Did you feel the requisite anger and rage at asylum seekers that The Sun was asking of you?

Did you maybe blame Starmer because.... um... it was probably his fault๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ

Would you like to know the reality behind the headline?

Course you would!๐Ÿ˜œ

Let's take a look

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1/25

04.03.2026 17:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 551 ๐Ÿ” 354 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25 ๐Ÿ“Œ 60
[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 newsreaderโ€™s commentary comes:

NEWSREADER:

Extraordinary images here 

of an expat in Dubai 

[The influencerโ€™s eybrows raise slightly]

โ€ฆHaving 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 influencerโ€™s face. The intervieweeโ€™s name is David Jones]. 

CLIVE MYRIE:

To explain the significance of this moment weโ€™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: โ€˜Dubai Is Brilliantโ€™.

[Pointing at the screen, the influencerโ€™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 Expatโ€™s previous thoughts.

CLIVE MYRIE:

Which areโ€ฆ?

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:

โ€œI Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax Toโ€

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 newsreaderโ€™s commentary comes: NEWSREADER: Extraordinary images here of an expat in Dubai [The influencerโ€™s eybrows raise slightly] โ€ฆHaving 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 influencerโ€™s face. The intervieweeโ€™s name is David Jones]. CLIVE MYRIE: To explain the significance of this moment weโ€™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: โ€˜Dubai Is Brilliantโ€™. [Pointing at the screen, the influencerโ€™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 Expatโ€™s previous thoughts. CLIVE MYRIE: Which areโ€ฆ? 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: โ€œI Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax Toโ€ CLIVE MYRIE: Mmm. [Ends]

04.03.2026 11:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 4006 ๐Ÿ” 1263 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17 ๐Ÿ“Œ 41

Simple question any journo checking Farage's patriotic priorities would be "is there anything Donald Trump has said or done that you disagree with?"

04.03.2026 08:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 154 ๐Ÿ” 30 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"

03.03.2026 08:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 6606 ๐Ÿ” 1564 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 91 ๐Ÿ“Œ 45
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AI bros are COOKED!

I created this entire sequence with my camera, using human skills. Something like this would have cost dozens of dollars in prompting, but for me it was completely free.

03.03.2026 14:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 645 ๐Ÿ” 98 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Keir Starmer when you were running for Labour leader you promised to introduce this legislation to stop the UK being dragged into illegal wars - it's time to show you were serious about that.

03.03.2026 11:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 922 ๐Ÿ” 254 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

From the French equivalent of The Onion

Seeking revenge, Dubai parachutes 3000 influencers on Tehran.

03.03.2026 10:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 708 ๐Ÿ” 178 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Um, you know the whole war, oil price, violent absurdity and waste thing.
Explainify this.
Venezuela, world's biggest oil and gas reserves.
Iran, world's second biggest oil and gas reserves.
Surely it's simplistic to suggest there's a link?
Would it be a sensible option to reduce our dependency?

02.03.2026 16:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 129 ๐Ÿ” 25 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Your 3-minute guide to todayโ€™s asylum policy changes

02.03.2026 15:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 284 ๐Ÿ” 128 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

Itโ€™s almost like the whole panic over migration that seems to grip some political parties is entirely manufacturedโ€ฆ

01.03.2026 10:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 615 ๐Ÿ” 173 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Hey, my friends saw you at the Woke Progressive and Sectarian Islamist Convention and they said you were telling everyone how to vote

27.02.2026 10:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 231 ๐Ÿ” 27 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2