Chris Thompson
@christhompsonex.bsky.social
Fellow of Royal Geographical Society, wanders into places most people don't.
Photographer and ultra runner.
Photographer and ultra runner.
Pinned
I’m raising money for Shelter at the London Marathon.
A home means everything to me so I’m joining the fight for home by fundraising for Shelter.
Thank you in advance for any kind donations!
2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/couch-to-...
A home means everything to me so I’m joining the fight for home by fundraising for Shelter.
Thank you in advance for any kind donations!
2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/couch-to-...
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I don't understand transexuals, since I've never had confusion about my sexuality.
I don't have to understand them in order to respect, appreciate, honor and love them.
And definitely not fear them.
And give them a safe place to be themselves.
About maybe learn about them while I do.
I don't have to understand them in order to respect, appreciate, honor and love them.
And definitely not fear them.
And give them a safe place to be themselves.
About maybe learn about them while I do.
December 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I don't understand transexuals, since I've never had confusion about my sexuality.
I don't have to understand them in order to respect, appreciate, honor and love them.
And definitely not fear them.
And give them a safe place to be themselves.
About maybe learn about them while I do.
I don't have to understand them in order to respect, appreciate, honor and love them.
And definitely not fear them.
And give them a safe place to be themselves.
About maybe learn about them while I do.
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Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
December 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
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If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
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CORREEEECCCCTTTTTTTTT
Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
December 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
CORREEEECCCCTTTTTTTTT
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Chat-gpt offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, warn psychologists
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
Research finds OpenAI’s free chatbot fails to identify risky behaviour or challenge delusional beliefs
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Chat-gpt offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, warn psychologists
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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while we are at it: regular reminder that in scotland, legally, both under older legislation and uncrc, parents do not have *rights* they have *responsibilities*. it's children who have rights.
"parents' rights" are as made up as "sex based rights" and for the same reasons
"parents' rights" are as made up as "sex based rights" and for the same reasons
That MSPs are now openly saying stuff like this is chilling. "Controversial groups like LGBT Youth Scotland"? LGBTYS didn't need to be in my schools for me to be gay, but they sure as hell would have helped me avoid 9 years of fear and self-loathing if they had been. Despicable stuff.
November 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
while we are at it: regular reminder that in scotland, legally, both under older legislation and uncrc, parents do not have *rights* they have *responsibilities*. it's children who have rights.
"parents' rights" are as made up as "sex based rights" and for the same reasons
"parents' rights" are as made up as "sex based rights" and for the same reasons
Eek!
This is a heads-up about fake AI accounts which have proliferated across social media.
The screenshot is from a genuine thread asking for advice on a mountain route; there are plenty of useful, real human replies.
The attempted reply (we stopped it) looks very real - but it is from an AI bot.
The screenshot is from a genuine thread asking for advice on a mountain route; there are plenty of useful, real human replies.
The attempted reply (we stopped it) looks very real - but it is from an AI bot.
December 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Eek!
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Thank GOD for Andrew Fisher!! FINALLY we get to hear about Spain on #r4today
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Thank GOD for Andrew Fisher!! FINALLY we get to hear about Spain on #r4today
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
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🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 80,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this weekend. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 80,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this weekend. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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What did I tell you?
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
What did I tell you?
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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"In politics, there can only be one answer to a question.
If people think they’re getting poorer because of migrants, they will vote for the party they believe will clamp down on migration most effectively – regardless of its other policies."
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/what-i-rea...
If people think they’re getting poorer because of migrants, they will vote for the party they believe will clamp down on migration most effectively – regardless of its other policies."
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/what-i-rea...
What I read this week
The tech sell off, Saudi Arabia's oil lobbying machine, and why the left can't beat the far-right at its own game.
graceblakeley.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"In politics, there can only be one answer to a question.
If people think they’re getting poorer because of migrants, they will vote for the party they believe will clamp down on migration most effectively – regardless of its other policies."
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/what-i-rea...
If people think they’re getting poorer because of migrants, they will vote for the party they believe will clamp down on migration most effectively – regardless of its other policies."
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/what-i-rea...
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Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
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This government has not taken a single meaningful step to tackle the causes of the horrendous inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, instead rushing to dismantle trial by jury.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
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UK politics live – latest updates
Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election.
Drug dealers and career criminals were “laughing in the dock” knowing cases can take years to come to trial, Sarah Sackman told the Guardian, saying inaction would be a road to “chaos and ruin”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This government has not taken a single meaningful step to tackle the causes of the horrendous inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, instead rushing to dismantle trial by jury.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
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Imagine believing that this should be the policy of a Labour government
The Labour government does not want to rule out deporting somebody once here as a refugee 16-19 years with a British-born 15 year old child
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Imagine believing that this should be the policy of a Labour government
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Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government.
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Shabana Mahmood is wrong
Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government
www.newstatesman.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government.
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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84% of trans people polled by YouGov said Britain is “fairly unsafe” or “very unsafe” for trans people. A terrifying story - founded on actual data - which the BBC still refused to carry.
Link to polling in the blog. goodlawproject.org/abject-terro...
Link to polling in the blog. goodlawproject.org/abject-terro...
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 AM
84% of trans people polled by YouGov said Britain is “fairly unsafe” or “very unsafe” for trans people. A terrifying story - founded on actual data - which the BBC still refused to carry.
Link to polling in the blog. goodlawproject.org/abject-terro...
Link to polling in the blog. goodlawproject.org/abject-terro...
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A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
November 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
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I keep seeing supposedly progressive podcasts saying “the problem is that people feel like they just can’t talk about these issues” while these issues are frequently the *only* thing that people are talking about 😩
Am struggling with the idea that people like me somehow don't understand the legitimate concerns of people who attended the Tommy Robinson march. I literally had National Front fliers through my letterbox in my childhood in Greater London and I went to school and university with actual fascists.
November 4, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I keep seeing supposedly progressive podcasts saying “the problem is that people feel like they just can’t talk about these issues” while these issues are frequently the *only* thing that people are talking about 😩
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72% do not feel that they can influence decisions affecting the UK.
Why? Because our political and economic institutions have been captured by the wealthy.
And our democracy is failing as a result.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uks-fa...
Why? Because our political and economic institutions have been captured by the wealthy.
And our democracy is failing as a result.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uks-fa...
The UK's Failing Democracy
The Carnegie Foundation's Life in the UK report shows the weakness of UK democracy, and the suffering caused as a result .
graceblakeley.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
72% do not feel that they can influence decisions affecting the UK.
Why? Because our political and economic institutions have been captured by the wealthy.
And our democracy is failing as a result.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uks-fa...
Why? Because our political and economic institutions have been captured by the wealthy.
And our democracy is failing as a result.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uks-fa...
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A politician's job is to improve the world
“My job is to deal with the world as I find it, not the world as I might wish it to be” - Reeves tells the press conference.
Strategists have been saying this has been the chancellor's mantra for the last few months, when tempted to rage about the timing of the OBR's productivity downgrade.
Strategists have been saying this has been the chancellor's mantra for the last few months, when tempted to rage about the timing of the OBR's productivity downgrade.
November 4, 2025 at 8:35 AM
A politician's job is to improve the world
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Britain is not in the grip of mass violence.
The Cambridgeshire train stabbings were horrific - and incredibly rare.
Your odds of being attacked by a stranger are much lower than they were.
Here's the facts! 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/britain-is...
The Cambridgeshire train stabbings were horrific - and incredibly rare.
Your odds of being attacked by a stranger are much lower than they were.
Here's the facts! 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/britain-is...
Britain isn't in the grip of mass violence
The far right are trying to whip up fear and panic with lies
www.owenjones.news
November 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Britain is not in the grip of mass violence.
The Cambridgeshire train stabbings were horrific - and incredibly rare.
Your odds of being attacked by a stranger are much lower than they were.
Here's the facts! 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/britain-is...
The Cambridgeshire train stabbings were horrific - and incredibly rare.
Your odds of being attacked by a stranger are much lower than they were.
Here's the facts! 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/britain-is...
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O2's price hike feels like a mockery of Ofcom's consumer protection!
October 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
O2's price hike feels like a mockery of Ofcom's consumer protection!
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I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
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I’m sad to hear the news that the wonderful Jane Goodall is no longer in the world. Her work with chimpanzees at Gombe in Tanzania taught us to look at other apes - and ourselves - differently. I was privileged to meet her later in life and tell her what an inspiration she was to me.
October 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I’m sad to hear the news that the wonderful Jane Goodall is no longer in the world. Her work with chimpanzees at Gombe in Tanzania taught us to look at other apes - and ourselves - differently. I was privileged to meet her later in life and tell her what an inspiration she was to me.