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Chris Thomson @cbthomson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Morning from the Amsterdam- Newcastle ferry, everyone

Sun rise over the sea taken from the deck of a passenger ferry.

Chris Thomson @cbthomson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

- Ah, Georg. Do you remember the days when we did not have to queue in the streets for bread? - Hush, Yen. Drink your vodka. Death will come soon.

“Georg” and “Yen” from the IT Crowd struggle through the cold streets to find a bakery.

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Chris Thomson @cbthomson.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Quite the evening chorus going off in Gosforth

Screen grab of Merlin ID app showing birds currently singing in earshot. Includes: greenfinch, goldfinch, dunnock, wren, blackbird, wood pigeon, herring gull, and jackdaw.

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Chris Thomson @cbthomson.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

One of my fave spots in the world, sat in the #northumberland sun at mum-in-law’s. Lots of avian company in full voice.

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Chris Thomson @cbthomson.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

This has been staring at me all the way from York to London. It will haunt my dreams.

A cuddly otter stares across the table from a tote bag on a train. It’s both cute and chilling.

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Chris Thomson @cbthomson.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

This has been staring at me all the way from York to London. It will haunt my dreams.

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Chris Thomson @cbthomson.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Stuck on a rail replacement bus where sociopathic advertisers have covered all the windows with semi transparent mesh. Some people really hate people

Interior shot at a single decker bus. All the windows apart fro the front windshield are covered with advertising mesh.

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Chris Thomson @cbthomson.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

When LinkedIn tells me my word puzzle score means I’m smarter than 95% of CEOs’, I’m less proud of myself, more “who the heck have we got running our companies?”

Screengrab of LinkedIn’s page telling me my puzzle score beats 95% of CEOs.

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Chris Thomson @cbthomson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

However, by the end of today’s LinkedIn puzzles…

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Chris Thomson @cbthomson.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

It’s ok, escalator. I got you.

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Chris Thomson @cbthomson.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Guardo pic editor knows their Friends memes

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Chris Thomson @cbthomson.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Christmas in our house: I decorate the tree while youngest sits on the sofa working out a mathematical formula for optimal light distribution.

A decorated Christmas tree in a bay window.

Handwritten mathematical formulae with diagrams.

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Chris Thomson @cbthomson.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

12 years ago, I discovered the worst downer of a Christmas Carol ever. You're welcome.

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Chris Thomson @cbthomson.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

It seems to be a morning for fonts. In that vein, I present Coldstream Holiday park, where the Comic Sans is literally carved in stone.

A close up of Google Maps image showing Coldstream Holiday Park's entrance with it's name carved in stone. The font is Comic Sans.

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Chris Thomson @cbthomson.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

"County celebrates arrival in post of new Archdeacon of Blackburn". No one was in though, so she got left behind the bins.

Burnley Express headline: "County celebrates arrival in post of new Archdeacon of Blackburn"

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Chris Thomson @cbthomson.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Stumbled across this local metal band recently. I know what they they were going for but maybe they do have an irrational fear of a small town in Greater Manchester.

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Chris Thomson @cbthomson.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?

The cover art for Paul Simon's album Rhythm of the Saints, released October 16th 1990. Two people wearing indigenous clothing, possibly from South America are running across this blurred photograph.

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Chris Thomson @cbthomson.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Forgive me trying to crowdsource some IT support. The dorts in Hull is getting this on her Lenovo Ideapad. Refusing to connect to any available Wi-Fi. No one else on the network is having a problem. Can’t get into Windows. Wi-fi card dead?

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Chris Thomson @cbthomson.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Good turnout for the anti-racism demo in Toon today.

Protesters with placards gather around Grey Monument in Newcastle to protest against the far right.

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Chris Thomson @cbthomson.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Spot the flaw in this “Duolingo but for logic” IG ad I got this morning?

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Chris Thomson @cbthomson.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

You’ve been murdered. Who do you want on your case?

Jimmy Perez, the detective from Anne Cleve's Shetland series of novels. played by Douglas Henshall. He's wearing a dark coat looking well moody.

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Chris Thomson @cbthomson.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I wonder if, when Donald Trump looks at a map with Greenland on it like this one, he thinks it's actually that big. Maybe he can't bear it being bigger than the US? (source: Wikimedia)

Map of the world shown in Mercator projection. This gives the impression that land nearer the poles is of greater area than it actually is,

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