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Thomas Coombes @thehopeguy.eurosky.social · 11h

Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Easy winner for me. Big Lebowski has always been there when I needed something to put a smile on my face.

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Thomas Coombes @thehopeguy.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026

Bold statement: the rising popularity of birding could be what saves our planet. hopebased.substack.com/p/5-ways-bir...

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Thomas Coombes @thehopeguy.eurosky.social · 02/07/2026

Do NGOs need to hire creators? Or do more offline? Or create content labs? Come join us to talk about the future of social change communications. w/ @dantelicona.com and Valeriia Voshchevska from the Shape Change agency. What else should we be asking?

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Thomas Coombes @thehopeguy.eurosky.social · 23/06/2026

The We Belong campaign mobilised sports stars and young people to break through Murdoch press and fake news. hopebased.substack.com/p/we-belong-...

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Thomas Coombes @thehopeguy.eurosky.social · 23/06/2026

10 years ago, I awoke to the sinking feeling of #Brexit. Could the referendum have been different? I tried to imagine an alternate history where there was a campaign "for" Europe -> Project Hope. It's based on an actual EU campaign from 2009 in Ireland called We Belong.

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Thomas Coombes @thehopeguy.eurosky.social · 19/06/2026

Seeing fascists celebrating extremist migration policy in the European Parliament this week has me thinking of Hannah Arendt and The Origins of Totalitarianism. medium.com/@the_hope_gu...

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Thomas Coombes @thehopeguy.eurosky.social · 15/06/2026

Watched my adopted team the Netherlands play a godd game against Japan last night. Meanwhile, just 23 miles away, the US govt has people in concentration camps. As football fans we can do something. Go here letthemgo.us#top and follow: @anatosaurus.bsky.social #LetThemGo

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Thomas Coombes @thehopeguy.eurosky.social · 17/05/2026

Where the EU's new campaign falls short and how to fix it. hopebased.substack.com/p/accepted-c...

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Thomas Coombes @thehopeguy.eurosky.social · 25/02/2026

The core idea remains the same: the narratives we need are there, we need to get organised to shine a light on them so that they grow. The forces of fear and hate are organised. We need to stop being reactive and start growing hope into action.

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Thomas Coombes @thehopeguy.eurosky.social · 25/02/2026

After six years and 100s of workshops worldwide, we have revamped the hope-based methodology. New service offer for 2026 out now: tinyurl.com/hopebased26

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Thomas Coombes @thehopeguy.eurosky.social · 20/10/2025

Good to know that we arent over dependent on a tiny number of large companies for all the services we use every day.... 😬 www.bbc.com/news/live/c5...

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Thomas Coombes @thehopeguy.eurosky.social · 06/10/2025

We are launching Rogue Union on Wednesday. Are you in? us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Four friends standing in a playful stacked pose, smiling and laughing against a pink gradient background.

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Thomas Coombes @thehopeguy.eurosky.social · 30/09/2025

Last week I gave an award speech/commencement address to human rights graduates in Venice, while picking up an award for my work on the hope-based approach. hopebased.substack.com/p/why-activi...

“A man in a white shirt receives an award on stage at a graduation ceremony, shaking hands with the presenter while an audience of students and faculty applaud in a grand hall with ornate walls and paintings.”

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Thomas Coombes @thehopeguy.eurosky.social · 11/09/2025

In 1936, Haile Selassie of Ethiopia went to the League of Nations and appealed to the world to stop fascist Italy’s brutal colonisation of his country (including widespread use of poison gas on civilians).

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Thomas Coombes @thehopeguy.eurosky.social · 08/07/2025

The first ever "proper" #hopebased messaging guide is launching next week! It will offer guidance and tactics for changing the narrative around big corporation and the communities where they operate. Sign-up here: lnkd.in/eFHBBrVe

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Thomas Coombes @thehopeguy.eurosky.social · 09/06/2025

Cheatsheet for activists facing anti-civil society narratives. This is part of a narrative comms strategy toolkit for #civilsociety we've just written about on the @hopebased.bsky.social substack hopebased.substack.com/p/we-make-ut...

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Thomas Coombes @thehopeguy.eurosky.social · 21/11/2024

One of the best responses to the 2016 US elections was Zadie Smith's essay On Optimism and Despair, based on a talk delivered just after the election results shocked the world. It remains as relevant as we seek understanding again today.

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