Dan Thompson
@danthompson33.bsky.social
Artist and writer, interested in seaside, empty shops, and peace. Worthing, Ramsgate, Margate, UK.
@keithharrison.bsky.social Your work update this week - I have the perfect tune for you. I have this on vinyl. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbv-...
June 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
@keithharrison.bsky.social Your work update this week - I have the perfect tune for you. I have this on vinyl. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbv-...
I'll be talking about how we need to tell different stories about the places we live, and about imagining and then making better worlds. I'll read some poems, and maybe we'll make a map of a better world together.
May 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I'll be talking about how we need to tell different stories about the places we live, and about imagining and then making better worlds. I'll read some poems, and maybe we'll make a map of a better world together.
Oh, I'm a bit jealous. I want one of these.
May 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Oh, I'm a bit jealous. I want one of these.
Explore the real world behind Rosa Rankin Gee's book Dreamland in an hour-long walk with me. We'll see the real locations behind the book (currently being filmed in Margate for a forthcoming BBC series) and explore the rises and falls of Margate's history as a seaside resort and place to live.
April 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Explore the real world behind Rosa Rankin Gee's book Dreamland in an hour-long walk with me. We'll see the real locations behind the book (currently being filmed in Margate for a forthcoming BBC series) and explore the rises and falls of Margate's history as a seaside resort and place to live.
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March 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Monday's edition of The Ragged Optimist is ready to go. Subscribe now for ten good things in your inbox.
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I've written a bit about my studio at Marine Studios in the preamble to my weekly list of ten good and inspiring things, in The Ragged Optimist's newsletter.
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March 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I've written a bit about my studio at Marine Studios in the preamble to my weekly list of ten good and inspiring things, in The Ragged Optimist's newsletter.
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The great artist, master badge-maker, and all-round lovely person Mark Pawson has died. I did a badge as a tribute.
March 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The great artist, master badge-maker, and all-round lovely person Mark Pawson has died. I did a badge as a tribute.
I've reviewed Resistance by Steve McQueen, the book accompanying the new exhibition at Turner (which is no longer Turner Contemporary, it seems) in Margate.
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February 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I've reviewed Resistance by Steve McQueen, the book accompanying the new exhibition at Turner (which is no longer Turner Contemporary, it seems) in Margate.
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Lumberjills and beavers, the autonomous enclave of Rojava, Poetry Pharmacy, new blue plaques and more. Ten things to help you start the week with optimism.
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February 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Lumberjills and beavers, the autonomous enclave of Rojava, Poetry Pharmacy, new blue plaques and more. Ten things to help you start the week with optimism.
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A house made from a wind turbine, a beautiful new community centre, fifty innovative women, and - as always - news about beavers.
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February 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
A house made from a wind turbine, a beautiful new community centre, fifty innovative women, and - as always - news about beavers.
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Cardboard boxes, citizens making cities sign conservation contracts, collective imagination, Californian bird migrations - and as a bonus, an extra 10 good things in an optimistic look at AI.
Join my conversation about hope and optimism.
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Join my conversation about hope and optimism.
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October 28, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Cardboard boxes, citizens making cities sign conservation contracts, collective imagination, Californian bird migrations - and as a bonus, an extra 10 good things in an optimistic look at AI.
Join my conversation about hope and optimism.
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Join my conversation about hope and optimism.
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The world is a better place if you see it from a good angle. I send ten bits of hope-filled* news to my friends every Monday morning, to get the week off to an optimistic start.
*or at least, interesting and entertaining.
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*or at least, interesting and entertaining.
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October 21, 2024 at 10:10 AM
The world is a better place if you see it from a good angle. I send ten bits of hope-filled* news to my friends every Monday morning, to get the week off to an optimistic start.
*or at least, interesting and entertaining.
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*or at least, interesting and entertaining.
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Would you like a short creative residency in my seaside studio? R&D, rehearsal, writing - it's up to you. Come to Margate.
This and wooden wind turbine towers, baby cranes, a giant marine park, and beavers in my newsletter.
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This and wooden wind turbine towers, baby cranes, a giant marine park, and beavers in my newsletter.
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October 14, 2024 at 8:41 AM
Would you like a short creative residency in my seaside studio? R&D, rehearsal, writing - it's up to you. Come to Margate.
This and wooden wind turbine towers, baby cranes, a giant marine park, and beavers in my newsletter.
danthompsonstudio.substack.com/p/the-ragged...
This and wooden wind turbine towers, baby cranes, a giant marine park, and beavers in my newsletter.
danthompsonstudio.substack.com/p/the-ragged...
The Ragged Optimist is a project to change the world, let us see things differently so we can live another way.
Optimism isn't just there, it's something to work towards, a state we can achieve with a hopeful practice. Try this every week, let me know what happens.
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Optimism isn't just there, it's something to work towards, a state we can achieve with a hopeful practice. Try this every week, let me know what happens.
danthompsonstudio.substack.com
October 7, 2024 at 8:57 AM
The Ragged Optimist is a project to change the world, let us see things differently so we can live another way.
Optimism isn't just there, it's something to work towards, a state we can achieve with a hopeful practice. Try this every week, let me know what happens.
danthompsonstudio.substack.com
Optimism isn't just there, it's something to work towards, a state we can achieve with a hopeful practice. Try this every week, let me know what happens.
danthompsonstudio.substack.com
Eccentric libraries, rare bees, new pilgrimage routes, and beavers for Wales. This week's hopeful, joyous The Ragged Optimist. Start your week with some of my favourite things.
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September 30, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Eccentric libraries, rare bees, new pilgrimage routes, and beavers for Wales. This week's hopeful, joyous The Ragged Optimist. Start your week with some of my favourite things.
danthompsonstudio.substack.com/p/the-ragged...
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #377,281
September 22, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #377,281
Today's The Ragged Optimist's newsletter - choughs, clowns, Fred Cleary, colour swatches, co-creation, and Annabelle Chvostek. Subscribe for free.
Hope, optimism, and having a conversation about how we are making a better world.
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Hope, optimism, and having a conversation about how we are making a better world.
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September 16, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Today's The Ragged Optimist's newsletter - choughs, clowns, Fred Cleary, colour swatches, co-creation, and Annabelle Chvostek. Subscribe for free.
Hope, optimism, and having a conversation about how we are making a better world.
danthompsonstudio.substack.com/p/the-ragged...
Hope, optimism, and having a conversation about how we are making a better world.
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201 good news stories. Rewilding, climate solutions, seaside, beavers, architecture, and more beavers - find out what I'm interested in. 10 good things every week, straight to your inbox.
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September 2, 2024 at 8:41 AM
201 good news stories. Rewilding, climate solutions, seaside, beavers, architecture, and more beavers - find out what I'm interested in. 10 good things every week, straight to your inbox.
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Ealing beavers, Bexhill exhibitions, electric buses and more in this week's Ragged Optimist.
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August 21, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Ealing beavers, Bexhill exhibitions, electric buses and more in this week's Ragged Optimist.
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Hullo! I used to do lots of interesting things with open source streetmaps, nowadays I'm making giant mappa mundi. They're more useful for navigating the world, I find.
August 13, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Hullo! I used to do lots of interesting things with open source streetmaps, nowadays I'm making giant mappa mundi. They're more useful for navigating the world, I find.
We all need more good news. This week's newsletter from The Ragged Optimist is about to go out. Inspiring things and hopeful stories to start your week the right way.
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June 24, 2024 at 8:14 AM
We all need more good news. This week's newsletter from The Ragged Optimist is about to go out. Inspiring things and hopeful stories to start your week the right way.
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GCU Inside Outside Nowhere Is Home
February 15, 2024 at 11:05 AM
GCU Inside Outside Nowhere Is Home
GSV Don't Look At The Sun
February 15, 2024 at 11:03 AM
GSV Don't Look At The Sun
A couple of days in Coventry.
February 10, 2024 at 3:34 PM
A couple of days in Coventry.