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Noughty Taughty

@noughtytaughty.bsky.social
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Secular cyclist, grateful Gen Xer, humanities scholar, beer connoisseur, political sceptic, wannabe poet, reluctant teacher, comics fanboy, cat charmer, woodland walker.

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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Ronny Chieng explains climate change for all the visual learners #DailyShow #RonnyChieng
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The US constitution is being shredded. youtube.com/shorts/axMAb...
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NO Judicial Warrant. NO Probable Cause. Disregard for the 4th Amendment.
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
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Andrew Marr's private conversation with Keir Starmer | LBC
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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Board of Peace - Season 1
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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Council Estate Media @councilestatemedia.uk · 03/01/2026
Whoever leaks the unredacted Epstein files in full might just end up saving the entire world
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The important question is whether this year’s flu season will peak soon (and so we have a ‘normal’ serious flu wave, shifted earlier) or whether it will keep going up and only peak towards end of the year in which case it will be a terrible flu season - i.e. are we in scenario A or scenario B. 6/10
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
"I cannot think of an occasion on which anyone at the BBC has had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger. But the appeasement of the right never ends, and nor will it ever be satisfied." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC. Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA. Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ. Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
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A radical rural manifesto | The Observer
The best-selling author of The Shepherd’s Life grew up thinking the Lake Poets had nothing to say for working people. Then he moved to the city and had a...
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Climate Crisis Info & Progressive Politics (by Bryan Godbe) @bryangodbe.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
“Extreme weather is battering installations from Guam to North Carolina and fueling instability in regions overseas where American forces may be called to intervene.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Pentagon retreats from climate fight even as heat and storms slam US troops
For decades, the military treated climate crisis as a threat. Now it’s backing away from plans to protect people and bases from extreme weather
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood announces that immigrants will have to recite Beowulf in its entirety in Old English, without notes, before being allowed entry to the U.K.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly. I wonder how they got to this editorial decision? Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again. join.greenparty.org.uk
Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
If you don’t like being called a racist, maybe don’t make a career of saying things that appeal to racists, don’t create a political party that keeps attracting racist candidates, don’t fawn over racist world leaders, and don’t make a convicted racist the guest of honour at your party conference.
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I'd definitely want to study this!
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I generally rate Chris Mason but it would make things easier for all if Robbie Gibb - Brexiter & Theresa May’s director of comms at Number 10 - were not still a non-executive director of the BBC. Everything he touches turns to shit. Including, at the moment, a lot of the Beeb’s political journalism.
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Well, that's alright then. Moving right along... www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
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Harlow’s Musings @harlowsmusings.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell. Listen to the survivors.
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Shortbreadfairy©️ @shortbreadfairy.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Good morning ☕️ people Hope you are all good and in kick ass mood 😍 Things that leave me speechless: Why do so many people vote for hatey, horrible & cruel 'leaders' rather those who want all to do well🙄 Why people think serving up people & their land to dictators will placate war criminals🤷‍♀️
Cartoon that uses sheep to depict that people will just follow the crowd despite the end result of their choice will harm themselves
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Patricia Murphy @mspmurphy.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Canterbury turned out this evening to support peaceful protestor Laura Murton who on Monday armed with a 🇵🇸. & a ‘Free Palestine’ sign was threatened by armed police with arrest for, ahem, raising their suspicions .
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Way better than most analysts in his choosiness with sources and data, Adam Tooze, it will surprise no-one to learn, concludes that the Israeli state is starving and degrading every Gazan Palestinian. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
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Chartbook 400: Murder not crisis - Why Israel's starvation of Gaza is exceptional in a global context.
For many months, it has been beyond reasonable doubt that the Israeli government, the Israeli military, sections of Israeli politics and society as well as their aiders and abetters abroad, have been ...
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
A staunch environmentalist writer takes apart the official narrative about Just Stop Oil. JSO's tactics aim to command attention much as Farage does, by deliberate provocation. To my mind, they understand modern politics a good deal better than most. climatewithbrian.com/2025/07/27/r...
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Review of ‘Love, Anger & Betrayal’ by Jonathon Porritt
Just Stop Oil. Now pause and consider the emotional response you just had to those words.  Was it pride? Frustration? Anger? Apathy? From where did those emotions arise? How did you form that …
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
"Resident doctors [average] £43,400 in yr 1 and £51,600 in yr 2; as new consultants they'll get £105K, while GP partners earn [up to] £160K." I can't back this strike. As a teacher of 20 years I earn £45K. Labour gave us and doctors a good pay rise last year. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The right wants to kill off the NHS. Striking doctors are playing into their hands | Polly Toynbee
The BMA’s demand for pay restoration is a slap in the face for the health secretary who gave them a 22% rise – and it’s testing the public’s sympathy, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
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Starmer and Reeves should prepare UK for wealth tax, say top economists
PM could raise ‘tens of billions’ while positioning Britain as progressive, say Thomas Piketty and others
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Diane Abbott's views about racism aren't incendiary; all she's doing is "pointing out an obvious truth". Starmer insults her because Netanyahu's murderous lobbyists want him to a) slap the left, and b) inflame Jewish anxiety. Starmer is clearly happy to appease. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Labour should allow debate about racism | Letter
Letters: Why does Abbott pointing out an obvious truth about racism entail her suspension from Labour? Darcus Howe’s show Devil’s Advocate was a platform to discuss this, writes Farrukh Dhondy
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Sue W @suew.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
If #US #ImmigrationAgents can do this to a #US #Citizen, imagine what the can do to you and to visitors to the #US. This is reality in #Trump's #US Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest
Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
This is a huge and highly consequential story in @theecologist.org‬ We have no idea what is being traded away to secure deals with other countries, and it turns out we are not allowed to know. So much for democracy. theecologist.org/2025/jul/23/...
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Brexit trade meetings remain a state secret
Secrecy maintained over the extent to which Britain is willing to abandon environmental and consumer protections to secure trade deals after Brexit.
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Suspending Diane Abbott - again - is Starmer at his worst. It shows fragility and - as Okundaye argues - an embarrassing inability to discuss the complexities of race politics (about which Diane Abbott might perhaps deserve to be given the benefit of any doubt). www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Diane Abbott row shows how impoverished Britain’s conversations about race have become | Jason Okundaye
We should be able to discuss the different ways in which minorities are racialised in a thoughtful – and sometimes confronting – way, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye
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Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
After the latest round of grading papers, I wrote about AI, ChatGPT, the death of the student essay, and what it means for the future of human cognition.
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The Death of the Student Essay—and the Future of Cognition
One professor's reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay (RIP). Here's why that threatens the future of human cognition—and how to save ourselves.
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
What becomes of young enthusiasts in the Labour Party? novaramedia.com/2025/06/25/b...
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Britain Can Have Its Own Mamdani. First It Must Move on From Corbyn | Novara Media
The freshly minted Democratic candidate for New York City mayor is patently exceptional. He’s also perfected a formula that the UK can replicate, but only if it lays history to rest, writes James Mead...
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I assume you can catch up with this on All 4. Critically important viewing. And harrowing. Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it
The film the BBC refused to air shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza. Its relentless timeline of horrors will never leave you
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Recommended. youtu.be/ni6jFvWlrec?...
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What is really holding back incomes in the UK?
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
To be frank, George, it doesn't need exposing; as the man sang, "Everybody knows what's going down." The chumminess Labour exhibit towards Netanyahu's administration is repulsive. The situation in Gaza is mass murder, and we all see it. Time for an honest policy. youtu.be/ECkVO4F_38I?...
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Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Yes, I definitely do feel the game is rigged. Good to know the 93% Club is frigging with that rigging😜 If you went to state school, do you ever feel British life is rigged against you? Welcome to the 93% Club | Alastair Campbell www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If you went to state school, do you ever feel British life is rigged against you? Welcome to the 93% Club | Alastair Campbell
The civil service, judiciary and media are still dominated by the privately educated 7%. Lasting change is not a pipe dream – but it’s up to us, says writer and podcaster Alastair Campbell
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
The UK deserves so much criticism that it may be callous to highlight something right and good, but, ugh, grievances... I want to know what a decent future looks like - and to invest in energy-efficiency is obviously helpful. It's more helpful for me to champion that than to bewail my complaints.
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
This is mid-80s US data - old, but suggestive, esp with Starmer seeking to join his new European arms race with his growth narrative. That is, he wants us to believe that diverting funding from public services to defence is jobtastic. I'm not sure it's the finest job creation strategy available.
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Damn right. Case in point: Southern Water just hiked their rates by approx 40%. The UK consumer is every capitalist's piñata right now. youtube.com/shorts/kC4ST...
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'This is why people are leaving Britain'
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Victory for wild camping at the Supreme Court! The verdict is a relief– but Dartmoor remains the *only* place in England & Wales where the public has a right to wild camp Labour must now pass a new right to roam act to defend & extend the public’s access rights www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Wild camping on Dartmoor is legal, supreme court rules
Case came to supreme court after court of appeal determined the term ‘open-air recreation’ included camping
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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I received a 30-month jail sentence for nonviolent resistance. Why so harsh? Because protest works | Indigo Rumbelow
The judge wanted us to show remorse, but I can’t apologise for fighting the climate disaster, writes Indigo Rumbelow, co-founder of Just Stop Oil
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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
"America's bosom is open to the rich and respectable stranger as well as the persecuted and oppressed of all nations and religions, whom we shall welcome to participate in all our rights and privileges if, by proper conduct, they appear to deserve the enjoyment."
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
We should all think so clearly. youtu.be/aYs7Gf3DoEc?...
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Poet John Cooper Clarke on the dangers of owning a computer (Very Funny)
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
For all the paper's timidity on Gaza, Guardian editorials occasionally (and more often, I think, in recent months) give evidence of its enduring leftist outlook. Case in point. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on billionaire Britain: tax wealth fairly or face democratic unravelling | Editorial
Editorial: Without bold reform which makes the rich pull their weight, rising inequality risks eroding public trust and fracturing social stability
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
This woman articulates exactly how the pandemic made me feel. www.facebook.com/highperforma...
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391K views · 18K reactions | Jameela Jamil's Hostile Opinion Hustle Culture And Billionaires | "What is this obsession with becoming billionaires?!" 🤬🙅‍♀️ Jameela Jamil explains her frustration with ...
"What is this obsession with becoming billionaires?!" 🤬🙅‍♀️ Jameela Jamil explains her frustration with hustle culture and postponing pleasure for money 👏
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Still the way it is. youtu.be/otwkXZ0SmTs?...
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Gil Scott-Heron Whitey on the moon.avi
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
No 2 in an occasional series: psychiatrists whose learning has made them wise instead of creepy. There's surprisingly few. For no 1, scroll down my profile for the Erich Fromm post. youtu.be/JgikdLHaAcE?...
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CCHR co-founder, Dr. Thomas Szasz, Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Underlying Netanyahu's ethnic cleansing of Gaza - as has been often noted by commentators - is the fact that when it stops, he'll lose office, and a legal process will begin that's likely to land him in jail. So the sound of the bombs can never stop. Unless Israelis remove him from office.
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Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
When Vonnegut arrives at Kafka this gets really revealing. substack.com/@thememoryho...
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Kurt Vonnegut: Stories Have Very Simple Shapes
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