Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 07/08/2026youtube.com/shorts/5d6Sk...youtube.comRonny Chieng explains climate change for all the visual learners #DailyShow #RonnyChiengYouTube video by The Daily Show 000
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 17/02/2026The US constitution is being shredded. youtube.com/shorts/axMAb...youtube.comNO Judicial Warrant. NO Probable Cause. Disregard for the 4th Amendment.YouTube video by SenatorBlumenthal 001
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 10/02/2026youtube.com/shorts/WDHkC...youtube.comAndrew Marr's private conversation with Keir Starmer | LBCYouTube video by LBC 000
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 25/01/2026youtube.com/shorts/3rK7N...youtube.comBoard of Peace - Season 1YouTube video by Led By Donkeys 000
Reposted by Noughty TaughtyCouncil Estate Media @councilestatemedia.uk · 03/01/2026Whoever leaks the unredacted Epstein files in full might just end up saving the entire world 17462122
Reposted by Noughty TaughtyProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 11/12/2025The 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 212322
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...theguardian.comDark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George MonbiotThe fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 030
Reposted by Noughty TaughtyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Zohran 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. 395201974534
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 19/10/2025observer.co.uk/style/featur...observer.co.ukA radical rural manifesto | The ObserverThe 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... 000
Reposted by Noughty TaughtyClimate 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/...theguardian.comPentagon retreats from climate fight even as heat and storms slam US troopsFor decades, the military treated climate crisis as a threat. Now it’s backing away from plans to protect people and bases from extreme weather 110743
Reposted by Noughty TaughtyPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 14/10/2025BREAKING: 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. 971125208
Reposted by Noughty TaughtyZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14/10/2025The 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 15441271238
Reposted by Noughty TaughtyThe Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 30/09/2025If 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. 301960583
Reposted by Noughty TaughtyJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 22/09/2025I 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. 1551360320
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Well, that's alright then. Moving right along... www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comCollapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study findsScientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout 000
Reposted by Noughty TaughtyHarlow’s Musings @harlowsmusings.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell. Listen to the survivors. 10142821542
Reposted by Noughty TaughtyShortbreadfairy©️ @shortbreadfairy.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Good 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🤷♀️ 45818
Reposted by Noughty TaughtyPatricia Murphy @mspmurphy.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Canterbury 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 . 2104
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Way 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-...adamtooze.substack.comChartbook 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 ... 000
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 29/07/2025A 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...climatewithbrian.comReview of ‘Love, Anger & Betrayal’ by Jonathon PorrittJust 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 … 000
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...theguardian.comThe right wants to kill off the NHS. Striking doctors are playing into their hands | Polly ToynbeeThe 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 010
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 28/07/2025www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comStarmer and Reeves should prepare UK for wealth tax, say top economistsPM could raise ‘tens of billions’ while positioning Britain as progressive, say Thomas Piketty and others 010
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Diane 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...theguardian.comLabour should allow debate about racism | LetterLetters: 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 100
Reposted by Noughty TaughtySue W @suew.bsky.social · 26/07/2025If #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...theguardian.comImmigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrestVideo from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets 012
Reposted by Noughty TaughtyGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/07/2025This 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/...theecologist.orgBrexit trade meetings remain a state secretSecrecy maintained over the extent to which Britain is willing to abandon environmental and consumer protections to secure trade deals after Brexit. 871342685
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Suspending 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...theguardian.comThe Diane Abbott row shows how impoverished Britain’s conversations about race have become | Jason OkundayeWe 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 020
Reposted by Noughty TaughtyBrian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · 19/06/2025After 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.forkingpaths.coThe Death of the Student Essay—and the Future of CognitionOne 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. 70895354
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 03/07/2025What becomes of young enthusiasts in the Labour Party? novaramedia.com/2025/06/25/b...novaramedia.comBritain Can Have Its Own Mamdani. First It Must Move on From Corbyn | Novara MediaThe 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... 010
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 03/07/2025I 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...theguardian.comGaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see itThe 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 010
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Recommended. youtu.be/ni6jFvWlrec?...youtu.beWhat is really holding back incomes in the UK?YouTube video by Richard J Murphy 000
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 30/06/2025To 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?...youtu.beSharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in PrisonYouTube video by Double Down News 000
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Yes, 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...theguardian.comIf you went to state school, do you ever feel British life is rigged against you? Welcome to the 93% Club | Alastair CampbellThe 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 000
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 11/06/2025The 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. 110
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 07/06/2025This 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. 010
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Damn 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...youtube.com'This is why people are leaving Britain'YouTube video by LBC 010
Reposted by Noughty TaughtyGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Victory 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...theguardian.comWild camping on Dartmoor is legal, supreme court rulesCase came to supreme court after court of appeal determined the term ‘open-air recreation’ included camping 13619151
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 04/06/2025www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comI received a 30-month jail sentence for nonviolent resistance. Why so harsh? Because protest works | Indigo RumbelowThe 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 000
Reposted by Noughty TaughtyPops @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." 420261
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 28/05/2025We should all think so clearly. youtu.be/aYs7Gf3DoEc?...youtu.bePoet John Cooper Clarke on the dangers of owning a computer (Very Funny)YouTube video by Cormac Barry 000
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 24/05/2025For 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...theguardian.comThe Guardian view on billionaire Britain: tax wealth fairly or face democratic unravelling | EditorialEditorial: Without bold reform which makes the rich pull their weight, rising inequality risks eroding public trust and fracturing social stability 000
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 23/05/2025This woman articulates exactly how the pandemic made me feel. www.facebook.com/highperforma...facebook.com391K 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 👏 000
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Still the way it is. youtu.be/otwkXZ0SmTs?...youtu.beGil Scott-Heron Whitey on the moon.aviYouTube video by martineden110 010
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 21/05/2025No 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?...youtu.beCCHR co-founder, Dr. Thomas Szasz, Professor of Psychiatry EmeritusYouTube video by CCHRInt 000
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Underlying 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. 010
Noughty Taughty @noughtytaughty.bsky.social · 20/05/2025When Vonnegut arrives at Kafka this gets really revealing. substack.com/@thememoryho...substack.comTMH on SubstackKurt Vonnegut: Stories Have Very Simple Shapes 000