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Monty Shaft

@montyshaft.bsky.social

#DavidsMonthOfMusic - The Chain

Day 14: From Bow Wow Wow to ...

Dog Eat Dog by Adam and the Ants

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZjG...

Adam And The Ants - Dog Eat Dog (Video)

YouTube video by Golden 80s music

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November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM

Monty Shaft

@montyshaft.bsky.social

#B-SidesandBonusTracks

Day 14: The Human League - Seconds

(B-side of Don't You Want Me)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Pk...

The Human League - Seconds (Music Video)

YouTube video by Exit

www.youtube.com

November 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM

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Dr. Cara Berg Powers

@clbergpowers.bsky.social

And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.

Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 2d

NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.

And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*

Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:

Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts

A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...

www.bloomberg.com

November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM

Monty Shaft

@montyshaft.bsky.social

#B-SidesandBonusTracks

Day 13: Kate Bush - Under The Ivy

(B-side of 'Running Up That Hill)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWaj...

Kate Bush - Under The Ivy - Official Music Video

YouTube video by KateBushMusic

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November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM

Monty Shaft

@montyshaft.bsky.social

#DavidsMonthOfMusic - The Chain

Day 13: From Louis Armstrong to ...

Louis Quatorze by Bow Wow Wow

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePPD...

Bow Wow Wow - Louis Quatorze (Audio)

YouTube video by BowWowWowVEVO

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November 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM

Monty Shaft

@montyshaft.bsky.social

#DavidsMonthOfMusic - The Chain

Day 12: From The Wonder Stuff to ...

What A Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqhC...

Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World

YouTube video by Soulful Sounds

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November 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM

Monty Shaft

@montyshaft.bsky.social

#B-SidesandBonusTracks

Day 12: The Pretenders - The Wait

(B-side of 'Stop Your Sobbing')

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLp-...

The Wait (2018 Remaster)

YouTube video by The Pretenders - Topic

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November 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM

Monty Shaft

@montyshaft.bsky.social

#B-SidesandBonusTracks

Day 11: The Jam - Smithers-Jones
(B-side of 'When You're Young')

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMqm...

The Jam - Smithers-Jones (On Screen Lyrics)

YouTube video by MarkjC64

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November 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM

Monty Shaft

@montyshaft.bsky.social

#DavidsMonthOfMusic - The Chain

Day 11: From Badly Drawn Boy to ...

Cartoon Boyfriend by The Wonder Stuff

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdAw...

The Wonder Stuff - Cartoon Boyfriend

YouTube video by TheWonderStuffVEVO

www.youtube.com

November 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM

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Naomi Smith

@pimlicat.bsky.social

A good day to resurrect this:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaEA...

90s UK TV Advert BBC Complaints department Julie Walters French and Saunders Eastenders Attenborough

YouTube video by Goldmine Video

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November 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM

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Ian Dunt

@iandunt.bsky.social

Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.

November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM

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Peter Jukes

@peterjukes.bsky.social

You can be assured that tendentious memo by Michael Prescott, and the co-ordinated combination of the Telegraph, Mail, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the White House means that the BBC hit job has been long in the planning, and has some insider help

November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM

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Moose Allain

@mooseallain.bsky.social

As a TV licence payer I would like to give the BBC my permission to say fuck off to Trump.

November 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM

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James O’Brien

@mrjamesob.bsky.social

Trump's White House & fawning hacks here don't really care about the 0.001% that the BBC gets wrong. They care about all the stuff it gets right.

November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM

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Caitlin Moran

@mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social

Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round

November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM

Monty Shaft

@montyshaft.bsky.social

#DavidsMonthOfMusic - The Chain

Day 10: From U.K. Subs to ...

Born In The U.K. by Badly Drawn Boy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbjV...

Badly Drawn Boy - Born In The U.K.

YouTube video by Badly Drawn Boy

www.youtube.com

November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM

Monty Shaft

@montyshaft.bsky.social

#B-SidesandBonusTracks

Day 10: Sham 69 - Sunday Morning Nightmare

(B-side of 'If The Kids Are United')

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VrV...

Sham 69 - Sunday Morning Nightmare

YouTube video by OxBlood66

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November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM

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George Monbiot

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?

November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM

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Chaminda Jayanetti

@cjayanetti.bsky.social

the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever

November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM

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JOHN NIVEN

@nivenj1.bsky.social

I watched Trump’s entire Capitol speech live. He 100% encouraged what happened. Now people are resigning over saying that?

WHAT THE FUCK?

November 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM

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James O’Brien

@mrjamesob.bsky.social

A big win for people more outraged by a silly edit at the BBC than by a man impeached by Congress for literally inciting an insurrection being back in the White House. Pathetic.

The i Paper @theipaper.com · 4d

🔴 Breaking I Davie faced mounting criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump

➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP