Jock Coats 🔰🏴⩜
@freetobealiberal.blog
Georgist, free-market anarchist, Oxford, UK
Also, Moodler, #HigherEd, #EdTech for work
#abolishtaxes
#sharetherents
#makepovertyhistory
#superchargetheeconomy
#valueourplanet
Also, Moodler, #HigherEd, #EdTech for work
#abolishtaxes
#sharetherents
#makepovertyhistory
#superchargetheeconomy
#valueourplanet
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"We grant people different rights based on their genetic heritage and on which scrap of land they happened to be born on. That’s mad, isn’t it?"
I just think, when debating immigration and so on, that we should try not to lose sight of the fact that "nationality" is a made up thing.
I just think, when debating immigration and so on, that we should try not to lose sight of the fact that "nationality" is a made up thing.
Why does nationality matter, anyway?
Deciding someone's legal rights based on a nebulous combination of birthplace and parentage is a bit weird
www.newstatesman.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"We grant people different rights based on their genetic heritage and on which scrap of land they happened to be born on. That’s mad, isn’t it?"
I just think, when debating immigration and so on, that we should try not to lose sight of the fact that "nationality" is a made up thing.
I just think, when debating immigration and so on, that we should try not to lose sight of the fact that "nationality" is a made up thing.
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Incredible headline.
Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Incredible headline.
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
Was #Mamdani *summonsed* to the WH or did he *demand* an audience, I wonder? Cos it would be great if it was the latter, waving his victory in the face of the epitome of the type of person who his voters were voting against :)
November 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Was #Mamdani *summonsed* to the WH or did he *demand* an audience, I wonder? Cos it would be great if it was the latter, waving his victory in the face of the epitome of the type of person who his voters were voting against :)
Rather it's been brewing at least since Lloyd-George in 1922 abandoned all thought of implementing the #landtax!
The housing crisis has been brewing for a long time, according to Professor Paul Cheshire 👇
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Rather it's been brewing at least since Lloyd-George in 1922 abandoned all thought of implementing the #landtax!
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November 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
@centerforcities.bsky.social Hello...great to see this report. As a simple proxy for very detailed analysis of what's where I use this: www.tomforth.co.uk/circlepopula... Turns out, for instance, that beautiful Seville has 3 times the population (and so density, more or less) as Oxford, say.
Population around a point
www.tomforth.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
@centerforcities.bsky.social Hello...great to see this report. As a simple proxy for very detailed analysis of what's where I use this: www.tomforth.co.uk/circlepopula... Turns out, for instance, that beautiful Seville has 3 times the population (and so density, more or less) as Oxford, say.
There will be shock and consternation amongst a certain set of interior designers today as news emerges that Fired Earth has gone into administration #firedearth www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2563240...
Staff made redundant as retailer in administration with £1.5m losses
Fired Earth, a popular interiors retailer, has gone into administration after reporting major financial losses, with all 20 UK stores closing.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
There will be shock and consternation amongst a certain set of interior designers today as news emerges that Fired Earth has gone into administration #firedearth www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2563240...
"Management", perhaps especially where there are no shareholders to answer to, like universities, should be selected by and primarily accountable to the teams they are going to lead, not recruited/imposed by even more remote levels of management.
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
"Management", perhaps especially where there are no shareholders to answer to, like universities, should be selected by and primarily accountable to the teams they are going to lead, not recruited/imposed by even more remote levels of management.
Received an extraordinary letter from the British Red Cross today (see image) about the domestic policy of a British Labour government. I'll bet they didn't foresee having to write this. It appears we have to go back as far as Ken Clarke or Roy Jenkins to find a decent liberal Home Secretary.
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Received an extraordinary letter from the British Red Cross today (see image) about the domestic policy of a British Labour government. I'll bet they didn't foresee having to write this. It appears we have to go back as far as Ken Clarke or Roy Jenkins to find a decent liberal Home Secretary.
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Land value tax would solve this.
Building housing is a left issue.
Taxing housing to build housing means less housing.
Less housing means more pressure on your housing market and higher rents.
Build the housing. And don’t let NIMBYs stop or slow us downs
Taxing housing to build housing means less housing.
Less housing means more pressure on your housing market and higher rents.
Build the housing. And don’t let NIMBYs stop or slow us downs
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
1. Get rid of min. parking requirements
2. Temporarily end MHA to spur building for 3 yrs
3. Get rid of design review temporarily for 3 yrs
4. Don’t allow NIMBYs in wealthy areas to slow down development; sue them every time as a deterrent for future efforts
1. Get rid of min. parking requirements
2. Temporarily end MHA to spur building for 3 yrs
3. Get rid of design review temporarily for 3 yrs
4. Don’t allow NIMBYs in wealthy areas to slow down development; sue them every time as a deterrent for future efforts
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Land value tax would solve this.
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Shabana Mahmood casually saying they're gonna take migrant's jewellery off them has got me thinking about that scene in Schindler's List where the Jewish family wrap family heirlooms in bread and swallow them.
What the fuck are we?
What the fuck are we?
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Shabana Mahmood casually saying they're gonna take migrant's jewellery off them has got me thinking about that scene in Schindler's List where the Jewish family wrap family heirlooms in bread and swallow them.
What the fuck are we?
What the fuck are we?
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"There is, I believe, a substantive sense in which fascism really did emerge from (individualist) anarchism, and that’s as our antithesis." - @rechelon.bsky.social
c4ss.org/content/56480
c4ss.org/content/56480
From Stirner to Mussolini
Review: The Anarchist-Individualist Origins of Italian Fascism In 1910 Luigi Fabbri and Armando Borghi abducted an anarchist woman who had shamed their friend by divorcing him. Together, they forced h...
c4ss.org
November 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"There is, I believe, a substantive sense in which fascism really did emerge from (individualist) anarchism, and that’s as our antithesis." - @rechelon.bsky.social
c4ss.org/content/56480
c4ss.org/content/56480
Is there the slightest feeling over there in Vespuccia that it could all go south very quickly and quite soon for the Tango™ man? #trump
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Is there the slightest feeling over there in Vespuccia that it could all go south very quickly and quite soon for the Tango™ man? #trump
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Hey ditto! bsky.app/profile/wvis...
People don't own land. It was here a billion years before you, it will be here a billion years after you're gone, you don't own it. Land is for everyone.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Hey ditto! bsky.app/profile/wvis...
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“Earth, in its uncultivated natural state, was and ever shall be the common property of all humankind”
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“Earth, in its uncultivated natural state, was and ever shall be the common property of all humankind”
"As soon as land becomes private property, the landlord demands a share of almost all the produce." - Adam Smith
"Rent is the secret tax the wealthy charge the poor." - Joseph E. Stiglitz
"Solving the land question means the solving of all social questions." - Leo Tolstoy
#singletax #henrygeorge
"Rent is the secret tax the wealthy charge the poor." - Joseph E. Stiglitz
"Solving the land question means the solving of all social questions." - Leo Tolstoy
#singletax #henrygeorge
November 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"As soon as land becomes private property, the landlord demands a share of almost all the produce." - Adam Smith
"Rent is the secret tax the wealthy charge the poor." - Joseph E. Stiglitz
"Solving the land question means the solving of all social questions." - Leo Tolstoy
#singletax #henrygeorge
"Rent is the secret tax the wealthy charge the poor." - Joseph E. Stiglitz
"Solving the land question means the solving of all social questions." - Leo Tolstoy
#singletax #henrygeorge
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Right yes I've seen the Waitrose ad now and the things that nobody told me are that a) this is our old local pub b) this is outside our old flat, so thank you, nothing says Christmas like being extremely bloody homesick (house is also Rebecca's childhood home in Ted Lasso)
youtu.be/wWeYKBXmCRs?...
youtu.be/wWeYKBXmCRs?...
The Perfect Gift | Waitrose | Christmas Ad 2025
YouTube video by Waitrose & Partners
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November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Right yes I've seen the Waitrose ad now and the things that nobody told me are that a) this is our old local pub b) this is outside our old flat, so thank you, nothing says Christmas like being extremely bloody homesick (house is also Rebecca's childhood home in Ted Lasso)
youtu.be/wWeYKBXmCRs?...
youtu.be/wWeYKBXmCRs?...
A thousand times this! People simply do not grasp in many cases the proportion of things they get so excited about! Not just economy of course. But certainly especially economy.
NYT owes us a front-page apology. Biden may have been tone-deaf in his comments on the economy. That is HUGELY different from Trump telling outright lies cepr.net/publications...
Being Tone Deaf Is Not the Same as Telling Outright Lies: That Should be Obvious
Media are not doing a good job explaining the ways that Trump lies about the economy.
cepr.net
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A thousand times this! People simply do not grasp in many cases the proportion of things they get so excited about! Not just economy of course. But certainly especially economy.
As long as you tax it, work won't pay anything like as well as rent seeking #abolishtaxes #sharetherents #superchargetheeconomy #makepovertyhistory #valueourplanet #makeworkpay:
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/social-...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/social-...
Social mobility ‘flatlining’ despite increased HE participation
Link between higher education and higher earnings weakens across many OECD countries, showing need to strengthen alternative options
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:53 AM
As long as you tax it, work won't pay anything like as well as rent seeking #abolishtaxes #sharetherents #superchargetheeconomy #makepovertyhistory #valueourplanet #makeworkpay:
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/social-...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/social-...
Went to the ballet last night at the New Theatre Oxford to see the London City Ballet dance: londoncityballet.com/production/m...
Absolutely amazing what ten dancers a sound and lighting person can do on tour like that. Sadly there are only two venues left in the UK tour - York and ROH.
Absolutely amazing what ten dancers a sound and lighting person can do on tour like that. Sadly there are only two venues left in the UK tour - York and ROH.
Momentum | London City Ballet
londoncityballet.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Went to the ballet last night at the New Theatre Oxford to see the London City Ballet dance: londoncityballet.com/production/m...
Absolutely amazing what ten dancers a sound and lighting person can do on tour like that. Sadly there are only two venues left in the UK tour - York and ROH.
Absolutely amazing what ten dancers a sound and lighting person can do on tour like that. Sadly there are only two venues left in the UK tour - York and ROH.
I kind of feel as thought my VO2 Max must be way down in the lowest decile. I could barely walk to the bus twice today without stopping every 100m or so for a breather. 😨
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I kind of feel as thought my VO2 Max must be way down in the lowest decile. I could barely walk to the bus twice today without stopping every 100m or so for a breather. 😨
I get that it must be a difficult decision - shutdown means millions are furloughed, usually without pay, and many services go undelivered. But government does not exist for its employees, but for the people it serves, so you must hold out for the benefits they need to survive. #shutdown #cavein
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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They're calling it the most anti-Georgist presidency of all time.
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
They're calling it the most anti-Georgist presidency of all time.
For the first time in a decade and a half I ordered a Subway to see what all the fuss was about...and soon found out why #SandwichGuy wanted to throw it at someone!
November 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
For the first time in a decade and a half I ordered a Subway to see what all the fuss was about...and soon found out why #SandwichGuy wanted to throw it at someone!