Noughty Taughty
@noughtytaughty.bsky.social
Secular cyclist, grateful Gen Xer, humanities scholar, beer connoisseur, political sceptic, wannabe poet, reluctant teacher, comics fanboy, cat charmer, woodland walker.
"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."
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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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November 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"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."
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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.
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.
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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.
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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“Extreme weather is battering installations from Guam to North Carolina and fueling instability in regions overseas where American forces may be called to intervene.”
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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
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“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/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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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.
October 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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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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
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
October 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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
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
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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.
September 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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.
I'd definitely want to study this!
Fellow creatures: the new GCSE in natural history
The new GCSE in natural history is a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/educati...
The new GCSE in natural history is a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/educati...
Fellow creatures: the new GCSE in natural history
The new GCSE in natural history is a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world
westenglandbylines.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I'd definitely want to study this!
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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.
There should be a high bar for politicians attacking the media, but maybe Ed Davey has half a point here?
For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)
For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)
September 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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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Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell. Listen to the survivors.
August 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell. Listen to the survivors.
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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🤷♀️
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🤷♀️
August 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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🤷♀️
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🤷♀️
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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 .
July 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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 .
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.
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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 ...
adamtooze.substack.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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-...
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
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...
climatewithbrian.com/2025/07/27/r...
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 …
climatewithbrian.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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...
climatewithbrian.com/2025/07/27/r...
"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.
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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...
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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July 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
"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...
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...
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...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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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July 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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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
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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...
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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July 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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...
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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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/...
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/...
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.
theecologist.org
July 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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/...
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/...
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).
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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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July 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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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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.
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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June 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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.
