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.
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.
June 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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.
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.
May 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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.
If you're explaining, you're losing.
May 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
If you're explaining, you're losing.
...and f*ck all work on weekends, and f*ck all work for kids. And the same for those with wealth and authority. That's social justice.
May 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
...and f*ck all work on weekends, and f*ck all work for kids. And the same for those with wealth and authority. That's social justice.
The Trump graphs continue to entertain.
April 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The Trump graphs continue to entertain.
FT data found on Adam Tooze's substack today. Looks like Trump is committing political suicide. Not for the first time I wonder if Trump 2.0 = Truss 1.0.
April 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
FT data found on Adam Tooze's substack today. Looks like Trump is committing political suicide. Not for the first time I wonder if Trump 2.0 = Truss 1.0.
Daily Star does have its moments.
February 20, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Daily Star does have its moments.
We are well and truly in the Bizarro World.
February 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
We are well and truly in the Bizarro World.
"If I told them once, I told them a thousand times: Put "Spinal Tap" first and "puppet show" last."
February 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"If I told them once, I told them a thousand times: Put "Spinal Tap" first and "puppet show" last."
From the Scottish Sunday Herald TV Guide.
January 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
From the Scottish Sunday Herald TV Guide.
Good bit of probably unreliable historical / theological data. What's not to like?
January 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Good bit of probably unreliable historical / theological data. What's not to like?
I can't unsee this image.
January 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I can't unsee this image.