Doug Bamford

YouTube video by Doug Bamford Is it time for a Wealth Tax?

Good summary, though I'm not convinced of the case. I summarised quite a few of these arguments here for those interested... www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-Vd...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

4Chanification continues apace

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Hourly Averaging and CLIPH-rate tax Explainers - YouTube

I know what you mean. The people who should be paying more often get away with not doing so. Unsurprisingly, I'm going to point to my own radical tax calculation system as the answer! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

...unless they have shares in a land owning company like British Land, of course. It won't happen because British people use property as their main investment vehicle. How would nationalisation of property go down? LVT is short of nationalisation (just the land value, not the buildings), but similar

Could be. Inheritance tax (or something along those lines) is a no brainer, yet it often polls as the least popular tax. Capital gains makes a huge amount of sense, but there is a massive loophole when it comes to 'primary residence' - hence the focus on house ownership in the UK.

It would be a bad idea because it would tax one form of wealth but not others. Land values would drop by the amount of the tax. It's like pass the parcel. Whoever owns their wealth as land when it is introduced faces a massive transfer of their wealth to govt. while those with wealth in shares don't

I don't know if it is just a corporate thing. Labour in the 70s looked into it and didn't bother. The problem is it is a huge faff and has unwanted economic impacts but you don't raise much money from it. I'm open to the possibility, but it isn't exactly a panacea.

If she wants videos: Crash Course, Sandel's Justice lectures.
If she wants podcasts: Philosophy Bites, Partially Examined Life. Warburton's book is available as a podcast. As is Russell's Problems of Philo. Quite a few classics are available thanks to libra vox.

Introduction to Philosophy We think we know, but do we? We think we are free, but are we? We think our actions are moral, but are they? What is this reality we take ourselves to live in? The oldest questions meet the newest te...

Nagel's What Does It All Mean? is very straightforward, Plato's apology, Philosopher Queens.
I'll also add a vote for Blackburn's "Think" which we use for our introductory course: lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/intr...

At least Munchen and Paris are in the same time zone so you get a two-fer there!

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.

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Some sad news: Yesterday, @atmosmag.bsky.social notified me that they eliminated their climate editor position. After 2.5 years there, I’m out of a job. 🧪🌎

I’m surprised and saddened by the suddenness. But I’m proud of the work I produced there.

BBC4 is repeating Bryan Magee’s 1987 series, The Great Philosophers, and I introduce it next Monday 13th at 22.30. I remember being very impressed when it went out that my wonderful PhD supervisor, Myles Burnyeat, was in the very first episode!

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

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Been to see these guys reunited. Reliving my teenage angst phase.

I think that the 'centrist' types labelled here would be sceptical that left-wing policies would be effective at either improving living standards or (perhaps as a result) hurting the far right. If left-wing policies impoverish everyone then won't that help the far right? Isn't that the dispute?

I think a lot of people don't know this Zoom feature exists: under "React" there's a "Be Right Back" button that mutes your audio, turns off your camera, and puts a label on your square. And then when you come back you just click the "Back" button.

Repost to save us all from "BRB" chat messages!

Finally made some good writing progress this morning with a deadline looming. During lunch office decided to update itself and I lost all the work. 😡 How is your day going?

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Greener Nights/Mornings Score by @Octopus.Energy

Aimed to forecast how green the grid will over the coming nights

Could you delay your overnight usage until a greener time?

For more information about Greener Days visit: http://energy-stats.uk/octopus-greener-days/

Some good news.

London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.

The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

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Perfect - car is getting a bit low and could use a top-up. Have been waiting for the wind!

Excluding any kind of wealth from a wealth tax makes it much more administratively difficult & complex, plus it creates immense perverse incentives to direct all income into the tax-sheltered types

WTF dude.

Manchester synagogue: Four people injured in car and stabbing attack at Manchester synagogue - suspect shot by police Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham says it's believed the suspect is dead, and that the immediate danger appears to be over.

Horrific news

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...

YouTube video by Doug Bamford Where to start if looking for a Family SUV in the UK?

Not all EVs are the same and you don't want to buy an inappropriate one. So I made a video for those new to EVs looking for a family SUV splitting the cars into useful categories...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4mq...