Matt Addis

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Britain’s housing crisis didn’t happen by accident.

One policy shaped it, and we’re still living with the consequences today.

Watch to understand why Right to Buy has to go. 👇

I am once again stating the obvious by saying that the whole “low information voters” thing is a media tactic to normalise Trumpism because what do you mean these people have the capacity to find EVERY conspiracy theory about climate change and trans people, but none to believe Trump is evil.

i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs

The rage you are feeling comes from the same place inside your heart as the love. This is why you refuse to accept a world where cruelty reigns and the fire consumes all. You have known hope and joy and kindness like you have known water. And justice is a river that demands you do not give up on it. - Nikita Gill

The grief the grief the grief.

And the rage and love.

We have it in us to be so much better than this.

This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter

In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career.

I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters.

Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

A crying shame. Robin's words here: youtu.be/B7BPZwqBYxQ?...

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Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

‘She wrote the best first line – and the most chilling stories’: Stephen King on the dark brilliance of Daphne du Maurier From Rebecca to The Birds and scores more creepy short stories, Du Maurier was queen of the uncanny, writes the US horror maestro

I narrate a couple of the wonderfully dark short stories in this excellent collection, out in audio today and introduced by the master @stephenking.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

Wikipedia is what the internet was meant to be and one of the few online places that hasn’t got worse. It’s a miracle

You only see ‘glom’ with ‘onto.’

If you see ‘fro,’ there’s probably a ‘to’ before it.

If you’re ‘wreaking,’ 99% of the time it’s ‘havoc.’

If you want to ‘ebb,’ you will probably ‘flow’ immediately after.

You only see ‘lop’ with ‘off.’

You only see ‘beck,’ with ‘and call.’

People made fortunes as our loved ones died, using their political connections to make fortunes from unusable PPE - leaving the UK taxpayer to pick up the bill.

"...VIP lane contracts cost £3.8bn, almost 30% of the total, and delivered more expensive and more unusable PPE than non-VIP contracts."

“Everything is on fire,
but everyone I love is doing beautiful things
and trying to make life worth living,
and I know I don’t have to believe in everything,
but I believe in that.”

-Nikita Gill

#unabooksboardthoughta
#nikitagill

There's a lot to be said about identity, solidarity. But a simple place to start: the people who are willing to fight for their neighbors when their neighbors have different problems have a very, very good chance of having neighbors to fight with when you all share problems

Screenshot of form on the UK Met Office website. Text reads: "You can provide up to 5 storm names in the boxes below. Storm Name: [a user has filled this in with "BigOil"] Storm Name (optional): [filled in with BP] Storm Name (optional): [filled in with Equinor] Storm Name (optional): [filled in with Exxon] Storm Name (optional): [filled in with Shell]

So the UK Met Office is inviting people to suggest up to 5 names for storms.

And apparently lots of people have been suggesting "Storm Bigoil", along with BP, Equinor, Exxon & Shell...

This is obviously appalling & definitely not to be emulated via this link: www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...

I could not handle

The males

That were

Going at it

In ways

You understand

I am not used to

Forgive me

They were so direct

So high agency

And so phalocentric

Silence the war planes forever. Let us all hear the birds instead 🤍🕊

@nikitagill.bsky.social ✨️

Dear Mr. Clegg

I have started a business, selling the contents of your house

I knew when I launched I did not have legal access your house

Without this access my company will not be profitable

Others have told me I have a flawed business model, but I disagree

Please advise how I should proceed

Driving Toward Disaster: The Hidden Costs of SUVs Dr Ola Løkken Nordrum

Pedestrians are 44% more likely to be killed when hit by an SUV. Children? 82%.

SUVs aren’t just a climate issue, they’re a public health crisis.

It’s time to reclaim our streets.

A thought provoking piece by our very own @olaln.bsky.social!

Eye-opening graph. The biggest wildfire incidents in the UK don't occur when it's hottest, in high summer: they take place in April - *when landowners set fire to their grouse moors & lose control of burns.*

Time to ban moorland burning.

Source:
www.iucn-uk-peatlandprogramme.org/sites/defaul...

If you’ve got ‘another thing coming’, you’ve got another think coming | Mind your language David Marsh: I don’t want to make a big thing about it, but I do think ‘think’ makes more sense when using this phrase

And there’s my narrative lesson of the day - apparently I’ve had ‘another thinK coming’ for the last forty years and been wholly oblivious of the same…

www.theguardian.com/media/mind-y...

Tax the super-rich for a greener, fairer Britain Britain is crying out for national renewal, and it’s climate solutions that can improve people’s lives starting tomorrow. Solutions that are achievable if those with the broadest shoulders - who also ...

A 2.5% tax on wealth over £10 million would raise £130 billion over five years - enough to properly fund our NHS, schools, and climate solutions. Tell the government to start taxing billionaires fairly now:
action.greenpeace.org.uk/tax-super-ri...

The biggest thing about ai bros complaining about the “tyranny of artists” isn’t because they want our jobs. They don’t value our jobs. What they want is the love, the acclaim, the feeling you might have touched or helped someone and they appreciate it. They think we’re hoarding that somehow

📸 On the hottest UK May 1st since records began.

Let’s get fossil fuel ads banned– just 9 days left to force a Parliamentary debate govpetition.uk/700024

Gill is one of hundreds of people marching today with Just Stop Oil.

Listen to her reasons for joining our final action ⬇️

Bit of an, “I ain’t reading all that” post. But if you get the chance, here are some of my thoughts on the #supremecourt ruling.

#LwiththeT #LGBTQ #WomensRights