Doug Bamford
@dougbamford.bsky.social
Teach adults - sign up! Political Philosophy, justice and taxation. Author of Rethinking Taxation (2014). Also interested in leisure/work, climate change ethics, public policy.
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In case it wasn't already obvious why Farage and his party are spreading misinformation about the climate crisis and trying to blame the most vulnerable for the problems caused by inequality - they've just received a record donation from a jet fuel multimillionaire!
December 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
In case it wasn't already obvious why Farage and his party are spreading misinformation about the climate crisis and trying to blame the most vulnerable for the problems caused by inequality - they've just received a record donation from a jet fuel multimillionaire!
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I just published a Cambridge Elements that offers a critical overview of recent work in epistocracy, Confucian meritocracy, and democratic theories of meritocracy. Free to download for the next two weeks. URL: t.co/Z5BOYrCRGF.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/political-meritocracy-in-the-21st-century/AACAB43634DBE4476BD4F2E6A1C78298?utm_date=20251128&utm_id=1764310759&utm_campaign=CLAS,Elements,Humanities,IOC&utm_sou...
t.co
December 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I just published a Cambridge Elements that offers a critical overview of recent work in epistocracy, Confucian meritocracy, and democratic theories of meritocracy. Free to download for the next two weeks. URL: t.co/Z5BOYrCRGF.
Struggling to think of a present idea for the environmentally conscious person who has everything they need? How about the gift of learning with my upcoming online course on economic growth and sustainability? Live sessions on Thursdays, 6pm UK time. lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/econ...
Economics on a Finite Planet: Sustainability, Growth and Degrowth
Economists and politicians have assumed that growth is good. In recent decades this has been challenged. Is it right that society should no longer aim for economic growth? What are the alternatives?
lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk
December 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Struggling to think of a present idea for the environmentally conscious person who has everything they need? How about the gift of learning with my upcoming online course on economic growth and sustainability? Live sessions on Thursdays, 6pm UK time. lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/econ...
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The philosophers were so preoccupied with whether they should that they didn't stop to think if they could.
December 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The philosophers were so preoccupied with whether they should that they didn't stop to think if they could.
Nice to see the local postal workers delivering dressed as elves!
December 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Nice to see the local postal workers delivering dressed as elves!
A student has discovered that an online lecture I gave for students in the Phillipines last year has now been made available online. It is on Rawls and Nozick on Justice and Taxation, for anyone who is interested!
youtu.be/3znF_FaSw8M?...
youtu.be/3znF_FaSw8M?...
UPD-Oxford Philosophy Lecture Series 2024: Rawls and Nozick on Justice and Taxation (Doug Bamford)
YouTube video by UP Department of Philosophy
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December 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
A student has discovered that an online lecture I gave for students in the Phillipines last year has now been made available online. It is on Rawls and Nozick on Justice and Taxation, for anyone who is interested!
youtu.be/3znF_FaSw8M?...
youtu.be/3znF_FaSw8M?...
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Today marks one year since the Dec. 3, 2024 martial law declaration that rocked South Korea and still reverberates today. What’s on my mind today is the grit of South Koreans who rushed to the National Assembly that night, in freezing weather, to demand a return to democratic government.
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Today marks one year since the Dec. 3, 2024 martial law declaration that rocked South Korea and still reverberates today. What’s on my mind today is the grit of South Koreans who rushed to the National Assembly that night, in freezing weather, to demand a return to democratic government.
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when i call the guy a fascist, i'm not being edgy, or using a loaded word for the sake of it
i'm taking a standard, consensus model of the ideology from political theory & showing the degree of fit
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
i'm taking a standard, consensus model of the ideology from political theory & showing the degree of fit
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
Even by a Strict Definition, Elon Musk Is a Fascist
He is weaponizing Tolkien to promote violence by ‘hard men’ against Asian immigrants
www.theunpopulist.net
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
when i call the guy a fascist, i'm not being edgy, or using a loaded word for the sake of it
i'm taking a standard, consensus model of the ideology from political theory & showing the degree of fit
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
i'm taking a standard, consensus model of the ideology from political theory & showing the degree of fit
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
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Nigel Farage was a racist bully at school but Rachel Reeves won the wrong chess championship so who can say who is worse?
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Nigel Farage was a racist bully at school but Rachel Reeves won the wrong chess championship so who can say who is worse?
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
Is net zero too expensive? Can you afford it? What should the government do? Some questions considered in my latest video... www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKk-...
Can you afford net zero?
YouTube video by Doug Bamford
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December 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Is net zero too expensive? Can you afford it? What should the government do? Some questions considered in my latest video... www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKk-...
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this Arendt quote gets at it too www.unpopularfront.news/p/yeah-what-...
December 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
this Arendt quote gets at it too www.unpopularfront.news/p/yeah-what-...
Someone used/stole our Nectar points! Only £17.50 worth, but still. Sainsburys are investigating apparently and we will hopefully get them back. What a pain though.
December 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Someone used/stole our Nectar points! Only £17.50 worth, but still. Sainsburys are investigating apparently and we will hopefully get them back. What a pain though.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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The only silver lining is that all the attacks on higher education go to show how important it is. Would rather recognition was given in the form of proper funding though.
December 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The only silver lining is that all the attacks on higher education go to show how important it is. Would rather recognition was given in the form of proper funding though.
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And this qualifies as 'transparency' these days.
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
And this qualifies as 'transparency' these days.
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be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
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oh dear chulhu the nineties were 35 years ago
/me: crumbles to dust
/me: crumbles to dust
December 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
oh dear chulhu the nineties were 35 years ago
/me: crumbles to dust
/me: crumbles to dust
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post office, ergo propter office
December 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
post office, ergo propter office
Digital "Museum of Climate Hope" from the University of Oxford @myzerocarbon.org #climatehope storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/...
Museum of Climate Hope
A museum trail and digital learning experience across Oxford's gardens, libraries and museums.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Digital "Museum of Climate Hope" from the University of Oxford @myzerocarbon.org #climatehope storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/...
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
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Back from Your Party conference now. Some thoughts...
It was very messy indeed.
And 2,500, while a good number, looked tiny given initial hopes of 13,000, and the huge size of the venue.
The party is deeply divided and I can't see that dying down any time soon (1/x)
It was very messy indeed.
And 2,500, while a good number, looked tiny given initial hopes of 13,000, and the huge size of the venue.
The party is deeply divided and I can't see that dying down any time soon (1/x)
November 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Back from Your Party conference now. Some thoughts...
It was very messy indeed.
And 2,500, while a good number, looked tiny given initial hopes of 13,000, and the huge size of the venue.
The party is deeply divided and I can't see that dying down any time soon (1/x)
It was very messy indeed.
And 2,500, while a good number, looked tiny given initial hopes of 13,000, and the huge size of the venue.
The party is deeply divided and I can't see that dying down any time soon (1/x)
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Trump's crypto memecoin.
Multi-million dinners with CEOs.
Firing independent officials in charge of rooting out corruption.
Giant tax cuts to Trump's billionaire friends.
Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in our nation's history.
Multi-million dinners with CEOs.
Firing independent officials in charge of rooting out corruption.
Giant tax cuts to Trump's billionaire friends.
Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in our nation's history.
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Trump's crypto memecoin.
Multi-million dinners with CEOs.
Firing independent officials in charge of rooting out corruption.
Giant tax cuts to Trump's billionaire friends.
Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in our nation's history.
Multi-million dinners with CEOs.
Firing independent officials in charge of rooting out corruption.
Giant tax cuts to Trump's billionaire friends.
Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in our nation's history.
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The last year has seen fossil fuels a whisker under 30% and it is only going to fall as investments in renewables increase. grid.iamkate.com #NetZero #LoveNetZero
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The last year has seen fossil fuels a whisker under 30% and it is only going to fall as investments in renewables increase. grid.iamkate.com #NetZero #LoveNetZero