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Dr Daniel Goyal

@dangoyal.bsky.social
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Fighting for health equality. Medical Doctor and Researcher. Host of The Debrief podcast. My substack is here: dangoyal.substack.com?r=1lppfd&utm_…

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
This is a massive scandal. Labour has invented a made-up tactical vote organisation to trick Gorton and Denton into voting for them. How can this even be legal?
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The danger is to think of Reform as just another version of the Tory Party They are so much worse They have taken the worst Tories - the most power-hungry, racist, misogynistic MPs - and empowered them to seek authoritarian rule They will decimate our rights and democracy They will rule over us!
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
A new study published in Nature has shown that the X algorithm pushes those on the right further right. Critically, it is the algorithm itself that causes this change. In this weeks essay, I review the study & ask whether X classifies as a propaganda platform open.substack.com/pub/dangoyal...
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A new study raises serious questions about propaganda on 'X'?
A powerful new study demonstrates that 'X' pushes right-wing supporters even further right, but has this bias now reached the threshold of propaganda?
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Thanks, trying to give it a go!
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
So much calmer and less divisive.
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Thanks, Harry. Back at you
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I entirely appreciate your view, Kerry. But from an evolutionary neuroscience perspective: the last 6,000 years has been an anomaly in human evolution. I’m writing a book about it, but the long and short is that we are intensely cooperative animals. Minority are cruel. Sadly they lead us just now!
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Hey guys. Trying to re-engage on Bluesky. I’m a medical doctor and neuroscientist. I also do some health policy journalism. Follow me if you want an honest, informed take on healthcare policy; some chat about brain health, and political commentary generally! Vive la resistance!
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
New episode just dropped dangoyal.substack.com/p/episode-10...
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Episode 10 - Consuming The News Doesn't Change The World
Expanding on this week’s topic of news consumption, in this episode, I argue that we don’t need constant exposure to the news in order to make the changes to our societies that we need.
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
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enlightenededu.bsky.social @enlightenededu.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Caring For Each Other Is The Resistance Dr. Dan Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social "...making connections w/ one another really does matter. Indeed, it is the antidote to the vitriol of the selfish mind. Each & every time we connect w/ one another we are defeating those who see no value in being human."
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Caring For Each Other Is The Resistance
Most decent folk realise that success lay in how we treat each other.
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
At what point does this become criminal? I mean seriously! As we all sacrificed they just focused on making money. It is disgusting.
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
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It’s Easy For Us To Say Palestinians Should Stay; But Shouldn’t They Have The Choice?
History teaches us that once the red mist of genocide descends it only ends when either another force steps in to end it (Rwanda, WW2) or the genocide succeeds and the people are essentially eradicate...
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
It is not the State that has too much power It is that the positions meant to execute the power of the State have grown beyond their intent Leaders are public servants, not omnipotent citizens free to do whatever they want It’s time we drafted new laws to enforce better behaviour from our leaders
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
To be absolutely clear, I will not vote for Labour if they continue to support Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians. I won’t be voting tactically I don’t care who that lets into power I’m not voting for a Party that can permit the wilful starvation of innocent people.
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
If anyone is interested in what Streeting’s announcement will mean on the ground, here is a great summary on Dr Triska’s newsletter. open.substack.com/pub/davetris...
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The Streeting Premises Uplift
Does it even touch the sides?
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
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Does Supporting Current Right-Wing Policies Make You A Racist?
Traditional conservativism is dying because conservatives are happy to support racist ideals. But does this make them racists?
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
It’s hard to work out the racist Christian. I mean, beyond the whole love thy neighbour thing, someone’s told them that Jesus wasn’t white, right?
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
We are actually in the reverse situation, whereby the attempt to manage the smaller number of beds more efficiently simply makes the whole system unsafe. Imagine, rationing one bed per ward - who gets it. How you “manage” that one bed is negligible? Or, improving its management has negligible effect
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
The only viable solution to these dangerous NHS waits is to put bed capacity back to what it was in 2010. If you shrink your health service as demands for it increases then it is not surprising people have to wait longer. It’s not rocket science. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Tens of thousands waited more than 24 hours for hospital beds in A&E last year
Patients in England aged 65 or over made up almost 70% of long ‘trolley waits’, with some left for up to 10 days, data reveals
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
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Ep 7. Manufactured Hatred (and why it will fail)
Podcast Episode · The Antidote with Dan Goyal · 20/04/2025 · 24m
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Great piece, Lewis. Very helpful.
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 09/04/2025
In economics, as in geopolitics, Trump fundamentally misunderstands the limits of American power. It is at the centre of everything he does. The markets, the only real impediment to him now, may be about to teach him how wrong he is. New writing from me. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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Again and again, Trump misunderstands the limits of American power.
And as a result is taking us to a global financial precipice.
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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Musk Defeated By The Collective Will(?)
It’s hard not to be impressed by our collective humanity when the world’s wealthiest person is forced to retreat.
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Fair point
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
If one person in one country can make one economic decision that leads to global turmoil then we have fundamental problem with the economic system itself.
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Dara O Briain @daraobriain.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The absolute callousness of announcing a 44% trade tariff against Myanmar this week, of all weeks.
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 04/04/2025
🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody. She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
Pressley, Warren, Markey Sound Alarm on Rümeysa Öztürk’s Medical Neglect, Renew Urgent Calls for Her Release (1/2):

“It is unconscionable that Rümeysa Öztürk—a young woman pursuing her education, exercising her First Amendment rights, and contributing to her community—remains detained by DHS. Her ongoing incarceration is not only a blatant violation of her constitutional rights to due process and free speech, but it is now an egregious denial of her fundamental right to medical care. Pressley, Warren, Markey Sound Alarm on Rümeysa Öztürk’s Medical Neglect, Renew Urgent Calls for Her Release (2/2):

“According to her lawyer, Rümeysa has not received her required asthma medications and has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in custody. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

“As her representatives in Congress, we demand DHS immediately provide Rümeysa with access to the health care she needs, and absent compelling evidence justifying her detention and the revocation of her status, we call for Ozturk’s release and the restoration of her visa. Every minute she remains in custody is another minute her health and rights are at risk, and DHS must move with urgency.”
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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Society Has Always Regulated The Greedy
For as long as humans have existed, so have regulations to prevent the greedy from 'free-riding'.
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
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We Need To Raise Better Sons
Misogynists are trying to recruit our sons; we can't let them.
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Spain stopped supplying Israel with weapons, recognised Palestine and will arrest Netanyahu. ¡Viva España!
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 17/03/2025
Previously on Bylines Scotland... "The vast majority of private healthcare profit comes directly from the NHS budget. That is, we are paying private healthcare services directly from the public services budget." @dangoyal.bsky.social #NHS #Health
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Labour’s vision for the NHS is getting grim
As Labour tries to please both private and public interests, its policies for the NHS are in danger of costing a lot and achieving little
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Sarah (Superhero doggy to my son!) @sarah7285.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
@dangoyal.bsky.social please could you try to explain sub stack to me? Do I pay?
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
No need to pay. All my stuff is open access. Most stuff on substack is. It is really good. A better pace. Less anxiety provoking. And some fascinating longer reads.
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Alex Ross @wergend.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
There's quite a list, but @dangoyal.bsky.social makes a good point. If someone can't be restrained from making civilians, hospitals, children the target of violence, or the weaponization of mass starvation and disease, that's someone who belongs in a cage. open.substack.com/pub/dangoyal...
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The Worst Thing Trump Has Done, So Far
I appreciate there are many contenders, so do feel free to disagree in the comments.
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
While job losses are harsh, both the NHS CEO and the Chair did next to nothing as the Conservatives gutted the NHS. NHS Leadership is woefully inadequate. Time will tell if this is a power grab for Streeting or a much needed shake up. I suspect the latter www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Wes Streeting to axe thousands of jobs at NHS England after ousting of chief executive
NHS staff fear power grab by health department as health secretary looks to shrink body due to ‘duplication’ of roles
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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DNA Screwed The White Supremicist
I take great joy in the recurrent pattern of racist scientists proving the exact opposite truth than they intended. DNA is just one example.
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Fascinating point. I still stand firm that if we managed our ecological system better then there would be no need to constrain population. But had never thought about the disproportional impact of child numbers in the north.
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Peter Welsh @peterwelsh68.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Hard to get a fresh take on our Elo Anxiety these days but Dan manages it in this fascinating substack. I still maintain Musk once had a sled called Rosebud but that probably relates more to my 'Orson Welles/ Awesome Wells' line that I lacked the gifts to more fully realise on GE24 leaflets!
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
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Ep.6 - Protecting the Power to Decide
A brief exploration of what it means to make independent decisions and how that can be lost
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Fully agree. The inevitable outcome of social awakening is for universal income. If Trump can create money from nothing, then why can’t the people.
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
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Individualism Does Not Lead to Personal Freedom
Astonishing how some will exchange the oppotunity to choose with the mental illusion of freedom
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Episode 5 of The Antidote dangoyal.substack.com/p/ep-5-human...
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Ep 5. Human Intelligence; Upbringing, and the Effects of Society
A summary of what human intelligence is and how it is affected by our environment, with a particular focus on the effects of oligarch rule
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Bettina Struff #Woke #FBPE #FBPR #NHS #RejoinEU @bettinastruff.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
"The evolutionary pressure for empathy is diminished where the distance from basic survival considerations is great and there is an absence of emphasis on the need for civil traits such as empathy." A piece by @dangoyal.bsky.social that's very relevant today. dangoyal.substack.com/p/is-the-hum...
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Is the human species truly intelligent?
You’re forgiven for asking the question.
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Just to be clear, a lack of empathy and struggling to relate to people is also part of the “dark triad” - a set of traits characterised by Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism. The fact Musk is a master at manipulating people virtually excludes Asperger’s. He is just a really bad dude.
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Admiral Hortensia @admhortensia.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
This was an excellent article on intelligence and sentience. Something to chew on.
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enlightenededu.bsky.social @enlightenededu.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Dr. Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social "After a surge in people voting for deranged authoritarian politicians, and the ease at which large swathes of the population follow disinformation like a cat chasing a piece of string, questioning the intelligence of the human species seems legitimate."
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Is the human species truly intelligent?
You’re forgiven for asking the question.
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