Reposted by Dr Daniel GoyalOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 26/02/2026This 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? 831155461
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 25/02/2026The 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! 39936
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...open.substack.comA 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? 17049
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 24/02/2026I 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! 241
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Hey 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! 711735
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 27/07/2025New episode just dropped dangoyal.substack.com/p/episode-10...dangoyal.substack.comEpisode 10 - Consuming The News Doesn't Change The WorldExpanding 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. 1239
Reposted by Dr Daniel Goyalenlightenededu.bsky.social @enlightenededu.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Caring 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."open.substack.comCaring For Each Other Is The ResistanceMost decent folk realise that success lay in how we treat each other. 13015
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 17/05/2025At what point does this become criminal? I mean seriously! As we all sacrificed they just focused on making money. It is disgusting. 510520
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 12/05/2025open.substack.com/pub/dangoyal...open.substack.comIt’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... 0256
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 09/05/2025It 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 48617
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 07/05/2025To 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. 915935
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 06/05/2025If 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...open.substack.comThe Streeting Premises UpliftDoes it even touch the sides? 43319
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 05/05/2025dangoyal.substack.com/p/does-suppo...dangoyal.substack.comDoes 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? 2165
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 23/04/2025It’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? 39112
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 21/04/2025We 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 110
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 21/04/2025The 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...theguardian.comTens of thousands waited more than 24 hours for hospital beds in A&E last yearPatients in England aged 65 or over made up almost 70% of long ‘trolley waits’, with some left for up to 10 days, data reveals 919477
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 20/04/2025podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comEp 7. Manufactured Hatred (and why it will fail)Podcast Episode · The Antidote with Dan Goyal · 20/04/2025 · 24m 2115
Reposted by Dr Daniel GoyalLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 09/04/2025In 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...open.substack.comAgain and again, Trump misunderstands the limits of American power.And as a result is taking us to a global financial precipice. 60770211
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 08/04/2025dangoyal.substack.com/p/musk-defea...dangoyal.substack.comMusk 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. 0378
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 04/04/2025If 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. 1343882
Reposted by Dr Daniel GoyalDara O Briain @daraobriain.bsky.social · 03/04/2025The absolute callousness of announcing a 44% trade tariff against Myanmar this week, of all weeks. 378124972583
Reposted by Dr Daniel GoyalCongresswoman 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. 223135795779
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 03/04/2025dangoyal.substack.com/p/society-ha...dangoyal.substack.comSociety Has Always Regulated The GreedyFor as long as humans have existed, so have regulations to prevent the greedy from 'free-riding'. 2114
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 01/04/2025 dangoyal.substack.com/p/we-need-to...dangoyal.substack.comWe Need To Raise Better SonsMisogynists are trying to recruit our sons; we can't let them. 0349
Reposted by Dr Daniel GoyalBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Spain stopped supplying Israel with weapons, recognised Palestine and will arrest Netanyahu. ¡Viva España! 402183515
Reposted by Dr Daniel GoyalBylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 17/03/2025Previously 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 #Healthbylines.scotLabour’s vision for the NHS is getting grimAs Labour tries to please both private and public interests, its policies for the NHS are in danger of costing a lot and achieving little 05139
Reposted by Dr Daniel GoyalSarah (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? 322
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 07/03/2025No 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. 051
Reposted by Dr Daniel GoyalAlex Ross @wergend.bsky.social · 04/03/2025There'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...open.substack.comThe Worst Thing Trump Has Done, So FarI appreciate there are many contenders, so do feel free to disagree in the comments. 02711
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 25/02/2025While 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...theguardian.comWes Streeting to axe thousands of jobs at NHS England after ousting of chief executiveNHS staff fear power grab by health department as health secretary looks to shrink body due to ‘duplication’ of roles 67421
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 15/02/2025dangoyal.substack.com/p/dna-screwe...dangoyal.substack.comDNA Screwed The White SupremicistI take great joy in the recurrent pattern of racist scientists proving the exact opposite truth than they intended. DNA is just one example. 14719
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Fascinating 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. 120
Reposted by Dr Daniel GoyalPeter Welsh @peterwelsh68.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Hard 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! 0154
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 31/01/2025dangoyal.substack.com/p/ep6-protec...dangoyal.substack.comEp.6 - Protecting the Power to DecideA brief exploration of what it means to make independent decisions and how that can be lost 0218
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Fully agree. The inevitable outcome of social awakening is for universal income. If Trump can create money from nothing, then why can’t the people. 020
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 27/01/2025open.substack.com/pub/dangoyal...open.substack.comIndividualism Does Not Lead to Personal FreedomAstonishing how some will exchange the oppotunity to choose with the mental illusion of freedom 1235
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Episode 5 of The Antidote dangoyal.substack.com/p/ep-5-human...dangoyal.substack.comEp 5. Human Intelligence; Upbringing, and the Effects of SocietyA summary of what human intelligence is and how it is affected by our environment, with a particular focus on the effects of oligarch rule 01510
Reposted by Dr Daniel GoyalBettina 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...dangoyal.substack.comIs the human species truly intelligent?You’re forgiven for asking the question. 2165
Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Just 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. 414436
Reposted by Dr Daniel GoyalAdmiral Hortensia @admhortensia.bsky.social · 21/01/2025This was an excellent article on intelligence and sentience. Something to chew on. 081
Reposted by Dr Daniel Goyalenlightenededu.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."open.substack.comIs the human species truly intelligent?You’re forgiven for asking the question. 0345