Reposted by David GoodaKeith Alexander @keithalexander.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It’s monstrous that people would consider trying to kill 1000 beings that are hundreds of years old and take 150 years to even reach sexual maturity, purely because they interfere with fishing for halibut. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comTo cull or not to cull: Greenland debates fate of world’s slowest sharkAs trawlers compete with Greenland sharks for halibut and cod, conservationists and fishers clash over what to do about misunderstood species 13256104
Reposted by David GoodaStephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 14hI had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him. 371468592
Reposted by David GoodaWayne Myers @conniptions.org · 23hIf the main thing you want to do right now is to read a long, rambling, angry response by a non-Zionist Jewish now ex-Green Party Of England And Wales member to the not-so-hilarious antics of yesterday, then have I got the post for you: wayne.conniptions.org/2026/10/05/w... (It may not be, tbf)wayne.conniptions.orgWhy I Am No Longer A GreenI joined the Green Party of England and Wales in 2014. 65814
David Gooda @davidgooda.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Excellent. Quite a lot of my received family history has the same characteristics! 010
David Gooda @davidgooda.bsky.social · 04/10/2026There is also a fish version called Malu Paan which is fabulous - enjoy! 010
David Gooda @davidgooda.bsky.social · 04/10/2026serendibkitchen.com/2017/12/17/m...serendibkitchen.comMas Paan (Meat Bun) – Serendib Kitchen 110
Reposted by David GoodaRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding. 541888768
Reposted by David GoodaAthena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026call me crazy guys but I don't think ethno-nationalists should be allowed on mainstream political tv shows. because of the ethno-nationalism? 523743
Reposted by David GoodaJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 02/10/2026We should give money to those who need it and not subsidise the consumption of the better off through a global supply crisis. 8798
Reposted by David GoodaJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Not a novel observation by any means but the irony here, of course, is that it is precisely the UK’s successful approach to multiculturalism that has allowed us to generate a brown white nationalist. 47783158
Reposted by David GoodaAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'd go further and argue Euro membership is an opportunity not a threat whether in trade, financial markets, or how UK personnel could come to shape the ECB. Building a sustainable outcome for the UK in the EU has to look beyond FoM and start engaging with how to integrate in Schengen and Euro 77122
Reposted by David GoodaPhil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 01/10/2026YouTube may make these two breathtaking clips easy to watch, but they are the BBC at its pinnacle. Made without thought of profit, watched by millions at the same moment. This is what building a shared liberal culture looks like. Just one of the most beautiful things. RIP. 17522
David Gooda @davidgooda.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I remember being taught in my Cycling Proficiency test (aged about 10) that I was a road user, and therefore I was subject to the same rules of the road as any other road user. I was emphatically not a pedestrian on wheels. Which is why I still can't bring myself to cycle on pavements... 070
Reposted by David GoodaTarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026He is not burning cash. He is investing money to shape political discourse and public opinion in line with his ideology and interests. And it's a successful strategy. Also, for a billionaire losing 10 million is like losing 1000 pounds for a middle class person. 111032
Reposted by David GoodaChris Brooke @chrisbrooke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026RIP Esther Rantzen, who was implicated in one of the most extraordinary TV clips that has ever been filmed.youtube.comSir Nicholas Winton - BBC Programme "That's Life" aired in 1988YouTube video by aggy007 2244
Reposted by David GoodaPhil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Full respect to the person at the Communication Workers' Union for turning their stand at Labour conference into a New Order tribute 26514
Reposted by David GoodaDag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Are data centers about to become very popular? 21953170
David Gooda @davidgooda.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My uncle was delighted with his: it was elegant, witty, and pretty challenging (not unlike R Smyth, perhaps). 252
Reposted by David GoodaJo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The most sensible MPC member, by a margin. www.ft.com/content/4aa0... 1108
Reposted by David GoodaKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 29/09/2026Either this is true, in which case *what are we doing here*? Shut it down. Or it's bullshit, in which case these are truly silly people unworthy of our money 31502139
David Gooda @davidgooda.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One of the first I read for pleasure, once I’d detoxed from an English degree. Hope it makes you do that thing where you close it and look into the middledistance, while it all gradually settles in your mind. 010
Reposted by David GoodaRachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I’m a dual national. I’m not planing on committing any crimes anytime soon, let alone ones with a sentence of 5+ years, but if I ever did I’m not sure why my second passport should disqualify me from facing the same British justice system as everyone else and instead strip me of my citizenship 1430471
Reposted by David GoodaDavid Gooda @davidgooda.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Mulberry Bush does amazing therapeutic work for some of the most vulnerable and traumatised children in our society. I'm part of their 2026 Oxford Half fundraising team; please help me run faster by donating! www.justgiving.com/fundraising/... On behalf of Mulberry Bush, thank you very much.justgiving.comMy fundraising pageHelp David Gooda raise money to support The Mulberry Bush 001
Reposted by David GoodaStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Labour, and the country, need a Callaghan moment. Bracing column by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social:ft.comYou want honesty, Andy? Britain is out of easy optionsThe prime minister must tell voters that Labour’s manifesto has been superseded by world events, both economic and military 147016
David Gooda @davidgooda.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Mulberry Bush does amazing therapeutic work for some of the most vulnerable and traumatised children in our society. I'm part of their 2026 Oxford Half fundraising team; please help me run faster by donating! www.justgiving.com/fundraising/... On behalf of Mulberry Bush, thank you very much.justgiving.comMy fundraising pageHelp David Gooda raise money to support The Mulberry Bush 001
Reposted by David GoodaTony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Will this give John Healey more cover to make hard decisions in the UK budget? www.ft.com/content/5b11...ft.comUS Treasury yields soar most since ‘liberation day’ tariffs shook marketsTraders crank up bets on Federal Reserve rate rises after new data fuel worries economy is overheating 0122
Reposted by David GoodaTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Not to harp on this, but one man has now coordinated the disruption of a port, two separate attacks on the RNLI, and interference with the border force and the police have no further questions? And the Home Secretary has not noticed? 28640236
David Gooda @davidgooda.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My colleague didn't know I was scrolling Bluesky this morning, but I have just broken cover and risked disapproval by retelling her this story. She laughed as hard I did. 130
Reposted by David GoodaMike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026New Post: Why I Love AI Next month it'll be twenty years since I went to university, learned to program, and studied AI. I wrote about why I loved it, why I still love it, and why, unfortunately, it no longer exists. www.possibilityspace.org/blog/posts/i... 31553163
Reposted by David GoodaRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This only works by accepting we are a national culture rather than an ethnicity. And a national culture can be 'breathed in' by newcomers. That's what the ethnats hate. 710915
Reposted by David GoodaJames Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026*the issue here is these groups are just low trust in institutions and no matter how you try to reach them you will always be the BBC and get outflanked. Meanwhile you lose trust elsewhere 251
Reposted by David GoodaRachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Anyway, UK AI policy is foreign policy and I guess Burnham has indicated pretty clearly in that speech which way we're going. 221
Reposted by David GoodaEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 23/09/2026I don’t know how you read this and say that AI is going to work out financially speaking. This is a senior person at Fidelity saying money invested in AI is dead, and has been for more than three months. How much louder do people need the sound to be? 2274079
Reposted by David GoodaAlastair Harper @alastairharper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thomas Edison in 1910. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves on this net zero business, lads 213860
Reposted by David GoodaWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Endangering another during a journey by sea; criminal damage; carrying an offensive weapon; possession of a bladed article; conduct endangering ships or individuals; unlawfully and intentionally destroying a ship breaching section 11 of the aviation and maritime security act; 14540158
Reposted by David GoodaJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 22/09/2026Maybe we should have arrested this guy for blocking ports. 21730145
Reposted by David GoodaDylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I mean, at this point, it's fairly unambiguously paramilitarism. You've got a non-state actor using violence to further political objectives. It's flagrantly in breach of democratic principles several times over. Inaction would be the most ultimate failure of a democratic government. 732170
Reposted by David GoodaLewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I thought Keir should have done one of these in October 2024 to do a fiscal U-turn. But Andy doing a broadcast now on ‘British values’ and the threat of the far right would be salutary. 1389
Reposted by David GoodaAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Stop calling it a climate problem. Call it what it is: organized greed. The planet isn’t dying. It’s being killed for profit. The killers have names. And boardrooms. #ClimateJustice #StopEcocide 17979353272
Reposted by David GoodaGiles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"At a moment when none of the parties’ fiscal plans comes within £30bn of adding up, it might easily be at the expense of a properly funded health service, a functioning prison system or a swath of defence commitments" is timeless alas 0231
Reposted by David GoodaSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026As I have written many times the demise of the centre-right is the most important global political trend of our times. 815916
Reposted by David GoodaJonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It's been 4 years since the 2022 energy crisis. The UK spent £44bn supporting energy bills over that winter. We've had 4 years to prepare for the next one, to invest in a robust energy advice network, to build our capacity to retrofit homes. But we are woefully unprepared for the 2026 energy crisis. 1156
Reposted by David GoodaLizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The government needs to learn there is no way of housing asylum seekers that will please a large section of the population, and even less so the hard right They should house people in the most practical way while focusing on processing claims fairly and efficiently, and maybe talk about it less 723652