Derek Goodridge @derekgwt.bsky.social · 11/10/2026An interesting piece from Marco Russo marcorusso.com/writing/code...marcorusso.comCode as a hobby — marcorusso.comThere are two types of developers, hyper-logical and hyper-creative, who feel very differently about AI writing their code. 010
Derek Goodridge @derekgwt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I’ve just finished reading this and really enjoyed it. It’s been a long time since I read a book that made me laugh so much. 242
Reposted by Derek Goodridge Sara Gibbs is Scary Enough Already @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026He imposed Shania Law 14875481457
Reposted by Derek Goodridge Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 6078442206
Reposted by Derek Goodridge ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 26/08/2026ianvisits.co.ukReading’s 70-metre Bayeux Tapestry is a replica worth making the trip forReading Museum is home to a remarkable full-size Victorian replica of the Bayeux Tapestry — complete with an imagined final panel that the medieval original has lost. 23212
Reposted by Derek Goodridge The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/08/2026War! What is it good for? Absolutely humongous oil company profits | First Dog on the Moontheguardian.comWar! What is it good for? Absolutely humongous oil company profits | First Dog on the MoonMission accomplished 312745
Derek Goodridge @derekgwt.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Ive just finished reading this, excellent. Beautifully written and very original. 131
Derek Goodridge @derekgwt.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Excellent long read in today’s @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...theguardian.comThe Dacre dynasty: how Britain’s rightwing press was radicalisedThe long read: Paul Dacre broke new ground in selling readers an angry rightwing perspective. Today, most of Fleet Street is run by his disciples 000
Reposted by Derek Goodridge Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I've just seen about 40 kids sneak into watch 'The Odyssey' without paying by hiding in a giant wooden coat. 4122491508
Reposted by Derek Goodridge Reading Museum @readingmuseum.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Reading’s unique full-size replica of the Bayeux Tapestry is 140 years old this year! Visit for free or book a guided tour with one of our expert team. From September you can compare it to the original on display at the other end of the Elizabeth Line in the British Museum! #BayeuxTapestry 16514
Reposted by Derek Goodridge christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Hey Bayeux Tapestry fans have I made the platform game for you? I’m sure someone else will have done this before but well now I have too… bayeuxgo.livebayeuxgo.liveBayeux Go!Bayeux Go! Thou art Harold. Go forth and win thine battle. Jump your way to victory, avoiding arrows… 34592286
Derek Goodridge @derekgwt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026The Tapestry gallery is excellent and well worth a trip down the Elizabeth Line. Highly recommended! 011
Derek Goodridge @derekgwt.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I enjoyed that ER. Many, many, many years ago I went to school in that area. I’ve been back many times since but best it could offer then was a cafe where you could get a spam roll and a single Players No 6 for threepence. 100
Derek Goodridge @derekgwt.bsky.social · 16/06/2026I’ve been reading How to Talk to AI (and how not to) by Jamie Bartlett. It’s a good read and I just noticed 99p today on Kindle. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0FH...amazon.co.ukHow to Talk to AI: (And How Not To), the must-read new book on artificial intelligence - the Sunday Times bestseller eBook : Bartlett, Jamie: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle StoreHow to Talk to AI: (And How Not To), the must-read new book on artificial intelligence - the Sunday Times bestseller eBook : Bartlett, Jamie: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store 010
Reposted by Derek Goodridge Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 30/05/2026Gift link, good for 300 clicks: as.ft.com/r/6c45f097-7...as.ft.comSpaceX and the ‘enshittification’ of marketsThe IPO of Elon Musk’s company is a big risk for the millions of investors who have put savings into passive investing 108518
Derek Goodridge @derekgwt.bsky.social · 17/05/2026BBC TV Children of the Blitz. Really well made programme now on iPlayer and well worth your time. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...bbc.co.ukBBC Two - Children of the BlitzSome of the last survivors of the Blitz, children who weren't evacuated, tell their story. 000
Reposted by Derek Goodridge Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 03/05/2026it’s worth reading every word of this brilliant, excoriating column by Fraser Nelson 561128498
Reposted by Derek Goodridge Tan G. @tangandhara.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Rare sighting of a column chart taking a dip at Hove Beach. #dataviz 341255230
Reposted by Derek Goodridge The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/04/2026Time for some hard truths from a tech bro: the Stephen Collins cartoontheguardian.comTime for some hard truths from a tech bro: the Stephen Collins cartoonI have thoughts – you’d better listen 36722
Reposted by Derek Goodridge Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Meet Mackenzie Bly (not his real name; see back cover). I wanted to write something purely funny, but fell in love with my lead character along the way. It's out in August, but the lovely proofs, with cover by Jim Kay, have just arrived. Repost before tomorrow (Sun) evening, and I'll pick a winner. 42929
Reposted by Derek Goodridge Martin Nicholls @martinnicholls.bsky.social · 26/02/2026In honour of the Sunday Telegraph's editor and offical maddest columnist, we have created the Allister Heath headline generator... stirring-fox-7e1fab.netlify.appstirring-fox-7e1fab.netlify.appAllister Heath Headline Generator 5231566521
Derek Goodridge @derekgwt.bsky.social · 25/02/2026This is excellent, great cast and does a very good job of highlighting what’s been going on for years in our privatised water industry. I really hope it gets a lot of attention in the same way that the Mr Bates Post Office series did. 000
Derek Goodridge @derekgwt.bsky.social · 22/02/2026One of my favourites, enjoyed it and the sequels very much. 010
Reposted by Derek Goodridge Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comGladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technologyShe made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman. 13674818819707
Derek Goodridge @derekgwt.bsky.social · 05/02/2026My January reading included two excellent books: 1929, the inside story of the Wall Street crash by @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social and A Shellshocked Nation, Britain between the wars by @alwynturner.bsky.social They complemented each other I think. 001
Reposted by Derek Goodridge Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Hoping Matt Goodwin loses Gorton and Denton for many reasons, not least because we can deploy the headline, and resulting nickname, Matt Badloss 1261397
Reposted by Derek Goodridge christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Whoever gets the best shot of him just standing next to the word "ME" wins tonight. 7427
Reposted by Derek Goodridge Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 29/01/2026At the risk of preaching not just to the choir but to the house of bishops, for my New Statesman column this week I have written about leaving Twitter a year ago, and how surreal it's been watching people make excuses for sharing a site with an AI sex pest tool www.newstatesman.com/culture/soci...newstatesman.comHow I quit Elon Musk’s toxic online playgroundX abandoned me long before I abandoned it 812036
Reposted by Derek Goodridge Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 19/01/2026The thing is he’s not physically writing those posts and letters himself. Which means there’s someone in DC doing a lot of nodding while taking dictation and saying things like ‘do you want that in caps?’ And ‘how many exclamation marks, sir?’ 1428226
Derek Goodridge @derekgwt.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Just finished the last episode of Pluribus on Apple TV. Excellent. And Rhea Seehorn superb. 000
Reposted by Derek Goodridge Suffolk Broad (aka Anna) 🇬🇧🇵🇱🇪🇺 @annadamski.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Top trolling from the TUC! 👏 9449104
Reposted by Derek Goodridge Harry Rose @harryrose.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Shameless plug for this tool, which will tell you when your phone will actually explode: www.which.co.uk/reviews/mobi...which.co.ukMobile phone security: check how long a phone will receive security updates - Which?Use our security support tool to how long mobile phones are supported with important software and security updates, and find out what to do if you're at risk 163
Derek Goodridge @derekgwt.bsky.social · 06/01/2026In memory of Molly Parkin here’s an old recipe which has her name attached and is delicious www.riverford.co.uk/recipes/pars...riverford.co.uk 000
Derek Goodridge @derekgwt.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Good piece from @fleetstreetfox.bsky.social fleetstreetfox.substack.com/p/the-london...fleetstreetfox.substack.comThe London fireworks they didn't seeIf this is Sharia law, it's not what we were led to expect 010
Reposted by Derek Goodridge Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 24/12/2025The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground. Wonderful! 281568669
Reposted by Derek Goodridge Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Got a great deal on some cheap ram for my computer 1216214
Derek Goodridge @derekgwt.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Lovely piece from @ediblereading.bsky.social here, best thing I’ve read this week ediblereading.com/2025/12/19/r...ediblereading.comRestaurant review: The Royal Berkshire HospitalOn the Wednesday afternoon, my second full day in hospital after the accident, I put some pictures up on Facebook. Nothing special, just a picture from my bed of Dorrell Ward, my left foot poking o… 100
Derek Goodridge @derekgwt.bsky.social · 09/12/2025On BBC iPlayer, the Marvellous Miniature Workshop has an episode on creation of a miniature Reading Central Club. Great stuff. #rdguk www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...bbc.co.ukThe Marvellous Miniature Workshop - Series 1: 4. Central ClubSara Cox and the team recreate Reading’s iconic Central Club in miniature, celebrating Caribbean culture, music and community, and a daughter’s tribute to her beloved father. 010
Reposted by Derek Goodridge Ben Goldsborough MP @bengoldsborough.bsky.social · 20/11/2025I’m calling on the UK Government to seriously review its presence on X (formerly Twitter) and then leave. It’s not just a communication channel anymore. Read more: www.politicshome.com/news/article... 1/10politicshome.comLabour MPs Call For A More Serious Review Of The Government's Use Of XLabour MPs are calling for ministers to take control of decisions over the government’s continued use of X, as concerns grow about the platform’s s... 27861207
Derek Goodridge @derekgwt.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Just finished reading Seascraper by Benjamin Wood. Really enjoyed it, one of the best books I’ve read this year. 020
![[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.]
From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes:
NEWSREADER:
Extraordinary images here
of an expat in Dubai
[The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly]
…Having their first ever geopolitical thought.
[CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones].
CLIVE MYRIE:
To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent
DAVID JONES:
Clive, this is momentous
It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’.
[Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same]
You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self.
It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts.
CLIVE MYRIE:
Which are…?
DAVID JONES:
You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes,
I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa.
CLIVE MYRIE:
And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days?
DAVID JONES:
I think we can expect to see:
“I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To”
CLIVE MYRIE:
Mmm.
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