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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 21/09/2026

I was idly browsing through the search queries on Google Analytics for one of my websites. I'd love to know what prompted this pair of searches.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 31/07/2026

If Andy Burnham really wants to do something good for the country he should appoint a Minister for Drought. It worked for Jim Callaghan in 1976.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 30/06/2026

Putting politics above the planet.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 21/06/2026

Watching the Belgium v Iran game, I've just realised that if Iran played Brunei the score would read IRN-BRU.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 17/06/2026

To be fair, I've never played baseball. But then, my guess is that RFK has never played cricket. So we're even.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 14/06/2026

What practical steps would you take to achieve that goal?

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 03/06/2026

I possibly could have worded that better.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 02/06/2026

My current house is full of books. It's full of books because when I was a kid, the library was full of books.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 28/05/2026

The real question is, why did we make it up? How did we decide it was better than what it replaced? What are the necessary preconditions for coming up with something that will replace it in turn?

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 21/05/2026

My Fitbit app updated this morning to the new Google Health app. It's awful. Missing functionality, poor UI design, lacking customisation options, at least one really in-your-face bug.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 21/05/2026

Profit margins aren't a matter of opinion, they are a matter of fact. And the majority of respondents to that survey have gat the facts wrong.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 20/05/2026

Leeds fans appear to have been the most realistic. Spurs and West Ham fans the least.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 16/05/2026

I've read six of them, only one of which I'd put in my personal top 100.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 28/04/2026

Just heard a classic candidate for Colemanballs. Context, I'm watching Southampton v Ipswich in the EFL on Sky. Ipswich won the ball in their own area and pushed forward for a rapid counter-attack. Commentator: "The Blues are literally like Red Arrows".

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 16/04/2026

Slightly unfortunate typo in the BBC's story on the Covid report. I asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot to generate an image of the UK playing a huge roll.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 24/03/2026

That could have been so much better. I won't dwell on it, though. Wordle 1,739 5/6* ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 23/03/2026

If your response to an attack on a Jewish charity's vehicles is to question why the charity exists, your question tells us far more about you than you will ever learn from the answers to your question.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 23/03/2026

So the main objective of the war is to deal with a predictable consequence of starting the war. Make it make sense.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 22/03/2026

One of the bizarre things about Trump's social media posts isn't the content, dumb though it is, it's the way he signs them off. "Thank you for your attention to this matter". Sounds like an email from a middle manager complaining that staff are leaving empty sandwich wrappers on their desks again.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 18/03/2026

I learned a new word today. From the BBC report into Scotland's assisted dying bill.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 17/03/2026

I fully expect that there's a preponderance of Georges, Davids and Andrews with birthdays on specific dates as well. My grandfather's middle name was Valentine, because he was born on 14th February.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 26/02/2026

I entirely agree. Test bookings should be non-transferable and tied to a licence number. Cancellations in advance get the fee refunded and the test goes back into the pool to be available for someone else to book. No-shows pay for the test they didn't take. Simples.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 07/02/2026

I'm not going to complain. Wordle 1,694 3/6* 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 22/01/2026

Even Google's AI admits that AI is hurting independent websites. Maybe it's time for the independent web to reinvent the things which were once its main sources of traffic.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 10/01/2026

Ayatollah, don't Khamenei closer...

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 07/01/2026

How much did the KSI rate drop by in Scotland after the change?

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 11/11/2025

Buses, like trains, should have delay repay. Not necessarily every bus - it's not really necessary for high-frequency urban services when the next one will be along soon. But when there's only one bus an hour, and the bus is late (or cancelled), there should be some redress.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 10/11/2025

I've been playing around with the Spotify API. here's a little project I've done with it. www.markgoodge.com/2025/10/seas...

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 09/11/2025

Watched the first instalment of the new David Attenborough series, Kingdom, this evening. One of the recurring features is a family of wild dogs. If they go the whole six episodes without once mentioning them crying out in the night, I will be very disappointed.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 05/10/2025

Where it's going is that I would like to see a link to a reliable primary source of that statement. Because it sounds interesting, but social media is not a good basis for policy making.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 03/10/2025

So, what do we think of the new Taylor Swift album, then?

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 24/09/2025

Football trivia. Tonight's match between Port Vale and Arsenal is the first domestic English game for more than 25 years where neither side is named after a place.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 24/09/2025

Zero to 100% in three lines. Beautiful. Wordle 1,558 3/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 06/09/2025

But the tax system itself is the biggest problem, not the people paying tax. As I'm sure Angela Rayner would now agree. At least, I hope so. 6/6

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 06/09/2025

Of course we should still go after those who deliberately cheat the system for personal gain. And when mistakes are discovered, it's right that they are corrected. 5/6

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 06/09/2025

If something good comes out of this, it will be that Rayner, and her colleagues, recognise that taxpayers are not the enemy, to be stung for every possible penny. And that it's admirable to want to do the best for your family, even if you don't always get it quite right. 4/6

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 06/09/2025

What is her fault, though, is that she's spent her entire political career demonising other people who are also grappling with the complexity of the tax system and not always getting it right. And that's where the allegations of hypocrisy stack up. 3/6

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 06/09/2025

It's not her fault that HMRC's rules on stamp duty are arcane and counterintuitive. I'm sure plenty of other people have been caught out by this particular gotcha, too. 2/6

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 06/09/2025

I don't think Angela Rayner's tax affairs are particularly morally culpable. Yes, she should have obtained professional advice, and yes, not doing so amounted to a breach of the ministerial code. So resigning was the right course of action. But...🧵1/6

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 26/08/2025

I was there. Here's one of my own photos.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 26/08/2025

As reported in the Daily mail at the time

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 26/08/2025

This photo has started showing up on social media as if it's related to events of the past few days. It isn't. It's from the Vale of Evesham Asparagus Festival 11 years ago. The asparagus season traditionally starts on St George's day, hence the flag.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 26/08/2025

Apostrophe fans of the world. What are your thoughts on this?

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 19/08/2025

What about the ones that are free? What about the ones that people with the right skills put together themselves?

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 16/08/2025

Taken from this map, you'll need to untick all the lower league clubs to just get the one I copied. www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...

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England Soccer Clubs 2025-26: Tiers 1-6 - Google My Maps

Presented by Groundhopper Soccer Guides: https://groundhopperguides.com

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