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Matthew Gooding

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Tech journalist and football bore. Work: www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/profi… Occasional Cambridge United hot takes: substack.com/@mattgooding

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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 20h
Watched a video from Jake Humphrey (I know, I only have myself to blame) this week and got annoyed, so arranged my thoughts into a column. The convo around where data centers should be located is an important one, but not all interventions are helpful: www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/opinions/...
datacenterdynamics.com
Jake Humphrey and a very British attitude to data centers
Legitimate concerns or Norfolk NIMBY-ism?
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My latest for Under the Abbey Stand on the duality of Neil Harris, a thoroughly modern coach who occasionally seems to be doing battle with his inner Proper Football Man: www.undertheabbeystand.com/p/the-dualit... #CamUTD
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The Duality Of Neil
UTAS columnist Matt Gooding on how United’s manager straddles two very different eras of football
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Price and Humphries serving up a classic in the Grand Prix final. Much more fun when Littler isn't there beating up on everyone 🎯
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Excited for a Harris vs Savage touchline BUST UP in the derby #CamUTD
bbc.co.uk
Robbie Savage: Forest Green manager allowed to speak to other club amid Peterborough links
Forest Green give manager Robbie Savage permission to speak to another club, amid speculation linking him to Peterborough United.
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Lovely day for football, and to see Pelly Ruddock playing right-wing back for the first time ever(?) #camutd
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Really interested to see how the Nscale IPO goes, anyone who buys in will be betting on their ability to deliver massive amounts of compute based on very little concrete evidence they can do it: www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/ai-c...
datacenterdynamics.com
AI cloud and data center firm Nscale raises $3.36bn ahead of its IPO
Follows publication of IPO prospectus
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Just did my annual log in to Facebook and yeah seems like the boomer radicalization programme is still in full swing
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What League One refereeing delights are in store for us this afternoon? We're about to find out #camutd 💛🖤
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
OpenAI can't even make ChatGPT work properly, yet are also on the verge of unleashing a humanity-destroying superintelligence? Seems totally legit.
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Just noticed this story today. Wild stuff. I worked for Galbraith for a short time and did not enjoy the experience, but would never have pegged him as a Restorer
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Iffy half from the Mighty U's, but a lovely goal to level things up. I'd bring Pelly on for Heath to give us a bit extra in midfield, haven't had much control at all
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Think Owen Moxon might be the the midfielder we've been missing for at least five years (one who can pass). Terrible at corners though. #camutd
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Bromley, where getting 800 people who pre-bought their tickets into a stadium on time is clearly an insurmountable task akin to bringing peace to the Middle East 🙄
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Reunited with my favourite pillar, we've been through a lot together. Up the U's 🧡🖤
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Incredible commentary on Reacher (which you should watch, even if the synopsis/trailer gives you the ick)
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
With the 2025/26 season 48 hours away, I wrote a bit for Under the Abbey Stand on Cambridge United opening days of years gone by. Feeling cautiously optimistic about the new season, think it's gonna be fun. LFG. 🖤💛 (£/free trial): open.substack.com/pub/underthe... #CamUTD
open.substack.com
Opening Days Gone By
A look back at the good, the bad and the ugly from United's season openers
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The Junior U's Open Day is a very wholesome event. I would've loved this when I was a kid (and tbh still do)
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
“Victim misses” had become “victim Mrs.” is an incredible line
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
SpaceXAI news: Musk confirms new data center in Memphis, & his firm is removing 69 temporary and polluting gas turbines it uses at the campus. This seems like great news, until you realize they have permission to build 41 permanent ones: www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/musk...
datacenterdynamics.com
Musk confirms fourth SpaceXAI data center in Memphis, company starts removing 'illegal' gas turbines
Macrohard gets Minihard
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 31/07/2026
In fifteen years, the UK has deleted coal power from their power system, halved fossil gas use, replaced most of that with wind and solar, and the country has not suffered the hellish blackout apocalypse conservatives and media outlets promised would happen. ember-energy.org/data/electri...
Stacked area chart showing UK electricity generation (terawatt‑hours) from 2000–2025, highlighting a steep fall in coal, declining gas and nuclear, and steady growth in wind, solar and other renewables over time.
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🚨UK govt's flagship data center scheme, AI Growth Zones, is in limbo following the abolition of the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology. Ministers have yet to decide which department will be responsible for the project moving forward: www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/uk-a...
datacenterdynamics.com
UK AI Growth Zone program for data centers in limbo after DSIT closure
New home for flagship digital infrastructure scheme yet to be decided
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I wonder if this will be Luke Littler's peak or whether he can get even better. Hard to think there's much space to improve on this week's body of work. Just unbelievable dominance.
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Also, further proof, if it were needed, that Elon is a wrong'un
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When Saturday Comes @wsc.co.uk · 20/07/2026
The first WSC contributor to hold the office of Prime Minister – Andy Burnham for WSC 101, July 1995
Waiting Game article, WSC 101 July 1995. Standfirst: "Once again, the distribution of Cup Final tickets caused a rumpus. Andy Burnham reports on the Everton fans who missed out"
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Not sure if I hated the half time show or that BBC ad more tbh
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Shame about OnePlus, I had the 3T back in the day and still miss it. Incredibly, it cost like £300: www.wired.com/story/oneplu...
wired.com
OnePlus, the ‘Flagship-Killer’ Smartphone Brand, Is All but Dead
The original OnePlus phone disrupted the mobile market 13 years ago with its affordable price and top-end specs. Now, the company is exiting North America and Europe to focus on China.
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Until the fans and players start learning the words to New Generation the years of hurt are going to continue indefinitely
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Should've anticipated Yamal turning Digne into a human exhaust vent
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Just had this pop up on my YouTube and assumed it must be a parody. #CamUTD
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Kane taking "leaving it all out on the pitch" to extremes there by forgetting to bring his voice back with him
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Omg
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Well that was enjoyable... for about two minutes. Good game to watch if you don't care about the outcome, I guess
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The reason football is the greatest sport is that the best team with the best players playing the most beautiful can be thwarted by a bunch of big blokes repeatedly poking them with a (metaphorical) stick #FRAPAR
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
TELL ME WHERE THE BOMB IS www.cambridgeunited.com/news/patrick...
cambridgeunited.com
Patrick Bauer added to ranks | Cambridge United F.C.
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Buzzing for October when Ahadme and Lavery are both ruled out for three months and we have to make Appere run and run for 90 minutes every week until he's ready for the glue factory: www.cambridgeunited.com/news/ahadme-... #CamUTD
cambridgeunited.com
Ahadme signs for the season | Cambridge United F.C.
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Worryingly there don't appear to be any problematic exhaust vents in the French Death Star. Even the full-backs look ok now. Olise's assists were, obviously, absolute filth.
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Harsh on Germany, that. On the other hand;
static.klipy.com
Simpsons Laugh: Homer, Bart, and Lisa
ALT: Simpsons Laugh: Homer, Bart, and Lisa
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Knew Matterface would go Samurai sword. Truly the worst of commentators. #BraJap
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Feeling weirdly emosh about Ben Stokes retiring - such a consistently captivating sportsman, for better or worse
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I'll take it
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Enjoyable goal from Canada, quite out of keeping with the rest of this game #SUICAN
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Looks like Iraq have drafted in Dom Ball to deal with Mbappe. Smart move. #camUTD
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Yes, I enjoyed it and was surprised (well, not, but you know) to hear Keane being so scathing after
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Emergency Renard ACTIVATED. What a guy: www.nytimes.com/athletic/736...
nytimes.com
Tunisia appoint Renard as new head coach after firing Lamouchi
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Good piece on the incoherence of the social media ban from @stephenkb.bsky.social. It's wild to me that proponents of banning think that kids should see no harmful content at 15 but when they turn 16 they're... suddenly fully equipped to deal with it? www.ft.com/content/4541...
ft.com
Social media ban reveals Keir Starmer’s coherence problem
If 16-year-olds are old enough to vote, they should have access to the same information environment as adults
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
A bit on the SpaceX IPO jamboree - Musk's firm will apparently launch its first 'orbital data center' AI1 satellites next year, and in the meantime is going to put compute on Starlink craft as a test run: www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/spac... #SPCX
datacenterdynamics.com
SpaceX IPO: Musk's firm set to launch first 'orbital data center' AI1 satellites in 2027, will put compute on Starlink craft
World's most valuable rocket company is now an infrastructure business, COO says
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Very happy with this - Appéré, but with more goals #CamUTD🖤💛 www.cambridgeunited.com/news/stead-j...
cambridgeunited.com
Stead joins as first summer signing | Cambridge United F.C.
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Google will pay SpaceXAi $920m a month! Except that if Musk's companies don't provide Google with GPUs by September (conveniently, a couple of months after the SpaceX IPO) then Google can just cancel the deal. Seems completely legitimate to me; www.cnbc.com/2026/06/05/g...
cnbc.com
Google to pay SpaceX $920 million a month for compute capacity at xAI data centers
Ahead of a planned IPO, SpaceX inked a deal to rent compute capacity to Google for $920 million per month for 32 months.
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Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Noooooo, not Giles: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Anthony Head: Buffy and Ted Lasso actor dies at 72
The British actor, who also appeared in Merlin and Little Britain, died of complications from pneumonia.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 03/06/2026
I spent more time on this piece than almost anything else I've written in the last year. Building a better, more decentralized internet is an inherent necessity if you want a functioning democracy. I hope people find it a useful encapsulation of where we're at. www.liberalism.org/p/enshittifi...
liberalism.org
Enshittification, Despotification, and the Open Internet
It’s not about whether technology is inherently good or bad, liberating or oppressive. Architecture shapes incentives; incentives shape outcomes.
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