Michael Goodier
@michaelgoodier.bsky.social
Journalist on the Guardian Data Projects team
London and Brighton
Ignore my silly posts
London and Brighton
Ignore my silly posts
Just got off a coach from Manchester where several people sitting in all directions from me were playing tiktoks and TV shows etc out loud for the duration. Feel like my brain has been dipped in acid
January 27, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Just got off a coach from Manchester where several people sitting in all directions from me were playing tiktoks and TV shows etc out loud for the duration. Feel like my brain has been dipped in acid
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In fact this is *£380k* - around FOUR times an MP’s salary
January 21, 2026 at 9:04 AM
In fact this is *£380k* - around FOUR times an MP’s salary
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NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
January 21, 2026 at 8:48 AM
NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
Looking like every first round match at the snooker Masters is going to end with a 6-2 score
January 14, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Looking like every first round match at the snooker Masters is going to end with a 6-2 score
📈 Chartle for 12 Jan 2026: Fertility rate: births per woman
Guessed in 2 tries
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Play at chartle.cc
Guessed in 2 tries
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Play at chartle.cc
January 12, 2026 at 8:12 PM
📈 Chartle for 12 Jan 2026: Fertility rate: births per woman
Guessed in 2 tries
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Play at chartle.cc
Guessed in 2 tries
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Play at chartle.cc
I've seen the horrific video and there has been professional analysis done of it by outlets like Bellingcat and NYT. It is not in fact an optical illusion like an image of a white and gold dress that others see in shades of blue. Some people are lying
January 8, 2026 at 10:54 PM
I've seen the horrific video and there has been professional analysis done of it by outlets like Bellingcat and NYT. It is not in fact an optical illusion like an image of a white and gold dress that others see in shades of blue. Some people are lying
This platform won't ever be a place to follow breaking news events if they can't fix the search functionality. Searching for Iran on my phone app is only serving me posts from two hours ago despite seeing plenty of more recent posts from people I follow
January 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
This platform won't ever be a place to follow breaking news events if they can't fix the search functionality. Searching for Iran on my phone app is only serving me posts from two hours ago despite seeing plenty of more recent posts from people I follow
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The MPS has published a review of historic vetting practices, which identifies that standards were cut in order to achieve a recruitment surge associated with the Police Uplift Programme (linked to ££), and to tackle disproportionality in vetting refusals news.met.police.uk/news/met-con...
January 8, 2026 at 7:08 AM
The MPS has published a review of historic vetting practices, which identifies that standards were cut in order to achieve a recruitment surge associated with the Police Uplift Programme (linked to ££), and to tackle disproportionality in vetting refusals news.met.police.uk/news/met-con...
what about
Ethos - what are the government's guiding beliefs
Ends - what is the government trying to achieve
Execution - doing the stuff that follows on from the governments ethos in order to meet its ends
Ethos - what are the government's guiding beliefs
Ends - what is the government trying to achieve
Execution - doing the stuff that follows on from the governments ethos in order to meet its ends
At political cabinet today, Morgan McSweeney gave a presentation on “three Es” on how the government can connect with voters - emotion, empathy and evidence.
Am told he said the government currently has a “deficit in emotion”
Am told he said the government currently has a “deficit in emotion”
January 6, 2026 at 2:48 PM
what about
Ethos - what are the government's guiding beliefs
Ends - what is the government trying to achieve
Execution - doing the stuff that follows on from the governments ethos in order to meet its ends
Ethos - what are the government's guiding beliefs
Ends - what is the government trying to achieve
Execution - doing the stuff that follows on from the governments ethos in order to meet its ends
Then: Mirrors Edge, Now: MKWii
Quote this with your favourite game NOW that was released in 2008, and what your favourite was THEN (if you had one)
Localisations/early access count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend
Two-way ties count
If you need more of a refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
Localisations/early access count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend
Two-way ties count
If you need more of a refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
December 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Then: Mirrors Edge, Now: MKWii
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My kids woke up so excited this morning for the first night of Hannukah and now yet again we have a festival where I’m very conflicted about whether it’s safe to take them to synagogue to celebrate. Communities shouldn’t have to live like this.
December 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
My kids woke up so excited this morning for the first night of Hannukah and now yet again we have a festival where I’m very conflicted about whether it’s safe to take them to synagogue to celebrate. Communities shouldn’t have to live like this.
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This was an extraordinary, spine-tingling moment, recognising fearless and crucial journalism. I don't think I've ever seen a standing ovation like that at a journalism awards do.
Huge congratulations to The Guardian’s former Gaza correspondent Malak A Tantesh, recognised for her work with the Marie Colvin Award at the British Journalism Awards 2025 #BJA2025
December 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This was an extraordinary, spine-tingling moment, recognising fearless and crucial journalism. I don't think I've ever seen a standing ovation like that at a journalism awards do.
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I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
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THE ASSET CLASS, my first book, will be published by @wnbooks.bsky.social on 9 April 2026. It’s a narrative investigation of private equity, a secretive and relentlessly destructive wing of finance that penetrates almost every aspect of our lives - and it’s available to pre-order now!
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
THE ASSET CLASS, my first book, will be published by @wnbooks.bsky.social on 9 April 2026. It’s a narrative investigation of private equity, a secretive and relentlessly destructive wing of finance that penetrates almost every aspect of our lives - and it’s available to pre-order now!
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further to the quoted section below from one former pupil: The Guardian has acquired a copy of the Dulwich College roll in 1980. It shows (this collage is just an excerpt) how there were 13 pupils that year with the surname Patel, and 12 with the surname Smith.
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
further to the quoted section below from one former pupil: The Guardian has acquired a copy of the Dulwich College roll in 1980. It shows (this collage is just an excerpt) how there were 13 pupils that year with the surname Patel, and 12 with the surname Smith.
Great scoop by @robwaugh.bsky.social in Press Gazette. Just searched my emails and I have 113 unread from this spam PR company
pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
Dubious experts deployed by MyJobQuote published more than 600 times in UK press
A network of apparently fake experts has polluted the British media with at least 600 pieces of often AI-generated and misinformed commentary.
pressgazette.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Great scoop by @robwaugh.bsky.social in Press Gazette. Just searched my emails and I have 113 unread from this spam PR company
pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
Really enjoyed working on this one with @journo-jess.bsky.social looking at the areas where deprived and non deprived neighborhoods sit side by side. Good example of using datasets to find case studies
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
‘Posh-poor divide’: the rise in areas of England where wealth and deprivation appear side by side
Data shows increase in neighbourhoods where few metres of asphalt, hedgerow, or wall can separate deep inequality
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Really enjoyed working on this one with @journo-jess.bsky.social looking at the areas where deprived and non deprived neighborhoods sit side by side. Good example of using datasets to find case studies
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.
A groundbreaking experiment to gauge the potency of Elon Musk’s social platform to increase political division found that when posts expressing anti-democratic attitudes and partisan animosity were boosted, even barely perceptibly, in the feeds of Democrat and Republican supporters there was a large change in their unfavourable feelings towards the other side. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Also the 'nick 30 ans' thing started in 2020 and the British one in 2023 apparently so made-up Nick would actually be 32-35. Thanks for reading my fact check.
British politics is now just about making up a guy and assuming he will vote for you
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Also the 'nick 30 ans' thing started in 2020 and the British one in 2023 apparently so made-up Nick would actually be 32-35. Thanks for reading my fact check.
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From now on, when discussing the budget, please use “is this measure bigger than the cost to the exchequer of gen Z drinking less” as your metric for assessing whether something actually raises or costs a significant sum
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
From now on, when discussing the budget, please use “is this measure bigger than the cost to the exchequer of gen Z drinking less” as your metric for assessing whether something actually raises or costs a significant sum
Office for Budget Revelations
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Office for Budget Revelations
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Absolutely extraordinary - this seems to be the OBR's entire economic outlook, posted half an hour before the chancelor stands up:
obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
obr.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Absolutely extraordinary - this seems to be the OBR's entire economic outlook, posted half an hour before the chancelor stands up:
obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
Have got my friends hooked on @chartle.cc - honestly one of the great puzzle games
November 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Have got my friends hooked on @chartle.cc - honestly one of the great puzzle games
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Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
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Very happy to make the shortlist alongside brilliant colleagues @robevansgdn.bsky.social @rowenamason.bsky.social @michaelgoodier.bsky.social David Conn @anlugonz.bsky.social for this year's Public Service Journalism category at the British Journalism Awards for our project The Lords Debate.
UK public service journalism heroes recognised at British Journalism Awards
Express, FT, Guardian, The i, Standard and Eastern Eye make public service shortlist.
pressgazette.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Very happy to make the shortlist alongside brilliant colleagues @robevansgdn.bsky.social @rowenamason.bsky.social @michaelgoodier.bsky.social David Conn @anlugonz.bsky.social for this year's Public Service Journalism category at the British Journalism Awards for our project The Lords Debate.