Chris Gooch
@chrisdg.bsky.social
brewer, cyclist, still a trainee dad. Old enough to get free soup and unlimited tea in Asda cafes
Knowing the cost of everything but the value of nothing
Trump to withdraw the US from 35 non-UN groups and 31 UN entities, including bodies related to climate change, gender equality and women's empowerment.
International cooperation replaced by dominance and personal whims of a small clique.
Greater uncertainty, insecurity and corruption inevitable.
International cooperation replaced by dominance and personal whims of a small clique.
Greater uncertainty, insecurity and corruption inevitable.
Full list as Trump announces US leave 66 key international organizations
They include a crucial climate treaty and a UN body promoting gender equality and women's empowerment
www.independent.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Knowing the cost of everything but the value of nothing
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This isn't just creepy right-wing interference in others' sex lives and turning women into baby factories. This is eugenics. Yes, like the Nazis.
Gift link.
Heritage paper on families calls for ‘marriage bootcamp,’ more babies
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Gift link.
Heritage paper on families calls for ‘marriage bootcamp,’ more babies
wapo.st/3NjnQbg
Heritage paper on families calls for ‘marriage bootcamp,’ more babies
The conservative think tank aims to boost U.S. marriage and births through discouraging online dating, restricting pornography and creating tax credits for families.
wapo.st
January 8, 2026 at 11:47 AM
This isn't just creepy right-wing interference in others' sex lives and turning women into baby factories. This is eugenics. Yes, like the Nazis.
Gift link.
Heritage paper on families calls for ‘marriage bootcamp,’ more babies
wapo.st/3NjnQbg
Gift link.
Heritage paper on families calls for ‘marriage bootcamp,’ more babies
wapo.st/3NjnQbg
Self-evident is you give the subject 5 minutes’ thought. If you don’t give it any consideration you can make 2 + 2 = 5
"The current low incidence reflects vaccination success, not evidence that vaccination is unnecessary."
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The Meningococcal Vaccine Just Got Downgraded. Here's What That Means.
A rare but devastating disease just lost a layer of protection.
substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Self-evident is you give the subject 5 minutes’ thought. If you don’t give it any consideration you can make 2 + 2 = 5
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The latest Covid Inquiry evidence exposes the damage caused by poor government information sharing www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/covi...
The latest Covid Inquiry evidence exposes the damage caused by poor government information sharing | Institute for Government
Government departments must do more to prepare for the next crisis.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
January 8, 2026 at 11:49 AM
The latest Covid Inquiry evidence exposes the damage caused by poor government information sharing www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/covi...
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NEW article by me!
We can now visualize pathogens down to atoms; design vaccines in weeks; manufacture them in microbial factories; engineer them more precise than ever before.
We're living through a golden age of vaccine development, but only if we continue to invest in them.
We can now visualize pathogens down to atoms; design vaccines in weeks; manufacture them in microbial factories; engineer them more precise than ever before.
We're living through a golden age of vaccine development, but only if we continue to invest in them.
The golden age of vaccine development - Works in Progress Magazine
The first vaccine was a lucky accident. Now we can design new vaccines in weeks, atom by atom.
worksinprogress.co
January 7, 2026 at 3:20 PM
NEW article by me!
We can now visualize pathogens down to atoms; design vaccines in weeks; manufacture them in microbial factories; engineer them more precise than ever before.
We're living through a golden age of vaccine development, but only if we continue to invest in them.
We can now visualize pathogens down to atoms; design vaccines in weeks; manufacture them in microbial factories; engineer them more precise than ever before.
We're living through a golden age of vaccine development, but only if we continue to invest in them.
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The Sooty Show (7th January 1987). Sweep - upset that the others have been ignoring him recently - decides to pretend he's very, very depressed (writing everything down in a book entitled 'Sweep's master plan for more ATTENTION').
January 7, 2026 at 7:19 PM
The Sooty Show (7th January 1987). Sweep - upset that the others have been ignoring him recently - decides to pretend he's very, very depressed (writing everything down in a book entitled 'Sweep's master plan for more ATTENTION').
We are being deserted by news media.
January 8, 2026 at 6:23 AM
We are being deserted by news media.
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In Minneapolis in 2026, 100% of all homicides were perpetrated as unprovoked acts of violence by agents of ICE.
Victim in ICE Shooting Is Remembered for Her Kindness
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:09 AM
In Minneapolis in 2026, 100% of all homicides were perpetrated as unprovoked acts of violence by agents of ICE.
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ICE policy requires the use of bodyworn cameras. Video should be available from every agent who was involved in the death of a citizen in Minneapolis. ICE should release all of that video so the public can have clarity about the Secy's claim the shooting was self defense. www.ice.gov/news/release...
Archived: ICE announces updated policy for body-worn cameras
The policy calls for the use of BWCs in all aspects of ICE enforcement activities conducted by ICE personnel in furtherance of the ICE mission, excluding certain investigative activities. ICE is worki...
www.ice.gov
January 7, 2026 at 7:19 PM
ICE policy requires the use of bodyworn cameras. Video should be available from every agent who was involved in the death of a citizen in Minneapolis. ICE should release all of that video so the public can have clarity about the Secy's claim the shooting was self defense. www.ice.gov/news/release...
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Volker Turk's description of West Bank situation as 'apartheid' marks first time a UN human rights chief has used term.
Israel ‘asphyxiating' Palestinians for ‘apartheid system' in West Bank: UN
Volker Turk's description of West Bank situation as 'apartheid' marks first time a UN human rights chief has used term.
www.aljazeera.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Volker Turk's description of West Bank situation as 'apartheid' marks first time a UN human rights chief has used term.
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“Kill someone else!”
After killing an innocent woman in Minneapolis Trump’s ICE goons are roughing up protestors and firing munitions into people’s faces.
Original video: www.instagram.com/reel/DTOAPs6...
After killing an innocent woman in Minneapolis Trump’s ICE goons are roughing up protestors and firing munitions into people’s faces.
Original video: www.instagram.com/reel/DTOAPs6...
January 7, 2026 at 7:26 PM
“Kill someone else!”
After killing an innocent woman in Minneapolis Trump’s ICE goons are roughing up protestors and firing munitions into people’s faces.
Original video: www.instagram.com/reel/DTOAPs6...
After killing an innocent woman in Minneapolis Trump’s ICE goons are roughing up protestors and firing munitions into people’s faces.
Original video: www.instagram.com/reel/DTOAPs6...
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Meanwhile the UK's National Lottery is *still* advertising on Twitter today...
You can take action by commenting on the National Lottery Facebook page urging them to pull their ads: ==> facebook.com/thenationall...
You can take action by commenting on the National Lottery Facebook page urging them to pull their ads: ==> facebook.com/thenationall...
January 5, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Meanwhile the UK's National Lottery is *still* advertising on Twitter today...
You can take action by commenting on the National Lottery Facebook page urging them to pull their ads: ==> facebook.com/thenationall...
You can take action by commenting on the National Lottery Facebook page urging them to pull their ads: ==> facebook.com/thenationall...
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Today's GB News radio advertisers include *The National Lottery *StarSportsBet *QuiteGreat *Boxt *CheersBritannia *Radiocentre *Agincare *PSPIT *AllClearTravel *MotorCables
www.thenational.scot/news/2478417...
www.thenational.scot/news/2478417...
GB News is an 'anti-Muslim hate channel', two-year study into output concludes
GB News “accounted for almost 50 per cent of all mentions of Muslims or Islam on UK news channels” in a two-year period, a study has found ...
www.thenational.scot
January 6, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Today's GB News radio advertisers include *The National Lottery *StarSportsBet *QuiteGreat *Boxt *CheersBritannia *Radiocentre *Agincare *PSPIT *AllClearTravel *MotorCables
www.thenational.scot/news/2478417...
www.thenational.scot/news/2478417...
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Today's GB News TV advertisers include *CelebrationOfLifeCremations *PolishTourismOrganisation *AllClearTravel *CandlelightUK *HafrenFurnishers *Speediancegym *Boxt *SimplyFactoring *TonicSurgery *RangefordLiving *Moneyfactscompare *Freshpet *Haltonlifts *Agincare *RepairMyKitchen *EveryoneActive
Just weeks after the 80th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials, where Nazi leaders were prosecuted for the gravest of international crimes, GB News tells viewers that international law is "a nonsense" & "generally speaking the United States doesn't really acknowledge... any kind of international law"
January 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Today's GB News TV advertisers include *CelebrationOfLifeCremations *PolishTourismOrganisation *AllClearTravel *CandlelightUK *HafrenFurnishers *Speediancegym *Boxt *SimplyFactoring *TonicSurgery *RangefordLiving *Moneyfactscompare *Freshpet *Haltonlifts *Agincare *RepairMyKitchen *EveryoneActive
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The Express keeps its streak of publishing inflammatory, anti-migrant articles including this piece, where a misleading headline blames migrants, whilst the main text implies racists targeting the hotel are to blame.
Ads by #Lidl, #Aldi, #TGJones & #NuffieldHealth
Ads by #Lidl, #Aldi, #TGJones & #NuffieldHealth
January 7, 2026 at 10:54 AM
The Express keeps its streak of publishing inflammatory, anti-migrant articles including this piece, where a misleading headline blames migrants, whilst the main text implies racists targeting the hotel are to blame.
Ads by #Lidl, #Aldi, #TGJones & #NuffieldHealth
Ads by #Lidl, #Aldi, #TGJones & #NuffieldHealth
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Explosive new article from @hopenothate.org.uk about the rise and fall of White Vanguard: How a neo-Nazi group tore itself apart. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/01/07/t...
The rise and fall of White Vanguard: How a neo-Nazi group tore itself apart – HOPE not hate
Warning: this article includes extreme and offensive imagery HOPE not hate can reveal that the neo-Nazi group White Vanguard has suffered a major split. A...
hopenothate.org.uk
January 7, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Explosive new article from @hopenothate.org.uk about the rise and fall of White Vanguard: How a neo-Nazi group tore itself apart. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/01/07/t...
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A valuable cautionary note to university administrators, and a good outcome in the particular case.
clarksvillenow.com/local/apsu-t...
clarksvillenow.com/local/apsu-t...
APSU to pay $500,000 to professor fired, then reinstated over Charlie Kirk post - ClarksvilleNow.com
Austin Peay State University will pay one of its professors $500,000 after initially firing him for a social media post in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death.
clarksvillenow.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:11 PM
A valuable cautionary note to university administrators, and a good outcome in the particular case.
clarksvillenow.com/local/apsu-t...
clarksvillenow.com/local/apsu-t...
FFS
Lol how can you tell this administration is lying to you? Because oil hasn't been shipped in actual barrels in over a century
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
January 7, 2026 at 4:21 PM
FFS
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If you missed this question to Nigel Farage from The Critic's Rob Hutton – and it was over an hour into the press conference – then it was a particularly good one. The answer was... vague.
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 AM
If you missed this question to Nigel Farage from The Critic's Rob Hutton – and it was over an hour into the press conference – then it was a particularly good one. The answer was... vague.
Hear hear
January 7, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Hear hear
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File under the ever-growing subgenre of my work which I’m calling ‘Inanimate Object Has A Massive Go At A Person For No Reason’
![Comic strip script:
Scene is a SUPERMARKET, a MAN is walking past a display of CREME EGGS with his trolley.
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MAN:
Tut
2
CREME EGG [talking to him from the shelf]:
Excuse me - did you just tut at us?
3
MAN:
W-what?
CREME EGG:
Tutting because you’ve seen ‘Easter eggs’ on January 11th, is it?
4
MAN:
What? Well, y-yes, I -
CREME EGG:
Listen, Tut boy
5
CREME EGG:
We are not Easter eggs. We are Creme Eggs.
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CREME EGG:
We are the shock troops of seasonal capitalism. Eldritch simulacra of rebirth. Fondant mockery of life.
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CREME EGG:
Not for us the grand safety of a cardboard box. Oh no.
They put us out here first, in our little foil uniforms, every January, to face the wrath of the nation.
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CREME EGG:
And what you gonna do about it? Tut? Snark about us on social media?
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CREME EGG:
Maybe you’ll write a little column in the Telegraph titled “It Is Sad That The Easter Eggs Are Out Already”.
10
CREME EGG:
You tut because you know that unlike you, we will return, every January…
…forever.
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CREME EGG:
The eternal rebirth of mammon! The endless -
MAN:
Oh go on then
[He puts one of the Creme Eggs in his trolley]
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CREME EGG:
HA HA YOU WORM](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreigf4nleeln6m3pznu3n33mmk4m2f7uwxg7qh6khg4e5l65yycrdjy@jpeg)
January 7, 2026 at 11:23 AM
File under the ever-growing subgenre of my work which I’m calling ‘Inanimate Object Has A Massive Go At A Person For No Reason’
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I don’t know. Yesterday a woman in the Bloomsbury Waitrose described the one in Granary Square as “the good Waitrose” and for a moment I thought “huh, maybe David Betz is right. Maybe we will start to see civil war on the Strand”.
The idea that London has become less safe in recent years is quite strange - just look at how once "dangerous" areas have been transformed in recent years. Gentrification comes with its own issues but streets are packed with visitors and city far more welcoming than when I moved here a decade ago.
January 7, 2026 at 11:09 AM
I don’t know. Yesterday a woman in the Bloomsbury Waitrose described the one in Granary Square as “the good Waitrose” and for a moment I thought “huh, maybe David Betz is right. Maybe we will start to see civil war on the Strand”.
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“Can I begin by saying I hope all colleagues had a happy Christmas. It probably feels quite along time ago now, but not for Reform of course because today is the day that they celebrate Christmas in Russia”
Keir Starmer
#PMQs
Keir Starmer
#PMQs
January 7, 2026 at 12:13 PM
“Can I begin by saying I hope all colleagues had a happy Christmas. It probably feels quite along time ago now, but not for Reform of course because today is the day that they celebrate Christmas in Russia”
Keir Starmer
#PMQs
Keir Starmer
#PMQs
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"The report concluded that it remained unclear whether or not US intelligence would be able to access the data, despite Palantir’s official reassurances otherwise. The 🇨🇭army also found other issues, in terms of its cost & the fact that it might require Palantir specialists to be permanently onsite"
MPs question UK Palantir contracts after investigation reveals security concerns
Journalists find Swiss government rejected company over fears US intelligence might gain access to sensitive data
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:31 AM
"The report concluded that it remained unclear whether or not US intelligence would be able to access the data, despite Palantir’s official reassurances otherwise. The 🇨🇭army also found other issues, in terms of its cost & the fact that it might require Palantir specialists to be permanently onsite"
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"This is one of the biggest things people get wrong about the asylum system: survival is mistaken for safety. You can be alive, sheltered, and still profoundly harmed."
🖋️ Gulwali Passarlay on his own experiences and the misconceptions around the asylum system in the UK.
inews.co.uk/opinion/chil...
🖋️ Gulwali Passarlay on his own experiences and the misconceptions around the asylum system in the UK.
inews.co.uk/opinion/chil...
I was a child asylum seeker treated as an adult. The Home Office is inhumane
What people get wrong about the life of an asylum seeker in the UK is not just the facts. It is the human cost of getting it wrong
inews.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 11:25 AM
"This is one of the biggest things people get wrong about the asylum system: survival is mistaken for safety. You can be alive, sheltered, and still profoundly harmed."
🖋️ Gulwali Passarlay on his own experiences and the misconceptions around the asylum system in the UK.
inews.co.uk/opinion/chil...
🖋️ Gulwali Passarlay on his own experiences and the misconceptions around the asylum system in the UK.
inews.co.uk/opinion/chil...