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Michael Goodier

@michaelgoodier.bsky.social

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Journalist on the Guardian Data Projects team London and Brighton Ignore my silly posts

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@ladyalecto.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 4:43 PMReposted by @michaelgoodier.bsky.social

An unverified claim with a good chart can make two trips around Bluesky before a methodology request gets its shoes on.

@byrobdavies.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 10:22 AMReposted by @michaelgoodier.bsky.social

Latest in a three-year-long seam of reporting by the Guardian, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, the BBC and international media partners. The project, known as Cyprus Confidential, was co-led by the ICIJ and Paper-Trail Media, based on documents first shared by Distributed Denial of Secrets.

@raydouglas.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 1:29 AMReposted by @michaelgoodier.bsky.social

⚽ Informative (and entertaining) explainer of how Manchester City FC reportedly breached Premier League rules, by TikTok's SportsBall

#ManchesterCity #ManCity #Football #PremierLeague

@michaelgoodier.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 11:24 AM

And also that's ^ at a nation level so no use for individual forces

@michaelgoodier.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 11:22 AM

There was also this one off exercise from the ONS but in general I don't know of any other annual ethnicity population estimates www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

@michaelgoodier.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 9:47 PM

I enjoyed it! Was useful for keeping on top of good data stories

@mariosavarese.comOct 1, 2026, 10:16 AMReposted by @michaelgoodier.bsky.social

Go work with him!

@michaelgoodier.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 10:16 AM

Come work with me!

workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...

@michaelgoodier.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 10:22 AM

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

@michaelgoodier.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 11:15 AM

The fairford RAF story is giving me "gatwick drone incident of 2018" vibes

@michaelgoodier.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 5:29 PM

I guess it depends on the borough www.nlwa.gov.uk/whatcanwerec...

@edg.fooSep 23, 2026, 8:47 AMReposted by @michaelgoodier.bsky.social

Definitely the most challenging piece I've worked on so far at the Guardian! Running circles around London filming buses and weary passengers was, weirdly, a highlight πŸƒ 🚌 Loved working alongside Gwyn Topham, @prinashah.bsky.social, Scarlet Pestell, and Ashley Kirk.

@leloveluck.bsky.socialSep 21, 2026, 10:30 AMReposted by @michaelgoodier.bsky.social

Barred from deporting asylum seekers back to places they face jail or death, Trump struck 35 secret deals to send people to places which will deport them there instead.
- 25,000 people deported
- $410 million spent.
- UN aid used to sweeten the deals.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

@ayoub.bsky.socialSep 17, 2026, 9:41 AMReposted by @michaelgoodier.bsky.social

Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible

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@michaelgoodier.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 3:42 PM

woah turns out scientists have invented ur boyfriend www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

@michaelgoodier.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 10:48 AM

Bought an e-bike today for commuting, just in time for London cyclist bluesky discourse!

@michaelgoodier.bsky.socialSep 11, 2026, 3:28 PM

Perhaps i'm being too cynical. I think the job does makes more sense when it's combined with e.g. being a Mayor

@michaelgoodier.bsky.socialSep 11, 2026, 3:20 PM

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
if you measure the work of police and crime commissioners by how much policing improves, I think it would be hard to tell if most police and crime commissioners also went on 127-date theatre tours.

@michaelgoodier.bsky.socialSep 11, 2026, 11:10 AM

Yes it must have been a nightmare to try and maintain! With @mysociety.org removing the "View FOI email address" feature a while back it looks like we're truly back to the era of everyone compiling their own lists for batch FOI

@michaelgoodier.bsky.socialSep 11, 2026, 10:39 AM

RIP to a real one

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