JoshGD
@JoshGD
Writer, audio producer @FT joshua.gabertdoyon at ft dot com bluesky: joshgd100
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For the FT Magazine, I spent the past year following the Enhanced Games, a Peter Thiel and Trump Jr.-backed "steroid Olympics", and the strange coalition that's developed around the prospect of commercialised doping. ft.com/content/8a14ea…
Hosted today's FT News Briefing, featuring segments on Chinese demographics and Saudi Arabian bank borrowing + interviews with @KanaInagaki on Chinese EV expansion strategy and @marymcdougall13 on European pension pressures. ft.com/content/ae0112…
UK satellite company Open Cosmos wins a highly contested Ka-band spectrum license, used for high-speed internet, beating companies backed by Peter Thiel (@joshgd / Financial Times) ft.com/content/8262df… techmeme.com/260114/p19#a26… 📥 Send tips! techmeme.com/contact
Surprising number of data centres coming up in London, many larger ones are in industrial sites in west, but some are in denser areas, which raises questions about some of the trade-offs around housing and energy. New data w/ @amy_borrett ft.com/content/836e66…
Visited the BAE Systems factory and Forgemasters steelworks in Sheffield for a story about whether the arms industry can be a driver of new jobs, or if there are reasons to be sceptical about the investment push. w/ @sylviapfeifer ft.com/content/e46fd7…
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From steel to guns: inside Britain’s newest arms factory
Sheffield was once the UK’s centre of steelmaking. Now a rising tide of defence spending promises revival
NEW: Our three-part podcast Defying Death follows the quest to live longer from ancient times to today's frontier technologies. Great to work on this with the wonderful @hannahkuchler, @phillipsflo, @JoshGD & the rest of the @FinancialTimes pod team. ft.com/content/a33d20…
Wrote about some of the emerging tensions over the UK's YIMBY movement, which has pitted Labour councillors against supply-side activists over the question of how to tackle the housing crisis, and how much developers should have a say. on.ft.com/3LLFnrX
My latest for @latimes: I travelled to southern India to document the rise of the AI "arm farms" — where young engineers strap GoPros to their foreheads and fold laundry or pack boxes to teach humanoid robots how to do chores. latimes.com/business/story…
In the paper today with a piece about how a generation of male influencers have grown up and rebranded as business gurus, employing a particular mix of grooming, dating and professional advice. Part monetisation strategy, part Victorian etiquette guide. on.ft.com/4o6knKM
Great reporting from London's most important borough by @JoshGD and @PickardJE: ft.com/content/54f861…
Some of these contracts are going to be described as AI because it's a buzzword, but that doesn't stop the fact that the government's push for AI public sector procurement is has been a big win for tech and consulting companies. ft.com/content/70559d…
Tussell: UK government contracts for AI-related projects have reached £573M in 2025 to July 15, up from £468M for the whole of 2024, as it seeks efficiency (@joshgd / Financial Times) ft.com/content/70559d… techmeme.com/250827/p11#a25… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro…
“Housing costs are playing a huge role and the children who are staying in London are often from more deprived backgrounds with more support needs.” London's schools are closing, only to be reopened as special educational needs and disabilities schools. on.ft.com/3ULZqrv
Wrote about how outsourcers Serco and Mears are retreating from the asylum hotel system, as the government looks to phase out the use of hotels for immigration housing. on.ft.com/4orJ0Sy
For FT Magazine I delved into the world of forensic botany and expert witnesses. Why do specialised fields of evidence-gathering matter, and what do we lose when we cut investment in forensics? Some incredible photos for this one on.ft.com/4kYQbyI
Visited a bunch of vape shops and did some digging into the disposable ban w/ @marinoevik @clara__murray @mauipippa @dariamslv on.ft.com/4koM4vJ
For today's FT News Briefing podcast I interviewed UNICEF's James Elder, who's just returned from Gaza, about the enclave's aid distribution sites. He told me extreme water scarcity was becoming an issue, on top of daily violence at the aid sites. ft.com/content/133121…
An indictment of British magazine writing
The first three paragraphs of a Chat-GPT review of the Rachel Papers by Martin Amis. Quite amazing. I think you could submit writing of this standard to a magazine and get published. Took three seconds.
Went on Australian late night radio to talk about the ideas and the money behind the Enhanced Games: Effective Accelerationism, concierge healthcare for the ultra-wealthy, and critiques of International anti-doping regulation. abc.net.au/listen/program…
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