If you search TikTok for Hurricane Melissa videos right now, you'll see a flood of AI-generated and fake videos. These AI videos include eye of the storm views from above, sharks swimming in floodwaters, huge waves battering towns, destroyed airports, and fake news reports.

Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.

If Dems win the Supreme Court races in Pennsylvania in 9 days, it’s extremely likely the GOP can’t get a majority on that court until 2029. The GOP really wants to have this majority during the 2028 presidential race. Can’t put the stakes any more clearly than that. boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

His ROOMBA that had been sending detailed maps of his house god knows where, and bricking itself when he tried to disable the spyware INCREDIBLE freaking story Can we have Things with No Internet please, happy to pay extra

We’re expecting the new Deputy Labour Leader to be announced imminently - live here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...

On your 📻 at 7pm with The Newsroom on #bbcworldservice

Putin bombed a kindergarten

All this stuff, aside from being ugly as hell, once more proposes the UK as a country which doesn’t pay its debts. It’s unserious.

We are reporting a MASS HYSTERIA EVENT at Heathrow that closed Terminal 4 for a bit. No-one was hurt.

Israel claims it has already set back Iran's presumed nuclear programme by at least two years, a day after President Trump warned Tehran has a "maximum" of two weeks to avoid possible American air strikes. Gideon Saar on Saturday: We already delayed the possibility of a nuclear bomb by 2/3 years

2005 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE IS ON IPLAYER, RUN DON’T WALK www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

A busy weekend of news for you to catch up on: Five years since George Floyd’s death; Israel under mounting pressure over the deaths of 9 children in a single family - the mother is a paediatric doctor at the local hospital. And, Trump lashes out against Putin. Tune in www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Builder.ai just went bust. Around half a billion dollars invested from the likes of Microsoft, QIA and Insight Partners wiped out. Full story here with @alexandraheal.bsky.social. Comes after a run of probing FT stories (led by Alex) on the company and its founder Sachin Duggal on.ft.com/43gI8YN

“Goodwill towards Israel is running out” - BBC’s international editor Jeremy Bowen www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Israeli authorities have temporarily allowed us to deliver limited aid to Gaza after 11 weeks of blockade. A drop in the ocean. It must reach the civilians who need it so urgently, and we must be allowed to scale up. We are determined to save as many lives as we can.

I can’t believe there was a time in my life when I didn’t know what jujube tea was

Tried to put on a news podcast from a very established media company - really interesting sounding topic on fast fashion - couldn’t make it through five minutes because of the unbearable amount of vocal fry. Why are people doing so much of this these days? Am I the only one who finds it grating?

Nigel Farage once doubted the name “Reform” but Patrick O'Flynn, former Ukip MEP, advised him to stick with it patrickoflynn.substack.com/p/bite-size-...

Sky News Australia projects Labour and the incumbent PM Anthony Albanese will win the general election

Nigel Farage tells Sky: "Kemi Badenoch please stay. Please don't resign. We want you to stay on as leader. I'll put some money if you want to keep you there...In many parts of this country if you vote Conservative, you get Labour. The Tories really are a waste of space."

Mike Waltz has left the chat.

My husband is in Vogue! 😍 Proud wife moment www.vogue.com/article/excl...

Right, come on Duffle Coat #grandnational

The video shows that the 15 aid workers in Gaza were wearing medic reflective gear and had emergency lights on, contradicting Israel’s claims. There is nonstop rapid fire heard for over six minutes, as the aid worker recording quietly repeats his dying prayers www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...

Four mins until the nyse opening bell…

The News Media Association, News UK and Financial Times are among the signatories to a letter to Keir Starmer saying there should be no change to big tech regulation as part of a trade deal with the US

Fox removed the stock market ticker from their broadcasts.

If this ain't a goddamn perfect eulogy, I don't know what is.

Live coverage now in the USA as Americans try their own cheese and chocolate for the first time

Courageous colleagues from the BBC Burmese Service have reached Sagaing - the area closest to the earthquake epicentre. "We can see that as we drive through the streets - three out of every five houses have collapsed." www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...

NYU cancelled a speech by Doctors Without Borders' former chief because she wanted to mention the casualties in the Israel-Gaza war. The university said it 'could be seen as antisemitic' and mentioning cuts at USAID could be deemed to be 'antigovernment' www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump's first overseas trip as President to be Saudi Arabia and the Gulf (the first trip overseas in his first administration was also to Saudi) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Wisconsin: not for sale

Give the poor man a break! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...

Heaving myself ever closer to Easter Sunday without coffee and chocolate, 0/10 do not recommend #Lent

Exclusive: US suspends financial contributions to WTO, trade sources say - www.reuters.com/world/us-sus...

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com The most effective way to protect the American system of checks and balances starts with courage from more people who believe in it, the New York Times editorial board writes.

THREAD: The impact of the Executive Order VOA shutdown, while not as devastating as the USAID funding freeze, will have a similarly long ranging and damaging impact on the world and yes, US interests.

“Tesla’s slipping sales are mostly, if not completely, attributed to the statements and behavior of Elon Musk.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/b...

Canada is actively looking at potential alternatives to the U.S.-built F-35 stealth fighter and will hold conversations with rival aircraft makers, Defence Minister Bill Blair said late Friday www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

How I sleep at night knowing I put all my savings into yarn and vintage handbags instead of the stock market

Tesla board member James Murdoch sells $13 million worth of Tesla shares www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...

The number of children needing emergency treatment for severe acute malnutrition in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh has surged by 27% in Feb '25 compared to the same period last year, as worsening conditions push more young children into life-threatening hunger. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

US retail investors are not “buying the dip” as one might have expected - due to ongoing anxiety about Trump govt policy and fears over the economic impact of tariffs www.reuters.com/markets/weal...

Chinese investors privately take stakes in Elon Musk’s companies https://www.ft.com/content/66857e1e-a217-4ddd-8332-d9f0f75aa459

Donald Trump is making Justin Trudeau Great Again www.economist.com/interactive/...

More than 75,000 digital subscribers to The Washington Post have cancelled since owner Jeff Bezos announced changes to its opinion pages last weekend, according to NPR

Just some of the protesters’ posters in Vermont, where JD Vance went skiing over the weekend:

It seems Moscow's quite pleased with how the last few days have gone. Today's Russian papers: · “Russia can't conceal its malicious pleasure…” · “The Western system is crashing like a house of cards.” · Kremlin “New US foreign policy configurations largely aligned with Russia’s” #ReadingRussia