The funny thing is animals actually can suffer and we slaughter them by the billions but sure let’s have an existential panic over whether a software program screams when we turn it off

it's about that time of year again, when the cats harvest the apples... behold the majesty of nature

A horrific dystopian reality: ‘If you secure any food and avoid being shot by the Israelis, you may not escape the gangs waiting outside,” said Abdallah, who has brought back supplies from only one of his seven trips. 🙏 @financialtimes.com colleagues for this reporting on.ft.com/4lzxFOQ

This BBC investigation into how a lack of enforcement enabled fraud to be effectively legalised is brilliantly done and totally infuriating. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jaw-dropping reporting by Haaretz www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Israel kills 45 in latest shooting of Gazans seeking food, say local officials https://on.ft.com/4kMZ2EB

Inside the battle to save patients in Gaza’s last hospitals https://www.ft.com/content/a0bebb6a-fc2e-40bb-bec9-18287b8cdaaf

The eldest of the children was 12.

My father was a Nazi hunter, until he was killed in the Lockerbie bombing, when I was four. Now, a man will stand trial for the crime. What does it mean, after nearly forty years, to seek justice for the crimes of history? My new cover story for the Times Magazine: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/m...

I know a lot is going on right now but I do think it's worth appreciating that someone created one of the all time great information visualizations to finally answer the question: What are your odds of ending up married vs. heartbroken on Love Is Blind? buff.ly/Ji3gDkc

This is a wonderful bit of visualisation from @stephistacey.ft.com + @marinovik.bsky.social on the dominance of US stock markets today and historically www.ft.com/content/80d0...

Fantastic reporting from Kyiv by Alec Russell (registration required, or you can subscribe to read everything):

I wrote about my brother Charlie’s final 48 hours, and his increasingly desperate attempts to track down an emergency supply of medication from the NHS. It’s an upsetting read but one I’m proud of. He’d be delighted to have made the @financialtimes.com magazine front cover: on.ft.com/434zZqn

NEW: Russian executions of Ukrainian POWs are not isolated incidents, but seem to be part of a broader pattern that suggests a systematic policy. By @christopherjm.ft.com @joesinft.ft.com @peter.andringa.me @digitalcampbell.ft.com @samjoiner.bsky.social and me. on.ft.com/4i6Yzve

Not the first time but still shocking to hear comments from the US president that echo those from the Kremlin. Trump falsely blamed Ukraine for starting the war (Russia invaded) while also wrongly claiming Zelensky has just 4% approval rating (its 52%). www.ft.com/content/2506...

Do you like charts, churches, wine and the kind of people who non-ironically think that is a great date night? Then why not admire data visualizations in a lovely church with my very nerdiest colleagues www.ft.com/content/a970...

How flawed data is leaving the UK in the dark on.ft.com/4hOfMcI

Waldo Tobler's first law of geography is alive and well on our new US trade and tariff tracker. Gift link: on.ft.com/3CAC7eT