hit the preorder button fast on this one and you may wish to as well (by the incredible @novicsara.bsky.social) www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670270...

There’s “allyship” and then there’s this: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...

@barneyjopson.bsky.social What an extraordinary story. Great reporting. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

I re-read the Taylor Branch trilogy last year for this very reason. Huge recommend. www.goodreads.com/series/65742...

Excellent "Inside Venezuela" compilation from @frederick65.ft.com @judewebber.bsky.social and Constance Ayrton. William Neuman's book is fantastic. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

@philwahba.bsky.social Excellent piece on RL and Patrice Louvet. That "grandioisely titled" three-year plan ("The Next Great Chapter") is purely distilled Danny Meyer. fortune.com/article/ralp...

THE GODS OF NEW YORK is out Aug 12! It's a narrative history of NYC in the 80s, a sort of sequel to The Bronx Is Burning. It's the story of a cast of outsized figures (Koch, Sharpton, Trump, Rudy, Larry Kramer, Spike Lee and more) who turned the city into their own, grand stage.

@andrewtghill.ft.com I loved your Hanneke Faber profile piece...a real favorite of mine for 2025. So, it was really neat to see your related entry into this fun compilation.

'The vanishing world of Cairo’s master tailors' in @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/8017...

Endless Column, by Constantin Brâncuși, 1938, 📸 by @stephenmally

Just an overall great night. We're so back.

@afhivert.bsky.social Excellent reporting here, Anne-Françoise. I love my Le Monde English language subscription. Keep up the great work. www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely. youtu.be/R9XN1iOungs?...

Excellent remembrance of just how ugly our American history can be. And an essential read in these times when shitheels are hard at work trying to scrub the national ledger clean of its hard truths. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/m...

Excellent story on Longchamp and the Cassegrain family by @financialtimes.com Fashion Editor, Elizabeth Paton. @ftweekend.com giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

@paulthedogman.bsky.social I'd read the hardcover version of "Glock" upon its initial release. I just listened to the audio version and enjoyed and appreciated your research and storytelling all over again. It's superb. @kiffvh.bsky.social was a great choice for narration.

WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN

Best books I read this year. WINNIE AND NELSON What a book. Steinberg goes where the story takes him, unafraid of contradicting established and sacred narratives. He found so much incredible information. The result is an absolute masterpiece of research and organisation.

Frank Gehry, 1929–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...

The CEO who carries seven mice in her backpack and why Logitech will provide “the eyes, the ears and the hands of AI”. My FT interview with Hanneke Faber, former high-diver who plunged into tech on.ft.com/48vywuv

Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat

What time do you get in?

RIP, Jimmy Cliff so as sure as the sun will shine i'm gonna get my share of what's mine and then they harder they come, the harder they fall one and all www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpQr...

Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.

@sindap.bsky.social Loved this piece. It will never not be funny that this surprised and perplexed Callaway leadership: "However, the transaction pulled the manufacturing company into the property and hospitality industry." on.ft.com/486Xccy

Remember Jamal Khashoggi.

I've wanted to interview Bjorn Borg all my working life. I loved him when he was playing, and just wanted to know why he quit so young, why he didn't return to Wimbledon for decades, and what the hell happened to him. Anyway, I finally got my chance to ask him www.theguardian.com/sport/ng-int...

Matti Friedman tells the forgotten story of Israel's first secret agents. Real people. Real courage. Spies of No Country is unforgettable. #SpyMemoir #NonFictionReads #BookLovers https://smpl.is/a54p0

What the luxury industry is worried about, and what it should be worried about are not necessarily aligned. That’s what we leaned at this week’s #FTLuxury summit in Barcelona open.substack.com/pub/darkluxu...

In 1582, a papal bull introduced the Gregorian calendar, still used today by most of the world. Because it’s 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, countries introducing it simply skipped a third of October, and if you scroll back far enough in the iPhone calendar app you can see it change

Largest mining project in the world. "Niggest miners expect iron ore to slump to $85 a ton in the coming three years, as Simandou cranks up to full output over the next two and a half year" "Simandou strengthens China’s ability to break the power of miners like BHP, Vale and even Rio itself"

During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures My latest for @sentientmedia.org

this story is the perfect one to share with anyone who extols the virtues of big tech and big data to improve our lives or address our problems. this is what these tools are for, built by bad people who want to hurt us. and I don't think we get to liberation using them. I think we get to hell.

@carolinehaskins.bsky.social Superb reporting! Wow, what a story. www.wired.com/story/mark-z...

@joshspero.ft.com An extraordinary piece of writing. on.ft.com/4hIzs2M

They're calling him the most French man in history

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE

Actually, seeing a man of color, getting scared, and calling The Police, is pretty typical racist behavior

OK, NOW you can officially do your "The Andrew formerly known as Prince" jokes

Starbucks slowdown creates bad blood with landlords-This would not be the first time Starbucks has had tense relations with landlords. In 2008, several landlords and developers sued the company… www.ft.com/content/bcf9... Gregory Meyer @financialtimes.com

POV you’re still not married and your grandparents just found the nicest boy with a good job they want you to meet

There are two Americas. One is terrified of calls from creditors. The other is terrified of calls from Isaac Chotiner

Well, THIS sucks. I have tickets for One Battle After Another for tomorrow and now I don't know if I should go!

how it feels explaining early 2000s hipster history to young people

The most predictable development ever if you read "Jackpot" @byrobdavies.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

An Illinois man was arrested after trying to impersonate Sammy Hagar: “He said he was on tour but needed to cash a royalty check,” a bank teller told police. “He was wearing red sunglasses and smelled faintly of margarita mix, so I thought it was actually him.” www.mystateline.com/news/illinoi...

Please observe my color-coordinated autumn trail buddies.

this is simply unreasonable it cannot be reasoned with

Hard not to be wistful when reading this unassuming review of "Red Line" by @jobywarrick.bsky.social. "I worked with the author." Yeah, that's one way of putting it. We didn't know how good we had it, Mr. Graham.