It says something bad that I read about this comic character, not in the NYT, but the FT. I think the "liberal" media in the US feel disabled from reporting on Trump accurately. The truth is so comically awful that they can't say it outloud.

This pool story is truly sustaining me through this heat I'm impressed Trump knew that the "crazy (likely paid) pro-algae protesters" were referencing a postwar German poem

OMG. So in November 2022, when I was at a party at Mar-a-Lago to celebrate Trump running again for president (yes), I met this guy who I described thusly... WHO IT TURNS OUT HE IS THE GUY TRUMP HIRED TO CLEAN UP THE REFLECTING POOL, CEO of the company that owns "Green Water Solutions" I am dying 🤣

Elon Musk says his political views would have been considered normal in 1995, but political discourse has moved so far left that he now appears to be far right. @jemima.bsky.social will have none of it and, as a Reagan Republican (though now Independent), neither will I: www.ft.com/content/313f...

#FT @jemima.bsky.social is correctly identifying a recent normalization of more nationalist, anti-immigration, anti-feminist, and anti-liberal tendencies on the right, chart @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/313f...

giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Sorry, Elon, the far right is still the far right - good straightforward facts here from @jemima.bsky.social

Happy birthday, Mr President! This week’s column, with another banger of an illustration by Ben Hickey: as.ft.com/r/4d38eadf-e... Trump’s many unhappy returns (🎁)

CALLED IT (in my FT mag cover story from last month: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...)

Molly's crypto criticism has always been absolutely top notch and this relaunched site looks like it will be an excellent and important resource in the run up to the 2028 elections

This week's column: the joy-depriving, whole-point-missing, neverending drive to OpTiMiSe as.ft.com/r/9c0f3285-9... (🎁)

I visited Scotland's most expensive hotel because, well, someone had to 😶‍🌫️ A very special place, honestly. And the price (doubles from £1550 a night) is of course v high as commenters are noting but does include food I would pay a lot for, booze & all activities/equipment as.ft.com/r/5e0bc764-0...

And their social events were often a lot more effort-heavy. Dinner parties* for sure, sometimes those safari ones where you go to everyone’s house for a course. Sometimes full on house parties that took ages to clean up the next day. * I’m obsessed with @jemima.bsky.social’s article about this

There can only be one President Donald Trump, forever-The president seems to have little respect for his children’s brainpower — his eldest in particular, whom he reportedly once described as “not the sharpest knife in the drawer”. www.ft.com/content/ca3d... @jemima.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

For this week's sunny Bank Holiday column, I wrote about spiralling. In a good way. as.ft.com/r/27147ff1-0... (🎁)

Inside the White House’s most inscrutable marriage. (No not that one) ft.trib.al/OY6Tm0a #FTEdit

Inside the White House’s most inscrutable marriage. (No not that one) - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... superb long read from @jemima.bsky.social but omg it leaves an ugly taste in your mouth: so many vulnerable people being victim to this uncompromising hatred

My cover story in today's FT Magazine, for which I listened to THIRTY EIGHT EPISODES of the Katie Miller Podcast, in their entirety. 🫠 Meet the Millers. (Illustration by Pierre Mornet / Grant Wood) as.ft.com/r/910e125d-f... (GIFT LINK! 🎁)

right let's have some FT Weekend giftlinks shall we? Here's some highlights from beyond the local elections. First incomparable Maga chronicler @jemima.bsky.social would like to talk about the White House's most inscrutable marriage as.ft.com/r/8293f42a-2...

"Use case" was a term popularised by the wonderful blockchain community (the sensible crypto guys who don't just want your money, honest) to helpfully demonstrate that there was no actual *use* for blockchain outside of their lovely ponzi scheme

1/ Those who regularly read my posts know how much I admire the work of Kevin D. Williamson @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social. In this age of Trump, Williamson's UK analogue is @jemima.bsky.social. And, to me, this is her magnum opus: www.ft.com/content/0e24...

"...Musk knows exactly what he is doing: providing propaganda to the baying masses, and of course using the platform to promote his various other companies." From the inestimable @jemima.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/d8fd...

Who wore it best

Fresh off the pixels from the Thinking Man's Social Media Platform, the platonic ideal of a 2026 tweet from a crypto-bro-turned-AI-bro

I'm always wondering the same thing

The human condition

'It’s not just a glitch in your algorithm: the account belonging to one Elon Musk, the platform’s owner, has by far the most reach on X. The other accounts with the most engagement are those of rightwing influencers whose feeds are full of offensive, rage-baiting slop.' www.ft.com/content/d8fd...

This is the second weekend in a row that someone has done this and IT PLEASES ME BEYOND MEASURE 🍳🍳🍳

Breaking news: Another very rich and once powerful man discovered that he can't bully the FT

I knew it was bad but really didn’t appreciate it was quite this bad as.ft.com/r/db911dd6-f...

From the drop-intro about the drop-intro to these three perfect paragraphs, this from @bryce.lol is one of the most truly pleasing things I have read in a while www.ft.com/content/94bb... (free because @alphaville.ft.com is always free)

Absolutely love this brilliantly simple cartoon in @financialtimes.com, illustrating @jemima.bsky.social's timely article on forgiveness (www.ft.com/content/d76c...). Artist is Ben Hickey (website here: benhickey.ie)

"It’s a letting go of negative emotions that are blocking our hearts, taking up valuable headspace and energy, and preventing us from moving on with our lives. It’s an acceptance of what is past, so that we can be fully in the present."

Once in a while I'll read something that entirely captures my views on a subject. Very good from @jemima.bsky.social 👇 www.ft.com/content/d76c...

An Easter column on forgiveness as.ft.com/r/6487d82c-5... (🪺)

"What I value more and more is the sheer physicality of cooking. Here we all are, our minds fizzing and popping, our lives spent on screens. Cooking is a way of establishing ourselves as bodies in the world." Really, really love this from @nigella.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/4819...

@jemima.bsky.social how can you say there are no new fashions when the City is full of gilets? Banker bros have moved on from suit and tie since 2008

In which I realise that Selected Ambient Works still sounding current is the equivalent of Elvis Presley still sounding current when Aphex was recording those tracks 🤯 as.ft.com/r/93fc66fb-a... (🎁)

Just realised Elon Musk's SNL appearance was only in 2021. Imagine him being asked to do that now. Imagine him wanting to do it now www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCF8...

Currently rethinking my entire life so I can base it around being the host (or TBF even a guest) at a Midnight Omelette Party for 30

I'm stoked to see @jemima.bsky.social's columns are getting the type of illustrations they rightfully deserve. www.ft.com/content/f9e5...

Yesterday I had a story out about eggs, today I have a column out about Marc Andreessen. Make of that what you will. as.ft.com/r/14d0d9d8-6... (gift link! 💝)

Brilliantly brought to life by @carloapostoli.ft.com

Let's start with some joy this week because christ knows we all need it. @jemima.bsky.social took on one of hostessing's biggest challenges: Martha Stewart's Midnight Omelette Party. 111 eggs! Strawberries! Caviar! 30 people in a tiny flat. Feel the exuberance as.ft.com/r/95910552-e...

I really thought a “midnight omelette party for thirty” could be @jemima.bsky.social’s social Waterloo, but it was a singularly enjoyable evening (well, early morning). Her write up captures the vibe beautifully. www.ft.com/content/7a22...

I threw a Martha-Stewart-inspired Midnight Omelette Party, managed to get 30 people to come along, was allowed to write 2700 words about it by the brilliant @harrietfl.ft.com and it somehow ended up on the front cover of FT Weekend. READ ALL ABOUT IT HERE as.ft.com/r/96e10343-7... (gift link 🍳)

Line of the year in the new edition of The Economist: "Although President Donald Trump says he has “destroyed 100% of Iran’s Military Capability”, the 0% that remains is playing havoc with the global economy..."

All respect, Timothée, art is about more than popularity—If Chalamet wants to make movies that millions go to see, that’s fair enough, and I hope he continues to do so. But, all respect to him, though… www.ft.com/content/7b5f... @jemima.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Just wonderful to see our two of our most credAble politicians bringing some "institutional credability" to bitcoin

Words, what do they mean

For the latest instalment of my Adventures in Woo-Woo, I step into, yes, a giant $75,000 egg. www.ft.com/content/3993... (free to read! 💸)