A scary dispatch from the world's fastest-heating continent--Europe. My latest for @theeconomist. www.economist.com/europe/2025/... #Wildfires #globalwarming #climate #climatechange #Europe #EU Photograph: Getty Images

Big changes afoot at Europe’s thought factory in the hills above Florence #EUI #EU #Europe #Europa #Firenze #Florence www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

#Italy #Italia #migration #migranti #asylum #asilo A landmark judgement on Italy’s controversial policy of sending migrants to Albania is not quite what it seems. www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

My early thoughts on the election of pope Leo XIV, interviewed on @economist.com 's podcast The Intelligence: www.economist.com/podcasts/202... #conclave #pope #popeleoXIV #vatican

Just a thought, but why has NO ONE put Cardinal Michael Czerny on their list of papabili? Right age. Heads a big Vatican department. Too outspoken? Or someone’s ace-in-the-hole contender? #conclave #pope #vaticano

My report on the significance of Pope Francis’s funeral for @economist.com The pope’s last coded message economist.com/europe/2025/... .

Live from St Peter’s… #pope #vatican #conclave

Thoughts on the approaching conclave to elect the late Pope Francis's successor for @economist.com's The Intelligence podcast shows.acast.com/theintellige...

First thoughts on the next conclave for @economist.com : www.economist.com/internationa...

Extraordinary indeed: "Claude, on occasion, will give a plausible-sounding argument designed to agree with the user rather than to follow logical steps." But the researchers found him (?) it (?) out...

Can Europe benefit from a science exodus from America? It's complicated. My latest for @economist.com. www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

Trump becomes "a real problem" for his fellow-nationalists in France and Italy. My take with @sophiepedder.bsky.social for @economist.com: www.economist.com/internationa... #france #italy #trump #alt-right

Frazzled friars take on the developers in tourist-saturated Florence. A dispatch from the ecclesiastical frontline for @economist.com www.economist.com/europe/2025/... #Florence #Firenze #Italy #Italia #Catholic #overtourism

How Trump is becoming "a real problem" for his fellow-nationalists in France and Italy. My take with @sophiepedder.bsky.social for @economist.com www.economist.com/internationa... #france #italy #trump #alt-right

This sounds innocent and normal. Nothing to see here. “President Donald Trump on Friday transported back to Florida with him boxes of documents that the FBI had seized from Mar-a-Lago after executing a court-ordered search warrant in August 2022.” www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...

For weeks, men carrying rifles have guarded the roads leading into Lincoln Heights, Ohio, stopping and questioning those who approach. The men, some of whom wear masks and body armor, are residents of this small, majority-Black town. They say they’re protecting their own. And they’re on edge.

Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East says a summit will soon be held with real estate developers and planners to discuss the plan for the future of Gaza.

From yesterday's Times Diary. A gem.

@natashaloder.bsky.social How come you knew the delightful Tim Radford? He was deputy features ed of the Guardian an age ago when I was assistant news ed. Morning conferences were never the same without his Tiggerish enthusiasm.

Dovetailing neatly with the removal of the director of the government ethics office… www.cnbc.com/2025/02/10/t...

Don’t look up…

This is very good

It’s called prioritising, I believe…

This isn’t going to go well. #TrumpsTariffs

They also covered the People of Color in Cryptologic History honorees—like Wash Wong and Ralph Adams.

Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.

Giorgia Meloni’s conservative coalition goes after one august financial institution…and just maybe two. My latest dispatch from the boardroom battle lines for @economist.com #italy #italia #Meloni #mps #Mediobanca #Generali #finance www.economist.com/finance-and-...

@melissjpeltier.bsky.social Have you read this yet? www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...

“We’ve created a monster – a sangria-drinking monster.” Nice piece on the Spanish view of mass tourism. #Spain #España #overtourism

Washed-up Brits, local lowlifes and a Kray twin’s lighter: Esther García Llovet’s noir novel Spanish Beauty shines fond light on Benidorm www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Pope Francis and Donald Trump are heading for a collision, while Giorgia Meloni and the returning president could not get much closer. My latest dispatch for @economist.com #pope #vatican #vaticano #meloni #italy #italia www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

“A time when lost peoples lean towards simple ideas [and] the wise brutality of strong men.” My latest dispatch for @economist.com on a timely TV series. #italy #italia #Meloni #tv #television www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

As a reporter who covered the Facebook apology tour circa 2016, and spent HOURS on the phone with FB flak and executives earnestly telling me Zuckerberg was torn up over Russian election interference and was making it a top priority to fix misinfo on FB, this week’s developments are 🙃

The New, New Journalism--turning to a 'robot' (an AI profile) for comment on a news story: "The decision to end diversity efforts came even as Meta’s own AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles noted the company’s need for a more representative team. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

where does the new york times even find these people

There are, one learns, bespoke tailors and bespoke tailors…

A grim prognostication from Theo Padnos, a journalist who was a captive of the Syrian rebels for two years. open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...

‘Ukrainian intelligence sent about 20 experienced drone operators and about 150 first-person-view drones to the rebel headquarters in Idlib, Syria, four to five weeks ago to help Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)…the knowledgeable sources said.’ www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Few things are more embarrassing to America than its (bipartisan) tradition of appointing unqualified donors as ambassadors. But this is a bit more embarrassing still. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/s...

Could pope Francis’s successor be from Africa or Asia? My latest, long dispatch for @economist.com on what the next conclave could bring. #vaticano #Pope #catholic #africa #asia www.economist.com/internationa...

Could the next pope come from Africa or Asia? This weekend Pope Francis will appoint 21 new cardinals who could one day vote in the conclave on who will replace him (if they are under 80 years old at the time), shifting the balance of voting power. 1/ www.economist.com/internationa...

Could pope Francis’s successor be from Africa or Asia? My latest, long dispatch for The Economist on what the next conclave could bring. #vaticano #Pope #catholic #africa #asia www.economist.com/internationa...

Bottom of the league!!

Glorious!

“The growth in the breadth, scale and professionalism of organised crime is unprecedented.” My thoroughly scary report with Ana Lankes out in this week’s @economist.com The world is losing the fight against international gangs www.economist.com/internationa... #truecrime #crime #mafia

The 'Wizard of Oz' and the enduring influence of a deceased Svengali. My latest dispatch for @theeconomist on the split in Italy's beleaguered Five Star Movement. www.economist.com/europe/2024/... #Italy #Italia #M5S #Grillo #Conte

The possible bankruptcy of Northvolt is a story that should scare everyone in Europe. If the EU’s plan to compete with the US and China is more big government-backed continent-wide green tech ventures, Northvolt suggests Europe doesn’t know how and will fail. on.ft.com/3AAeZfD

Fascinating take-apart by my Economist colleague @gavinjackson.bsky.social. Worth reading from beginning to end. Sure to be the basis for many an argument.