New data from Pew Research but I’d love to know what ‘somewhat ethical’ means.

It’s interesting that this writer suggests humans exhibit their ‘innate’ abuse, racism and general vileness in real-life public forums like… the pub and football matches

An extraordinary way of apologising: ‘If it hadn’t been for the emails, I’d still be in Washington.’ Or in other words…I’d have gotten away with it #poorme www.thetimes.com/article/22e6...

Congratulations to Maggie Aderin-Pocock for reminding FT readers that women also have lunch. There are a couple of others over the last 6(!) months

In his valedictory column for @nytimes.com David Brooks ⁦‪hits on the core problem that we’re all experiencing, not just America. We’ve forgotten how to be human, moral and cultural

Nick Clegg claiming the new ‘dispensation’ (he means ‘publishing’ but fears using the word) of news and views is fairer cos editors aren’t in control. An argument which ignores the fact that if an editor publishes a lie they’ll be sacked. On social media they’re promoted

The desperation to be ‘first’ with a story on social media means that journalists forget that their job is to check what they’re told not simply report it. Or they’re just glorified stenographers. The truly ‘surreal’ element of this is that Robert Peston can’t see that

At the end of this story we’re told Jill Popelka, CEO of British company Darktrace, commuted every few weeks from her home in America. Might that lack of commitment have led to her sacking and why did the board allow it in the first place?

A wonderful piece of interactive journalism from @nytimes.com in which images and words come together brilliantly. Of interest especially for interior designers - chandeliers, gold and marble are clearly in this year www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The ultimate check and balance is held by people. This is the turnout percentage of the midterms over the past 50 years. If you don’t like what’s happening - or if you do - express it by voting

Isn’t there a third option for Starmer? If Andy Burnham becomes an MP again, give him a plum job such as ‘communicating the difference the government is making’

Having just watched the wonderful Marty Supreme - one of the most Jewish films I’ve seen in ages - this from @ezwrites.bsky.social is so good www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/m...

When the subdeck is better than the headline

Only at the end of this superb @ftweekend.com article do you realise why Here There Are Blueberries is such an important play. But - as ever - the FT forbids any comments on a piece mentioning Jews. Because its readers are antisemitic? Why ban discussion @janinegibson.ft.com ?

Without regulation, social media will become even more toxic. These companies, such as @bsky.app which is run by Jay Graber, need legal constraints. Let’s stop calling them ‘ecosystems’. They’re publishers. That’s how to fix them

Everyone who loves cinema will love this story @nytimes.com The squatters who ‘bought’ and revived one of Paris’s great theatres, Le Clef. It’s now run by volunteers and you can pay whatever you want for a ticket nytimes.com/2026/01/21/mov…

Watching Trump at the World Economic Forum I’m reminded of when my dad suffered from an undiagnosed urinary tract infection and started babbling nonsense, repeating himself, acting the bully and telling me how much more brilliant he was than I would ever be. Has anyone checked for UTIs?

Morton Morland in The Times, as good as all the thousands of words you’ll read about Trump today

James Orr is one of Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick’s closest advisers. He admires authoritarianism, JD Vance, far-right philosophy and fundamentalist religion playing its part in politics. And yet nowhere in this Times article is he identified. Anywhere. Why?

A breaking news story A British news story A 5-star film review All really interesting @financialtimes.com articles that are perfect for readers to get involved in. But comments are banned. Why? Is it because the words ‘Jewish’ and ‘Israel’ appear?

Can’t believe this is a story in 2026. And yes the picture caption is important too

Reminded today of when my close friend Kenny Dalglish deservedly presented men with the Ryder Cup

I guess Jewish editors don’t count. This from The Times where James Harding ran the show when Amol Rajan was still a reporter

‘Farage is winning…Reform is no longer a one-man band…insurgent brand…unstoppable momentum’ It does sometimes feel as if the Times Chief Political Commentator is telling a very pro-Farage story

Just wondering if this is the best picture to use of Dr Susan Gilby, former Chief Exec of the Countess of Chester Hospital. Could her PR team not find another sign somewhere?

‘Comments have not been enabled for this article’ One of the most significant and talked-about stories today but because it contains the words ‘Jew’, ‘Jewish’ and ‘Israel’, the Financial Times bans readers from discussing it in public. Why @roulak.bsky.social @financialtimes.com ?

Social media may not be the best place to echo this brilliant message from @alicettimes.bsky.social about breaking the ‘doom loop’ of mistrust but let’s give it a try

Really disappointing that @nytimes.com couldn’t find anyone to write ‘Hold on for a couple of years and then start to breathe again’

Yet again, @hadleyfreeman.bsky.social writes the best column of the weekend. And pitches for a TV drama that will never get made. Although I think Tim Key could be a great Craig Guildford. A buffoon who doesn’t really understand what his job is

Such an interesting insight from @joshglancy.bsky.social that I hope others pick up. It’s great that Trump has caught up with us on Farage but what does he consider to be ‘real’? Is there a snake oil that works?

If only Rishi Sunak could have found space in this article to mention that he is paid by tech companies to convince politicians to spend more money on his employers’ products www.thetimes.com/article/c665...

Michael Moritz on his techbro friends & colleagues: ‘Most of these people who pose in pictures with Trump realise what an absurd buffoon he is. But he's running a protection racket and they've got to pay for protection. That's what they're doing.’

JustGiving or just taking? This is how the fundraising platform makes such huge profits. Not illegal but not exactly ethical

What an extraordinary intro to the @nytimes.com interview with President Trump

This is just extraordinary 'journalism'. Find everything you can about a human being - in this case Renee Nicole Good - to make your audience feel like she is an 'other' and so have less sympathy for her being killed

An extraordinary coincidence that this is the 6th ‘top’ story on the Times app…and that today Nigel Farage will be in the Times Radio studio reporting on Prime Minister’s Questions rather than representing his constituents at it

We’re witnessing an entirely new form of diplomacy. Forget bilateral, multilateral, shuttle, summit or gunboat… this is Narcissism Diplomacy

I think we’re going to hear a lot about Rule by Fiat - basically, do what I say. Rule of Law was nice while it lasted (80 years)

Replace ‘a country’ with ‘a business’. This insight is about Keir Starmer, who lacks a story through which his government is seen. It’s the same for CEOs who studiously avoid saying anything

Fascinating spin from Nigel Farage. Because presumably it will make China and Russia think again - if America is allowed to change a regime and get away with it, so can they

A truly brilliant example of journalistic storytelling from @nytimes.com @lazarogamio.bsky.social and Amy Walker where words and images combine perfectly to shed new light on a story we think we know already www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Considering that nearly all of her Times comment colleagues are - in their writing - middle-aged pessimists, this is quite the opinion from Libby Purves

This email is astonishing, even for UK audiences. New head of @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy, Bari Weiss, has effectively created a sinister new editorial policy - if the government refuses to comment, a story can’t run. As journalist Sharyn Alfonsi says, this one about inhumane deportations is vital

This is from a great article by @tomgatti.bsky.social @newstatesman1913.bsky.social about David Walliams and his appalling books. Where’s the story about why apparently successful Harper Collins CEO Charlie Redmayne was marched out of the building a few weeks ago?

Don’t think Matthew Syed understands what he’s saying here, about powerful people in the media using the law to prevent people revealing the truth. Matthew works for NewsUK and his bosses include Rebekah Brooks and Rupert Murdoch. Or maybe he does, in which case, bravo Matthew!

Surely the key reference in an article that calls for a ‘radical change in government personnel’ is that Paul Marshall funds GB News and Reform. Which makes it a well-written press release not journalism

Worth mentioning that one of the ‘partners’ is GB News, which has a record of hiring antisemites and broadcasting antisemitic slurs. As a Jew, I think the BBC makes mistakes but it is not the enemy

PAINFUL to watch. There’s a clear Trump judicial nominee loyalty test. They must forever deny, deny, deny that he lost the 2020 presidential election. Fragile.

Weirdly, everyone seems to be running this story - and urging Nigel Farage to apologise for his antisemitic past - except for the Jewish Chronicle