“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by Rei Takver for @desmog.com: www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...

Brilliant investigation into Saudi Arabia's discovery that the optimal shape for a city is not a 170-kilometre straight line ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...

Very strange interview. Whatever your opinion on the ban, it's a fact that some Maccabi Tel Aviv fans have been responsible for serious violence disorder. Yet chief exec says nothing about addressing this? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

just ate a delicious 'protein bar' with 10g protein (18% of RDA) 9g sugar (30% of RDA)

next step: neon lights saying THE WHITE HOUSE

🍽️ Ready to boost your meals with beans? 🌱 Beans are a powerhouse for your health, great for the planet, and easy on your wallet! Yet, many of us aren't eating enough. Join the movement with Veg Power and The Food Foundation to double the UK's bean intake. Share your tips below! 🍲 #OnBoardWithBeans

This isn't the only takeaway of Mamdani's victory, but it is the most important one www.ft.com/content/92bf...

left-winger wins: BUT WILL HE DELIVER right-winger wins: WHY ARE THE LEFT SO OUT OF TOUCH

This article is really great bc it's about an org everyone knows but seems so boring we forget about it (Common Crawl) and turns out they're doing something extremely shady, AND the guy in charge keeps saying the most damning things to a reporter www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Whoa Rebecca Lawrence has resigned as Chief Executive of @britishlibrary.bsky.social. Sorry that this might mean more turmoil at an institution that is a critical part of UK research infrastructure www.bl.uk/about/press/...

I sat down with perhaps the most level-headed man in rock music, Jon Bon Jovi, to talk about Trump, tennis and his return to touring after an atrophying vocal chord put his career at risk. this week's Lunch with the FT: www.ft.com/content/25f2...

After a video seemed to show Israeli soldiers abusing a Palestinian prisoner, Israel has... arrested the lawyer who authorised the release of the video www.ft.com/content/0456...

A great read on the Kinahan family. When Brexiters say we should emulate Dubai, are they including the bit where you allow murderous drug traffickers to live freely and money-launder? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

in this week's Lunch with the FT, I try to explain what it's like meeting Jon Bon Jovi - a man who has been world famous for forty years yet still has the enthusiasm of a fan www.ft.com/content/25f2...

Where did Tommy used to work? Of what did Gina dream? Why does she bring home her pay? as.ft.com/r/8a89f714-b...

I sat down with perhaps the most level-headed man in rock music, Jon Bon Jovi, to talk about Trump, tennis and his return to touring after an atrophying vocal chord put his career at risk. this week's Lunch with the FT: www.ft.com/content/25f2...

DO NOT WANT

Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story. Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done. You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story! 🧵 1/9

A big development: HMEL, the Mittal joint venture that owns the refinery has responded to our story - and disclosed that it is pulling out of buying Russian crude.

- I'm going to analyse the Welsh by-election result - Caerphilly? - Nah, I'll probably just fire off some hot-takes

The Conservatives would not deport as many people as Idi Amin. They would deport *more*. www.ft.com/content/9a1d...

A French court has ruled that oil company Total misled consumers by claiming to be "a major actor in the energy transition, and ordered it to pay €8,000 euros each to Greenpeace and other NGOs www.ft.com/content/8279...

Patriotism is loving your country all the time Nationalism is loving your country until the next election

You might be living with lead poisoning and not know it: the toxin is often invisible to the eye, but wreaks havoc on our bodies once we're exposed. @laurahughesft.bsky.social uncovers a lead poisoning epidemic in Toxic Legacy, a new season of our Untold podcast: on.ft.com/3WU8YS8

The thought of entering a Greggs aiming to maximise consumption of protein rather than carbs and fat is quite a comic one. At least people aren't there for the vitamins I suppose.

The cost of riot policing for the Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was estimated to be at least £6mn, says the Guardian Given that there were 2,400 away tickets allocated, that would equal at least £2,500 per away fan. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Veganism has faded partly because consumers want *protein*, but a Greggs vegan sausage roll has more protein than a meat one. A Cambridge study that, if you label sausage rolls for their protein content, the % of consumers choosing meat-free more than doubles: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Thank you to all the people pointing out that Britain does not use PR. I had no idea 🤣 The point is: a) voters are most likely to move within left/ right blocs ahead of the election b) the UK has already seen a rise in tactical voting (albeit this may not be repeated next time)

pretty crazy contrast between MPs' dithering over fixing Westminster (to save their lives) and Trump just bulldozing past of the White House (to add a ballroom)

Latest YouGov opinion poll: Reform + Conservatives: 43% Labour + Lib Dems + Greens: 50%

This is a lovely idea - The Toy Project (a charity) is selling second-hand plushies at Selfridges, in new artistic boxes. Proceeds go to help vulnerable children. We throw away so many toys. Nice to reclaim some of them!

Republican Leaders are simultaneously saying that the Jews funded No Kings rallies AND No Kings rallies were promoting antisemitic h/t @atrupar.com

What a journey. From critique of macro, via 300k followers, to this.

could the act of parliament specify that Prince Andrew henceforth be known as Jeffrey?

interesting divergence in sales of oat milk etc. my best explanation is that Europeans still care about climate change, while Americans now want to guzzle protein www.ft.com/content/7f8f...

French police have released CCTV of the suspect in the Louvre robbery

Imagine if US politicians and diplomats had spent the last few days trying to make the ceasefire work instead of trying to lobby for Trump to get the Nobel.

The embarrassment of not even being able to spell Colombia.

I subscribe to the digital FT, but I'l still go and buy the FT Weekend in print, even though I know I'll not make it through more than one section before Monday comes. It reminds me that civilisation and good things are still possible.

The joy of print newspapers, according to @chrislhayes.bsky.social (the FT Weekend is even better, obviously)

America: No Kings Britain: No Dukes of York

Sky News is platforming a guy who says he's from a Jewish Aston Villa supporters group, but it turns out that the guy a) isn't Jewish, b) the group doesn't exist, and c) he works for the right wing Henry Jackson Society, whose website says he 'specialises in disinformation'. Well, quite.

In 1978, Marlon Brando narrated a documentary called Raoni about a Brazilian tribe fighting for their rights to land in the face of deforestation. This week I met Raoni. He is still fighting for the forest: on.ft.com/4nVFa3F

In 1978, Marlon Brando narrated a documentary called Raoni about a Brazilian tribe fighting for their rights to land in the face of deforestation. This week I met Raoni. He is still fighting for the forest: on.ft.com/4nVFa3F

Yes! Same with Farage. The lines are rehearsed, but somehow they seem natural. It's to do with charisma - voice intonation, facial expressions, etc etc www.ft.com/content/2a5e... bsky.app/profile/mtsw...

BREAKING: The US and Saudi Arabia have succeeded getting a majority of countries to postpone the decision to adopt a carbon charge on pollution by one year.

How has the government got itself into the position of standing up for Israeli football hooligans, while criminalising peaceful supporters of Palestine Action?

Extraordinary scenes unfolding at the global meeting to put a charge on shipping carbon emissions. "The United States is waging war against multilateralism, UN diplomacy and climate diplomacy, at this meeting now, inside the building and outside the building." 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

It barely gets any attention, but the Amazon rainforest is on the brink. I was fortunate to meet Chief Raoni, who has helped to protect an area of Brazilian forest the size of Portugal, and who - at the age of approximately 90 - just keeps on fighting. Please read: www.ft.com/content/58e1...