Other than that, how was the play Mrs Lincoln? www.ft.com/content/f471...

truly impressive that the 'green hoax' brigade are still at it

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

"Brace yourselves,” said Kenyan opposition politician Fred Matiang’i. “The worst is about to come.”

"Man, they got to do better than that. They need to train a little harder. Get on that shit a little bit more" very amusing to see crap performances and wins for several non-doped althetes at the Dope Olympics www.lemonde.fr/en/internati....

#teampope, somehow. What a time to be alive.

An online vibe check.

Hunter Armstrong, a non-juiced, "non-enhanced" athlete won the 50-meter backstroke at the Enhanced Games, beating two athletes who spent the last few months taking PEDs under stringent medical supervision. www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...

The FT View: Trump’s egregious deal with his own justice department—Time and again, it is tempting to think Donald Trump has exhausted his ability to shock. But… www.ft.com/content/5d06... @financialtimes.com

On bonds, blips and bananas Me, 300 free clicks: - as.ft.com/r/3687b32e-2...

Fyi, the current 'pest of the week' per the sign on the north circular is... GERMAN WASP

the barnacles experts have entered the chat. getting a fair number of barnacle-related emails after this

For me it’s as simple as Sunak fired Braverman. He expelled Lee Anderson. Both these came at considerable cost to himself, whereas Starmer has actively taken political damage *not* to stand up for liberal principles.

There are days when I miss being an editor. I loved writing headlines. Whoever did this, I hope they took the rest of the day off.

this story is not going away...

i like my dentistry to be intentional

Interesting from @robwoodecon.bsky.social on the political/public finances challenge from here

being a smarty pants is over-rated www.ft.com/content/5891...

Look, I don't understand quantum computing, but I do know funny when I see it as.ft.com/r/b9c435d5-c...

How vulnerable children became a gold mine for investors This piece by Chris Smyth, Alan Smith and Jennifer Williams is worth your time as.ft.com/r/b1fb6cb0-4...

🛢️ 👂🏻 POD TIME 👂🏻 🛢️ Me + FT energy editor Malcolm Moore on whether the oil market is approaching its tipping point 😬 Featuring: - how oil reserves actually work - why oil futures prices are not actually magic - barnacles! - lower value humans! open.spotify.com/episode/2cM1...

Yes! The drugs Olympics are here! What a perfect encapsulation of this age of idiocy. as.ft.com/r/6f487339-5...

I mean. Ok. (Is this helpful?)

"With irrevocable control and every major Wall Street bank at his beck and call, for now, it’s worth whatever Musk says it is." www.ft.com/content/58fc...

J'Acuzzi

ah well obviously we can't have that

Remember this picture of Karoline Leavitt? The photographer, Christopher Anderson, has written for FT Wealth about what shooting the powerless taught him about shooting the powerful www.ft.com/content/4bcc...

Reuters: "Full oil ​flows through the Strait of Hormuz will not return before the first or second quarter of ‌2027, even if the Middle East conflict ended now, the head of the United Arab Emirates' state oil firm ADNOC said"

Oh f*ck. They are literally creating second-class citizens.

Barnacles and jellyfish are the new macro risk, pass it on as.ft.com/r/11ea3fa4-e...

HEY YOU do you care about gilts? are you a politician who pretends to understand gilts but accidentally ends up saying stupid things about them? well do I have the webinar for you: niesr.ac.uk/event/why-ar...

BOB RUBIN: “.. markets and the economy seem largely inured to the chaos, leading some to conclude that Trump’s policies have not resulted in the serious economic damage many predicted. I disagree. “.. enormous damage has been done ..” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/d95c...

this has really hit a nerve. Good.

A must-read today

Normies: this makes no sense and he's weird Smarties: look at the 17 CFR § 239.504 (item 504) Fanboys: hurr hurr I done drive my cybertruck in a lake, hold my beer while I buy the stock

Maybe this is because you can't turn on the radio without hearing hourly updates on the number of people arriving in small boats.

puzzled for a moment there but obviously I can't open this site on my work computer

Sounds like the start of a 'three men walk into a bar' joke www.ft.com/content/110b...

StanChart Summer Party essentials. www.ft.com/content/cce2...

👜 👂🏻 POD TIME 👂🏻 👜 Who cares about posh clothes when there's serious stuff going on? @robarmstrong.bsky.social and I talk about the ✨ business of luxury ✨ featuring: -pissing off rich people -entry-level handbags -Rob trying to fit in with the euro lux set open.spotify.com/episode/7gDT...

Oh look, new pervert glasses. BAN THEM. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Great visual piece by my colleagues @annanicolaou.bsky.social and Dan Clark analysing President Trump's AI-generated "slopaganda" machine: "This is the Russian playbook with an American accent." as.ft.com/r/cd0afdb3-4...

👜 👂🏻 POD TIME 👂🏻 👜 Who cares about posh clothes when there's serious stuff going on? @robarmstrong.bsky.social and I talk about the ✨ business of luxury ✨ featuring: -pissing off rich people -entry-level handbags -Rob trying to fit in with the euro lux set open.spotify.com/episode/7gDT...

Scoop: EU govts discussing whether ex European Central Bank president Mario Draghi or ex-chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel could rep the bloc in potential talks with Putin, as momentum gathers to reopen formal channels with Russia. w/ @henryjfoy.ft.com @maxseddon.bsky.social @richardmilne.ft.com

On the bus from central to North London. Horns blaring louder the further north I get. #theArsenal

Blimey, ok as.ft.com/r/5955faff-7...