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Thank the Tories for keeping Robert Jenrick out of high office

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 4d

One of the Conservative party's contributions to our country has been keeping people who think you can measure integration through skin colour out of office - what next, are they only going to be lukewarm on the property-owning democracy?

Shadow justice secretary’s comment about not seeing a ‘white face’ shows he does not understand integration

The never-ending Trump show

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 4d

Nobody has campaigned for a Nobel Peace Prize quite like Donald Trump. But experts are sceptical about the unprecedented lobbying campaign bearing fruit when the Norwegian Nobel Committee awards it on Friday. on.ft.com/48RW5PM

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 16d

FT Investigation: Using radar data collected by European Space Agency satellites, the FT was able to locate the spy ship hovering over critical cables in the middle of the Irish Sea in November, at a point in the voyage when the ship was seeking to hide its activities. on.ft.com/46JjsIJ

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 16d

The never-ending Trump show on.ft.com/3VCuf2h

The US president is dialling up his radical agenda and escalating personal vendettas in a bid to dominate America’s attention

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 20d

How New York became a political laboratory on.ft.com/4nDOMPR | opinion

How New York became a political laboratory

Trump, AOC and Mamdani: the New Yorkers shaping America’s future

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Darren Dodd @badlyoverdrawnboy.ft.com · 20d

In the Financial Times’ new drama about artificial intelligence, memory and truth, written by David Baddiel, we lay out a scenario exploring the future of our relationship with new technologies.
www.ft.com/content/b417...

AI: what will become of the truth?

Can you run a Premier League football club?

Darren Dodd @badlyoverdrawnboy.ft.com · Aug 26

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Step into the boardroom, navigate profit and sustainability rules and guide your club to glory

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Failures that haunt UK’s asylum system

Darren Dodd @badlyoverdrawnboy.ft.com · Aug 22

Why is the backlog of UK asylum cases so large? Great deep dive here from @georginaq.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/819c... via financialtimes.com

Poor decision-making has exacerbated existing backlogs in appeals courts

Scientists develop brain implant capable of decoding inner speech

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Darren Dodd @badlyoverdrawnboy.ft.com · Aug 14

Scientists develop brain implant capable of decoding inner speech www.ft.com/content/6bf4... via financialtimes.com

Stanford researchers use electrodes and artificial intelligence to help people whose paralysis prevents physical speech

UK inheritance tax clampdown will not spark mass sale of family farms, study shows

Darren Dodd @badlyoverdrawnboy.ft.com · Aug 14

UK inheritance tax clampdown will not spark mass sale of family farms, study shows www.ft.com/content/918e... via financialtimes.com

Eight in 10 affected estates can cover cost of higher death duties with non-farm assets, research claims

Tax data allays fears of non-dom exodus from UK

Darren Dodd @badlyoverdrawnboy.ft.com · Aug 14

Total numbers leaving the country are in line with — or even below — official forecasts
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Officials had expected one in four with trusts to leave Britain after status was abolished

Ultra-processed food slows weight loss even on healthy diet, study finds

Darren Dodd @badlyoverdrawnboy.ft.com · Aug 4

Ultra-processed food slows weight loss even on healthy diet, study finds www.ft.com/content/e886... via financialtimes.com

Contrary to industry claims, clinical trial participants slimmed twice as fast when eating minimally processed meals

UK aims to slash clinical trials set-up time from 9 months to 10 weeks

Darren Dodd @badlyoverdrawnboy.ft.com · Aug 4

UK aims to slash clinical trials set-up time from 9 months to 10 weeks www.ft.com/content/919d... via financialtimes.com

New system would avoid ‘unnecessary contracts’ and ‘duplication on technical assurances’

What the closure of USAID is really costing the world

Darren Dodd @badlyoverdrawnboy.ft.com · Aug 4

What the closure of USAID is really costing the world www.ft.com/content/0a13... via financialtimes.com

The abrupt withdrawal of American funding has stranded millions of patients and will be felt by countries for years to come

As measles spreads, old vaccination canards do too

Darren Dodd @badlyoverdrawnboy.ft.com · Jul 31

As measles spreads, old vaccination canards do too www.ft.com/content/0307... via financialtimes.com

For as long as there have been vaccines, there has been passionate opposition to them

Hitting lower target of 7,000 steps a day will deliver big health boost, study says

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Michael Peel @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social · Jul 24

NEW: Scientists bust myth of 10,000 steps path to good health

Lower 7,000 goal cuts mortality risk by almost half, says research that suggests popular higher target is unscientific

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Reaching goal cuts mortality risk by almost half, says research that suggests popular 10,000-target is unscientific

The ‘hallucinations’ that haunt AI: why chatbots struggle to tell the truth

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Jul 22

Why is the Trump administration investigating the Fed project? What are the grounds for attacking Jay Powell? Is the renovation too expensive?

Find out the answers to these questions and more here: https://on.ft.com/3TV5mhs

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Darren Dodd @badlyoverdrawnboy.ft.com · Jul 22

The ‘hallucinations’ that haunt AI: why chatbots struggle to tell the truth www.ft.com/content/7a4e... via financialtimes.com

Tech groups step up efforts to reduce fabricated responses but eliminating them appears impossible

Novartis wins approval for first malaria drug for newborns

Darren Dodd @badlyoverdrawnboy.ft.com · Jul 8

Novartis wins approval for first malaria drug for newborns www.ft.com/content/71f0... via financialtimes.com

Swiss pharma group says lack of provision for small infants has led to ‘treatment gap’ in deadly disease

EU toughens stance on Donald Trump’s tariffs as deadline looms

Darren Dodd @badlyoverdrawnboy.ft.com · Jul 1

EU toughens stance on Donald Trump’s tariffs as deadline looms www.ft.com/content/9b77... via financialtimes.com

European capitals insist US drops levies on EU as part of any framework deal

Psychedelic nasal spray shows promise against depression

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Darren Dodd @badlyoverdrawnboy.ft.com · Jul 1

Psychedelic nasal spray shows promise against depression www.ft.com/content/c9ad... via financialtimes.com

Mebufotenin benzoate also required a much shorter period of clinical supervision in trial

Denser, smarter cities will boost UK productivity

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Jun 29

The device, about the size of two shoe boxes, was developed in a bid to create 'synthetic biological intelligence' — a new form of computing that could offer opportunities beyond conventional electronics and other developing technologies such as quantum computing https://on.ft.com/4kc8obJ

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Darren Dodd @badlyoverdrawnboy.ft.com · Jun 30

Denser, smarter cities will boost UK productivity www.ft.com/content/5767... via financialtimes.com

Britain has skilled workers to compete with peers but not the urban infrastructure to capitalise on agglomeration benefits

The many tragedies of ending US aid

Darren Dodd @badlyoverdrawnboy.ft.com · Jun 26

The many tragedies of ending US aid www.ft.com/content/8575... via financialtimes.com

Funding cuts could result in one million deaths in the next year