Column. On Elon Musk's appropriation of George Orwell.

www.thetimes.com/article/2d14...

Keir Starmer says Peter Mandelson "has repeatedly expressed his deep regret for his association with" Jeffrey Epstein.

When asked about Epstein by the Financial Times in February, Mandelson said: "It’s an FT obsession and frankly you can all fuck off. OK?”

It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.

Disrespectful to Greenlanders not to wear a suit.

We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham

lol, from UK satirical magazine Private Eye

Modern-Day Peaceful Protest…

TikTokers are hunting Cybertrucks—pulling up behind them and projecting anti-Elon Musk messages onto the tailgate. What’s genius: the driver has zero rear visibility & zero idea.

The Cybertruck Hunters account launched a week ago and already dropped a dozen videos.

Popular Information - NSA today planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion,” which is creating unintended consequences.
open.substack.com/pub/populari...

I'm based in Madrid for a few months (hola!), and I agree with this from Clarkson.

My favourite reminder of our stupidity: being charged customs duties on parcels sent from friends in the UK, where the duties are often worth more than the parcels. Cheers!
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

The actual Coup in DC is underway. I don’t want to waste much time writing this when most of you already know that, and because every hour right now is precious.

It is Day 18 of the Coup. www.michaelmoore.com/p/the-coup-d...

‘AI might represent the next digital evolution, but in the absence of copyright protection this is a huge threat to the commercial structures that are needed for fact-checked journalism…’

pressgazette.co.uk/media_busine...

From this time last year

"Elon Musk is not the president, but it appears that he—a foreign-born, unelected billionaire who was not confirmed by Congress—is exercising profound influence over the federal government of the United States...It is nothing short of an administrative coup."

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

This is so good.

The world's richest man is stopping the world's richest country from helping the world's poorest people ~ @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social

just saw someone in the FT comments section referring to Tesla as the swasticar

Thanks to the FT Magazine for running these two climate cover stories - one on wildfires (July 2023), one on a possible collapse of Atlantic currents (January 2025). And thanks to everyone who read each piece, showing there is an audience for climate features www.ft.com/content/7711...