Farewell Cybertruck, you're with the angles now
Darren Dodd
@badlyoverdrawnboy.ft.com
Financial Times journalist. Politics, health, politics of health. FT subscribers: join readers in 179 countries and sign up here for our Newswrap newsletter https://ep.ft.com/newsletters/subscribe?newsletterIds=5e67775d8bb28f00049b0f76
Voting in the majority of states on the east coast will be over by 8pm EST, though New York stands out as a 9pm EST finisher. Polls in west coast states close at 11pm EST. Follow our live blog for the latest: ft.trib.al/uVyWBj4
Patrick Stewart’s best piece of work (IMHO)👇 🔗 www.theguardian.com/culture/vide... via @theguardian.com
Fun tool on the FT homepage where you can find out how fiscal drag will affect you!
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As we await John Healey's statement, here's a fascinating deep dive into Labour Budgets of yore from @georginaq.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/7e21... via financialtimes.com
The FT verdict on Labour Budgets since 1924
A trawl through the past century reveals recurring struggles as governments are buffeted by wars, high inflation and strained public finances
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Will no one think of the poor crisps companies? The winners and losers of the weight-loss economy www.ft.com/content/2f16... via financialtimes.com
Growth in every postcode? What the UK economy really looks like www.ft.com/content/703b... via financialtimes.com
Growth in every postcode? What the UK economy really looks like
Interactive maps give a picture of how economic fortunes in Britain have varied wildly over a stagnant decade
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Just one day to go until UK chancellor John Healey unveils his long-awaited Budget. If you're an FT subscriber, make sure you're registered for the Newswrap email for details and analysis from FT experts tomorrow at 6pm. Sign up here: ep.ft.com/newsletters/...
Cabaret Voltaire were immense at the Roundhouse last night
Oh OK, we’ll write something about the new Truss book ft.trib.al/MCy9Xp6
Oh OK, we’ll write something about the new Truss book
Lettuce first applaud her productivity
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What will the UK Budget mean for Britain? Join me and FT colleagues for an exclusive subscriber webinar on 29 October, the day after the Budget. To register, and send us your questions, go to ft.com/budget2026
Every time someone links to this film, I have to repost it. It's one of the most significant bits of British 20th century art. Everything about it is incredible. Groundbreaking music production by Daphne Oram. Amazing camera work by Wolfgang Suschitzky (who later filmed Get Carter).-
Old British Telly@oldbritishtelly.co.uk · last mo.[1963] Snow – Hypnotic British Transport Film showing the efforts of railway workmen to keep trains running in hazardous snowy conditions.
Well that was an absolute blast. Public Service Broadcasting @psbhq.bsky.social at Alexandra Palace celebrating The Race For Space 10+1
Bats' extraordinary adaptations to promote long life and stave off disease have long fascinated researchers who are attempting to harness those attributes for human health. Now a genetic trove promises new clues to bat biology - and to the creatures' mysterious origins. www.ft.com/content/7aa3...
Genetic trove aims to unlock bats’ secrets to long life
Genomic and fossil records could offer clues to the mammal’s ability to kill damaged cells that might eventually improve human health
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A big new story from us: a big new leak means that we can put numbers on the scale of A7 -- the Kremlin's huge money-laundering machine. $6.9bn laundered through the international banking system via SWIFT, with $1.1bn sent to StanChart alone. www.ft.com/content/3848...
Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks
FT finds thousands of Russian payments handled by Standard Chartered, Citigroup and other international groups in vast leak from inside fintech A7
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On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted.
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...
If an Irish newspaper doesn’t run a “Senior Orangeman Calls For A United Ireland” headline, then the newspapers are dead.
‘Mini-livers’ offer a new spin on regenerative medicine www.ft.com/content/b8ed... via financialtimes.com
‘Mini-livers’ offer a new spin on regenerative medicine
The latest research suggests injectable grafts could provide an alternative to transplantation
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"I want your children's lungs to be smaller and less functional" is a bold electoral strategy.
Stem cells have extraordinary powers of regeneration - but some clinics offer treatments that may be ineffective or even unsafe. My @financialtimes.com colleague @antoniacundy.ft.com and I investigated a growing industry that critics say urgently needs better regulation. www.ft.com/content/007e...
The cowboy clinics selling unproven longevity treatments
An FT investigation has found a thriving market for stem cell therapies in the US promising longer, healthier lives. Experts say such claims are dangerous
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The way that AI does absolutely nothing but simply repeat back to you whatever you’ve said using a different order of words and expects us to believe that means the computer understood us makes me want to TEAR MY FUCKING HAIR OUT
Tyler, from the Internet@tylerfromtheinternet.com · 2mo agowhat a time to be alive (derogatory)
Add up all the 10-minute hacks and where has your day/week/life gone? Spot on.... www.ft.com/content/226f... via financialtimes.com
Have you got 10 minutes?
The fightback against online ‘life-hacks’ starts here
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