The Long Ukrainian Winter How You Can Help

Russia’s full-scale invasion began 4 years ago. It began in winter, and so this winter is the 5th. And, for civilians, the worst. Russia launches missiles and drones at energy infrastructure to force Ukrainians to endure the freezing cold. Here's how you can help
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How prediction market traders reinvented the bond Betting against the Second Coming or buying US Treasuries?

Move over US Treasuries. There are some new “bonds” in town. 😑 www.ft.com/content/3382...

ICE agents hate being filmed [FREE TO READ] Trump administration accused of trampling First Amendment by targeting Americans recording immigration raids

ICE agents hate being filmed [🎁 gift link]

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Americans by Name, Punished for Believing It - Bolts In a small Alaska town, American Samoans face prosecution for voting in the only country they’ve ever known. They live in a limbo, created by colonial expansion, that now confuses even public official...

Alaska officials gave false info to American Samoans, telling them they can vote. (They can’t, due to a unique status.)

Now, the state is threatening them with years in prison, part of GOP’s voting fraud panic.

@burness.bsky.social spent months reporting the story; spend some of your w-e with it.

I am 26. Mine is 80…

If anyone else has previously tried and failed to quit X, I would really recommend the effectiveness of my method: getting hacked. I feel free!

SO DESERVED!

CONGRATS RACHEL!!!!

The funny thing is animals actually can suffer and we slaughter them by the billions but sure let’s have an existential panic over whether a software program screams when we turn it off

Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’ A US-backed scheme forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. Many never make it back

A horrific dystopian reality: ‘If you secure any food and avoid being shot by the Israelis, you may not escape the gangs waiting outside,” said Abdallah, who has brought back supplies from only one of his seven trips. 🙏 @financialtimes.com colleagues for this reporting
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How fake-will fraudsters steal millions from the dead A trail of suspicious wills led to an organised gang committing fraud and stealing millions from dead people's estates.

This BBC investigation into how a lack of enforcement enabled fraud to be effectively legalised is brilliantly done and totally infuriating. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jaw-dropping reporting by Haaretz www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Israel kills 45 in latest shooting of Gazans seeking food, say local officials Soldiers shot Gazans who were expecting aid trucks, according to the local health ministry

Israel kills 45 in latest shooting of Gazans seeking food, say local officials https://on.ft.com/4kMZ2EB

Inside the battle to save patients in Gaza’s last hospitals Bacteria ‘like monsters’ on overcrowded wards as doctors run out of basic supplies including antibiotics

Inside the battle to save patients in Gaza’s last hospitals

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Israeli airstrike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s 10 children Dr Alaa al-Najjar was on duty at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis when she received her children’s bodies

The eldest of the children was 12.

My Father Prosecuted History’s Crimes. Then He Died in One.

My father was a Nazi hunter, until he was killed in the Lockerbie bombing, when I was four. Now, a man will stand trial for the crime. What does it mean, after nearly forty years, to seek justice for the crimes of history? My new cover story for the Times Magazine: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/m...

Thanks so much for chatting with me Guy!

Congrats Amy!!!

Congrats Hannah!!!

I know a lot is going on right now but I do think it's worth appreciating that someone created one of the all time great information visualizations to finally answer the question: What are your odds of ending up married vs. heartbroken on Love Is Blind?

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How big is the stock market’s America bubble? US has grown to nearly two-thirds of global equity market value, but some analysts see danger in ‘huge bet on AI’

This is a wonderful bit of visualisation from @stephistacey.ft.com + @marinovik.bsky.social on the dominance of US stock markets today and historically
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Ukraine’s double agony — Putin and now Trump The country is torn over whether it could keep fighting without American support. Alec Russell reports from Kyiv on the stresses of a nation under siege

Fantastic reporting from Kyiv by Alec Russell (registration required, or you can subscribe to read everything):

I wrote about my brother Charlie’s final 48 hours, and his increasingly desperate attempts to track down an emergency supply of medication from the NHS. It’s an upsetting read but one I’m proud of. He’d be delighted to have made the @financialtimes.com magazine front cover: on.ft.com/434zZqn

Russia’s executions of Ukrainian prisoners point to systematic policy [FREE TO READ] FT documentary investigates rise in cases of Russian soldiers executing Ukrainian POWs

NEW: Russian executions of Ukrainian POWs are not isolated incidents, but seem to be part of a broader pattern that suggests a systematic policy. By @christopherjm.ft.com @joesinft.ft.com @peter.andringa.me @digitalcampbell.ft.com @samjoiner.bsky.social and me.
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Donald Trump signals Ukraine to blame for war US president suggests Ukrainian election is overdue in first remarks after talks with Moscow

Not the first time but still shocking to hear comments from the US president that echo those from the Kremlin. Trump falsely blamed Ukraine for starting the war (Russia invaded) while also wrongly claiming Zelensky has just 4% approval rating (its 52%).
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You’re invited to FT Alphaville’s Art of the Chart show on 27 February Join us in London’s oldest parish church for marimekkos and merriment

Do you like charts, churches, wine and the kind of people who non-ironically think that is a great date night? Then why not admire data visualizations in a lovely church with my very nerdiest colleagues www.ft.com/content/a970...

How flawed data is leaving the UK in the dark [FREE TO READ] Trouble at the Office for National Statistics means policymakers cannot rely on key economic numbers, including on employment

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A bar chart showing exports of G20 countries to the US as a & of each country's total exports in 2023. Neighbouring Mexico and Canada rely on the US for around 80% of their exports. the next highest is Japan at just over 20%. Data is from Unctad.

Waldo Tobler's first law of geography is alive and well on our new US trade and tariff tracker. Gift link: on.ft.com/3CAC7eT

Trump’s inauguration was attended by 5 of the world’s 10 richest people: bar chart showing names (Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Arnault, Brin) and wealth

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Thanks Allie!!