Injuries are the big negative from the game against Fiorentina last night - but for me the big positive is thay Jaydee Canvot looked unbelievable. Still a teenager - but eased people off the ball, won headers, made surging runs with the ball at his feet, totally unruffled. We have a gem. #cpfc

I'm relaxed now but as soon as we go 1-0 down my calm will implode spectacularly

Their stories about how they were treated at the time has lain buried for a long time - but it is never too late for a reckoning.

The documentary features three survivors - Gunther, Petra and Thomas; all of whom have shown immense courage in speaking up publicly about the things they witnessed and experienced.

We spoke to an enormous number of victims - hearing the most harrowing stories of powerful medicines given to young children and teenagers for the wrong reasons, without consent or even explanation, and used as tools of control that facilitated other forms of abuse.

Whistledown's investigation of this scandal has taken nearly two years, and culminated first in a series for Deutschlandfunk, "Versuchslabor Kinderheim", which aired earlier this year.

Now, a documentary for Radio 4 shines further light on this deeply disturbing chapter in German medical history.

This was done in collaboration between Pharmaceutical companies and the doctors in charge at the institutions supposed to be caring for these children, and was often tied up with financial incentives.

But even more extraordinarily, German researchers have now identified a wealth of evidence, including published(!) studies from the time that show there was widespread use of these vulnerable children as guinea pigs for testing of new drugs, observing drugs, or new applications for drugs.

One estimate puts the number effected at a staggering 20% of all instituionalised children - which would mean tens of thousands.

In the 50's, 60's and 70's, in childrens homes and welfare institutions across West Germany, medication was being misused to abuse the most vulnerable children, some as young as 4 or 5 years old.

BBC Radio 4 - File on 4 Investigates, The Experiments An investigation into widespread medical abuse in German children's homes.

On BBC Radio 4 at 8pm tonight - the most unbelievable and shocking story I've ever worked on.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

The irony here is that Weiss' views on media have clearly been shaped as a reaction against the New York Times. But the New York Times is the success model for US legacy media right now.

Weiss' appointment came from the attitude that the Free Press was more of a success than old CBS, because it was growing while CBS was stagnating.

But growing a niche audience and growing a diverse audience are different skills.

The defining challenge for legacy media at the moment is holding together their viewing coalitions, widening appeal without alienating core audiences.

Weiss I think is demonstrating in real time that you can't just pretend that the second half of that challenge doesnt count.

Sure. How much do you think you should pay me to use my name? It's really important to think about attribution and think about impersonation, and so on. As an expert, you have a trade you make on the internet. The idea is that when you put content out there, myself included, you hope people use it. You want to refer to other people's content. You want people to link to you. You really, really hope they attribute you when they do. When somebody uses your content, should they attribute you? Of course. And to attribute you, you have to use your name. There's a different line which is, should people be able to impersonate you? And I think that is a very different standard. And we saw the lawsuit. Respectfully, we believe the claims are without merit. The idea that the feature is impersonation is quite a big stretch. Every mention was very clearly, "This is inspired not only by this person, but also inspired by a specific work from this specific person, with a clear attributed link to get back to them." It's far from that test lof impersonation].

Here’s my interview with Shishir Mehotra, the CEO behind Grammarly’s “expert review” feature which attributed writing advice to people - including me lol - without permission. Or, as you will hear us talk about a lot, compensation. www.theverge.com/podcast/8987...

My hot take is that teams should not be able to register the same players for both the Carabao cup and European competition.

Reduces fixture congestion for top players/clubs. The cup itself becomes an intriguing showcase for young players and a tantalising prize for the “best of the rest”.

Lisa Nandy vows to give BBC permanent charter to prevent political interference Minister says the change is needed to protect the corporation from repeated ‘culture war’ attacks

Lisa Nandy vows to give BBC permanent charter to prevent political interference www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...

I am not right for it because I am neither smart nor innovative (and possibly also a bit older than 30), but if YOU are, this is a great opportunity. 👇

BBC World Service - The Documentary, Germany: Rebellion on the Rhine In the run up to Germany’s snap general elections Jeremy Cliffe goes to Ludwigshafen

Thoughts on the AfD result: I'd be the first to admit that the party is generally gaining ground in the German west (I made a whole BBC programme about this last year: bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...). But 18% in a state where the party took 15% in 2016 isn't all that impressive, tbh.

Hemingway: wow. That is terrible. The saddest thing Ive ever seen. I am devastated.

Me [handing out flyers for my artisanal baby shoe pop up]: what

Westminster Insider – Newsletters – POLITICO POLITICO’s weekly political series lifts the curtain on how Westminster really works, offering in-depth insight into the political issues which typically only get broad-brush treatment in the wider…

delighted to join Patrick Baker @politico.com on their latest Westminster Insider to try to answer why PM's are now for Christmas and not for life... (well why we count their tenures in months not years). www.politico.eu/podcast/west... Hope No.10 is listening.

The dirty secret of curling that no one involved in the sport will admit is that the broom doesn’t do anything

I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy.
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...

Doubling down. It is not a controversial take to give respect to AP and Reuters journalists in Venezuela, most of who are local or from Lat Am, currently risking their lives, and who are paid for their work — so everyone else can benefit from their reporting.

It’s old-fashioned to defend mainstream journalism these days but some of the most reliable reporting from people actually on the ground will be the AP and Reuters the next 24 hours. Your Substack journalist writing takes will be using frontline reporting from them.

I never used to believe in Pavlovian response, but now every time my dog salivates I get a strong urge to ring this tiny bell.

A real Good Samaritan One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.

i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry

merry christmas xx

Things that will interest Bluesky; Misha Glenny, author of McMafia, replaces Melvyn Bragg as host of In Our Time.

Ordinarily I am team tank, but the QBs in this draft are going to suck, and the Jets need culture building wins like this for Aaron Glenn

I have absolutely zero sympathy for Glasner on this point - brilliant though he has been. Palace have several good players available and he simply isnt using them. Why would the board invest in depth for a coach who wants to operate without rotation?