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How the fallout from the Iran war will be felt in the Hamptons, the Berkshires, and the Vineyard.
Teenage Joan Jett holding a guitar, wearing a runaways t-shirt and smirking up at the camera. she still has babyfat in her face
Joan Jett, ca. 1976
Investors sought to pull $20bn from private credit funds in first quarter
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Here we go again…
Why do all ceasefires have to be “fragile”? Why can’t they be conditional, or tenuous, or brittle? Or just leave the adjective off?
#journalese #rant
Tucker Carlson: "It's vile. It begins w/ a promise to use the US military to commit a war crime. Those people who are in direct contact w/ the president need to say 'No. I'll resign. I'll do whatever I can do legally to stop this, bc this is insane. And if given the order, I'm not carrying it out'"
Trump’s war against Iran is costing the US hundreds of millions of dollars a day — and about a tenth of that is the price of military equipment destroyed in the fighting, according to recent analysis.
Read more: ft.trib.al/ksBT0LQ
Image: U.S. Navy/Handout via Reuters
"The president warned that the US had a plan 'where every bridge in Iran will be decimated' and 'every power plant in Iran will be out of business, burning, exploding and never to be used again' within hours of his deadline passing." as.ft.com/r/73e0e3c9-a...
“There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.”
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can't stop thinking about the american pope beefing with the american government
These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of April 4, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Iran Imposes New ‘Cash, Grass, Or Ass’ Fee For Strait Of Hormuz
Iran Imposes New ‘Cash, Grass, Or Ass’ Fee For Strait Of Hormuz
The Iran war has laid bare a growing global battle for supplies of chemical elements with crucial industrial uses from car-making to computer chips.
The Gulf conflict has disrupted shipments of substances such as helium, sulphur and aluminium.
Our updated visual story:
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London’s viral video crisis: “London has fallen” content has become so pervasive globally that Sadiq Khan held a meeting with the foreign office and British ambassadors to discuss how to convince foreign investors/tourists to ignore it and come to London. www.londoncentric.media/p/sadiq-khan...
🚨 EXC: The captain of one of Britain’s nuclear-armed submarines has stepped back from his role this week after being investigated over his relationship with Joani Reid, the Labour MP whose husband has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China
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Scoop from my FT colleagues:
Pete Hegseth’s broker looked to buy defence fund before Iran attack
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Ed speaks to Trump more often than I speak to my mum.
Blimey. Even a plurality of *Reform voters* say that the US has had a negative impact on the world in recent years:
Positive: 30%
Mixed: 30%
Negative: 35%
Source: YouGov
“To be honest with you, my favourite thing is to take the oil in Iran but some stupid people back in the US say: ‘why are you doing that?’ But they’re stupid people.” @edwardluce.bsky.social
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Astrud Gilberto was a housewife in 1964 when saxophonist Stan Getz decided he wanted his hit “Girl From Ipanema” to be sung in English — something her husband, Joao, who sang the original track, couldn’t do.
Sold 2 million copies.
Born today in 1940. 💕
40 years after the world's worst ever nuclear accident, Chernobyl still poses a threat to Ukraine - and potentially the world too.
Yes, you read that right. Read our report on the hole in the plant's steel "arch", made by a Russian drone - and the push to repair it. as.ft.com/r/e500b463-1...
WIRECUTTER Microplastics Are Everywhere. Here's How to Avoid Eating Them.
Ok step one is to make them look less delicious
Bleak!
Stocks and bonds slump in tandem as Iran shock leaves investors ‘nowhere to hide’ as.ft.com/r/55ba535f-0...
Department of business as usual:
Ferrari flies personalised supercars to super-rich Middle East buyers
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40 years after the world's worst ever nuclear accident, Chernobyl still poses a threat to Ukraine - and potentially the world too.
Yes, you read that right. Read our report on the hole in the plant's steel "arch", made by a Russian drone - and the push to repair it. as.ft.com/r/e500b463-1...
Great app, but hideously addictive - I just deleted it from my phone because it was eating into my day, every day )
