Joel Suss
@joelsuss.ft.com
Data journalist, Financial Times | Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics
joel.suss@ft.com
joel.suss@ft.com
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Made a chart…in case you needed one to show you that the president posts entirely too much.
Data scraped from truth social.
Data scraped from truth social.
December 16, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Made a chart…in case you needed one to show you that the president posts entirely too much.
Data scraped from truth social.
Data scraped from truth social.
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Very interesting to see all of them laid out. I made a version from this data when he went on his posting spree at the beginning of the month. I concur - he posts too much. #dataviz
December 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Very interesting to see all of them laid out. I made a version from this data when he went on his posting spree at the beginning of the month. I concur - he posts too much. #dataviz
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In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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Good morning and welcome to your FT Weekend highlight giftlink thread. We start with this fantastic essay by Tim Wu, one of the big brains of web 1.0, cautioning that Silicon valley may be winning the AI battle to lose the bigger economic war to China as.ft.com/r/83deb81e-3...
Could America win the AI race but lose the war?
[FREE TO READ] The US has gone all-in on artificial intelligence. But the idea of an end-of-times battle with China over tomorrow’s key technology is part delusion, part lobbying tool for Silicon Vall...
as.ft.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Good morning and welcome to your FT Weekend highlight giftlink thread. We start with this fantastic essay by Tim Wu, one of the big brains of web 1.0, cautioning that Silicon valley may be winning the AI battle to lose the bigger economic war to China as.ft.com/r/83deb81e-3...
ICE says it is pursuing “the worst of the worst,” but its own data shows that two-thirds of those arrested have no criminal convictions
Scary in-depth report here on the ICE surveillance constellation ig.ft.com/us-ice-surve...
Scary in-depth report here on the ICE surveillance constellation ig.ft.com/us-ice-surve...
December 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
ICE says it is pursuing “the worst of the worst,” but its own data shows that two-thirds of those arrested have no criminal convictions
Scary in-depth report here on the ICE surveillance constellation ig.ft.com/us-ice-surve...
Scary in-depth report here on the ICE surveillance constellation ig.ft.com/us-ice-surve...
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NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing he called “deceitful and potentially criminal.”
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
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So what's the outcome?
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
December 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
So what's the outcome?
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
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I think if i won the under-14 title for the British Women’s Chess Association (BWCA) Girls Championship, you would probably hear me say quite a bit i was the champion. The Telegraph's own chess correspondent points out here why Reeves's is quite right to do so www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
December 4, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I think if i won the under-14 title for the British Women’s Chess Association (BWCA) Girls Championship, you would probably hear me say quite a bit i was the champion. The Telegraph's own chess correspondent points out here why Reeves's is quite right to do so www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
We won a prize last night for best essay! Based on our work using the FT's archive to develop an economic sentiment index (what we have called the 'macro mood')
Essay will be live shortly, amalgamation of a few articles. Some details here: on.ft.com/4n2TVBq
Essay will be live shortly, amalgamation of a few articles. Some details here: on.ft.com/4n2TVBq
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
We won a prize last night for best essay! Based on our work using the FT's archive to develop an economic sentiment index (what we have called the 'macro mood')
Essay will be live shortly, amalgamation of a few articles. Some details here: on.ft.com/4n2TVBq
Essay will be live shortly, amalgamation of a few articles. Some details here: on.ft.com/4n2TVBq
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"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
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The BBC will fuck things up from time to time. Lots of major news organisations do; just look at The Times having to memoryhole several fake news stories in a matter of weeks.
No one is calling for the abolition of The Times, however.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
No one is calling for the abolition of The Times, however.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UK newspaper editor calls Bill de Blasio fake interview blunder ‘humiliating’
A Times associate editor reportedly addressed situation in an email to staff, saying: ‘We should have been on our guard’
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The BBC will fuck things up from time to time. Lots of major news organisations do; just look at The Times having to memoryhole several fake news stories in a matter of weeks.
No one is calling for the abolition of The Times, however.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
No one is calling for the abolition of The Times, however.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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How ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
The 'Great Noticing' Era
Ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
How ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
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When deception’s more profitable than honesty, users lose.
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
When deception’s more profitable than honesty, users lose.
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
📢 I interviewed Thomas Piketty for the Financial Times 📢
We covered a lot of ground including populism (a term he despises), fiscal debt and the long-term trend of economic equality
The full interview 👉 on.ft.com/4nFLyLk
We covered a lot of ground including populism (a term he despises), fiscal debt and the long-term trend of economic equality
The full interview 👉 on.ft.com/4nFLyLk
Thomas Piketty: ‘The left has been a victim of its own success’
The economist on populism, fiscal debt and the long-term trend of economic equality
on.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
📢 I interviewed Thomas Piketty for the Financial Times 📢
We covered a lot of ground including populism (a term he despises), fiscal debt and the long-term trend of economic equality
The full interview 👉 on.ft.com/4nFLyLk
We covered a lot of ground including populism (a term he despises), fiscal debt and the long-term trend of economic equality
The full interview 👉 on.ft.com/4nFLyLk
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Thomas Piketty in the FT! - fascinating Q&A exchange here with @joelsuss.ft.com www.ft.com/content/860f...
Thomas Piketty: ‘The left has been a victim of its own success’
The economist on populism, fiscal debt and the long-term trend of economic equality
www.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Thomas Piketty in the FT! - fascinating Q&A exchange here with @joelsuss.ft.com www.ft.com/content/860f...
Also remarkable: the polarisation of young UK voters. Top two parties supported now Reform and Greens
on.ft.com/4qKurLm Young Britons’ attitudes hardening on crime and welfare
on.ft.com/4qKurLm Young Britons’ attitudes hardening on crime and welfare
November 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Also remarkable: the polarisation of young UK voters. Top two parties supported now Reform and Greens
on.ft.com/4qKurLm Young Britons’ attitudes hardening on crime and welfare
on.ft.com/4qKurLm Young Britons’ attitudes hardening on crime and welfare
Remarkable and surprising data on hardening attitudes towards welfare recipients in UK, especially among younger cohorts. Why now?
on.ft.com/4qKurLm
on.ft.com/4qKurLm
November 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Remarkable and surprising data on hardening attitudes towards welfare recipients in UK, especially among younger cohorts. Why now?
on.ft.com/4qKurLm
on.ft.com/4qKurLm
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1. Binance founder pardon after enriching Trump family
2. DT Jr. enmeshed in firms getting DOD contracts
3. Trump trying to extract $230 million for himself from DOJ
2. DT Jr. enmeshed in firms getting DOD contracts
3. Trump trying to extract $230 million for himself from DOJ
1. Last week, there were 3 Trump corruption scandals in 4 days that would define any other presidency.
Most people are probably not even AWARE of all three scandals.
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Most people are probably not even AWARE of all three scandals.
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3 Scandals in 4 Days That Would Define Any Other Presidency
During the second Trump administration, corruption scandals that would typically define a presidency receive a day or two of coverage.
popular.info
October 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
1. Binance founder pardon after enriching Trump family
2. DT Jr. enmeshed in firms getting DOD contracts
3. Trump trying to extract $230 million for himself from DOJ
2. DT Jr. enmeshed in firms getting DOD contracts
3. Trump trying to extract $230 million for himself from DOJ
Why is WaPo now regularly publishing absolute nonsense from Telegraph columnists?!
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | London’s sad decline is a warning to New Yorkers
In three terms as mayor, Sadiq Khan has crushed the economic life out of Britain’s capital.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Why is WaPo now regularly publishing absolute nonsense from Telegraph columnists?!
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
I wrote about the economic costs of US political polarisation in the @financialtimes.com
In short: they are high, due to myriad channels
on.ft.com/47pDYhL
In short: they are high, due to myriad channels
on.ft.com/47pDYhL
Polarisation paralyses the US economy
[FREE TO READ] Political divergence on Capitol Hill is trickling down to corporate America
on.ft.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I wrote about the economic costs of US political polarisation in the @financialtimes.com
In short: they are high, due to myriad channels
on.ft.com/47pDYhL
In short: they are high, due to myriad channels
on.ft.com/47pDYhL
"Populism is often triggered by bad economies, but then makes what is already bad still worse."
Martin Wolf on why escaping the populist trap is so difficult
on.ft.com/4qn3Svn
Martin Wolf on why escaping the populist trap is so difficult
on.ft.com/4qn3Svn
The hard task of exiting the populist trap
Javier Milei’s plight in Argentina demonstrates how difficult it can be to rescue economies
on.ft.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
"Populism is often triggered by bad economies, but then makes what is already bad still worse."
Martin Wolf on why escaping the populist trap is so difficult
on.ft.com/4qn3Svn
Martin Wolf on why escaping the populist trap is so difficult
on.ft.com/4qn3Svn
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Checking in on Trump’s mission to save Argentina’s foundering libertarian political experiment with American taxpayer cash.
Argentine peso weakens to fresh low despite US intervention on.ft.com/48FKy6a
Argentine peso weakens to fresh low despite US intervention
Currency gains sparked by estimated $400mn of US purchases melt away ahead of crucial election for president Javier Milei
on.ft.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Checking in on Trump’s mission to save Argentina’s foundering libertarian political experiment with American taxpayer cash.
Fantastic detailed reporting here on Trump inc
“the heart of Trump’s newfound wealth is a rapidly growing cryptocurrency empire built by the president and his family.”
on.ft.com/4olkLoi How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto
“the heart of Trump’s newfound wealth is a rapidly growing cryptocurrency empire built by the president and his family.”
on.ft.com/4olkLoi How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto
How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto
The president and his family have built a rapidly growing digital assets empire which has been fuelled by the administration’s industry-friendly policies
on.ft.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Fantastic detailed reporting here on Trump inc
“the heart of Trump’s newfound wealth is a rapidly growing cryptocurrency empire built by the president and his family.”
on.ft.com/4olkLoi How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto
“the heart of Trump’s newfound wealth is a rapidly growing cryptocurrency empire built by the president and his family.”
on.ft.com/4olkLoi How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto