Katie Martin
@katie0martin.ft.com
FT, E17, Unhedged podcast, gardening, making bread, plazzy Scouser, crap at charts, 6 Music Mum. I don't deserve my bad Uber rating and I never give investment advice - if it looks like I am, it's a scam.
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Not to boast, but I've also read some books.
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Not to boast, but I've also read some books.
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
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This might be the first spy who appears to be literally wearing one of those 'spy disguises' you could pick up in a joke shop in Newquay in 1993.
Russian activist held in Poland admits he worked as FSB agent, court papers say
Igor Rogov, who left Russia in 2021, due to go on trial accused of informing on other Russian opposition activists
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This might be the first spy who appears to be literally wearing one of those 'spy disguises' you could pick up in a joke shop in Newquay in 1993.
The Louvre heist is the uplifting story of 2025, a joyous gift that just keeps on giving
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Louvre heist is the uplifting story of 2025, a joyous gift that just keeps on giving
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-DIY data
-DIY dishwasher tablets?
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Me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
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-being mean to Rob
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-people saying stupid stuff about the UK
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DIY data
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November 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
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-DIY dishwasher tablets?
-being mean to Rob
-flying taxis
-people saying stupid stuff about the UK
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Me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
-DIY data
-DIY dishwasher tablets?
-being mean to Rob
-flying taxis
-people saying stupid stuff about the UK
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Great fun talking to Richard Thaler for the FT's Economics show
- I ask hom how nudge theory might help Donald Trump understand that tariffs are bad economics (and a lot else)
www.ft.com/content/c0f7...
- I ask hom how nudge theory might help Donald Trump understand that tariffs are bad economics (and a lot else)
www.ft.com/content/c0f7...
What economics gets wrong about human behaviour, with Richard Thaler
The founding father of behavioural economics on why we still make bad decisions
www.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Great fun talking to Richard Thaler for the FT's Economics show
- I ask hom how nudge theory might help Donald Trump understand that tariffs are bad economics (and a lot else)
www.ft.com/content/c0f7...
- I ask hom how nudge theory might help Donald Trump understand that tariffs are bad economics (and a lot else)
www.ft.com/content/c0f7...
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Me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
-DIY data
-DIY dishwasher tablets?
-being mean to Rob
-flying taxis
-people saying stupid stuff about the UK
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Me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
-DIY data
-DIY dishwasher tablets?
-being mean to Rob
-flying taxis
-people saying stupid stuff about the UK
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DIY data
open.spotify.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
-DIY data
-DIY dishwasher tablets?
-being mean to Rob
-flying taxis
-people saying stupid stuff about the UK
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Me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
-DIY data
-DIY dishwasher tablets?
-being mean to Rob
-flying taxis
-people saying stupid stuff about the UK
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Beware the three Ls: leverage, liquidity and lunacy - on.ft.com/4oVPqZE
Beware the three Ls: leverage, liquidity and lunacy
[FREE TO READ] In the long run bubbles always deflate, often when least expected
on.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Beware the three Ls: leverage, liquidity and lunacy - on.ft.com/4oVPqZE
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Excellent podcast from the FT in which Martin Wolf patiently explains that populism causes fundamental damage to economies even if they continue to grow (aka the counterfactual) and that such damage is difficult and painful to reverse when it finally becomes apparent open.spotify.com/episode/679f...
Martin Wolf on the economics of populism
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November 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Excellent podcast from the FT in which Martin Wolf patiently explains that populism causes fundamental damage to economies even if they continue to grow (aka the counterfactual) and that such damage is difficult and painful to reverse when it finally becomes apparent open.spotify.com/episode/679f...
Was lepassword taken?
The password to the Louvre’s video surveillance system was “Louvre,” according to a museum employee
Password to Louvre’s video surveillance system was 'Louvre', according to employee
According to an employee with knowledge of the system, the password to the Louvre's video surveillance system was simply "Louvre" at the time of the robbery last month.
abcnews.go.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Was lepassword taken?
so many unintentional funnies in here. Just so gloriously ridiculous, the fever dream of people who have overdosed on money
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
so many unintentional funnies in here. Just so gloriously ridiculous, the fever dream of people who have overdosed on money
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ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
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‘Best way to describe the market is bonkers’ on.ft.com/4qK7lV3
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
‘Best way to describe the market is bonkers’ on.ft.com/4qK7lV3
No. Next question
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
No. Next question
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This is not good
www.constructionenquirer.com/2025/11/04/b...
www.constructionenquirer.com/2025/11/04/b...
Building control giant Assent ceases trading
Shockwaves to hit Building Safety Regulator approval process
www.constructionenquirer.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This is not good
www.constructionenquirer.com/2025/11/04/b...
www.constructionenquirer.com/2025/11/04/b...
like a huge bird-murdering machine
Of all the many details in this brilliant piece on the insane Saudi Neom project, I think this is my favourite.
The graphics alone make it worth a click.
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The graphics alone make it worth a click.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
like a huge bird-murdering machine
and like I speak to a LOT of gilts investors/analysts and none of them have said this to me. Entirely possible they are talking to other people, who are not in fact in the gilts market, or who are and have different views. Takes two opinions to make a market i guess.
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i mean, gilt yields are pretty well behaved for a situation where apparently everyone in the City thinks we're gonna default
on.ft.com/43eNFhX
on.ft.com/43eNFhX
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
and like I speak to a LOT of gilts investors/analysts and none of them have said this to me. Entirely possible they are talking to other people, who are not in fact in the gilts market, or who are and have different views. Takes two opinions to make a market i guess.
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starting to think AI is quite shit at reading people
November 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
starting to think AI is quite shit at reading people
i mean, gilt yields are pretty well behaved for a situation where apparently everyone in the City thinks we're gonna default
on.ft.com/43eNFhX
on.ft.com/43eNFhX
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
i mean, gilt yields are pretty well behaved for a situation where apparently everyone in the City thinks we're gonna default
on.ft.com/43eNFhX
on.ft.com/43eNFhX
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This 30 min podcast on the economics of populism with Martin Wolf and @robarmstrong.bsky.social is seriously smart and worth a listen
open.spotify.com/episode/679f...
open.spotify.com/episode/679f...
Martin Wolf on the economics of populism
open.spotify.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 AM
This 30 min podcast on the economics of populism with Martin Wolf and @robarmstrong.bsky.social is seriously smart and worth a listen
open.spotify.com/episode/679f...
open.spotify.com/episode/679f...
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The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
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Me, @robarmstrong.bsky.social and Hull's finest, @johnsfoley.bsky.social on BIG TECH spending BIG MONEY, like really LOADSA MONEY, featuring
- Meta shares no likey, does it give a Zuck?
- BIG bonds
- FREE buses
- Cleanfluencers
www.ft.com/content/82e3...
Me, @robarmstrong.bsky.social and Hull's finest, @johnsfoley.bsky.social on BIG TECH spending BIG MONEY, like really LOADSA MONEY, featuring
- Meta shares no likey, does it give a Zuck?
- BIG bonds
- FREE buses
- Cleanfluencers
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Is Big Tech spending too much money?
Tech stocks are spending billions of dollars. What are they getting?
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November 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Me, @robarmstrong.bsky.social and Hull's finest, @johnsfoley.bsky.social on BIG TECH spending BIG MONEY, like really LOADSA MONEY, featuring
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- BIG bonds
- FREE buses
- Cleanfluencers
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Me, @robarmstrong.bsky.social and Hull's finest, @johnsfoley.bsky.social on BIG TECH spending BIG MONEY, like really LOADSA MONEY, featuring
- Meta shares no likey, does it give a Zuck?
- BIG bonds
- FREE buses
- Cleanfluencers
www.ft.com/content/82e3...
welcome to the White House Golf Club & Spa
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
welcome to the White House Golf Club & Spa
Today in Shut The Internet Down www.ft.com/content/1734...
Shein rocked by childlike sex doll scandal in France
Retailer pledges to co-operate with investigation into how it allowed products to be sold on its marketplace
www.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Today in Shut The Internet Down www.ft.com/content/1734...
is this good
Hedge funds and other big investors are dumping tech stocks at the fastest pace in 2 years
Hedge funds and other big investors are dumping tech stocks at the fastest pace in 2 years
Big investors don't like tech too much right now.
cnb.cx
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
is this good
has anyone compiled a Top Ten Celebrity Freakouts About Mamdani yet? that's a listicle I would read
November 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
has anyone compiled a Top Ten Celebrity Freakouts About Mamdani yet? that's a listicle I would read