Dan McCrum
@mccrum.bsky.social
Do investigations for the FT, into dubious accounting and dodgy characters mainly. Wrote a book called Money Men about a spectacular fraud
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Keir Starmer (2020) dropping some truth bombs, so time for the annual count of PM u-turns. Please put your favourites below.
December 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Keir Starmer (2020) dropping some truth bombs, so time for the annual count of PM u-turns. Please put your favourites below.
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"Everything at the end of the day is economics. War is economics,”
How a failed baseball player and former stockbroker became the go to arms dealer for US proxy wars
Top weekend read from @miles-johnson.bsky.social
Top weekend read from @miles-johnson.bsky.social
Inside the secret supply chain fuelling America’s wars
[FREE TO READ] And what Will Somerindyke’s company, Regulus Global, means for the future of conflict
as.ft.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
"Everything at the end of the day is economics. War is economics,”
Today’s must read is a rare glimpse inside Binance
Big FT Investigation - Binance allowed suspicious accounts to operate even after 2023 US plea agreement. Details of the transactions come after Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao in Oct. The Trump family has since expanded business ties with Zhao’s exchange www.ft.com/content/5d8a...
Binance allowed suspicious accounts to operate even after 2023 US plea agreement
Leaked files show continued activity despite links to terror networks, failed ID checks and other red flags
www.ft.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Today’s must read is a rare glimpse inside Binance
How a failed baseball player and former stockbroker became the go to arms dealer for US proxy wars
Top weekend read from @miles-johnson.bsky.social
Top weekend read from @miles-johnson.bsky.social
Inside the secret supply chain fuelling America’s wars
[FREE TO READ] And what Will Somerindyke’s company, Regulus Global, means for the future of conflict
as.ft.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
How a failed baseball player and former stockbroker became the go to arms dealer for US proxy wars
Top weekend read from @miles-johnson.bsky.social
Top weekend read from @miles-johnson.bsky.social
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I have stated before 90s nostalgia basically ignores the first half of the decade when unemployment reached or got close to post-war highs.
not that the present economic picture is rosy, but i do think that popular culture — and specifically nostalgia bait television — is a big part of the reason that our public memory of the 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s seems to miss the real economic pain that marked each of those decades.
December 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I have stated before 90s nostalgia basically ignores the first half of the decade when unemployment reached or got close to post-war highs.
Serious measures here
NEW: Labour just announced the biggest change in planning policy in 80 years.
My breakdown of the key measures and whether they will succeed.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/labour-are...
My breakdown of the key measures and whether they will succeed.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/labour-are...
Labour are finally taking the housing shortage seriously
Is the new National Planning Policy Framework Labour’s biggest pro-growth move?
www.samdumitriu.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Serious measures here
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Goals.
Man answering his phone on the train: Yes? Correct, I’m not at work (pause) I’m not going to answer that because I am not at work today. No, you’re going to have to ask someone who is. Goodbye.
December 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Goals.
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Big new Jeffrey Epstein investigation just dropped: How he built his fortune based on scams and lies. New revelations about his ties to Clinton and Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Big new Jeffrey Epstein investigation just dropped: How he built his fortune based on scams and lies. New revelations about his ties to Clinton and Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
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This is apropos of absolutely nothing but I have been thinking about best-of-quarter-century stuff and I still say that Free Solo, a documentary about climbing, is one of the five or at worst ten best horror movies of these 25 years.
December 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This is apropos of absolutely nothing but I have been thinking about best-of-quarter-century stuff and I still say that Free Solo, a documentary about climbing, is one of the five or at worst ten best horror movies of these 25 years.
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For those who don’t know, I have been trying to get ROGUE TROOPER made for 25 years. 25 YEARS!
-And not just “oh, that would be fun…”
-And not just “oh, that would be fun…”
December 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
For those who don’t know, I have been trying to get ROGUE TROOPER made for 25 years. 25 YEARS!
-And not just “oh, that would be fun…”
-And not just “oh, that would be fun…”
Jan Marsalek Klaxon 🚨🚨🚨
@samgadjones.bsky.social is still hot on the Russian Agent of Chaos beat, delving into the Wirecard fraudster’s Libyan cement factories
@samgadjones.bsky.social is still hot on the Russian Agent of Chaos beat, delving into the Wirecard fraudster’s Libyan cement factories
Marsalek’s missing millions: the unravelling of a secret Libyan empire
FT investigation sheds light on Wirecard fraudster’s activities in north Africa and shadow life as a Russian agent of influence
www.ft.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Jan Marsalek Klaxon 🚨🚨🚨
@samgadjones.bsky.social is still hot on the Russian Agent of Chaos beat, delving into the Wirecard fraudster’s Libyan cement factories
@samgadjones.bsky.social is still hot on the Russian Agent of Chaos beat, delving into the Wirecard fraudster’s Libyan cement factories
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“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
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There was a swing toward Trump across the whole country, but it was bigger in the states exposed to very little campaign messaging. Harris presidential campaign messages appear to have been more effective than Trump's. She lost b/c of that general swing, likely caused by economic concerns. /2
December 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
There was a swing toward Trump across the whole country, but it was bigger in the states exposed to very little campaign messaging. Harris presidential campaign messages appear to have been more effective than Trump's. She lost b/c of that general swing, likely caused by economic concerns. /2
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I think this guess by my colleague is a good one:
My complete guess is that it's a gatekeeping strategy.
Want to take down procedurally generated Goofy fanfic? Long, complicated court case about fundamental concepts of IP infringement.
Want to take down fanfic made by any content regurgitation system other than Sora? Simple contract infringement.
Want to take down procedurally generated Goofy fanfic? Long, complicated court case about fundamental concepts of IP infringement.
Want to take down fanfic made by any content regurgitation system other than Sora? Simple contract infringement.
December 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I think this guess by my colleague is a good one:
The proposed visa requirements for your “visa free” travel to the US.
This is the full list of info the US is proposing to require from applicants for an ESTA (electronic travel authorisation) to secure visa-free travel to America. This would apply to every UK holidaymaker, conference attendee or businessperson. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22461.pdf
December 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The proposed visa requirements for your “visa free” travel to the US.
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3/4
As I wrote two years ago, the word "resilience" was going to be used over and over to describe trade as Trump's tariffs shifted trade and trade imbalances around without fundamentally changing them. That's because the only way the US can cause a reduction in its trade...
As I wrote two years ago, the word "resilience" was going to be used over and over to describe trade as Trump's tariffs shifted trade and trade imbalances around without fundamentally changing them. That's because the only way the US can cause a reduction in its trade...
December 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
3/4
As I wrote two years ago, the word "resilience" was going to be used over and over to describe trade as Trump's tariffs shifted trade and trade imbalances around without fundamentally changing them. That's because the only way the US can cause a reduction in its trade...
As I wrote two years ago, the word "resilience" was going to be used over and over to describe trade as Trump's tariffs shifted trade and trade imbalances around without fundamentally changing them. That's because the only way the US can cause a reduction in its trade...
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"there's a new serif in town"
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"there's a new serif in town"
When the Court is the problem
1/ A few thoughts about @williambaude.bsky.social’s comment in yesterday’s NYT chat that, “It’s amazing how many of our problems today could be solved by a Congress that was willing and able to legislate in response to national problems.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | At the Supreme Court, Scenes From a Judicial Backlash
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
When the Court is the problem
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BLOODY AI,a thread:so, I saw a picture online of the Towers of Perugia by a Renaissance artist, Benedetto Bonfigli whose other work I know a little bit. Here is the image 1/n:
December 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
BLOODY AI,a thread:so, I saw a picture online of the Towers of Perugia by a Renaissance artist, Benedetto Bonfigli whose other work I know a little bit. Here is the image 1/n:
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“If [economic] growth was actually your priority, you would not be doing this,” said Jonathan Portes, a professor at King’s College London.
December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“If [economic] growth was actually your priority, you would not be doing this,” said Jonathan Portes, a professor at King’s College London.
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Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
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Some of the best content on the FT.com is not being produced by FT journalists, but by below-the-line commenter Winter Cruise Allowance.
Here's their take on the new taxes on cash held in stocks-and-shares ISAs:
Here's their take on the new taxes on cash held in stocks-and-shares ISAs:
December 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Some of the best content on the FT.com is not being produced by FT journalists, but by below-the-line commenter Winter Cruise Allowance.
Here's their take on the new taxes on cash held in stocks-and-shares ISAs:
Here's their take on the new taxes on cash held in stocks-and-shares ISAs:
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One ring to rule them all,
One ring to find them,
One ring to bring them all
And in the darkness bind them.
One ring to find them,
One ring to bring them all
And in the darkness bind them.
December 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
One ring to rule them all,
One ring to find them,
One ring to bring them all
And in the darkness bind them.
One ring to find them,
One ring to bring them all
And in the darkness bind them.
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Don't get the hump,
Buy the dip
Tired: flat streets
Wired: Speed humps, tables, etc
Inspired: Speed *dips*, because modern clearance and suspension makes taking speed bumps at speed no big deal, but dips still make drivers worry they'll damage their car, and that has the highest level of encouraging compliance
Wired: Speed humps, tables, etc
Inspired: Speed *dips*, because modern clearance and suspension makes taking speed bumps at speed no big deal, but dips still make drivers worry they'll damage their car, and that has the highest level of encouraging compliance
December 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Don't get the hump,
High-speed use of the price-sticker gun
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Summer of '95 I had a job assembling single-use film cameras, which I did enough that I can still perform the actions. I don't think they even sell them anymore, but even if they do I'm certainly never going to be making them again!
Summer of '95 I had a job assembling single-use film cameras, which I did enough that I can still perform the actions. I don't think they even sell them anymore, but even if they do I'm certainly never going to be making them again!
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
In the summer of ‘88, I had a job where I installed cell phones into cars. No one has needed that skill in over 30 years.
In the summer of ‘88, I had a job where I installed cell phones into cars. No one has needed that skill in over 30 years.
December 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
High-speed use of the price-sticker gun