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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We made a little video thing to mark Alphaville’s debut on Substack. As you can probably guess after watching this, we’re not going to be pivoting to video any time soon.
November 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
We made a little video thing to mark Alphaville’s debut on Substack. As you can probably guess after watching this, we’re not going to be pivoting to video any time soon.
Lawmakers say US secretary of state rowed back on Ukraine peace plan - on.ft.com/49CfuF2
a man wearing a blue sweater is sitting in front of a window .
ALT: a man wearing a blue sweater is sitting in front of a window .
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Lawmakers say US secretary of state rowed back on Ukraine peace plan - on.ft.com/49CfuF2
Low Effort Rage Bait would be a good band name
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 9:27 AM
Low Effort Rage Bait would be a good band name
How is this year not over yet? Getting ridiculous.
November 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
How is this year not over yet? Getting ridiculous.
Sure would be a shame if anyone photoshopped something silly onto that sign he's holding
Bill Ackman's core investment principles, which he has engraved and keeps on a tablet on his desk.
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Sure would be a shame if anyone photoshopped something silly onto that sign he's holding
"Things happen."
on.ft.com/43LVv2Z Trump’s world view: cynical, self-interested and money-grabbing
Trump’s world view: cynical, self-interested and money-grabbing
[FREE TO READ] Latest Ukraine peace plan presented by the US would be a capitulation to Moscow
on.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"Things happen."
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November 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This stuff really boils my piss.
It's a long time since I had my kids but the range of things that can go wrong in childbirth is very very large. Why you'd go down this route is a total mystery to me
It's a long time since I had my kids but the range of things that can go wrong in childbirth is very very large. Why you'd go down this route is a total mystery to me
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This stuff really boils my piss.
It's a long time since I had my kids but the range of things that can go wrong in childbirth is very very large. Why you'd go down this route is a total mystery to me
It's a long time since I had my kids but the range of things that can go wrong in childbirth is very very large. Why you'd go down this route is a total mystery to me
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"Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10 per cent of its overall annual revenue — or $16bn — from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show" - Reuters www.ft.com/content/4560...
We have to be able to hold tech platforms accountable for fraud
Algorithms ensure that people who click on scams are likely to see more of them
www.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
"Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10 per cent of its overall annual revenue — or $16bn — from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show" - Reuters www.ft.com/content/4560...
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Good morning and welcome to your short thread of FT Weekend highlight giftlinks for this very cold morning. Why not stay in bed and enjoy some high quality journalism. Links are free 300x that's all I have and the actual paper with all the weekend journalism you need is in the shops now!
November 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Good morning and welcome to your short thread of FT Weekend highlight giftlinks for this very cold morning. Why not stay in bed and enjoy some high quality journalism. Links are free 300x that's all I have and the actual paper with all the weekend journalism you need is in the shops now!
I promise this is not a trap
I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now
November 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I promise this is not a trap
an "extremely small earthquake"
Hey it still counts
Hey it still counts
Scotland fans shook the earth in win over Denmark
Scotland fans shook the earth in win over Denmark
Seismic activity was recorded as the Tartan Army celebrated reaching a first World Cup since 1998.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
an "extremely small earthquake"
Hey it still counts
Hey it still counts
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An IPO of his investment firm would culminate a more than decade-long pursuit by the billionaire investor to turn Pershing Square from a volatile hedge fund partnership into a broader financial institution he has compared to Berkshire Hathaway. on.ft.com/48gx0MI
November 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
An IPO of his investment firm would culminate a more than decade-long pursuit by the billionaire investor to turn Pershing Square from a volatile hedge fund partnership into a broader financial institution he has compared to Berkshire Hathaway. on.ft.com/48gx0MI
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Incredible scenes on BBC Look North.
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Incredible scenes on BBC Look North.
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For years, there was a "Bad Hemingway Contest," in which readers would parody Ernest's writing, w/ hilarious results..
That Nuzzi excerpt, with lines like these, ought to generate a contest of its own.
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
That Nuzzi excerpt, with lines like these, ought to generate a contest of its own.
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
For years, there was a "Bad Hemingway Contest," in which readers would parody Ernest's writing, w/ hilarious results..
That Nuzzi excerpt, with lines like these, ought to generate a contest of its own.
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
That Nuzzi excerpt, with lines like these, ought to generate a contest of its own.
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
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FT Europe Editor Ben Hall explains here why Trump's Ukraine proposal is seen as highly favourable to Russia in a video accompanying this annotation of the text www.ft.com/content/44d1...
Annotated: the full text of Donald Trump’s 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan
Draft agreement has shocked Europe and is unlikely to satisfy Kyiv or Moscow
www.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
FT Europe Editor Ben Hall explains here why Trump's Ukraine proposal is seen as highly favourable to Russia in a video accompanying this annotation of the text www.ft.com/content/44d1...
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Big warning from Vanguard's bonds boss Sara Devereux: the market is pricing in way too many Fed cuts www.ft.com/content/22b5...
Wall Street is banking on too many Federal Reserve rate cuts, Vanguard warns
Asset management giant’s bond chief says ‘massive’ spending on AI will bolster the US economy
www.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Big warning from Vanguard's bonds boss Sara Devereux: the market is pricing in way too many Fed cuts www.ft.com/content/22b5...
americans are just not like us at all
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
americans are just not like us at all
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🫧👂🏼 POD TIME 👂🏼 🫧
me and the very handsome @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
-constructive feedback on our personal appearance
-bubble bubble pop?
-Pissing areas in swimming pools
-handbags as an asset class
open.spotify.com/episode/5trY...
me and the very handsome @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
-constructive feedback on our personal appearance
-bubble bubble pop?
-Pissing areas in swimming pools
-handbags as an asset class
open.spotify.com/episode/5trY...
Nvidia's crazy day
open.spotify.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
🫧👂🏼 POD TIME 👂🏼 🫧
me and the very handsome @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
-constructive feedback on our personal appearance
-bubble bubble pop?
-Pissing areas in swimming pools
-handbags as an asset class
open.spotify.com/episode/5trY...
me and the very handsome @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
-constructive feedback on our personal appearance
-bubble bubble pop?
-Pissing areas in swimming pools
-handbags as an asset class
open.spotify.com/episode/5trY...
anyway, no reason but FYI we made a film about MicroStrategy/Strategy that went out in May
If you missed it:
www.ft.com/video/4d1a16...
If you missed it:
www.ft.com/video/4d1a16...
Michael Saylor's $40bn bitcoin bet | FT Film
Crypto evangelist Michael Saylor has transformed Strategy from a loss-making software company into the world's largest corporate holder of bitcoin. The FT unpacks what some investors have dubbed Saylo...
www.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
anyway, no reason but FYI we made a film about MicroStrategy/Strategy that went out in May
If you missed it:
www.ft.com/video/4d1a16...
If you missed it:
www.ft.com/video/4d1a16...