Martin Stabe
@martinstabe.ft.com
Data journalist at @data.ft.com. These days mainly thinking about elections data and how to use automation and AI in news. #ddj #dataviz
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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.
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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
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November 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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.
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This is absolutely fascinating: you can put your postcode in and see relative levels of deprivation (and the opposite) where you live in detail. I live where I grew up, so I could spend days doing this as I know the town so well. www.ft.com/content/9a1c... Huge congrats to @amyborrett.ft.com et al.
Interactive: explore England’s new deprivation map
Data analysis reveals ‘cheek by jowl’ inequalities in first study of country’s disadvantaged areas since pandemic
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October 31, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This is absolutely fascinating: you can put your postcode in and see relative levels of deprivation (and the opposite) where you live in detail. I live where I grew up, so I could spend days doing this as I know the town so well. www.ft.com/content/9a1c... Huge congrats to @amyborrett.ft.com et al.
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Exciting day: one of my fave colleagues @jburnmurdoch.ft.com and I are teaming up on a weekly newsletter to track what's really happening with AI & the labour market. No hype, just spreadsheets & shoe-leather. You can sign up here to get the first edition at lunchtime today! ft.com/AIshift
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October 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Exciting day: one of my fave colleagues @jburnmurdoch.ft.com and I are teaming up on a weekly newsletter to track what's really happening with AI & the labour market. No hype, just spreadsheets & shoe-leather. You can sign up here to get the first edition at lunchtime today! ft.com/AIshift
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NEW: How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution
Massive shipping containers packed with powerful batteries are shoring up grids & extending the use of clean power
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Latest visual story w/ @samlearner.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @samjoiner.bsky.social
Massive shipping containers packed with powerful batteries are shoring up grids & extending the use of clean power
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Latest visual story w/ @samlearner.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @samjoiner.bsky.social
How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution
Vast battery units are shoring up grids and extending the use of clean power
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October 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
NEW: How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution
Massive shipping containers packed with powerful batteries are shoring up grids & extending the use of clean power
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Latest visual story w/ @samlearner.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @samjoiner.bsky.social
Massive shipping containers packed with powerful batteries are shoring up grids & extending the use of clean power
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Latest visual story w/ @samlearner.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @samjoiner.bsky.social
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🇳🇴 Nobel Institute probes leak of peace prize winner’s name
The Nobel committee is supposedly super secret, a bastion of confidentiality and yet... 🤔
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The Nobel committee is supposedly super secret, a bastion of confidentiality and yet... 🤔
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October 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🇳🇴 Nobel Institute probes leak of peace prize winner’s name
The Nobel committee is supposedly super secret, a bastion of confidentiality and yet... 🤔
FT www.ft.com/content/afc7...
The Nobel committee is supposedly super secret, a bastion of confidentiality and yet... 🤔
FT www.ft.com/content/afc7...
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Via driehoeksverhoudingen willen ontwikkelaars, chipbouwers en investeerders zich verzekeren van expertise, kapitaal en vooral rekenkracht. Voor @tijd.be ontrafelen @thomasroelens.bsky.social, @raphael.cockx.com en Stephanie De Smedt het spinnenweb van belangen.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Via driehoeksverhoudingen willen ontwikkelaars, chipbouwers en investeerders zich verzekeren van expertise, kapitaal en vooral rekenkracht. Voor @tijd.be ontrafelen @thomasroelens.bsky.social, @raphael.cockx.com en Stephanie De Smedt het spinnenweb van belangen.
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The easiest way to show your newsroom is actually thinking about AI isn't the 50th summarization tool or chatbot. It's automating the jobs people don't want to do.
Like, bluesky's favourite: alt text!
I wrote about how we built this at the FT, with an interactive demo: tk.gg/posts/ai-alt...
Like, bluesky's favourite: alt text!
I wrote about how we built this at the FT, with an interactive demo: tk.gg/posts/ai-alt...
October 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The easiest way to show your newsroom is actually thinking about AI isn't the 50th summarization tool or chatbot. It's automating the jobs people don't want to do.
Like, bluesky's favourite: alt text!
I wrote about how we built this at the FT, with an interactive demo: tk.gg/posts/ai-alt...
Like, bluesky's favourite: alt text!
I wrote about how we built this at the FT, with an interactive demo: tk.gg/posts/ai-alt...
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Hi, I've been working on a lil' something.
October 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Hi, I've been working on a lil' something.
Great piece of data journalism on the widespread anomalies in council tax banding, by @jonathanvincent.bsky.social and Sam Fleming and involving our great engineering teams on both the front- and back-end of the project. #ddj Plus a nod to some classic #dataviz design by @theboysmithy.ft.com:
October 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Great piece of data journalism on the widespread anomalies in council tax banding, by @jonathanvincent.bsky.social and Sam Fleming and involving our great engineering teams on both the front- and back-end of the project. #ddj Plus a nod to some classic #dataviz design by @theboysmithy.ft.com:
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Great reporting here on the political pressure affecting prosecutions of white-collar crime in the US
Featuring also great use of LLMs for structuring data 👇👇
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Featuring also great use of LLMs for structuring data 👇👇
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September 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Great reporting here on the political pressure affecting prosecutions of white-collar crime in the US
Featuring also great use of LLMs for structuring data 👇👇
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Featuring also great use of LLMs for structuring data 👇👇
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Good read on one of the most interesting characters in tech debate. As someone who used to read the housing bubble blogs like Calculated Risk back in 2005 /2006 (i.e. before the bubble burst), there's a similar vibe with @edzitron.com - and maybe he'll be proven right.
Ed Zitron is mad as hell
How a British-born hobbyist blogger became one of Big Tech’s punchiest critics
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September 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Good read on one of the most interesting characters in tech debate. As someone who used to read the housing bubble blogs like Calculated Risk back in 2005 /2006 (i.e. before the bubble burst), there's a similar vibe with @edzitron.com - and maybe he'll be proven right.
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This is wrong.
a) The article literally states we did the analysis with AI. We used semantic search to ID paragraphs relating to a topic, then grouped text into categories by their meaning.
b) The model outputs were, as below, boolean indicators about whether something fit a category.
a) The article literally states we did the analysis with AI. We used semantic search to ID paragraphs relating to a topic, then grouped text into categories by their meaning.
b) The model outputs were, as below, boolean indicators about whether something fit a category.
September 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This is wrong.
a) The article literally states we did the analysis with AI. We used semantic search to ID paragraphs relating to a topic, then grouped text into categories by their meaning.
b) The model outputs were, as below, boolean indicators about whether something fit a category.
a) The article literally states we did the analysis with AI. We used semantic search to ID paragraphs relating to a topic, then grouped text into categories by their meaning.
b) The model outputs were, as below, boolean indicators about whether something fit a category.
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A cool use of AI in newsgathering, this. US companies are talking more and more about the risks rather than the benefits of AI in their SEC filings (while still being super-optimistic in earnings calls). By @melissahei.bsky.social @chriscook.news & @claradoodle.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/e93e...
September 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A cool use of AI in newsgathering, this. US companies are talking more and more about the risks rather than the benefits of AI in their SEC filings (while still being super-optimistic in earnings calls). By @melissahei.bsky.social @chriscook.news & @claradoodle.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/e93e...
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NEW: How prediction markets are shaking up sports gambling in America
@okr.bsky.social and I on prediction markets' entry into sports contracts under Trump's CFTC and the resulting legal fights with states, tribal groups, and the gaming industry
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@okr.bsky.social and I on prediction markets' entry into sports contracts under Trump's CFTC and the resulting legal fights with states, tribal groups, and the gaming industry
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How prediction markets are shaking up sports gambling in America
Kalshi is spearheading a legal battle to expand access to online betting, with support from some in Trump’s circle
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September 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
NEW: How prediction markets are shaking up sports gambling in America
@okr.bsky.social and I on prediction markets' entry into sports contracts under Trump's CFTC and the resulting legal fights with states, tribal groups, and the gaming industry
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@okr.bsky.social and I on prediction markets' entry into sports contracts under Trump's CFTC and the resulting legal fights with states, tribal groups, and the gaming industry
on.ft.com/4nwVxDk
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our latest: black borrowers are twice as likely to be rejected for a US mortgage as white borrowers - even after you account for income, location etc etc. www.ft.com/content/217c...
Black applicants twice as likely to be rejected for a US mortgage
FT analysis finds all ethnic minorities have lower probability of being granted home loans than white counterparts
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September 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
our latest: black borrowers are twice as likely to be rejected for a US mortgage as white borrowers - even after you account for income, location etc etc. www.ft.com/content/217c...
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We've built a football game and it's free to play!
Can you run a Premier League club? Step into the boardroom, navigate financial regulations and guide your team to glory in our new game.
👉 ft.com/football-game ⚽️💸
Can you run a Premier League club? Step into the boardroom, navigate financial regulations and guide your team to glory in our new game.
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Can you run a Premier League football club?
Step into the boardroom, navigate profit and sustainability rules and guide your club to glory
ft.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
We've built a football game and it's free to play!
Can you run a Premier League club? Step into the boardroom, navigate financial regulations and guide your team to glory in our new game.
👉 ft.com/football-game ⚽️💸
Can you run a Premier League club? Step into the boardroom, navigate financial regulations and guide your team to glory in our new game.
👉 ft.com/football-game ⚽️💸
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My going-away page from the NYT included a gently mocking reference to my evangelization of Scoop, the in-house CMS.
I was right then and it's still true: investing in your CMS is among the best decisions a news org can make.
I was right then and it's still true: investing in your CMS is among the best decisions a news org can make.
Our CMS has a feature for fact-checking — once you've confirmed a name/fact/quote/whatever, you hit a button to underline and put a checkmark next to it.
I'm fact-checking an interactive that had to be produced in a different CMS, and being unable to put a visual indicator as I go is tormenting me
I'm fact-checking an interactive that had to be produced in a different CMS, and being unable to put a visual indicator as I go is tormenting me
August 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
My going-away page from the NYT included a gently mocking reference to my evangelization of Scoop, the in-house CMS.
I was right then and it's still true: investing in your CMS is among the best decisions a news org can make.
I was right then and it's still true: investing in your CMS is among the best decisions a news org can make.
Thank you, @andrewvandam.bsky.social for providing much joy in the @data.ft.com Slack channel; though I'm disappointed at the exclusion of the distinguishing "r" before the censor’s dash in "A—hole." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Column | What are the most American and most British words?
Is American English really that different than its British ancestor? And if so, what words truly separate the American from the Brit? The Department of Data is on the case.
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August 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Thank you, @andrewvandam.bsky.social for providing much joy in the @data.ft.com Slack channel; though I'm disappointed at the exclusion of the distinguishing "r" before the censor’s dash in "A—hole." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Newsweek is hiring a UK-based “AI visual content producer”. Will be very interesting to see what the person in this role ends up doing. job-boards.greenhouse.io/newsweek/job...
AI Visual Content Producer
Remote, United Kingdom
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August 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Newsweek is hiring a UK-based “AI visual content producer”. Will be very interesting to see what the person in this role ends up doing. job-boards.greenhouse.io/newsweek/job...
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We wanted to know if the money that the EU has put into rearmament is turning into production capacity — and the answer is: yes. Industry is rearming.
Analysis of radar satellite data shows rearmament on a historic scale, stretching over 7mn sq metres of new industrial development on.ft.com/3HsEbYG
August 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
We wanted to know if the money that the EU has put into rearmament is turning into production capacity — and the answer is: yes. Industry is rearming.
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Trump's war on data will do lasting damage - former BLS commissioners @ericagroshen.bsky.social and William Beach write for @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/3UNbf0x
Former BLS commissioners: Trump’s war on data will do lasting harm
[FREE TO READ] Reliable government statistics are one of the cornerstones of the American economy
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August 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Trump's war on data will do lasting damage - former BLS commissioners @ericagroshen.bsky.social and William Beach write for @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/3UNbf0x
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Newsletter: In a media landscape dominated by algorithmic feeds that aim to manipulate and extract, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is choose to read what you want, when you want, without anyone watching over your shoulder.
Here’s how to use RSS.
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Here’s how to use RSS.
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Curate your own newspaper with RSS
Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read
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July 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Newsletter: In a media landscape dominated by algorithmic feeds that aim to manipulate and extract, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is choose to read what you want, when you want, without anyone watching over your shoulder.
Here’s how to use RSS.
www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-...
Here’s how to use RSS.
www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-...
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New 📈✍️- we're hearing a lot about AI decimating graduate jobs. But the data paints a more complicated picture on what's behind the fall in entry-level roles
With Delphine Strauss, @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & Sarah Lim
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With Delphine Strauss, @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & Sarah Lim
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Is AI killing graduate jobs?
[FREE TO READ] Tech is blamed for destroying entry-level roles but economic uncertainty and offshoring are playing a part
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July 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
New 📈✍️- we're hearing a lot about AI decimating graduate jobs. But the data paints a more complicated picture on what's behind the fall in entry-level roles
With Delphine Strauss, @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & Sarah Lim
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With Delphine Strauss, @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & Sarah Lim
on.ft.com/4f1wWmK
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NEW: inside America's immigration detention industry, where lawyers and detainees describe overcrowding and deteriorating conditions
Our visual investigation: ig.ft.com/us-immigrati...
Our visual investigation: ig.ft.com/us-immigrati...
Inside America’s booming immigration detention industry
The enormous US deportation programme is enriching companies as detainees complain of poor treatment
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July 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
NEW: inside America's immigration detention industry, where lawyers and detainees describe overcrowding and deteriorating conditions
Our visual investigation: ig.ft.com/us-immigrati...
Our visual investigation: ig.ft.com/us-immigrati...
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NEW: Inside US’s booming immigration detention industry where increasing levels of incarceration are leading to deteriorating conditions, legal representatives and detainees say.
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Inside America’s booming immigration detention industry
The enormous US deportation programme is enriching companies as detainees complain of poor treatment
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July 16, 2025 at 6:02 AM
NEW: Inside US’s booming immigration detention industry where increasing levels of incarceration are leading to deteriorating conditions, legal representatives and detainees say.
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