someone’s gotta convince him to spend a billion
12.03.2026 00:30
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someone’s gotta convince him to spend a billion
California boy dies of SSPE (measles complication) after being infected at age 7 months, when he was too young to be vaccinated.
FT exclusive:
Lord Peter Mandelson received a severance payment of about £70,000 when he was sacked as Britain’s ambassador to Washington last year, a first wave of files relating to his appointment will show on Wednesday.
(but Mandelson demanded vastly higher payout)
www.ft.com/content/6108...
The strange broadcasts began in the hours after the US and Israel attacked Iran. Strings of numbers recited in Farsi, transmitted from western Europe, at 5.30am and 9.30pm every day. What are these mysterious missives ... and who are they for?
Read the story in today's #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/6xBuiGA
Some big macro hedge funds got crunched in the Iran war vol. Story by @costasmourselas.bsky.social @pollard.bsky.social + me
www.ft.com/content/f06d...
Pimco sticking to its guns on gilts, doesn't see BoE hikes as likely in the near term. Scoop from @kateduguid.bsky.social + me
www.ft.com/content/9b08...
Edmund. Burke... Would. Have. Had. Thoughts.
EDMUND. BURKE. WOULD. HAVE. HAD. THOUGHTS.
*stalks off into the other room, smashing noises can be heard.*
EDMUND BURKE! WOULD HAVE! HAD THOUGHTS!
I'm out of words here
Talaricooooooooooo
Bond markets slump to worse week in a while, as rate cut bets confounded
“This isn’t yet a panic, it’s an unwind"
A painful one, esp for the UK
Story with @emilydherbert.bsky.social @kateduguid.bsky.social @rachel-rees.bsky.social viz by @raydouglas.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/d0b4...
A year ago, when Heatmap surveyed registered voters across the country and asked whether they would support the construction of a data center near where they lived, the response was genuinely mixed — 44 percent said they’d support such a project, and 42 percent said they’d oppose it. But when the survey was repeated in February, the contrast was stark: 52 percent were now opposed, and only 28 percent supportive. The net approval of data centers had dropped 24 points in a year. That’s more ground than Donald Trump has lost, in what is now widely considered a catastrophic year for his popularity (not to mention the health of the democratic project).
Thrilled to see our exclusive Heatmap polling (and @jael.bsky.social’s reporting) get featured so prominently in @dwallacewells.bsky.social’s column today: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/o...
From FT comments
lol those really are Assad margins
Front page splash: Iran seeks vengeance for Khamenei with strikes on Israel and US Gulf allies
It’s been a busy weekend for our fantastic global team of reporters and editors, partic our unmatched Tehran crew - so instead of doing a thread of various news items you’ve missed, I’ll just leave you with this: proof that print is still alive and kicking in the 21st century. #buyapaper
“It’s weird,” he said. “I just did something that I would think anyone would do. What do you mean you would watch a stroller and a baby just sink?”
10/ terrific FT long read on how Chinese university system was supercharged by Beijing and what it means for research & intellectual freedom
The Conference of Catholic Bishops is... not playing around in this brief.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
Fab observation from @pd-williams.bsky.social here:
Massive near-term divergence between July fed funds and end-2027 SOFR, consistent with mounting worries that SaaSpocalypse also means medium term white-collar employment wipeout
sherwood.news/markets/the-...
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3. Should any transgender person be caught driving without a valid license, they could face a class B misdemeanor carrying up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. Kansas already requires county jails to house inmates according to sex assigned at birth.
www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period." ERIN REED FEB 25, 2026 88 5 21 Share Kansas Sate Capitol // farzinvousoughian
1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses.
Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked.
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www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...
Chris Hughes & Josh Younger criticize the Fed’s ample reserves framework, see IORB as a subsidy to the banks. Don Kohn and Bill English disagree. via @brookings.edu Hutchins Center www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
A tax economist put his entire life savings into a prediction market bet that DOGE wouldn’t cut spending.
His wife read the Kalshi comments from the people on the other side and grew *more* confident because “they didn’t seem to understand what they were buying.”
He made a 37% return
Brad Setser (sadly not on here), throwing fire in the FT: China is not dumping US Treasuries www.ft.com/content/9ea5...
I hear the Miniature Counterfeiters' Guild is accepting new applicants, if you're looking to make a little coin
here for the FT supremacy tho
