@AbbieFS

Deputy editor of @theeconomist’s features section, 1843. Previously international investigations at @tbij & Beirut for @ft. Mostly here for puns.

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Joined June 2009
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As well as being brilliant and funny, Sharon Horgan’s “Youth” also has a great soundtrack. 10/10 for pitch-perfect deployment of Au Pays du Cocaine and Everything in Its Right Place in the opening episode
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These are really peak business hours for squirrels
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Max Nesterak@maxnesterakSep 23
eager for journalism's pivot to longform features about local cranks
Max Tani@maxwelltaniSep 23
Per a note to Boston Globe staff today, the lesbian bar story generated 1,000 subscriptions to the paper yesterday. The Globe’s managing editor said it was “by far our best performing story of the year,” and appears to be “on pace to shatter all sorts of Globe records.”
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Eamon Javers
@EamonJaversSep 15
This is a subhed for the ages in the WSJ this morning: “Talk of heading off artificial intelligence’s potential role in destroying humanity hurt some stocks and helped others”
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Why did no one make me watch 7 Up before now? It’s absolutely amazing
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FT Weekend@ftweekendSep 12
The Ritz-Carlton purge, a $1.3bn demand and nine years trapped in Saudi Arabia ft.trib.al/Andx0wY

The Ritz-Carlton purge, a $1.3bn demand and nine years trapped in Saudi Arabia

When Rami Naimi, son of a former Saudi oil minister, was caught up in a state crackdown, it was only the start of his ordeal.

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Marc Owen Jones
@marcowenjonesSep 11
1/2 Anthropic's latest report on detecting misuse of AI contains this case of an anti-Muslim Brotherhood campaign by the UAE. It includes a sockpuppet network of 300 accounts. But they also produced smears against UN-special rapporteurs which had criticised UAE conduct in Sudan
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Mitchell Prothero@mitchprotheroSep 9
Wild investigation
Marc Owen Jones
@marcowenjonesSep 8
1/ A week ago, a LinkedIn ad for a site called the @levantinereport came up in my feed. Curious, I started to dig. The subsequent journey took me to Hong Kong, North Macedonia, Brussels, New Jersey, Israel and Dubai, Sudan and three other websites. Read on 👉 #dysinfluence
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Jacob Coxon
@hilbertspaessSep 9
Do not underestimate the power of this technology. These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources. We have all witnessed the progress in each of these domains, and progress is not slowing.
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Rob B@RobBfromDerbySep 4
“… as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Reform conference is open and people are having a wonderful time".
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Fantastic digging on Reform’s theologian and MAGA whisperer James Orr by @helenwarrell & Ramsay Hodgson ft.com/content/c2d02f83-a5a0…

James Orr and the gospel of the new British right

Reform’s policy head is a Cambridge theologian with an enviable contact book and a belief in ‘faith, family and flag’

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Shattering, must-read report on Afghan mothers’ economic coping strategies by the amazing researchers at @AANafgh. One interviewee had to make an unbearable choice about her baby to feed her older kids afghanistan-analysts.org/en/…

Pushed to the Limits: The struggle to survive deepening poverty in Afghanistan

Much has been written about the Afghan economy since the re-establishment of the Islamic Emirate in 2021: the data show a calamitous economic contraction, a fragile recovery where per capita GDP is...

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This is such a gripping mystery and phenomenal feat of reporting by @suelinwong and Lian Buan. Read it and three other great 1843 pieces in our summer issue! (The one with a certain tech CEO on the front) economist.com/interactive/18… from The Economist

The mayor of Scamtown

People thought Alice Guo was a Chinese spy. The truth was much darker

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DJ BBQ@stepheniscowboyJul 26
Jonathan Fine@jonathanbfineJul 24
sometimes you can tell from a person’s underlining in a used book that they aren’t going to make it
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Jon Fasman@jonfasmanJul 24
economist.com/culture/2026/0… Our tribute to a brilliant artist and beloved colleague. RIP

The Economist’s cover designer, Graeme James, has died, aged 65

His more than 2,500 covers cleverly captured, mocked and ridiculed the world

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This is rather lovely nplusonemag.com/authors/wing…

Wingrave/David

Content filed under the Wingrave/David taxonomy.

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Love a good closing montage at a tournament, and not many do it better than the BBC. Brilliant work from @alexewing_ and @editor_drs xitter.cf/alexewing_/status/2078…
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Problematic?
The Daily Beast
@thedailybeastJul 20
The problematic influencer channeled Doris Day for his latest arrest fit. thedailybeast.com/barron-tru…

Barron Trump’s Buddy Andrew Tate Mocked Over Most Heinous Arrest Outfits

The problematic influencer channeled Doris Day for his latest perp walk.

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Michael J Bustamante, Ph.D.@MJ_BustaJul 18
Deeply reported, stirringly written account of the fight over Cuba's medical missions, by @sarahmaslin. Does well what most stories on this don't: center the voices, and conflicted feelings, of Cuban doctors themselves. economist.com/interactive/18…

The doctors keeping Cuba on life support

Medics are the country’s most valuable export. Now Trump has his sights on them

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