💥 If you read one thing today, make it this story by Italian journalist Lorenzo D’Agostino — captured aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla: beaten, blindfolded, mocked with homophobic slurs, and held half-naked in freezing vans and scorching cells. According to D’Agostino and

Apparently the locals in Venice aren’t too happy about the Bezos wedding there this week

"They should be ashamed of their silence." This is not a bunch of student protestors. This is the editorial board of the Financial Times.

Hopefully the first of many other universities to join

1.2 million children will die, so billionaires can get a tax cut. The Republican Party is in a state of complete moral collapse.

From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.

This is a big story with essential reporting from @_alexreisner New details about the massive scale of the database that Meta, OpenAI, and others used to train its AI products And internal documents showing Meta employees debating over copyright issues https://t.co/aOejjvgy7O

In 2004, it took the world a year to add one gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day.

Elon Musk’s “deep sighs on cable TV and emergency Tesla junkets on the White House lawn are hints that he may be beginning to understand the precariousness of his situation,” Charlie Warzel writes:

🔥 New issue alert! Fintech newsletter #210 is here, featuring: 🏛️ Blowback over plans for a US crypto reserve 🆕 Newcomers to the Fintech 50 📈 A fintech flurry to revive London’s IPO market? 🌐 MWC25 and the fintech 4YFN awards spotlight. Read here 👇 https://t.co/fiV2Tpuqr4

Barcelona is preparing for #4YFN and #MWC25, and I'm looking forward to the energy these events bring! Particularly keen to check the fintech and green tech programs, discuss the current political shift, and discover new impact startups. If you are visiting, let's catch up ☕

"we are the leaders we've been waiting for." This is definitely worth a read if you are looking for some hope 👇

I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.

Wikipedia rolling out anonymity features piloted in countries with authoritarian governments in the US & is making a change to not show editor IP addresses in response to a global "increase in threats" from Elon Musk, Heritage Foundation, and governments https://t.co/iquHNz5oGn

a canadian marketing team moving at the speed of light

Why does the world's richest man want to gut the CFPB? Because it would shield him from having to follow financial laws to keep customers' money safe — and give him access to confidential records about his competitors. Follow the money.

🔥 New issue alert! Fintech newsletter #209 is here, featuring: ⚖️ Trump meme coin controversy and concerns 📊 Global fintech growth across regions 💰 Stripe's $1.1B crypto infrastructure move 🏛️ New regulatory changes in EU and US Read here 👇 https://t.co/MP79fopbFf

If we could show one chart to every US voter each day, today I would show them this one:

Google removed the pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance from its AI principles