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Jesse Armstrong on his tech bro takedown Mountainhead: ‘It’s where clever and stupid meet’ ft.com/content/49afd5… via @ft

Sebastião Salgado, 1944-2025, one of the great documentary photographers of the age ft.com/content/b192d2… @ft

Monk's advice to his sidemen: "A note can be as small as a pin or as big as the world. It depends on your imagination."

TACO spawn! ft.com/content/20a99a…

Last month, Robert Armstrong coined the acronym 'Taco' — which stands for 'Trump always chickens out' — as a way to describe the US president's tariff approach and the way markets react to it. Listen to the Unhedged podcast: on.ft.com/3Hf101z

Art house streaming service and distributor Mubi raised $100M led by Sequoia at a $1B valuation; Mubi has about 20M registered users worldwide (Christopher Grimes / Financial Times) ft.com/content/1e0645… mediagazer.com/250531/p1#a250…

Could AI make a Scorsese movie? Demis Hassabis and Darren Aronofsky discuss ft.com/content/2fff10… Demis Hassabis darren aronofsky Google DeepMind Christopher Grimes @ft

genuinely today is like the series finale of twitter x.com/kanyewest/stat…

There is no emergency, widespread threat, or out of control violence in Los Angeles. And absolutely no danger that justifies deployment of the National Guard, military, or other federal force to the streets of this or any other Southern California City. Local law enforcement is

RIP Sly Stone

The great Sly Stone passed away today. Leader of Sly and the Family Stone, their hits included “Everyday People,” “Stand!” and “Family Affair." Sly was a visitor at Brian's home in the 1970s and Brian was a fan.

Everybody is a Star, no matter who u r.😢 Sly Stone, Prayer's going out to his family & friends.🙏🙏🙏 Thx u (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)! There will Never be another U, to do what u do.🫡 Keep the legacy Alive! Love U😥 novena carmel Bootsy baby!!!🤩

"Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” includes $185bn for ICE, which is more than the annual military spending of the UK and France combined. Wherever ICE raids trigger protests, Trump can send in the troops." My column. ft.com/content/3d6c91…

"Unlike his shareholders, Zaslav has made a handsome return. The chief executive has been showered with almost $400mn in pay and stock options in the past three years." OUCH ft.com/content/ca95dc…

The struggle for Los Angeles via Financial Times on.ft.com/4ebS6OU

Not many media outlets have reporters in Tehran. At the FT, we do. Here's the latest from my colleague Bita Ghaffari about the mood of fear and defiance in Iran. Israeli attacks revive bitter Iranian memories of 1980s Iraq war - on.ft.com/4l6jBeH via Financial Times

“The federal government has taken American citizens into custody — not just undocumented people,” our district’s councillor wrote to his constituents. Trump’s deportation raids strip LA streets of life ft.com/content/1a7db3… via @ft Christopher Grimes

.⁦Siona Jenkins⁩ on New York’s rat problem - an issue, incidentally, that Eric Adams seems determined to make a central plank of his campaign for re-election as the city’s mayor in November on.ft.com/4ev9tKB

Love them(?) or hate them, NYC has too many rats. I went for a walk with the city's ‘rat tsar’ to find out what is being done about them. ft.com/content/aec064… via @ft

WSJ Editorial Board: The President is using government to intimidate news outlets that publish stories he doesn’t like. It’s a low move in a free country with a free press. wsj.com/opinion/donald…