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Tom Knowles

@tkbeynon

Freelance journalist. Formerly Technology Correspondent at The Times in SF/London, and before that Economics and Property correspondent.

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calendar_today29-04-2009 09:13:57

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A stunningly swift demise: The brutal rule of the Assad family, father and son, has finally ended after a ten-day insurgent offensive. Long-time prisoners, the survivors of the torture and executions, are being set free. Let's hope for a bright new page. apnews.com/article/syria-…

Sarah Rainsford @sarahrainsfordbbc.bsky.social (@sarahrainsford) 's Twitter Profile Photo

After all those years backing him…. the Russian foreign ministry confirms Assad has left Syria - and the presidency - and says he ‘gave orders for the peaceful handover of power’ They don’t say where he is…

Mansour Omari (@mansouromari) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Horros in the Assad prions are being revealed. Children, girls, women freed. Industrial scale execution equipment. Prepare for shocking scenes that maybe published.

Horros in the Assad prions are being revealed. Children, girls, women freed. Industrial scale execution equipment. Prepare for shocking scenes that maybe published.
Beth Rigby (@bethrigby) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Q: Elon Musk described Jess Phillips as an ‘evil witch’ & a “rape genocide apologist” who should be put in jail. Does that sort of abuse of one of your team make you angry & what is your response? Starmer then gives one of the most impassioned responses I’ve ever seen

Gideon Rachman (@gideonrachman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The award winning reporter, Andrew Norfolk, who broke the grooming scandal says that far from covering up the problem, Starmer made the prosecutions possible

The award winning reporter, Andrew Norfolk, who broke the grooming scandal says that far from covering up the problem, Starmer made the prosecutions possible
CNBC (@cnbc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates cnbc.com/2025/01/27/goo…

Tom Knowles (@tkbeynon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Side point on this article everyone is sharing about S&S getting rid of blurbs, but good on the new publisher Sean Manning to do an actual fun and engaging article about the change rather than putting out some boring corporate press release about it publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/in…

Lindsay Owens (@owenslindsay1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is an excellent summary of Musk’s takeover of the Treasury from New York Magazine’s Chas Danner, with quotes from WSJ, NYT, WaPo, and my op-ed from MSNBC yesterday. But this quote from Seth Masket is right on the money. This isn’t efficiency. It’s a coup. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

This is an excellent summary of Musk’s takeover of the Treasury from <a href="/NYMag/">New York Magazine</a>’s <a href="/chasdanner/">Chas Danner</a>, with quotes from WSJ, NYT, WaPo, and my op-ed from <a href="/MSNBC/">MSNBC</a> yesterday. 

But this quote from <a href="/smotus/">Seth Masket</a> is right on the money. This isn’t efficiency. It’s a coup.  

nymag.com/intelligencer/…
Nicholas Drummond (@nicholadrummond) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is the best summary of the current geopolitical situation I have seen. Sir Alex Younger was head of MI6 between 2014 and 2020. Really worth watching.

Clash Report (@clashreport) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Turkish PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by masked U.S. ICE agents yesterday while heading to an Iftar dinner in Massachusetts. Ozturk, who held a valid F-1 visa and studied at Tufts University, was reportedly being watched for two days before her arrest. She was on the

Tom Knowles (@tkbeynon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Possibly the most British quote ever from one of the Quaker elders about police charging their meeting house to arrest activists thetimes.com/article/ea7dab…

Possibly the most British quote ever from one of the Quaker elders about police charging their meeting house to arrest activists 
thetimes.com/article/ea7dab…
Janel Comeau 🍁 (@verybadllama) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold

Armand Domalewski (@armanddoma) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Imagine telling a Vietnam vet flying on the last chopper out of Saigon that one day the Communist General Secretary of Vietnam would be trying to persuade an American President to embrace free markets

Jamie Roberton (@jamiemroberton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨Exclusive: A grieving mother is being threatened with prosecution unless she deletes a damning review into police failings in her daughter's case. We reported on Danielle Charters-Christie's story last year - police conduct since has raised alarm channel4.com/news/exclusive…

Bob Dylan (@bobdylan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Heard the sad news about Brian today and thought about all the years I’ve been listening to him and admiring his genius. Rest in peace dear Brian.

Will Stancil (@whstancil) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is an unbelievably dark story about ChatGPT from top to bottom, especially the twist at the end here nytimes.com/2025/06/13/tec…

This is an unbelievably dark story about ChatGPT from top to bottom, especially the twist at the end here nytimes.com/2025/06/13/tec…