People tend to think there are more immigrants in their country than there really are. In the United States, for example, the average person believes that 33% of people were not born there. However, official estimates from government agencies show that the figure is just 15% —

An AI hoax site seems to have tricked hundreds of people into turning up for a fake Halloween parade in Dublin last night thejournal.ie/fake-halloween…

Studying in tents and using mobiles charged by solar panels Gazan teenagers defy war for competitive maths via Financial Times. Lovely story by ⁦⁦⁦Clara Murray⁩ on.ft.com/4faHGP3

I wrote about the Palestinian Mathematical Olympiad team, their efforts to get to the international final and how they've managed to keep up their studies during the war

Dead-heat poll results are astonishing – and improbable, these experts say theguardian.com/us-news/2024/n…

The Republican candidate increased his vote margin in all but two states ft.com/content/392e1e…

New: The swing to Trump in maps and charts 🇺🇸📈 The Republican candidate picked up more votes than in 2020 in every state apart from Utah and Washington. W/ Oliver Roeder Sam Learner Eva Xiao Clara Murray @Vin_Viz_ 👉 on.ft.com/3YAmz1y

As more votes have been counted we're now down to just *one* state - Washington - that didn't shift to Trump

Hard to overstate just how rapid the changes in US party coalitions have been. The Democrats are now the party of high education *and* high income voters. Just 12 years ago, the inverse was true. On these terms, the Trump coalition was closer to Obama 2008 than the Harris one!

How we were deepfaked by election deepfakes on.ft.com/49RcId7 | opinion

From Berlin to New York, clubbers in the world’s party capitals are heading home earlier. on.ft.com/3C2Mwzs

Recommend two good pieces of reporting on misinformation, research on it, and debates around it that came out around the turn of the year Laurie Clarke dismantles lazy "bad actors" framing politico.eu/article/nobody… & Clara Murray AI deepfake panic ft.com/content/62d81e… 1/3

🗣️"The big Irish head on you" - is there any truth to the phrase? Farrah Corbett from Coláiste Chiaráin in Co Limerick has investigated the width of Irish heads and is presenting her findings at the #BTYSTE2025 👇 📺Virgin Media News

Europe’s defence groups have benefited from higher spending following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine 3 years ago. But Trump’s return has turbocharged Europe’s rearmament effort and with it, the industry’s prospects, Sylvia Pfeifer and Clara Murray report. on.ft.com/4h9IvrM

The Financial Times is good on data journalism & building a formidable team of food & drink writers so I enjoyed reading this piece (£) which covers both domains. How restaurant hype happens: a tale told through booking data ft.com/content/7b63e3…

Enjoyed talking to Clara Murray at Financial Times about the costly and undesirable pursuit of reviving domestic manufacturing. ft.com/content/a72aba…

Spent a week tallying up London festival days – which have seen a cumulative increase of more than 60% since 2022. Also looked into the council funding situation and the controversies over the commercialisation of the city's parks. New w/ Clara Murray on.ft.com/43xNYUl

‘When vaping first appeared in the early 2010s, many projected it would have replaced smoking by now. That view has been wrong’ - by Mari Nøvik Clara Murray & me on.ft.com/3FI1mNU