Last night’s article in the Washington Post about D.C. police responding to a 911 call by illegally letting DOGE onto private property is unlike any news story I have ever read. Every single person should read this article and think about where our society is going.

"Several distinct cultural changes have created a situation in which many men who hate women do not have the access to women’s bodies that they would have had in an earlier era" --- brilliant, incisive piece by Jia Tolentino newyorker.com/culture/cultur…

“I don’t trust Putin,” Mr. Starmer said. “I’m sure Putin would try to insist that Ukraine should be defenseless after a deal because that gives him what he wants, which is the opportunity to go in again.” nytimes.com/2025/03/23/wor… via @NYTimes

I visited a British nuclear submarine off the coast of Scotland with Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Here is our interview, on Putin, Trump and Europe's "galvanizing moment." nytimes.com/2025/03/23/wor… via @NYTimes

OBS in particular were called out by the NYT a couple of years ago, so I hope the investigations have not only just begun. H/t Redbeard the Ruthful nytimes.com/2023/06/05/wor…

The great ⁦Mark Landler⁩ talks with Keir Starmer as they hop in and off British submarines. Terrific detail on how Starmer stepped in to close the Trump/Zelensky breach. nytimes.com/2025/03/23/wor… via @NYTimes

In our heart of hearts, we knew this moment was coming, British PM Keir Starmer tells my colleague ⁦Mark Landler⁩ — read here nytimes.com/2025/03/23/wor… via @NYTimes

"Careless People," the new tell-all memoir by the former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams, chronicles the social network’s moral bankruptcy. It's a familiar story—yet it feels surprisingly urgent today, Charlie Warzel writes: theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

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📣 Some news about me: Yesterday (Wednesday) I was detained by police in Istanbul, held for 17 hours and then deported from Turkey to the UK. Told I was “a threat to public order”. In the country I lived in - and love. Journalism is not a crime. Here’s the BBC’s statement:

A group of parents decided to act on smartphones when the government and tech companies wouldn't. Megan Specia reports on the founders of Smartphone Free Childhood and how their campaign has taken off with parents across the UK🤳 nytimes.com/2025/04/01/wor…

SCOOP: We obtained video footage showing Israel attacked the convoy of aid workers in Gaza with a barrage of bullets, a paramedic frantically says his prayers of death. The ambulances had lights on & were marked refuting Israel's claim. w/ Christoph Koettl nytimes.com/2025/04/04/wor…

Donald Trump's climbdown on tariffs does not affect the 25% levy on car imports to the US, which came into effect on 2 April I've been in Solihull, home to one of Jaguar Land Rover's biggest factories, speaking to locals about their fears over the impact nytimes.com/2025/04/10/wor…

A crucial but less discussed element of the immigration story is exactly when and precisely why legal visas exploded in number. The below table (from the OBR) tells all. It was just after Brexit, and because Boris Johnson’s government brought in a new points based system (1/3)