Alan Smith

How AI fakes are turning satellite images into war misinformation Modified images of strikes circulate as fighting intensifies across the Middle East

How AI fakes are turning satellite images into war misinformation ft.trib.al/gemBmLZ

Sankey diagram of crude oil transported through the Strait of Hormuz. Saudi Arabia is top source of 5.3mn barrels per day, China is top destination with 5.4mn barrels per day

Indeed - but we have now updated the Sankey...

The escalating Mideast conflict — in charts Since the US and Israel struck Iran, thousands of missiles and drones have been launched across the region

The escalating Mideast conflict — in charts ft.trib.al/Xqh4k9c

Great illustrations here by @financialtimes.com on how much more willing to use military force Trump has become in his second term - and that most of these military interventions are actually outside of the 'western Hemisphere':

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Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has all but stopped since yesterday.

Read the @financialtimes.com Economics editor, Sam Fleming's analysis of what the impact the war in Iran will have on the global economy
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🇮🇷 Srikes on Iran by the US and Israel could send oil towards $80-$100 a barrel, analysts say

The military action may send global oil prices towards $100 a barrel “if the conflict is prolonged”, said William Jackson, chief EM economist at Capital Economics

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'A really fascinating place': British media giant basing multi-year political series in Bethlehem What's a British media mainstay to do when it needs to find a U.S. city that has sway in a political swing state?

@derekbrower.bsky.social explains why the @financialtimes.com is delving into the economy and politics of Bethlehem PA www.wfmz.com/news/area/le...

That 1879 Sheffield by-election, incidentally, was the triumph of my old friend Samuel Danks Waddy, the MP with the most carefully-enunciated name of the late Victorian period and possibly of any era.

The FT contest that challenged readers to redraw Europe’s borders The extraordinary story of when, two months into the bloody Great War, the newspaper launched an unusual competition

What an incredibly cool FT article and WWI story!

The FT contest that challenged readers to redraw Europe’s borders (🎁🔗)

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Can AI liberate us from the tyranny of email? New tools automating inbox management could ease a loathed productivity burden. But do they work?

I wrote about the proliferation of AI tools promising to finally sort out our inboxes — will they give us back hours a week or accelerate a broken system? 🤖📧

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A terrifying glimpse into our dystopian future.

The FT contest that challenged readers to redraw Europe’s borders The extraordinary story of when, two months into the bloody Great War, the newspaper launched an unusual competition

This is such a fascinating piece about a deeply surreal bit of history: the competition the FT ran *in 1914* inviting readers to speculate about what the map of Europe would look like after the First World War was over:

Similar vibes to the reader in California who inadvertently stuck an XR version of the Phillips machine to the ceiling of his condo and couldn't get it down

As reader support tasks go, explaining how a word from the latin quote in your article has been audio-typo'ed as "Eastern Standard Time" feels peak FT...

This piece is terrific, combining the best of narrative and visual storytelling

Hopefully nothing quite as deadly! 🤞

A photo of an elegant grade-II listed tomb in West Norwood cemetery

A 1914 competition map: Changing the map of Europe

8 years ago, at the British Library, I first saw this map: an FT reader competition to predict the boundaries of Europe after WW1. I made a note to find out more one day - which ultimately led me last month to this tomb in West Norwood cemetery. You can read more here: www.ft.com/content/79a4...

Unhedged chart of the week: the very vertical Beveridge curve -- can it last? @hakyungkim.bsky.social
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A special FT magazine issue all about maps is out today, w great pieces by @okr.bsky.social and @theboysmithy.ft.com, plus maps by me on how glacial melt is redrawing Alpine borders, the battle to redraw America and more

Read it online here (though best enjoyed in print!) www.ft.com/content/efab...

The FT contest that challenged readers to redraw Europe’s borders The extraordinary story of when, two months into the bloody Great War, the newspaper launched an unusual competition

Beautiful piece on the original FT dataviz quiz from @theboysmithy.ft.com
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That time when, two months into World War 1, the FT asked its readers to predict the impact the conflict would have on the map of Europe. As a game. With cash prizes: great @ftweekend.com piece by @theboysmithy.ft.com www.ft.com/content/79a4...

The FT contest that challenged readers to redraw Europe’s borders [FREE TO READ] The extraordinary story of when, two months into the bloody Great War, the newspaper launched an unusual competition

it's all great but this is, i swear, true as.ft.com/r/cc9aae3a-b...

Maps remade An FT Magazine special feature on how to map a changing world

You should definitely consider picking up a Weekend FT today, because it's the magazine MAPS special. Radical cartography, maps that changed the world, an FT reader competition that almost started a war, they don't love you like i love you, MAPS! www.ft.com/content/efab...

The Russian army is bogged down in the steppes of Ukraine under the cold weather of -20C. Great news if you ask me.

Russia faces an increasing problem of replenishing casualties,

Great article in @financialtimes.com at www.ft.com/content/ce74...

🚨 Bitcoin dips below $70,000, wiping out its post-election gains

After surging following Trump’s victory in November, the rally has fully unwound

#BTC #Bitcoin #Crypto

Looks like me and @eadehemingway.bsky.social are going to be running a workshop on data analysis with @pola.rs at NICAR in March. Maybe see some of you there!

Screenshot of an insta post from FiveG in Harajuku

Surprised I didn’t see you in Harajuku last summer!

Regime change occurred in US stock markets back on October 29. The last are now first.

Waldorf Protein desktop synthesizer

Fun new toy - Waldorf Protein