Emma Jacobs

Emma Jacobs

@emmavj.bsky.social

FT features writer, focus on work/workplace/whatevs

16,437 Followers 994 Following 6,423 Posts Joined Jun 2023
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Totally.

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He is the victim

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Omg

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Lessons from an unwise banking photo shoot [FREE TO READ] An interview with four young men in finance dressed in Armani jackets and Hermès ties exposes several tensions

The interviews were not as bad as I thought they would be but also read like they do not see their employment as a long term thing

as.ft.com/r/d028727f-1... Lessons from an unwise banking photo shoot

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I sort of blame parents. Like babies needing stimulation that isn’t normal stuff like… clouds

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I haven’t been to an arms fair but have heard they are like video game shows

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JPMorgan and Jeffrey Epstein: the long goodbye [FREE TO READ] Red flags were raised about the sex offender’s activity since the early 2000s — but the bank continued with him for years after his arrest

as.ft.com/r/f25eb91e-c... JPMorgan and Jeffrey Epstein: the long goodbye

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The London bridge terror attack

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Joel Goodman – The BPPA

It's Joel Goodman, here. He's got plenty of other great ones. thebppa.com/author/joel-...

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'Weird Al' Yankovic talked about a universal parenting moment and people are crying at how sweet it is “I’ve never heard someone else explain the way I feel.”

This from last year is such a sweet sentiment (only just watched the weird al clip)

www.today.com/parents/dads...

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Would be like a warning on cigarette packs but for coke heads

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Mandelson papers: what do they show? [FREE TO READ] Top Starmer aide warned US envoy’s appointment was ‘weirdly rushed’, while disgraced peer sought £547,000 payout

I don’t doubt Starmer is against abuse but the point is that you have to uphold those principles even if it feels expedient to ignore them

as.ft.com/r/85fd0f6f-9... Mandelson papers: what do they show?

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Hang on I’ve read this book

* technically the bad guys are moles not nazis

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Badgers against Nazis✊🏻✊🏻

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Actually, this on a banknote

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This would be good.
"Will you take Pat Butcher for it?"
"No, not taking less than a Ken Barlow"

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I’d like pictures of tv soap stars on my bank notes

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I have a solution that will please both sides

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As a description, “national treasure” seems ornamental and cosy. Despite my best efforts, I am in the pigeonhole marked “no threat” and did I stab Judi Dench with a pitchfork, I should still be a teddy bear.

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Why does she hate hedgehogs

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Playwright Alan Bennett: ‘I have a fear of books’ Now publishing his fourth collection of diaries, the 91-year-old legend of British letters talks about shyness, ‘feeling every minute’ of his age and the surprise of finding love

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Tasting menu

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One thing appreciate (as someone far from action) is that when there is a big news story (like now), seeing different colleagues/reporters move to fore according to their specialism

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Roy Chan can turn you into Austin Butler A workout with Hollywood’s hottest personal trainer

Not sure I’m ready

www.ft.com/content/8347... Roy Chan can turn you into Austin Butler

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Pillion is a great film about why you shouldn‘t be dating emotionally unavailable people but will do it anyway if they look like Alexander Skarsgard

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The thing that everyone expected to happen has happened [FREE TO READ] Trump wants the war to be over

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By @richardpendry.bsky.social

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Assignment - Ukraine: The War Behind the War - BBC Sounds On the road with Serhiy Laziuk. Is his job one of the toughest in the Ukrainian army?

Meanwhile Ukraine continues
This is a poignant new radio doc on the man who delivers the worst news to parents and partners

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Trump sons back launch of new military drone company [FREE TO READ] Company will go public through merger with Nasdaq-listed operator of Florida golf courses

as.ft.com/r/2b99b885-9... Trump sons back launch of new military drone company

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Rapper-turned-politician sweeps to victory in Nepal [FREE TO READ] Balendra Shah’s Rastriya Swatantra Party has won 122 of 165 directly elected seats

Out of entertainers turned politicians do actors rank higher than musicians

as.ft.com/r/8941e2ab-9... Rapper-turned-politician sweeps to victory in Nepal

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