Tony Tassell

Arsenal a long way behind Man City on open play goals - but ranking high with others

It is a very tough league - any weakness is found out. The premium is on consistency. That is what Arteta has tried to build.

Iran war will test the vulnerability of oil markets While there are buffers of supply, spare capacity will come under pressure in the event of any further escalation

Iran war will test the vulnerability of oil markets - column here by oil market expert John Kemp www.ft.com/content/c213...

A dangerous playbook is being revived for the giant US housing agencies Increased buying of mortgage securities by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae marks a return to a risky business model

@sheilabair.bsky.social here on how the Trump administration has revived a risky model for the US giant housing loan agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac."This could reignite housing inflation while making it more likely that the companies will run into trouble again" www.ft.com/content/8f4c...

Trump has no realistic plan for Iran’s future The US president has not understood the lessons of past wars for regime change in Iraq and Afghanistan

"The US-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq in 2001 and 2003 underlined the dangers of “regime change” wars. But those operations look meticulously planned, compared to the current US and Israeli assault on Iran." - oped from @gideonrachman.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/4371...

FT Live blog on the Iran strikes here www.ft.com/content/2fb3...

AI has driven investors to hallucinations Competing visions on the next big technological revolution are discombobulating markets

AI has driven investors to hallucinations @katie0martin.ft.com column here "What will happen first? Will AI kill your investments or kill your job? The competing stories about how the next big technological revolution will play out are putting markets in a spin." www.ft.com/content/a480...

YouTube video by SALSA NOVE - NA MENDEZ U PLASTICO - Willie Colon & Rubén Blades 1978

that song “Plástico” is here www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqlb...

"In a moving tribute after Colón’s death, Blades pointed out that the roll call of Latin American nations that closes “Plástico” anticipated the display of flags by the Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny at this year’s Super Bowl"

Willie Colón, musician, 1950-2026 The virtuoso trombonist led urban salsa music with a gangster swagger

This is such a great obit - @jprathbone.bsky.social on Willie Colón. "Every musical genre seems to have a hoodlum-genius. Salsa’s was Willie Colón... a god of Latin music, perhaps even “the most necessary in its pantheon” www.ft.com/content/3ba1...

maybe AI has evolved enough to have learnt trolling

I would not normally recommend a five star hotel place but a window seat in the Sea Lounge of the Taj overlooking the Gateway is quite something. Great buffett or just a Bombay toastie with a fresh lime soda. Trishna also famous. Bombay Canteen, fun and modern. Great veggie food everywhere

so much great food in Mumbai - i loved living there

Greek Politician Is Prosecuted for Admitting Drug Use Decades Ago

Whatever you think of Yanis Varoufakis, this does not seem good www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/w...

Economic nationalism is just getting started Tariff wars may de-escalate but companies in the US and elsewhere are still expected to serve their country first

Economic nationalism is just getting started - column by the super smart Patrick Foulis who has rejoined the FT as a contributing editor. A former deputy of Lex, his roles at the Economist included foreign editor, business affairs editor and Schumpeter columnist. www.ft.com/content/1986...

good to see the Arsenal-Spurs game getting a prime spot on the FT.com homepage www.ft.com/content/100b...

hard not to read that as a brutal sledge/trolling

So Anthropic is retiring its Claude Opus 3 model but in retirement it will post weekly essays for a newsletter. h/t @jjaron.bsky.social www.anthropic.com/research/dep...

Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ Have it your way?

this is like an episode of Black Mirror. Burger King is launching an AI chatbot that will live in the headsets used by employees, and will check if employees say “please” and “thank you” www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Sell-side research in the Substack era Market-moving distribution with zero disclosure

Here’s @marcruby.bsky.social’s debut Alphaville post, on the obvious arbitrage between disclosure-free “research” on social media and the massive burdens faced by traditional analysts. Hope it’s the first of many Rubyposts! www.ft.com/content/04b5...

UK news giants form 'NATO for news' group to control AI scraping Five major UK news organisations have banded together in an attempt to develop shared AI licensing standards.

Exc: Five major UK news organisations have banded together in a 'NATO for news' style coalition with the aim of developing shared AI licensing standards pressgazette.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Boris Johnson: Pressure on Putin is the price of peace Ukraine peace talks will ‘go nowhere’ until the west shows more resolve

Boris Johnson very articulate here on why we need really increase pressure on Putin if we want peace in Ukraine and how to do it - podcast interview with @gideonrachman.bsky.social. www.ft.com/content/996c...

biggest bonus for me...you can get from Liverpool St to Southall in half an hour to get some great Indian food

Sell-side research in the Substack era - @marcruby.bsky.social here with a smart take on the Citrini affair for @alphaville.ft.com www.ft.com/content/04b5...

How Deutsche Bank rolled out the red carpet for Jeffrey Epstein German lender waved through convicted sex offender’s millions despite compliance concerns

How Deutsche Bank rolled out the red carpet for Jeffrey Epstein - FT investigation www.ft.com/content/b1d9...

Chart of the day - from a column by @katie0martin.ft.com on the death of the Trump trade. Chart by @raydouglas.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/cfdc...

Streetwise — Lloyd Blankfein’s memoir of his turbulent time at Goldman Sachs The former chief delivers a sharp insider’s guide to the boom and bust era of financial services that took the shine off the investment bank

- @johngapper.bsky.social reviews Lloyd Blankfein's memoir here www.ft.com/content/2324...

Also features one of the best chart subheadings of all time?

Video: Watch | New York Times

This is fascinating - how Kansai airport has not lost a single piece of baggage in 30 years. It handles 30mn visitors a year www.nytimes.com/video/watch

- @robarmstrong.bsky.social put it well this morning in a note on Citrini www.ft.com/content/8a09...