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Abbie Fielding-Smith

@AbbieFS

Deputy editor of @theeconomist’s features section, 1843. Previously international investigations at @tbij & Beirut for @ft. Mostly here for puns.

Katılım Haziran 2009
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Mark Galeotti@MarkGaleotti·
I can't make it, alas, but Sophie Pinkham's book is lovely and clever, and well worth reading (and it's just a very smart idea, to tell the history of Russia through its forests)
Pushkin House@Pushkin_House

Join Sophie Pinkham for a conversation with @parfitt_tom about 'The Oak and the Larch: A Forest History of Russia and its Empires', which explores how the forests have made – and resisted – Russia’s many empires. Tickets: pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/event…

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Kathie McInnes@Kathie_McInnes·
This is also illuminating on Reform's twin strategy of courting both the working class and the super-rich. Its 'pub crawl to power'. economist.com/interactive/18…
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BBC Pidgin sticks the knife in
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Alexandra Prokopenko
Alexandra Prokopenko@amenka·
Four years of war have created an institutional vacuum inside Russia, and the demand for rules is stronger than ever. The Kremlin has lost its monopoly on setting them. The elite, deprived of agency and unable to generate its own vision of the future, is now effectively signaling openness — the best external vision of the future will prevail. Including, notably, Putin's own. The monopoly on the future is up for grabs. A remarkable column by an anonymous senior Russian official
The Economist@TheEconomist

“For the first time since the conflict began, Russians are starting to imagine a future without [Vladimir Putin],” writes a former senior Russian government official in a guest essay. “This is down to a confluence of four factors” economist.com/by-invitation/…

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Ali Vaez
Ali Vaez@AliVaez·
Filing this under "reverberations of the Iran war I had not anticipated"
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Alex Crawford
Alex Crawford@AlexCrawfordSky·
Three first responders from Lebanon’s Civil Defence were killed in an Israeli double-tap attack last night after racing to a bombed building in Tyre District. Two Leb army soldiers were wounded and the two civilian bulldozers sent to help at same time were also hit. Targeted during a so-called ‘ceasefire’. Hussein Ghadbouni, Hussein Al-Sati and Hadi Daher are among more than 300 healthworkers killed in Israeli attacks since Oct, 2023 while involv in relief operations
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Awni Hannun
Awni Hannun@awnihannun·
Adopting Claude speak in my regular life, episode 1: Partner: Did you do the dishes tonight? Me: Yes they're done. Partner: Why are they still dirty? Me: You're right to push back. I didn't actually do them.
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Natasha Bertrand
Natasha Bertrand@NatashaBertrand·
"Khalil was trapped alive under rubble for hours, having made a phone call to her family and the Lebanese military for help, Qudah told CNN on Thursday. 'The Red Cross was blocked for seven hours and when they reached her after seven hours, she was already dead,” she said. 'This kind of obstruction of rescue efforts may really amount to war crime.'"
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Lindsey Hilsum
Lindsey Hilsum@lindseyhilsum·
Horrendous to read of the terrible conditions in which #MarwanBarghouti is being held by Israel. No-one should be subjected to this.
بن مرمريلي בן מרמרלי Ben Marmarelli@mrmrly44557

April 12, 2026, I visited Marwan Barghouti in my capacity as his lawyer. What I confirmed through this visit is deeply alarming. In recent weeks, Marwan Barghouti has been subjected to three violent assaults. On April 8 in Ganot Prison, he was severely beaten and left bleeding for more than two hours. He requested medical care and was denied treatment. On March 25, he was assaulted during his transfer from Megiddo to Ganot. On March 24, in Megiddo Prison, guards entered his cell with a dog, forced him to the ground, and the dog repeatedly attacked him.  These are not isolated incidents. They form a clear pattern of escalating abuse: violence, medical neglect, and treatment that places him at immediate risk. He had a great deal to say. Above all, he wanted to know more about his family and the Palestinian people, What is happening in Palestinian and Israeli scene I tried to tell him everything I know. But even that conversation took place under absurd conditions: the phones did not work, so we had to shout through the glass just to hear each other. For five hours, I sat there without food or water, trying to make sure this visit meant something. This is what a legal visit looks like today: basic conditions denied, communication obstructed, and even the most elementary human and professional standards ignored. And still, despite all of that, his mind was sharp, focused, and deeply engaged with everything happening outside those prison walls.

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weird medieval guys@WeirdMedieval·
virgin mary punching the devil, england, 13th century
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Arash Massoudi
Arash Massoudi@ArashMassoudi·
FT Scoop confirmed: Richard Caring sells majority stake in Ivy hospitality empire to Sheikh Tahnoon’s IHC Sheikh T, who is also Abu Dhabi’s spy chief, is now the majority owner of Scott’s, Annabel’s and many of most frequented spots by London’s elite ft.com/content/5bae3a…
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Heidi Pett
Heidi Pett@heidipett·
Good Friday in Beirut: hymns rise through a dust storm as Israeli warplanes rumble overhead, punctuated by the thud of air strikes on the southern suburbs
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Mustapha Hamoui
Mustapha Hamoui@Beirutspring·
🇱🇧 Israel is calling leaders in Christian and Druze villages in south Lebanon and asking them not to receive any Shiaa refugees, and they promise they will be safe and can stay in the evacuation zones. nytimes.com/2026/04/01/wor… (gift link)
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Vera Bergengruen
Vera Bergengruen@VeraMBergen·
One month of the Iran War, in Economist covers
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