Will she be selling a range of jams? I think that's a requirement these days for running your own lifestyle brand...

I'm not really a "car person" but this Bentley is a thing of beauty. If only I had a spare £340,000 and the money for fuel to run it! Oh, and a chauffeur. Of course.

She has always had unflinching support for Ukraine this is true. And never in any doubt.

Finns press for EU ban on Russian travel visas

Yes I actually liked that aspect of it, the way they are curved across the back of the ship as one unit, rather than being two separate nacelle units. Sleek.

I'm not sure this ship looks good from any angle! it's oddly stubby.

Nahal is on a roll at the moment. She just won an award for her reporting on US foreign policy / diplomacy last week. Very proud that we were colleagues in the AP bureau Islamabad back in the day for a few years, and of what a stellar career she's had since then. This article is another great read.

How did you restrain yourself and not post the Big Brother cat gif?

Mutta ihmiset ovat niin turtuneita kaikkiin pieniin, merkityksettömiin tarinoihin, että he lakkaavat kiinnittämästä huomiota tärkeisiin asioihin. Ja ehkä se olikin suunnitelma alusta alkaen?

Ehkä ne jopa liioittelevat jokaisen pienen yksityiskohdan merkitystä? Siihen pisteeseen asti, että triviaaleja spekulaatioita on niin paljon, ettei todellisia ongelmia huomata, ja jotain aidosti pahaa alkaa tapahtua.

Hengästyttävä uutisointi ruokkii mielikuvitusta. At this point the Russians don't need to do anything, because Finnish media outlets are going to report every light left on, window opened or toilet set lifted.

In this week's Helsingin Sanomat media column I wrote about why we need to be even more careful as responsible journalists to not to let the narrative get ahead of the facts.

🧵Thread/Lanka: Over the last week there's been a flood of breathless reporting in (some sectors of) the Finnish media about possible threats from Russia, and MPs claiming there were signs someone had been in their home, although there were no signs of break-ins. 📸Lassi Rinne

And... Labour doesn't seem to be anywhere near making a "rejoin the EU" pledge!