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Clara Murray

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Data journalist at the FT 🇮🇪 in London

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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · 02/10/2026
NEW VISUAL STORY: AI agents are rewriting the economics of computing Powerful AI tools are burning through budgets, prompting a rethink of how the technology is priced ahead of frontier lab IPOs. A deep dive into the world of tokenomics 👇 ig.ft.com/ai-tokens/
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AI agents are rewriting the economics of computing
Powerful AI tools are burning through budgets, prompting a rethink of how the technology is priced ahead of frontier lab IPOs
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just found this in an old list of article ideas: "Is anyone still worried about AI taking our jobs?" - October 2022. Pretty glad I didn't end up pitching that one...
A screenshot of a notes app document with a list of random notes at the top is highlighted, "Is anyone still worried about AI taking our jobs?"  and the date at the bottom is 25 Oct 2022
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Archie Hall @archiehall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My latest for @economist.com: AI writing is taking over politics. 10% of what was is said in Parliament is now AI-drafted, per Pangram. Yet more in the House of Representatives, or in Australia and Canada. Link: www.economist.com/britain/202... And a 🧵 below, w/ some main offenders
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 23/09/2026
this felt incredibly vindicating as someone who mostly takes the tube anyway but has recently been trying to avoid taking the bus in London as much as humanly possible because you're often basically better off skipping alongside it www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
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London buses in decline? Why public transport in global cities is slowing to a crawl – visualised
As experts fear for future of UK capital’s bus network, some commuters are giving up entirely. London is not alone – with worrying implications for poorest in society
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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How private equity ended up in limbo?chartastic piece on PE's big problem - a rising pile of unsold companies as exit routes dry up. The big questions: what happens from here and what are the consequences for everyone? by @alexandraheal.bsky.social @claradoodle.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/34f515ca-1...
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
(My 2025 story on this data led to a lot of arguing in the comments over whether such a big drop in one year could be a statistical anomaly) www.ft.com/content/9df4...
ft.com
Republicans: America’s teetotallers
Share of US adults who drink falls to 54%, the lowest level since 1939
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Missed this when it came out last month - but v interesting to see Gallup's polling on US alcohol consumption still shows a massive gap opening between Reps and Dems since 2023, although not quite as dramatic as last year.
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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
So triage services like OpenRouter that optimise each query for cost vs quality, increasingly send stuff to open models.
Stacked bar chart showing the share of query traffic sent to open and closed weight models.
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The folding Duo is one of the biggest shake-ups to the iPhone since the first was released almost 20 years ago. But will it buck the trend of muted investor reaction to Apple product launches?
A line chart showing the change in Apple share price for the 3 days before and after major iPhone release announcements. The majority were initially negative apart from the surge after the first iPhone. A bubble chart also shows a dramatic drop in the number of shares trade on the day of announcements
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Recent death news reminds me of when I worked at a startup where a favourite interview question was, for some reason, 'Who would you invite to your dream dinner party?' We ditched it after one new grad, visibly panicked, opted for the memorable trio of Trump, Hitler and Whitney Houston
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Liz Carolan @lizcarolan.com · 26/08/2026
This is some bullshit Meta settles its case for $17billion But that is not the $200 billion sought And its over 10 years, so $1.7billion And its spread across 52 states / territories, is that $35m? And its a grant for "online safety initiatives" And no judgement of liability Its a <1% tax
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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Ive hit a point where reading claude output is actively draining
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A Reader of the FT @a-reader-ft.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Is AI really responsible for recent job cuts?-Companies citing the technology as a factor in job cuts underperformed the Nasdaq by almost 10 per cent in the 30 trading days that followed an announcement. www.ft.com/content/0dc1... @claradoodle.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
ft.com
Is AI really responsible for recent job cuts?
More companies are linking lay-offs to workplace efficiencies but evidence is patchy
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Green Collective @greencollective.io · 25/08/2026
Following on from yesterday's new all-time high for solar, two charts to illustrate the rapid rise of solar power in Ireland between 2022 and 2026: - peak output on the sunniest days: ~100MW -> ~1400MW - annual production: ~130GWh -> >1500GWh (we project) In both cases, >10x in just 5 years ☀️ 📈
A line chart of solar generation on the island of Ireland. There is one line for
each year, each showing that year's sunniest day.

Footnote reads: All-island figures. Excludes rooftop solar. Each line is the
single highest-output day that year. Source: EirGridA line chart of solar generation on the island of Ireland. There is one line for each year and each lines shows the cumulative total of solar generation through that point of the year.

Footnote reads: All-island figures. Excludes rooftop solar. The dotted 2026 line is a rough projection from prior years and is highly dependent on weather. Source: EirGrid
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Chef’s kiss stuff
Several more footnotes refer to unusual sources. For example, a teenage blogger with 28o followers on Medium is cited as PwC's source for information about a
JPMorgan initiative it calls a "real world success story" of agentic AI. The initiative - in which the bank automated the review of
commercial loan agreements, saving hundreds of thousands of hours of human
work - was first reported in 2017, five years before ChatGPT launched the era of
generative AI.
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Quite pleased with that chart & the others in the full story by my colleagues as.ft.com/r/56a231b1-8...
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Burnham the builder: can British housebuilders deliver his ambition?
New UK government must rely on sector in turmoil to deliver record amount of council homes
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Everyone thinks the UK should be building homes on brownfield land - but while we have a lot, most of it is in just a few urban areas. Most local authorites have less than five years' supply. Just one of many reasons Burnham will struggle to meet his housing ambitions
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Joel Suss @joelsuss.ft.com · 23/07/2026
Household inflation expectations in the US are worryingly high In surveys & social media, people expect higher inflation in the long term. The market is more sanguine, but it's household behaviour that matters Warsh's Fed risks being all talk and no action on rates as.ft.com/r/bfb57ad3-6...
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Megan Bryer @meganbryer.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Burnham’s cabinet is the first to achieve gender parity. And the Office for Equality and Opportunity will move to the MHCLG with Bridget Phillipson remaining in post as Minister for Women and Equalities. Here’s our IfG breakdown of what yesterday’s announcements mean for women in government … 🧵
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Josh Spero @joshspero.ft.com · 15/07/2026
Tremendous piece from @claradoodle.bsky.social in FT Wealth: why have rich lists (a device to sell newspapers) become so important to politicians, activists et al? www.ft.com/content/2680...
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Our obsession with rich lists is a problem
As calls increase globally for a wealth tax, how reliable are these compilations — and why have they become load-bearing?
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
That’s covered in the story too !
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The most fun I've ever had trawling though SEC filings
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Gift link as.ft.com/r/e063da3a-3...
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How AI rebrands fail to deliver a lasting share price boost
Most of the groups that pivoted have not sustained their valuation gains, an FT analysis has found
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
New ↪️ ✨ : Allbirds recently pivoted its business from shoes to AI servers. Its share price spiked 860% but has plunged back down. That's a pattern repeated across many recent AI rebrands as former cancer drug and goldmining cos add buzzy AI-related terms to their names, I found
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Rounding up some translations of Count Binface that have been appearing in foreign press 🇷🇴 Romanian: Contele Tomberonez 🇫🇷 French: Comte Tête-de-Poubelle (bin-head, more accurate than bin-face) 🇮🇹 Italian: Conte Faccia-da-Bidone 🇪🇸 Spanish: "un hombre con un cubo de basura en la cabeza" (!) Cont...
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Welcome to the era of AI slop on social media! 41% of long posts on LinkedIn were flagged for AI, 31% on Medium, and 29% on X/Twitter. I think people will be looking more and more for authentic, original voices on social media.
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Emma Lewis @emmalewis.ft.com · 08/07/2026
We're hiring in my team at @financialtimes.com - please do reach out if you have any questions. Whilst this is currently a contract role we have every hope of extending. job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io
Graphics journalist, Visual and Data desk ( Contractor)
London
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
1000 evaluators given identical resumes & told candidate used AI. Only difference on resumes was candidate’s name: Emily vs James. Study found women using AI are evaluated as less competent than men who use AI...To evaluators, women’s AI use signaled inability, while men’s AI use signaled initiative
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Derek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I'm not sure we've done a good job explaining the "journalism" part of data journalism: data2story.github.io
data2story.github.io
Data Journalist Agent (Data2Story)
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Full story here: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Did Anthropic talk its way into an AI export ban?
FT analysis shows company warned about dangers of advanced AI far more than rival OpenAI this year
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
New 🦾: Did Anthropic talk its way into an AI export ban? I found the company talked about risk, regulation and restrictions eight times more than its rival OpenAI this year… adding weight to critics’ claims they have “doom-mongered” about their latest Mythos model
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Thankfully no, I can export the base graphic from our charting software and then tweak it from there!
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/06/2026
The planned gas-fired capacity **JUST FOR DATA CENTRE ON-SITE USE** in the US is the same as *all* planned gas capacity in India, Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, Japan, Korea and China *combined*.
A chart showing planned gas capacity by countr y
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I'm particularly proud of the above chart which involved getting to grips with Illustrator again for the first time since university! Lots more graphics in the full story here: as.ft.com/r/c9dcea57-a...
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‘Picks and shovels’ companies profit from data centre scramble
Caterpillar and Hochtief among the once-staid industrial stocks lifted by the AI boom
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
New ⚒️: The AI boom is lifting the fortunes of hundreds of formerly drab industrial, utility and mining companies as investors turn to the “picks and shovels” needed to build and power vast data centres.
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
'wealth porn'!
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
and now I'm just going to read that as "wealth piss", thanks ai
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
huh, I've been using Gemini for transcripts for ages but this is my first time realising it actually censors them
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 04/06/2026
‘SpaceX has said it is seeking to raise as much as $86bn at a valuation of $1.78tn, as Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and AI group prepares for the world’s biggest initial public offering.’ www.ft.com/content/9528...
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Amy Borrett @amyborrett.ft.com · 03/06/2026
🚀 Elon Musk has shifted focus from SpaceX to UK politics, amplifying far-right voices to his 240mn followers. We found a third of Musk's recent posts focused on the UK, a 10-year high, raising concern about his political influence ahead of a critical by-election. as.ft.com/r/b1cb096a-e...
Column chart of cumulative posts,retweets and replies showing Musk has focused more on the UK than SpaceX in recent daysArea chart of share of posts referring to UK politics showing the UK has dominated Elon Musk's X feed over the past week
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Fabio Sabatini @fabiosabatini.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The impact of the USAID shutdown on Africa, as seen from space and on the ground. M. Nicolini and I study the effects of the aid cuts by linking GODAD data on USAID projects to satellite-based measures of economic activity and IPC food insecurity indicators. 👉 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 1/11
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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Forget Wordle. Play small caged mammal on the run. www.ft.com/content/dad4...
ft.com
small caged mammal on the run
in the grim darkness of the near future, small caged mammal
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Cyrus Farivar @cfarivar.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
A SF startup is secretly testing robots in Airbnbs, and trashing them, lawsuit claims sfstandard.com/2026/05/28/s...
sfstandard.com
A SF startup is secretly testing robots in Airbnbs, and trashing them, lawsuit claims
The guests behind the bookings have received negative reviews from a number of Bay Area hosts, alleging they damaged the property and personal belongings.
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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This summer, children age 5-15 will be able to pilot oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz for free
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The 1920s version of your favourite restaurant being called a “hidden gem” on TikTok?
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Joel Suss @joelsuss.ft.com · 12/05/2026
With Keir Starmer's premiership hanging in the balance, @amyborrett.ft.com has put together the definitive set of charts to summarise his tumultuous tenure A few 👇👇and more 👉https://as.ft.com/r/41e56e14-02de-400a-96bd-38a0a4b6efc6
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Just when you thought there was no possible way to do a fresh data angle on the Eurovision... Love this look at the lyrics by @puntofisso.bsky.social puntofisso.net/eurovision/
puntofisso.net
70 years of love, empowerment, and freedom. Here's a look at Eurovision by its lyrics.
Famous for its upbeat rhythms, flamboyant performances, and political voting patterns, Eurovision has another dimension that moves with the zeitgeist: its song lyrics.
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Michael Goodier @michaelgoodier.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
as a data journalist I am obliged to argue for a synthesis. a third way. We can create a world where both stories and spreadsheets support each other to thrive. A world where we don't judge a spreadsheet by its file extension but by the content of its cells
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Good spot, it got dropped when we fixed the capitalisation (from Sandisk) but should be fixed now
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Full story here - with lots more data viz giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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How AI mania is disguising big companies’ hit from Iran war — in charts
Biggest groups have gained $5.4tn in value since conflict began — but semiconductor sector accounts for most of the gains
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