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Conrad Quilty-Harper

@cqh.bsky.social
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darkluxury.news Freelance journalist, trombone player, aviation lover Former Bloomberg News, New Scientist and British GQ

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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How 'largest phone smuggling network' was uncovered www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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How 'largest phone smuggling network' was uncovered by Met
Police say up to 40,000 phones were smuggled - the equivalent of around 40% of devices stolen in London.
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Who hasn't had a bunch of Russians pay for their wedding in the Bahamas?
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Wait, the top secret, last ditch plans to send messages to our nuclear deterrent in case Moscow attacks is to send some lorries into the hills of Scotland, where crew would inflate a helium balloon with a massive antenna... and that helium balloon has just deflated in a test in 50mph winds? Mental
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I dived into anti-money laundering failures for The Banker... When FinCen fined UBS $125mn last week for “wilfully” and “egregiously” violating US anti-money-laundering rules, it framed the penalty as a severe warning to repeat offenders. www.thebanker.com/content/98e8...
thebanker.com
‘A rounding error’: why AML fines fail to change bank behaviour
As non-compliance stays profitable, US lawmakers are pushing for direct personal liability
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Transformer @transformernews.ai · 18/08/2026
We could be on the cusp of data center builders being able to hedge their investments – a new multi-trillion-dollar market, according to former FTX executive Brett Harrison Will it bring stability, or drive a crash? @cqh.bsky.social ✍️ www.transformernews.ai/p/will-bets-...
The illustration is of a data center server perched on top of a seesaw. The headline reads: "Will bets on the price of computing power help or harm the AI economy?"
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Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Public use of AI is doing weird, unpredictable and damaging things to the state. A dive into how Grok lawyering is upending the employment tribunals www.economist.com/britain/2026...
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Great chart in @londoncentric.media - Newham contributes almost as much income tax as Manchester? Islington more than Birmingham? Fascinating
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Proud to be in @theregister.com thanks to @bvig.bsky.social's eagle eyes on Hacker News writing about this little tool I built which lets you export your data from ChatGPT The ReadMe page of Github can be quite a good place to publish journalism, it turns out www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20...
theregister.com
OpenAI won't let some customers export their chats, but this tool will
ChatGPT Business and Enterprise users lack the standard chat export option, so third-party utilities like scrapemychats fill the gap
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Jellybean @jellybeanzzz.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
London Centric is so worth the subscription
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wheatles @wheatles.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
This week's London Centric is... Wow.
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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 06/06/2026
What. The. FUCK????
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
This is how The Devil’s Advocate gets going
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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 06/06/2026
Absolutely mad story:
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 06/06/2026
Are goats being sacrificed in this office in the centre of Hackney? www.londoncentric.media/p/hackney-lo...
londoncentric.media
Are goats being sacrificed in this Hackney office?
Live animals dragged into a trendy east London building and never seen again • Fire rituals in London cemeteries • Bones left by strangers' graves • What is going on?
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 06/06/2026
What the actual F
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 06/06/2026
This is the most blatant - and stupid - non-denial denial I can remember Good luck to Hackney Council with their investigation... www.londoncentric.media/p/hackney-lo...
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Hackney Council: “We are taking these reports extremely seriously and are urgently investigating them.” open.substack.com/pub/londonce...
open.substack.com
Are goats being sacrificed in this Hackney office?
Live animals dragged into a trendy east London building and never seen again • Fire rituals in London cemeteries • Bones left by strangers' graves • What is going on?
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
One of the most disturbing stories I’ve ever worked on
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Josh Spero @joshspero.ft.com · 14/05/2026
Interesting from @cqh.bsky.social on Brunello Cucinelli, his new film and how much plastic is in his clothing open.substack.com/pub/darkluxu...
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Why does the ‘King of Cashmere’ sell so many plastic clothes?
Six questions for the ‘gloriously potty’ Italian billionaire fashion company founder Brunello Cucinelli and the press who cover him
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The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
The Fence is in Portugal
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Remember when Twitter upped the character count to 280 characters?
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Thanks @financialtimes.com
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darkluxury.news @darkluxury.news · 21/05/2025
What the luxury industry is worried about, and what it should be worried about are not necessarily aligned. That’s what we leaned at this week’s #FTLuxury summit in Barcelona open.substack.com/pub/darkluxu...
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darkluxury.news @darkluxury.news · 09/05/2025
Art dealer and BBC Bargain Hunt expert Oghenochuko Ojiri leaves court after admitting that he failed to report a series of art sales to a man linked to proscribed terror group Hezbollah He’s one of the subjects of today’s newsletter later today open.substack.com/pub/darkluxury
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
UK and India trade deal obviously a massive deal for the Scotch industry, and a quite nice perk for luxury car makers in the UK like JLR, Rolls-Royce and Bentley But overall it's expected to have a teeny tiny impact on GDP by 2040: a £4.8 billion increase in GDP, or 0.1% www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Technical note of the preliminary economic impacts of the UK-India Free Trade Agreement
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Elizabeth Line delays because of “Passengers fighting on the track at Forest Gate” Not heard that one before!
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Helen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I’ve done a bit on this in my book. It’s the natural outgrowth of thinking you’re a genius, and that is completely heritable. In the 1970s, someone set up a “Nobel sperm bank”. The only Nobel winner we know that donated was William Shockley, who spent his later life banging on about race and IQ.
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Whoever put the Boeing Air Force One model together in the White House Oval Office has put the horizontal stabilizers on the wrong way They shouldn’t point down like that
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
We are currently 5.48% into Trump’s second term, remember to take breaks
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I generally turn my thermostat up and down less violently than Trump's tweaked global tariffs this week
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Scott Bessent outside the White House: "All this was, again, this was driven by the president's strategy. He and I had a long talk on Sunday, and this was his strategy all along".
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The ducks are watching me
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Because they will do almost anything to make money even if it means readers have a worse experience?
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Fucking knew it
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
So proud of my country
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Should be relevant for the next 30 mins! Perhaps the most fascinating detail I’ve read today about tariffs: superyacht owners are well insulated from them because they’re already so good at structuring their ownership in clever ways to reduce their tax
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darkluxury.news @darkluxury.news · 03/04/2025
‘There is going to be pain’ Dark Luxury spoke to a dozen Lamborghini dealers in the US about the prospect of Trump's 25% tariffs Here's what they said they said 🧵
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
UK getting 10% reciprocal tariffs according to Trump’s chart, half the EU rate
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Maybe it’s just me but I’m not sure making it harder and more expensive for Americans to buy cars is such a great political idea. They love cars!
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
"There is going to be pain" - I called about half of the Lamborghini dealers in the United States to ask what they think about Trump's tariff plan www.darkluxury.news/p/lamborghin...
darkluxury.news
‘There is going to be pain’
American Lamborghini sales people react to Trump’s proposed tariffs
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
What an ending
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Cant do the time, don’t do the crime
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darkluxury.news @darkluxury.news · 28/03/2025
London's raids on fake luxury retailers are missing the target Luxury brands spend millions to try and prevent the sale of fake luxury goods, and police often raid stores in London to try and stop retailers...
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Just cannot recommend enough that people read Sarah Wynn-Williams' book about Facebook Devastatingly embarrassing stories about the leadership team on almost every page Explains a lot about the current political situation in *gestures everywhere* too
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The absolutely madcap ideas being expressed on @bbcradio4.bsky.social’s Any Questions about the Heathrow fire… people are so fascinating
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
"the enthusiasm that Mr Streeting, his ministers and officials might currently feel for taking up the reins of power is likely to soon pall once they come to terms with the accountability that comes with it."
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Such a great scoop
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Watching Crufts and remembering one of my favourite features that I wrote at Bloomberg Dog racism! Weird diseases! Bitter rivalry! Behind the Show for Man’s Best Friend Lurks a Ruthless Competition www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Behind the Show for Man’s Best Friend Lurks a Ruthless Competition
“You get cliques, you get jealousy, you get arguments. It’s competition, and people do get like that about competition.”
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Conrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
What a story The Cold War murder of our star reporter — solved after 48 years www.thetimes.com/article/c82d...
thetimes.com
The Cold War murder of our star reporter — solved after 48 years
David Holden, the Sunday Times chief foreign correspondent, was assassinated hours after landing in Cairo in 1977. At last we can reveal who did it and why
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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
This is genuinely fascinating
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