Soph Warnes
@thatsoph.bsky.social
Data & Graphics @ CNN. 📈👸
Priors: WSJ, ONS. Clearly a fan of acronyms. "Aggressive Door Opener".
Fair Warning newsletter: https://fairwarning.substack.com
Priors: WSJ, ONS. Clearly a fan of acronyms. "Aggressive Door Opener".
Fair Warning newsletter: https://fairwarning.substack.com
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Soph Warnes
@thatsoph.bsky.social
· Oct 11
Can the party drug ketamine be a mental health breakthrough? It was for me | CNN
Known more for its use as party drug, ketamine can provide a lifeline for people experiencing distressing mental health symptoms.
www.cnn.com
ICYMI, the most personal thing I've ever written, and it's on cnn dot com www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/h...
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This is fascinating and disturbing from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com on rise of 'financial nihilism' (cc @aminsamman.bsky.social !) in the asset economy www.ft.com/content/c17a...
The housing crisis is pushing Gen Z into crypto and economic nihilism
Locked out of home ownership, young adults are turning to risky financial behaviour
www.ft.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This is fascinating and disturbing from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com on rise of 'financial nihilism' (cc @aminsamman.bsky.social !) in the asset economy www.ft.com/content/c17a...
Nothing quite confirms my hatred of other people (that I don't know) like commuting
Oh you just want to stick your arm in my face, is it? Just dying to touch another human being today eh? Personal space not something you have awareness of?
Oh you just want to stick your arm in my face, is it? Just dying to touch another human being today eh? Personal space not something you have awareness of?
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Nothing quite confirms my hatred of other people (that I don't know) like commuting
Oh you just want to stick your arm in my face, is it? Just dying to touch another human being today eh? Personal space not something you have awareness of?
Oh you just want to stick your arm in my face, is it? Just dying to touch another human being today eh? Personal space not something you have awareness of?
Oh, I mistakenly thought that we were not paying enough into pensions to be able to secure our own retirements and that the government wanted to encourage people to save for old age instead of hoping the state pension would still be there.
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Oh, I mistakenly thought that we were not paying enough into pensions to be able to secure our own retirements and that the government wanted to encourage people to save for old age instead of hoping the state pension would still be there.
As someone who is by now extremely experienced in living in multiple places simultaneously, I can tell you a problem that I did not foresee: accidentally taking one sock 200 miles away from its partner.
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
As someone who is by now extremely experienced in living in multiple places simultaneously, I can tell you a problem that I did not foresee: accidentally taking one sock 200 miles away from its partner.
This budget has been going on for as long as I've been alive, it feels.
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This budget has been going on for as long as I've been alive, it feels.
Is that not just because line always goes up?
Susanna Reid: "Most Brits, three in five, think the cost of living crisis is not just bad but will never end"
As Kevin Maguire says, since 2008 workers have had the longest sustained squeeze on wages #GMB
As Kevin Maguire says, since 2008 workers have had the longest sustained squeeze on wages #GMB
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Is that not just because line always goes up?
The more research I do into the Camino the more appealing it is, the idea of just wandering off into the sunset by myself every day for a week
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The more research I do into the Camino the more appealing it is, the idea of just wandering off into the sunset by myself every day for a week
This is the most fun thing I've seen in a while: edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
What if the United States had high-speed rail?
High-speed rail is a proven alternative to gridlocked highways and overcrowded airports. CNN has reimagined a faster, more connected future for US commuters.
edition.cnn.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This is the most fun thing I've seen in a while: edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
Always wanted to do it, everyone was like don't do it, no one will respect you and you won't be paid well
15 years in, no one respects me and I'm not paid well
15 years in, no one respects me and I'm not paid well
November 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Always wanted to do it, everyone was like don't do it, no one will respect you and you won't be paid well
15 years in, no one respects me and I'm not paid well
15 years in, no one respects me and I'm not paid well
An almost unbelievable story, worth a read for sure www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
An almost unbelievable story, worth a read for sure www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Who turned the sun on without asking me if I was ok with it?
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Who turned the sun on without asking me if I was ok with it?
Need ideas for an easy/quick meal for dinner with a gluten free friend
Everything I think of comes back to gluten and so far I have cheese and port in my basket
Everything I think of comes back to gluten and so far I have cheese and port in my basket
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Need ideas for an easy/quick meal for dinner with a gluten free friend
Everything I think of comes back to gluten and so far I have cheese and port in my basket
Everything I think of comes back to gluten and so far I have cheese and port in my basket
I think my favourite Traitors trope is there's a psychic, she starts naming people who are not traitors as definitely being traitors, and then the traitors meet for the first time like "yeah, she's wrong but she'll accidentally be right soon so we gotta murder her"
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I think my favourite Traitors trope is there's a psychic, she starts naming people who are not traitors as definitely being traitors, and then the traitors meet for the first time like "yeah, she's wrong but she'll accidentally be right soon so we gotta murder her"
The cattery we put Kaspar in sent us a card apparently, saying how sorry they are and how much they loved him 🥹💔
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The cattery we put Kaspar in sent us a card apparently, saying how sorry they are and how much they loved him 🥹💔
I keep forgetting we've not had the actual budget yet. I feel like this is the first time I've known so much about something before it's happened.
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I keep forgetting we've not had the actual budget yet. I feel like this is the first time I've known so much about something before it's happened.
My phone sometimes randomly makes photo albums or videos for me, got one today that's "in the woods" - cool, I have spent a lot of time and taken a lot of photos in woods.
The first one is a random half naked man in the woods and I have no idea who he is or why I have this photo of him on my phone.
The first one is a random half naked man in the woods and I have no idea who he is or why I have this photo of him on my phone.
November 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
My phone sometimes randomly makes photo albums or videos for me, got one today that's "in the woods" - cool, I have spent a lot of time and taken a lot of photos in woods.
The first one is a random half naked man in the woods and I have no idea who he is or why I have this photo of him on my phone.
The first one is a random half naked man in the woods and I have no idea who he is or why I have this photo of him on my phone.
Weird thing with migraines where if you leave it too long the drug doesn't work, but I can't always tell if it's a migraine or just a weird headache.. so I take the tablet and if I have a migraine it'll get rid of it, but I pay for it with like, feeling incredibly dopey and like my brain is sparking
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Weird thing with migraines where if you leave it too long the drug doesn't work, but I can't always tell if it's a migraine or just a weird headache.. so I take the tablet and if I have a migraine it'll get rid of it, but I pay for it with like, feeling incredibly dopey and like my brain is sparking
Proud to have been a small contributor to this important CNN investigation about police violence in Tanzania
(CW: graphic and distressing images) edition.cnn.com/2025/11/21/a...
(CW: graphic and distressing images) edition.cnn.com/2025/11/21/a...
‘Oh my God, this is our Tanzania’: CNN investigation shows police shooting protesters, signs of mass graves | CNN
In the chaotic aftermath of Tanzania’s disputed presidential election last month, police and gun-wielding men on patrol shot at groups of protesters, many of whom appeared unarmed or were holding only...
edition.cnn.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Proud to have been a small contributor to this important CNN investigation about police violence in Tanzania
(CW: graphic and distressing images) edition.cnn.com/2025/11/21/a...
(CW: graphic and distressing images) edition.cnn.com/2025/11/21/a...
In a board game café but the air con is on even though it's literally winter
November 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
In a board game café but the air con is on even though it's literally winter
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Attention is on NEETs today, but the problem is much worse.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Attention is on NEETs today, but the problem is much worse.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
West End Girl has radicalised me in unexpected ways...
November 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
West End Girl has radicalised me in unexpected ways...
Guess who booked herself a taxidermy class as a Christmas present 😃
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Guess who booked herself a taxidermy class as a Christmas present 😃
Interesting piece from a colleague on how Britain is trying to follow in Denmark's footsteps when it comes to asylum and immigration rules edition.cnn.com/2025/11/19/e...
Denmark’s hardline immigration laws have caught Britain’s eye. Here’s why | CNN
Denmark’s biggest exports include Ozempic, Carlsberg and Lego. But now, European leaders think it has something more valuable to sell: an immigration system tough and effective enough to neuter the ha...
edition.cnn.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Interesting piece from a colleague on how Britain is trying to follow in Denmark's footsteps when it comes to asylum and immigration rules edition.cnn.com/2025/11/19/e...
How do you handle a non-response from someone you are acquainted with, and trying to get to know better ? Like how much time do you leave it before messaging again? Or do you just assume they aren't interested?
November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
How do you handle a non-response from someone you are acquainted with, and trying to get to know better ? Like how much time do you leave it before messaging again? Or do you just assume they aren't interested?
Oh man this is an excellent read
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Oh man this is an excellent read