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Pete Guest @peterguest.bsky.social · 15d

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Populists and the far-right see cultural institutions as a way to embed their narratives into public life; in Lithuania, artists are taking a stand.

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A Political Crisis Pits Lithuanian Artists Against the Populists

Sodas 2123 used to be a boarding school for delinquent children before it was left to ruin and squatters. Five years ago, it was taken over by the Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association and...

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · Sep 30

European officials believe that Russia is escalating its hybrid campaign against Europe. Its latest tactic includes seeding a humanitarian crisis in Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

Read more: bloom.bg/4npsMIN

📷️: Picture Alliance

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · Sep 13

1.🧵We are thrilled to announce New Lines has won the Online News Award in the topical reporting on climate change category for our collaboration with @thegeckoproject.org. “Dust Money,” looks at Indonesia's green transition and labor abuses around nickel mining

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2025 Online Journalism Awards

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Pete Guest @peterguest.bsky.social · Sep 13

The story, published by New Lines and the Gecko Project, took us on a three-week road trip through the frontiers of the nickel industry.

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Dust Money

Indonesia is in the middle of a rush for nickel, a metal that is vital to the green economy. The country’s government wants to dominate the market, making nickel a national project. Years into the boo...

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Pete Guest @peterguest.bsky.social · Sep 13

Last night, Dust Money won in its category at the Online Journalism Awards, after winning a Webby earlier in the year.

This is Diana, a Bajau community leader in Sulawesi, who gave us the name for the project.

The judges said nice things here: awards.journalists.org/entries/dust...

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · Sep 11

Exclusive: A cache of 18,000 emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s inbox obtained by Bloomberg News offers a raw look into the world of the disgraced financier and sex offender — and reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s secrets

Jeffrey Epstein Email Trove Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s Secrets

A cache of 18,000 messages obtained by Bloomberg News reveals Maxwell’s deep ties and involvement with the disgraced financier and sex offender.

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Pete Guest @peterguest.bsky.social · Aug 23

Dust Money, the Gecko Project x New Lines project that used a road trip through the mines, smelters and communities of Sulawesi to chart the human and environmental impacts of the nickel business, is a finalist in the Online Journalism Awards.

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Dust Money - Online Journalism Awards

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Pete Guest @peterguest.bsky.social · May 23

Ukraine has faced three years of attacks on its energy grid by Russia. And yet, it's mostly kept the lights on, building under fire a new kind of electricity network, one that's more resilient -- and more sustainable -- than what was there before.

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Ukraine Rebuilds Its Energy Grid With Lessons From the Frontline

Ukraine has rebuilt an energy grid that’s more resilient — and greener — than what it had before Russia’s invasion.

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Pete Guest @peterguest.bsky.social · Apr 2

Officially, one of the best things on the internet. Dust Money, the @thegeckoproject.org / @newlinesmag.bsky.social collaboration is an honoree in multimedia storytelling in this year's Webbys.

newlinesmag.com/reportage/du...

Dust Money

Indonesia is in the middle of a rush for nickel, a metal that is vital to the green economy. The country’s government wants to dominate the market, making nickel a national project. Years into the boo...

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · Apr 1

2. 🧵 Our joint investigation with @thegeckoproject.org on Indonesia’s nickel production received a webby honoree nomination for Best Multimedia Storytelling.

newlinesmag.com/reportage/du...

Dust Money

Indonesia is in the middle of a rush for nickel, a metal that is vital to the green economy. The country’s government wants to dominate the market, making nickel a national project. Years into the boo...

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Pete Guest @peterguest.bsky.social · Mar 30

Very sad to hear that Gwen Robinson passed away in Bangkok. A true legend among foreign correspondents, a relentless journalist with a deep love of the craft and her colleagues. Like a lot of journalists in Asia, I owe Gwen a huge debt for opening doors and backing my craziest reporting ideas.

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Niall Firth @niallfirth.bsky.social · Mar 27

Survivors have spoken to us to reveal how criminal syndicates use Big Tech to recruit and trap people into operating “pig butchering” scams—and what life is like once you're been ensnared.

Fantastic new story this morning.

www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/27/1...

Inside a romance scam compound—and how people get tricked into being there

Survivors reveal how criminal syndicates use Big Tech to recruit and trap people into operating “pig butchering” scams—and then use the same platforms to steal billions of dollars from targets all ove...

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Pete Guest @peterguest.bsky.social · Dec 24

Off-white Christmas.

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The Gecko Project @thegeckoproject.org · Dec 10

New film from our recent investigation:

We travelled 2,000km through Indonesia’s nickel frontiers investigating how a green, battery-powered future is being achieved through increasingly authoritarian means.

Published with @newlinesmag.bsky.social.

The dark side of Indonesia’s green metals obsession | Dust Money

YouTube video by The Gecko Project

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Pete Guest @peterguest.bsky.social · Dec 10

I lost faith in the American Dream when I experienced a "continental breakfast" at a midrange New York hotel.

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · Dec 6

Devastating longread from @thegeckoproject.org & @newlinesmag.bsky.social on the landscapes & communities of Sulawesi entrained in rapacious forest-stripping, village-gobbling, sea-smothering nickel extraction, pollution from coal-fired smelters, dangerous industry conditions & social conflict

Dust Money

Indonesia is in the middle of a massive rush for nickel, a metal that is vital to the green economy. Years into the boom, the costs of its obsession with the mineral are mounting.

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Amanda Silverman @asilverman.bsky.social · Dec 5

I was totally fascinated by @peterguest.bsky.social’s reporting here, about how Ukraine’s neighbors fear what happened there—and have been inspired to quickly reshape their own civilian tech, like scooters, drones, med tech + way more @technologyreview.com www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/04/1...

How the Ukraine-Russia war is reshaping the tech sector in Eastern Europe

Startups in Latvia and other nearby countries see the mobilization of Ukraine as a warning and as inspiration. They are now changing consumer products—from scooters to recreational drones—for use on t...

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Compiler @compiler.news · Dec 5

Journalist @peterguest.bsky.social offers an inside look at what @proton.me CEO Andy Yen calls a constant "cat-and-mouse" game between his company and internet censors around the world. "It’s about whether or not we can innovate and develop faster than they can.”

www.compiler.news/proton-vpn-v...

This VPN is the resistance tool of choice for millions

Outmaneuvering internet firewalls isn't easy, but Proton VPN is waging a digital war for an open internet.

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Prashant Rao @prashantrao.bsky.social · Dec 4

🟡 UK JOURNALISM JOB ALERT 🟡

@semafor.com is hiring an early-career journalist in its London newsroom. Details here: boards.greenhouse.io/semafor/jobs...

Reach out if you've got questions!

Newsroom Fellow (6-12 month Contract)

London

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Pete Guest @peterguest.bsky.social · Dec 5

Considering returning to Twitter for a day to see if anyone can explain Bitcoin to me.

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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · Dec 4

NEW: For the last few months, officials at Britain’s NCA have explained to me how they discovered and disrupted two massive Russian money laundering rings.

The networks have moved billions each year and—unusually—have been caught swapping cash for crypto with drugs gangs

🧵 A wild thread...

She Was a Russian Socialite and Influencer. Cops Say She’s a Crypto Laundering Kingpin

Western authorities say they’ve identified a network that found a new way to clean drug gangs’ dirty cash. WIRED gained exclusive access to the investigation.

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The Gecko Project @thegeckoproject.org · Dec 4

NEW: Our 2,000km roadtrip through hidden parts of the nickel supply chain found that Indonesia's government has rewritten environmental laws, militarised the industry and criminalised opposition to mining.

Published with @newlinesmag.bsky.social

Dust Money

Indonesia is in the middle of a massive rush for nickel, a metal that is vital to the green economy. Years into the boom, the costs of its obsession with the mineral are mounting.

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · Dec 4

NEW: Indonesia is the beating heart of nickel production for the world’s green transition. But an investigation by @newlinesmag.bsky.social and @thegeckoproject.org reveals the catastrophic environmental and human toll of the lucrative industry. newlinesmag.com/reportage/du...

Dust Money

Indonesia is in the middle of a rush for nickel, a metal that is vital to the green economy. The country’s government wants to dominate the market, making nickel a national project. Years into the boo...

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Pete Guest @peterguest.bsky.social · Dec 4

Dust Money

The Indonesian government's obsession with nickel is turning vast areas of the country into a sacrifice zone, where landscapes are wrecked, communities are destroyed and human rights are rolled back.

For @newlinesmag.bsky.social and @thegeckoproject.org

newlinesmag.com/reportage/du...

Dust Money

Indonesia is in the middle of a rush for nickel, a metal that is vital to the green economy. The country’s government wants to dominate the market, making nickel a national project. Years into the boo...

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