Pete Guest
@peterguest.bsky.social
Journalist: As seen in Bloomberg, Wired, Businessweek, The Economist 1843, MIT Tech Review, The Atlantic, etc. Occasional photographer. Bona fides: www.peterguest.co
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Pete Guest
@peterguest.bsky.social
· Dec 4
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...
newlinesmag.com
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...
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...
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.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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...
www.bloomberg.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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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
Read more: bloom.bg/4npsMIN
📷️: Picture Alliance
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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
Read more: bloom.bg/4npsMIN
📷️: Picture Alliance
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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
awards.journalists.org/winners/2025/
awards.journalists.org/winners/2025/
2025 Online Journalism Awards
awards.journalists.org
September 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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
awards.journalists.org/winners/2025/
awards.journalists.org/winners/2025/
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...
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...
September 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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...
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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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.
bloom.bg
September 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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
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.
awards.journalists.org/entries/dust...
awards.journalists.org/entries/dust...
Dust Money - Online Journalism Awards
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awards.journalists.org
August 23, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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.
awards.journalists.org/entries/dust...
awards.journalists.org/entries/dust...
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...
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.
www.bloomberg.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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...
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...
newlinesmag.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/du...
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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...
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...
newlinesmag.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/du...
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.
March 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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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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...
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...
www.technologyreview.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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...
Fantastic new story this morning.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/27/1...
Off-white Christmas.
December 24, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Off-white Christmas.
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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.
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
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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.
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.
Reposted by Pete Guest
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.
thegeckoproject.org
December 6, 2024 at 11:02 PM
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
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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...
www.technologyreview.com
December 5, 2024 at 7:22 PM
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...
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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...
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.
www.compiler.news
December 5, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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...
www.compiler.news/proton-vpn-v...
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🟡 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!
@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
boards.greenhouse.io
December 4, 2024 at 3:54 PM
🟡 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!
@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!
Considering returning to Twitter for a day to see if anyone can explain Bitcoin to me.
December 5, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Considering returning to Twitter for a day to see if anyone can explain Bitcoin to me.
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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...
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.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2024 at 3:48 PM
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...
The networks have moved billions each year and—unusually—have been caught swapping cash for crypto with drugs gangs
🧵 A wild thread...
Reposted by Pete Guest
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
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.
thegeckoproject.org
December 4, 2024 at 12:37 PM
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
Published with @newlinesmag.bsky.social
Reposted by Pete Guest
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...
newlinesmag.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:49 PM
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
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...
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...
newlinesmag.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:51 PM
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...
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...
Ukraine's resistance against Russia has been a miracle of innovation and entrepreneurship, as civilian technologies are turned into weapons or used to build social resilience. Other countries on Russia's borders are trying to learn from Ukraine's example.
www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/04/1...
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...
www.technologyreview.com
December 4, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Ukraine's resistance against Russia has been a miracle of innovation and entrepreneurship, as civilian technologies are turned into weapons or used to build social resilience. Other countries on Russia's borders are trying to learn from Ukraine's example.
www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/04/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/04/1...
I am supportive of journalists revealing A) their biases and B) their blood-alcohol levels when reporting. Five stars.
6 hours under martial law: a drunk scene report from Seoul www.theverge.com/24312920/mar...
6 hours under martial law in Seoul
On the ground from the protests outside the National Assembly building
www.theverge.com
December 4, 2024 at 11:00 AM
I am supportive of journalists revealing A) their biases and B) their blood-alcohol levels when reporting. Five stars.