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...

Off-white Christmas.

The article — a super longform story — is out December 4, and will be published along with a short documentary.

We met seafaring Bajau communities squeezed into ruined slivers of land; saw poisoned waterways and collapsing landscapes; visited smelter complexes where deaths and injuries are routine.

Earlier this year, I joined a team from @thegeckoproject.org on a 2,000km road trip through Indonesia’s nickel country. The story, publishing next week, shows the cost of the country’s rush to break into the EV supply chain— measured in broken landscapes and people squeezed to the margins.

Alcantara Gorges, Sicily

One thing I miss about old Twitter was that it was a good place to post photos, without having to deal with the weirdness of Instagram. Going to try that here.

So: Football by Mount Etna, October 2024.

Floodwaters rising in Munich.

Is this a warning, or part of their manifesto?

WIRED is launching 500 Days, a series about the resilience and innovation behind Ukraine’s resistance.

The first piece follows volunteers who supply soldiers with trucks, drones and rations, funded by shitposting meme warriors.

https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-war-trucks-trolls-tourniquets/

Brixton