Sam Joiner
@samjoiner.bsky.social
Visual Stories and Investigations Editor at the Financial Times. We use computational tools and traditional reporting to produce explainers, investigations and deep dives in visual formats.
Great working on this with @alisonkilling.bsky.social, Chris Campbell, @peter.andringa.me, @ian-bott.bsky.social, @sdbernard.bsky.social and @raydouglas.bsky.social.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Great working on this with @alisonkilling.bsky.social, Chris Campbell, @peter.andringa.me, @ian-bott.bsky.social, @sdbernard.bsky.social and @raydouglas.bsky.social.
Come for the reporting, stay for the largest map we‘ve ever built...
Come for the reporting, stay for the largest map we‘ve ever built...
Blood on the streets of El Fasher: satellite images and videos capture new atrocities in Sudan as RSF forces take the city, marking a new chapter in the country’s ruinous civil war.
W/ William Wallis, @janatausch.bsky.social, @digitalcampbell.ft.com
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October 31, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Blood on the streets of El Fasher: satellite images and videos capture new atrocities in Sudan as RSF forces take the city, marking a new chapter in the country’s ruinous civil war.
W/ William Wallis, @janatausch.bsky.social, @digitalcampbell.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/f39c...
W/ William Wallis, @janatausch.bsky.social, @digitalcampbell.ft.com
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August 23, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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New: Inside the relentless race for AI capacity.
The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom, with hyperscalers clustering thousands of chips to train AI models. But critics question the environmental impact, soaring costs and whether it's all needed.
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The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom, with hyperscalers clustering thousands of chips to train AI models. But critics question the environmental impact, soaring costs and whether it's all needed.
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July 31, 2025 at 6:17 AM
New: Inside the relentless race for AI capacity.
The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom, with hyperscalers clustering thousands of chips to train AI models. But critics question the environmental impact, soaring costs and whether it's all needed.
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The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom, with hyperscalers clustering thousands of chips to train AI models. But critics question the environmental impact, soaring costs and whether it's all needed.
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New: Inside America’s booming immigration detention industry.
The largest domestic deportation operation in US history has seen detention companies’ market value surge. But FT analysis has identified facilities housing 100s more people than they are designed to hold.
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The largest domestic deportation operation in US history has seen detention companies’ market value surge. But FT analysis has identified facilities housing 100s more people than they are designed to hold.
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July 16, 2025 at 6:26 AM
New: Inside America’s booming immigration detention industry.
The largest domestic deportation operation in US history has seen detention companies’ market value surge. But FT analysis has identified facilities housing 100s more people than they are designed to hold.
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The largest domestic deportation operation in US history has seen detention companies’ market value surge. But FT analysis has identified facilities housing 100s more people than they are designed to hold.
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New: Inside Gaza’s 'death traps'. A US-backed scheme forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. First-hand testimony, satellite imagery and verified video shed light on the dangerous journey from which many never return.
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July 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
New: Inside Gaza’s 'death traps'. A US-backed scheme forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. First-hand testimony, satellite imagery and verified video shed light on the dangerous journey from which many never return.
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A new form of smuggling is funding Mexico’s cartels, with fuel from the US illegally imported in massive volumes. One in four vehicles in the country could be running on contraband fuel.
W/ @digitalcampbell.ft.com christine murray @peter.andringa.me @alisonkilling.bsky.social
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June 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
A new form of smuggling is funding Mexico’s cartels, with fuel from the US illegally imported in massive volumes. One in four vehicles in the country could be running on contraband fuel.
W/ @digitalcampbell.ft.com christine murray @peter.andringa.me @alisonkilling.bsky.social
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W/ @digitalcampbell.ft.com christine murray @peter.andringa.me @alisonkilling.bsky.social
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Honoured to win two @amnesty.org awards for our visual investigations into Russia’s abductions of Ukrainian children and settler soldiers in the West Bank.
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June 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Honoured to win two @amnesty.org awards for our visual investigations into Russia’s abductions of Ukrainian children and settler soldiers in the West Bank.
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New: The government wants a technological revolution in healthcare. But from paper notes to inconsistent data sharing and dozens of IT systems, digitising the NHS will not be easy.
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May 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
New: The government wants a technological revolution in healthcare. But from paper notes to inconsistent data sharing and dozens of IT systems, digitising the NHS will not be easy.
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New: More than 3/4 of the mobile phones, games consoles, food processors, electric fans and toys shipped to the US last year were made in China.
The products are among more than 50 items with an import value above $1bn subject to Trump’s 125% tariffs.
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The products are among more than 50 items with an import value above $1bn subject to Trump’s 125% tariffs.
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April 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
New: More than 3/4 of the mobile phones, games consoles, food processors, electric fans and toys shipped to the US last year were made in China.
The products are among more than 50 items with an import value above $1bn subject to Trump’s 125% tariffs.
Free-to-read link: on.ft.com/3Ei8ujf
The products are among more than 50 items with an import value above $1bn subject to Trump’s 125% tariffs.
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Used Teslas in the US and UK are falling in price faster than other EVs. A glut of former fleet cars may explain the drop, rather than any link to Musk, but it has contributed to the company’s worst quarter since 2022.
By @raydouglas.bsky.social and @chriscook.news
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By @raydouglas.bsky.social and @chriscook.news
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April 8, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Used Teslas in the US and UK are falling in price faster than other EVs. A glut of former fleet cars may explain the drop, rather than any link to Musk, but it has contributed to the company’s worst quarter since 2022.
By @raydouglas.bsky.social and @chriscook.news
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By @raydouglas.bsky.social and @chriscook.news
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There have been 11 incidents of cable or pipeline damage in the Baltic Sea in 17 months. Russia denies involvement, but experts say they can't all be accidents or due to bad seamanship. “I can believe that one case could be an accident. Two cases in a row? Hardly. Three and more? Never, impossible.”
March 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
There have been 11 incidents of cable or pipeline damage in the Baltic Sea in 17 months. Russia denies involvement, but experts say they can't all be accidents or due to bad seamanship. “I can believe that one case could be an accident. Two cases in a row? Hardly. Three and more? Never, impossible.”
The Baltic Sea is an attractive target for greyzone warfare. Its busy shipping lanes and undersea infrastructure make it a challenge to attribute sabotage to specific actors, while more than 90% of its international waters are shallower than 150m — easily reachable by dropped anchors.
March 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The Baltic Sea is an attractive target for greyzone warfare. Its busy shipping lanes and undersea infrastructure make it a challenge to attribute sabotage to specific actors, while more than 90% of its international waters are shallower than 150m — easily reachable by dropped anchors.
New: Inside Russia’s shadow war in the Baltics.
“It is impossible to drag an anchor for 150km without knowing you’re doing it”. We analysed suspected sabotage incidents in the Baltic Sea as European nations prepare themselves for a longer-term confrontation with Moscow.
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“It is impossible to drag an anchor for 150km without knowing you’re doing it”. We analysed suspected sabotage incidents in the Baltic Sea as European nations prepare themselves for a longer-term confrontation with Moscow.
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March 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
New: Inside Russia’s shadow war in the Baltics.
“It is impossible to drag an anchor for 150km without knowing you’re doing it”. We analysed suspected sabotage incidents in the Baltic Sea as European nations prepare themselves for a longer-term confrontation with Moscow.
👉 ft.com/baltic-sea
“It is impossible to drag an anchor for 150km without knowing you’re doing it”. We analysed suspected sabotage incidents in the Baltic Sea as European nations prepare themselves for a longer-term confrontation with Moscow.
👉 ft.com/baltic-sea
Elon Musk’s Doge is not happy with government spending on consultants. Great little scoop by @stephenfoleyft.bsky.social @chriscook.news @joemillerjr.ft.com
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March 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Elon Musk’s Doge is not happy with government spending on consultants. Great little scoop by @stephenfoleyft.bsky.social @chriscook.news @joemillerjr.ft.com
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The dominance of state-owned developers is interwoven with the state’s efforts to restore confidence in housing. But government revenues from land sales have almost halved since 2021, and China’s first decline in overall property construction since 1997 is accelerating.
February 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The dominance of state-owned developers is interwoven with the state’s efforts to restore confidence in housing. But government revenues from land sales have almost halved since 2021, and China’s first decline in overall property construction since 1997 is accelerating.
And this stunning map of Valencia combining the flood extent with recent and historic building construction in the province by the imperious @sdbernard.bsky.social
December 23, 2024 at 9:46 AM
And this stunning map of Valencia combining the flood extent with recent and historic building construction in the province by the imperious @sdbernard.bsky.social
It features devastating photography, captured in the immediate aftermath of the floods and over the past few weeks, by Quintina Valero
December 23, 2024 at 9:46 AM
It features devastating photography, captured in the immediate aftermath of the floods and over the past few weeks, by Quintina Valero
NEW: Russia uses civilians as ‘target practice’ for killer drones.
Kherson’s residents have been, since midsummer, the target of an experiment without precedent in modern European warfare: a concerted campaign to empty a city by stalking its population with drones.
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Kherson’s residents have been, since midsummer, the target of an experiment without precedent in modern European warfare: a concerted campaign to empty a city by stalking its population with drones.
Free to read: on.ft.com/3Vohxoa
December 4, 2024 at 8:12 AM
NEW: Russia uses civilians as ‘target practice’ for killer drones.
Kherson’s residents have been, since midsummer, the target of an experiment without precedent in modern European warfare: a concerted campaign to empty a city by stalking its population with drones.
Free to read: on.ft.com/3Vohxoa
Kherson’s residents have been, since midsummer, the target of an experiment without precedent in modern European warfare: a concerted campaign to empty a city by stalking its population with drones.
Free to read: on.ft.com/3Vohxoa
Serhiy lost his foot after stepping on an anti-personnel 'petal' mine. As did Viktor, who found himself in the hospital bed opposite. The Russians dangle them from small quadcopter drones, then scatter them along streets, courtyards, playgrounds and public squares.
December 4, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Serhiy lost his foot after stepping on an anti-personnel 'petal' mine. As did Viktor, who found himself in the hospital bed opposite. The Russians dangle them from small quadcopter drones, then scatter them along streets, courtyards, playgrounds and public squares.
Since mid-July, Kherson and its neighbouring villages along the western side of the Dnipro have suffered more than 9,500 attacks with small drones, killing at least 37 people and injuring hundreds more, according to the regional military administration, prosecutors and police.
December 4, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Since mid-July, Kherson and its neighbouring villages along the western side of the Dnipro have suffered more than 9,500 attacks with small drones, killing at least 37 people and injuring hundreds more, according to the regional military administration, prosecutors and police.
The killer machines, sometimes by the swarm, hover above homes, buzz into buildings and chase people down streets in their cars, riding bikes or simply on foot. Targets are not soldiers or tanks, but civilian life.
December 4, 2024 at 7:53 AM
The killer machines, sometimes by the swarm, hover above homes, buzz into buildings and chase people down streets in their cars, riding bikes or simply on foot. Targets are not soldiers or tanks, but civilian life.
NEW: Are the robots finally coming?
In our latest visual story, @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social @upyorkshire.bsky.social @samlearner.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @peter.andringa.me @carolinenevitt.bsky.social and Ian Bott explain how AI is powering a robotics revolution.
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In our latest visual story, @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social @upyorkshire.bsky.social @samlearner.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @peter.andringa.me @carolinenevitt.bsky.social and Ian Bott explain how AI is powering a robotics revolution.
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November 20, 2024 at 7:11 AM
NEW: Are the robots finally coming?
In our latest visual story, @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social @upyorkshire.bsky.social @samlearner.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @peter.andringa.me @carolinenevitt.bsky.social and Ian Bott explain how AI is powering a robotics revolution.
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In our latest visual story, @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social @upyorkshire.bsky.social @samlearner.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @peter.andringa.me @carolinenevitt.bsky.social and Ian Bott explain how AI is powering a robotics revolution.
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Trump gained ground in all but two states and increased his support across the electorate. This is how he won the 2024 presidency in maps and charts 🇺🇸📈
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November 6, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Trump gained ground in all but two states and increased his support across the electorate. This is how he won the 2024 presidency in maps and charts 🇺🇸📈
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The demolitions clearing Israel’s ‘first belt’ in Lebanon. Satellite and video analysis shows thousands of structures have been destroyed in more than 30 villages within 3km of the border. At least 12 villages have had lines of buildings destroyed in controlled detonations.
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November 5, 2024 at 6:31 PM
The demolitions clearing Israel’s ‘first belt’ in Lebanon. Satellite and video analysis shows thousands of structures have been destroyed in more than 30 villages within 3km of the border. At least 12 villages have had lines of buildings destroyed in controlled detonations.
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