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Michael Zelenko @mvzelenko.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

"Too much money fucked us, basically." FANTASTIC feature from @issielapowsky.bsky.social on how Tiger Global flooded the startup market with capital, and the wreckage it left behind. Great data viz from @hazelgandhi.bsky.social & stunning art from Nicolas Ortega restofworld.org/2025/tiger-g...

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Michael Zelenko @mvzelenko.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

This morning @restofworld.org published a visual investigation mapping the hottest data centers around the world. We found that in 21 countries, ALL data centers are located in a climate that's simply too hot. Read more here: restofworld.org/2025/data-ce...

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Michael Zelenko @mvzelenko.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

This is one of the most important stories we've told at @restofworld.org, and I hope you get a chance to read and share it. restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sk...

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Michael Zelenko @mvzelenko.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

For this stunning feature, Mohammed R. Mhawish and Aseel Mousa chronicled the organization's fate, speaking to team members who have fled, and those still in Gaza. Their stories are stunning.

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Michael Zelenko @mvzelenko.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

2 days after October 7, the GSG office and the surrounding neighborhood were obliterated in an Israeli bombing campaign. The team was scattered. In the 2 years since, many have been forced to leave Gaza. Some live among the ruins. Others have been killed.

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Michael Zelenko @mvzelenko.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

The EV revolution has sparked a dangerous boom in illegal lithium mining in countries like Zimbabwe. @restofworld.org's latest feature is about a deadly example of one such case restofworld.org/2025/zimbabw...

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Michael Zelenko @mvzelenko.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Border family separations like these are hauntingly and tragically similar, no matter where they happen. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

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Michael Zelenko @mvzelenko.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Come for the rise and fall saga, stay for the scooters splitting in half mid-ride

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Michael Zelenko @mvzelenko.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Big Rapids, Michigan, needs jobs. But when a Chinese battery co. came to town proposing a new factory, a group of activists drove them out. Meet "China Chuck," the Michigan dad, hunter and fisherman who suddenly became the face of a suspected Communist invasion. restofworld.org/2025/gotion-...

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Michael Zelenko @mvzelenko.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🚗 It's no surprise Tesla is tanking and BYD is eating its cake 🚗 NEW @restofworld.org data shows how in market after market, BYD is beating Tesla where it counts: prices. How BYD undercuts Tesla around the world, by the numbers restofworld.org/2025/byd-bea...

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Michael Zelenko @mvzelenko.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

It's a frustrating and sad story, ultimately — about how America's disinformation space and political discord are having a real impact on our economy, and holding us back from progress we desperately need to make. Read it here! restofworld.org/2025/gotion-...

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Michael Zelenko @mvzelenko.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Instead, the community cast the company as a Communist Trojan Horse. Trump trashed the project (predictably.) Someone even wrote a dang song about the company.

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Michael Zelenko @mvzelenko.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Shutting down 2G networks sounds like a no brainer. But @restofworld.org reporting suggests that it's a harder and slower process than you might think. restofworld.org/2025/shuttin...

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Michael Zelenko @mvzelenko.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

NEW: Chinese e-commerce sellers are scamming USPS out of MILLIONS of dollars using fake postage labels restofworld.org/2025/temu-se... Fantastic piece from @violazhou.bsky.social

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Michael Zelenko @mvzelenko.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

It wasn't just the U.S. — the TikTok ban drove millions of people AROUND THE WORLD to Xiaohongshu. Almost overnight, it became a top 3 downloaded app in 42 countries. Great story here from @khadijaalam.bsky.social restofworld.org/2025/xiaohon...

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Michael Zelenko @mvzelenko.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Despite all the cyber saber-rattling, US and Chinese AI researchers work with each other more than they work with anyone else: restofworld.org/2025/us-chin... Great data-led reporting here from @khadijaalam.bsky.social for @restofworld.org

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Michael Zelenko @mvzelenko.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Then @khadijaalam.bsky.social and @tarykuh.bsky.social pulled the numbers to show just how transformative Starlink has been across Africa restofworld.org/2025/starlin...

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Michael Zelenko @mvzelenko.bsky.social · 09/05/2023

My first skeet! @restofworld.org published an absolutely wild story on India's religious AI bots this morning.... and it's not good restofworld.org/2023/chatgpt-religi…

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