Michael Zelenko
@mvzelenko.bsky.social
Executive Editor, Rest of World
"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...
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...
December 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"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...
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...
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...
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...
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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...
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...
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...
@restofworld.org, and I hope you get a chance to read and share it.
restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sk...
November 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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...
@restofworld.org, and I hope you get a chance to read and share it.
restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sk...
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.
Their stories are stunning.
November 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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.
Their stories are stunning.
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.
November 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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.
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...
@restofworld.org's latest feature is about a deadly example of one such case
restofworld.org/2025/zimbabw...
July 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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...
@restofworld.org's latest feature is about a deadly example of one such case
restofworld.org/2025/zimbabw...
Incredible headline/photo combo
June 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Incredible headline/photo combo
Border family separations like these are hauntingly and tragically similar, no matter where they happen.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
May 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Border family separations like these are hauntingly and tragically similar, no matter where they happen.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Come for the rise and fall saga, stay for the scooters splitting in half mid-ride
May 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Come for the rise and fall saga, stay for the scooters splitting in half mid-ride
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-...
Meet "China Chuck," the Michigan dad, hunter and fisherman who suddenly became the face of a suspected Communist invasion.
restofworld.org/2025/gotion-...
March 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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-...
Meet "China Chuck," the Michigan dad, hunter and fisherman who suddenly became the face of a suspected Communist invasion.
restofworld.org/2025/gotion-...
🚗 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...
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...
March 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🚗 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...
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...
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-...
Read it here! restofworld.org/2025/gotion-...
March 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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-...
Read it here! restofworld.org/2025/gotion-...
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.
Someone even wrote a dang song about the company.
March 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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.
Someone even wrote a dang song about the company.
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...
But @restofworld.org reporting suggests that it's a harder and slower process than you might think.
restofworld.org/2025/shuttin...
March 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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...
But @restofworld.org reporting suggests that it's a harder and slower process than you might think.
restofworld.org/2025/shuttin...
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
restofworld.org/2025/temu-se...
Fantastic piece from @violazhou.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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
restofworld.org/2025/temu-se...
Fantastic piece from @violazhou.bsky.social
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...
Almost overnight, it became a top 3 downloaded app in 42 countries.
Great story here from @khadijaalam.bsky.social
restofworld.org/2025/xiaohon...
January 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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...
Almost overnight, it became a top 3 downloaded app in 42 countries.
Great story here from @khadijaalam.bsky.social
restofworld.org/2025/xiaohon...
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
Great data-led reporting here from @khadijaalam.bsky.social for @restofworld.org
January 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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
Great data-led reporting here from @khadijaalam.bsky.social for @restofworld.org
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...
restofworld.org/2025/starlin...
January 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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...
restofworld.org/2025/starlin...
My first skeet! @restofworld.org published an absolutely wild story on India's religious AI bots this morning.... and it's not good
https://restofworld.org/2023/chatgpt-religious-chatbots-india-gitagpt-krishna/
https://restofworld.org/2023/chatgpt-religious-chatbots-india-gitagpt-krishna/
May 9, 2023 at 1:22 PM
My first skeet! @restofworld.org published an absolutely wild story on India's religious AI bots this morning.... and it's not good
https://restofworld.org/2023/chatgpt-religious-chatbots-india-gitagpt-krishna/
https://restofworld.org/2023/chatgpt-religious-chatbots-india-gitagpt-krishna/