Peter Andringa

@peter.andringa.me

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Journalist/technologist/social scientist working in graphics and digital investigations.

📰 Now: FT Visual Investigations
🕰️ Past lives: WaPo, Guardian, Oxford, UNC
📍London, UK • 🔗 andringa.me • ✉️ [email protected] • 🐦 @peterjandringa

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NEW: The FT looked at some of the security lapses that enabled a would-be assassin to fire at former president Trump this weekend: on.ft.com/3WsX6Yd

How security failings let a would-be assassin shoot Donald Trumpon.ft.com Series of ‘shocking’ mistakes allowed armed man to climb on to a roof and fire at former president

US national security advisor Jake Sullivan has released a statement on our investigation:

NEW: Ukrainian children abducted during the war are being listed for adoption on Russian government-linked websites, sometimes under false names. The FT located and confirmed four of them. on.ft.com/4aXYYMr

Russia lists abducted Ukrainian children on adoption siteson.ft.com [FREE TO READ] FT identified and located four missing Ukrainian children in Russia, including one given false identity

Statement from Jake Sullivan on Russian crimes against Ukrainian children | The White Housewww.whitehouse.gov Since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, members of Russia’s forces and other Russian officials have deported hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian civilians to Russia, including children who ...

Russia lists abducted Ukrainian children on adoption siteson.ft.com [FREE TO READ] FT identified and located four missing Ukrainian children in Russia, including one given false identity

The Conservatives have adopted a new ad message in recent days: campaigning to be the opposition. Our latest, on how the Tories are starting to run against Reform and the Lib Dems as much as Labour: on.ft.com/4bTtuZe

Tory ads warn voters of Labour landslide as election bid falterson.ft.com Social media posts suggest voting for Lib Dems or Reform could give Starmer a ‘massive majority’

NEW: We found more evidence of just how unprepared Conservatives were for their own PM’s election announcement. Labour took advantage of a key spending loophole in the first week, while the Tories… did not. on.ft.com/45dxXU5

This fascinating tale of wilderness, law, and geometry is a great weekend read. By @okr.bsky.social in FT Magazine: on.ft.com/3VSB9lm

Battle for the American Weston.ft.com [FREE TO READ] How four elk hunters and a ladder could reshape Wyoming’s chequered frontiers

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🚨Job Alert🚨 Fascinated by how AI and ML can be applied to news publishing and journalism? Come work with me! We're hiring a principal product manager for generative AI at the @financialtimes.com. Details here: boards.greenhouse.io/financialtim...

Principal Product Manager - Generative AIboards.greenhouse.io London

If energy supply chains and sanctions compliance aren't really your thing, click for the details on the former king of Spain and an answer to the question: "Do financiers who own Olympic show-jumping horses get to call themselves Olympians?"

NEW: We followed a daring arctic maritime journey — to deliver what experts believe are liquid natural gas plant components for a sanctioned Russian project. The ships unloaded their cargo this week, 4 days after the US issued sanctions against the port they landed at. ig.ft.com/russia-sanct...

Inside the brazen Arctic trip supplying Putin’s flagship energy schemeig.ft.com A US-born former Hollywood financier is navigating Arctic ice and sanctions to help keep Russia’s LNG hopes alive

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Our latest visual story on the process of manufacturing the world's smallest microchips: ig.ft.com/microchips/

Inside the miracle of modern chip manufacturingig.ft.com After coming up against the limits of physics, scientists are rethinking chip architecture like never before

NEW (yesterday): In our latest visual investigation, we dug into the Russian reconstruction of Mariupol, and discovered its latest Potemkin village: ➡️ ft.com/mariupol

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The hidden cost of your supermarket salmon 📊 https://ig.ft.com/supermarket-salmon/

The hidden cost of your supermarket salmonig.ft.com Fish sold by major retailers in Europe is harming food security in west Africa

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Really glad @josephinequinn.bsky.social has written for the paper about her new book and the noxious myth of “civilisation” on.ft.com/49DEE2T

What the world gets wrong about ‘civilisation’on.ft.com [FREE TO READ] Politicians everywhere are making appeals to ancient history — but their thinking is based on a myth

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NEW: "How AI is decoding the animal kingdom", our visual story on how scientists have been uncovering the hidden sounds of the natural world and how new technology is accelerating that process ig.ft.com/ai-animals/

How AI is decoding the animal kingdomig.ft.com Scientists are eavesdropping on animal conversations. Will generative AI enable us to talk back?

AI's greatest trick is to hide the labour of tens of thousands of content moderators who power it. Meet a few: on.ft.com/48Q8ErC

The young people sifting through the internet’s worst horrorson.ft.com [FREE TO READ] Lured by the promise of jobs at the ‘cutting edge of AI’, they ended up in a battle for their rights

I missed the news earlier in the week, but I’m sad to hear the passing of Ed Yoder. He was a thoughtful, dedicated journalist who gave me very kind advice when we bonded over our shared love of Chapel Hill, Oxford, and DC.

Edwin Yoder, Pulitzer-winning editorial writer, columnist, dies at 89www.washingtonpost.com He won the prize in 1979 for his stylish editorials at the Washington Star. After the paper folded, he wrote a column for The Washington Post Writers Group.

Sending solidarity to my old colleagues as they fight for a fair contract. I love the Post, and it's one of my daily reads — but I won't be visiting their site today.

a note to Washington Post readers: On Dec. 7, we ask you to respect our walkout by not crossing the picket line: For 24 hours, please do not engage with any Post content. That includes our print + online news stories, podcasts, videos, games and recipes.

A letter to our readersdocs.google.com

NEW: We looked at satellite imagery of over 2,000 mosques to measure the scale of the Chinese government's policy to minimise the presence of Islam in public space. We found changes across the country, signalling a spread of the religious repression that started in Xinjiang. ft.com/china-mosques

How China is tearing down Islamft.com Thousands of mosques have been altered or destroyed as Beijing’s suppression of Islamic culture spreads

Need to get caught up on the chaos at OpenAI? Alphaville has your back: on.ft.com/49LJPyw

How to talk to an elderly relative about Altman, OpenAI and Microsofton.ft.com [FREE TO READ] ChatOAP

Need to get caught up on the chaos at OpenAI? Alphaville has your back: on.ft.com/49LJPyw

How to talk to an elderly relative about Altman, OpenAI and Microsofton.ft.com [FREE TO READ] ChatOAP

Don’t miss this compelling, human story about life on-the-ground in Gaza from the FT this weekend: on.ft.com/3QVLKt3

Flatbread for thousands: how a war-torn Gaza bakery is fighting hungeron.ft.com Workers bake through the night to feed vast queues of people in besieged territory

NEW: We investigated the scene of the explosions along an evacuation route in Gaza on Friday to understand what happened and who might be responsible. Videos verified by the FT show multiple strikes - one near an ambulance - and the bodies of children.

Did Israel bomb a civilian evacuation route in Gaza?www.ft.com Evidence points to IDF weapons as blasts hit multiple cars along main road south

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🚨Job alert 🚨 The @data.ft.com team is looking for a political data scientist to join us in London and help take our quantitative coverage of polling and election results to the next level in 2024. Details here: boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...

Political Data Scientistboards.eu.greenhouse.io London

Some professional news: this week I've joined the wonderful @data.ft.com team in London to start a new Visual Investigations team! Two days in, I'm already excited about the wonderful coworkers and exciting ideas ahead. I welcome tips, data, or lat/long coordinates here: [email protected]

Today in accidental metaphors: the UK Supreme Court has stymied my research on technology law... because they forgot to renew their SSL certificate. (www.supremecourt.uk)

👋 I've spent ~six months off the bird app, and it's been fantastic... So will I stay on here? tbd!

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