What’s the best place to raise kids? See how your county ranks. By @zhoyoyo.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...

Meta's fraud problem: The social media giant projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by @Reuters show reut.rs/4qJTpdH

Heavy rain is one of the most unpredictable and underappreciated climate threats. The Post found rising temperatures have made the atmosphere more waterlogged - providing fuel for wetter + more dangerous storms:

If you see any business owners belittling SNAP recipients for accepting government money to get through tough times, maybe look them up on @propublica.org's PPP Loan Tracker to see if they got any of the $793B in bailout money (96% of which was forgiven) projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...

Spent this morning making a gradient for a map showing Hurricane Melissa's forecast rainfall, pretty chuffed with how it turned out. Story w/ additional visuals here: www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

Scoop: The Trump admin's videos boasting triumphs on immigration have used misleading footage from months ago or thousands of miles away When we showed them the errors, DHS said they make a lot of videos and the White House said it'll keep making "banger memes" wapo.st/4nuDGwf

Our analysis shows the U.S. generally performs worse in long-term health outcomes (like life expectancy), certain treatment outcomes (like maternal mortality), some patient safety measures, and health system capacity: https://on.kff.org/42I5t4R

i'm hiring a 'growth engineer' to work side-by-side with me at val.town in brooklyn we're a small team on a mission to spread the joy of programming we're looking for someone self-directed, loves talking to users, write english & typescript, and own projects end-to-end if this is you, reach out!!

truly a wild scandal

New satellite images show the scale of demolition that has occurred on the East Wing of the White House in less than a month.

Folks outside of Idaho, the Wilder raid is a big deal

For #RemoteSensing and #datajournalism universe, here's a lesson I learned reporting on our @reuters team's discovery of a secret mass grave in the Syrian desert --- and the two-year conspiracy to fill it with tens of thousands of bodies. www.reuters.com/investigates...

For the first time since 1909(!), salmon are returning to the Klamath River's headwaters following the completion of a major dam removal project. A good reminder that nature can rebound if we just let it 🐟🐟🐟 www.sfchronicle.com/california/a... @sfchronicle.com @kurtisalexander.bsky.social

The White House heard the complaints Dismissed them as “manufactured outrage” And kept demolishing the East Wing on Tuesday New photo and update with @jonathanreports.bsky.social

Tracking your carbon "hoofprint" based on where you live. A _fun_ lookup piece from @naemas.bsky.social and I 🎁: wapo.st/4ocwoy8

ICE detention centers are built in some of the hottest places in the country. Planned expanded and new facilities will only exacerbate these environmental hazards our analysis found. 🎁: wapo.st/3JlmQlm latest by me and Amudalat Ajasa 📈.

The lead story on The Washington Post today is about the No Kings rallies, and it’s already drawn 5,000-plus comments. I was browsing the top replies, which come from all over the country but hit similar notes: the rallies were peaceful, unifying and focused on protecting democracy and rule of law.

BREAKING from PP We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens* The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied: Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado www.propublica.org/article/immi... by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

GOP gave $20 billion to Argentina yesterday

We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞 @sbmitche.bsky.social www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...

In such a beautiful piece about cultural burning, I was able to share a bit of my own work on how “good fire” can bring a host of benefits to wildlife and forests. Thanks @sadbumblebee.buzz for including me. And what a great spotlight on fire as a form of art, deeply human.

In June, the @washingtonpost.com sent me and @byaliceli.bsky.social to witness cultural burns in California. We learned how they encourage beneficial vegetation, reduce wildfire risk, and provide traditional food and craft sources for tribes in the Klamath region. 🎁: wapo.st/3J7BQTL

In light of the recent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, we analyzed satellite imagery to map damaged buildings and refugee tents, revealing the hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians who have erected shelters along Gaza’s coastline. read more: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

This story was the brainchild of sports data reporter @emilygiam.bsky.social, who collaborated with @katiperry.bsky.social and @asteckelberg.bsky.social to allow you to try parlay betting yourself. It's often not pretty

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

In related news, let me know if you or someone you know has any interesting work opportunities!

🤳EXCLUSIVE: We analyzed real data from over 800 U.S. TikTok users to reveal how the app transforms casual users into power users. Extremely proud of this one, over a year in the making w/ @richardsima.bsky.social Leslie Shapiro @asteckelberg.bsky.social @ence.bsky.social wapo.st/4obueib

That chart 📊

Exclusive: The Trump administration is preparing a plan that will make it harder for older Americans to qualify for Social Security disability payments, part of an overhaul that could result in hundreds of thousands of people losing benefits.

Food banks had scheduled 94mil(!) pounds of food deliveries through a government program that buys meat, dairy, eggs and produce from American farmers and sends them to help people in need. Trump’s USDA abruptly canceled those deliveries. projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...

Senators demand reinstatement of a critical wildfire preparedness program knpr.org/2025-09-30/s...

🆕 Four key parts of the Earth’s climate system are destabilising. Researchers analysed the interconnections of #Greenland ice sheet, #AMOC, #Amazon rainforest and the South American monsoon system. All four show signs of diminished resilience: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late... @climtip.bsky.social

*The AI boom = one of the costliest building sprees in world history * Past 3 years' commitments are greater than the cost of building the U.S. interstate highway system * Consumers must spend $800 billion on AI within a few years, to justify investment from 2023-24 www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...

Indonesia’s carbon trading is raising several environmental concerns, such as land-grabbing, deforestation, and inadequate protection for Indigenous land rights. Join a panel of experts to discuss the lack of transparency in forestry licensing. #COP30 👉 bit.ly/4mvGQPC

Scientist Nicholas Spada spent months analyzing the deadly nanoparticles in the smoke from the Eaton and Palisades wildfires. “There is no known safe level of exposure to these types of ultrafine particles.” Grantee @ninardietz.bsky.social reports for @insideclimatenews.org. bit.ly/48ykNod

Hurricane season is about to turn much busier in the Atlantic with two potential hurricanes expected to form in the coming days that could threaten the East Coast. See where landfall could happen:

The NYT’s digital investigations are invaluable and unparalleled by any other news org. This one proves ICE murdered a man, and lied about what led up to that murder. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

New by me: OpenAI won’t say whose content trained its video tool. We found some clues. Gift link: wapo.st/3KeqLR0

It's not your imagination: Wildfire smoke in the U.S. has dramatically worsened since 2019. According to a new study, it's already killing 41,000 people a year - and it's poised to get much worse. new from me @johnmuyskens.bsky.social and @sadbumblebee.buzz www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Statement from Post Guild Leadership: The Washington Post Guild condemns the unjust firing of columnist Karen Attiah

JUST IN: Inflation accelerated in August as Americans paid more for gasoline and groceries. Over the last 12 months, consumer prices have risen 2.9%.

For the last several months, I've been digging through endless scientific literature on what happens when pregnant mothers are exposed to plastic chemicals in their food, water, and everyday household products. The result is this story. I hope you'll take the time to read. wapo.st/4g3ZoFc

Members of San Francisco’s cold water swimming community memorialized Nikolas Tomasevic with an aquatic Hawaiian tradition honoring lost loved ones. Read more → www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... 📸: Manuel Orbegozo/For the S.F. Chronicle

Three senior leaders who resigned in protest told The Post they were asked to participate in an unscientific vaccine recommendation process that they believe could harm the health of Americans. More from @lenasun.bsky.social @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @davidovalle.bsky.social 🎁: wapo.st/46aNJB0

Air pollution from oil and gas kills over 90,000 people in the US every year and makes hundreds of thousands more sick, disproportionately affecting Black and brown communities. But Republicans want to drill baby drill and kill more people because they're racist af.

An analysis of U.S. weather data shared with The Post shows which places are experiencing notably longer summer seasons than they were three decades ago. Check here to see how much longer summer is in your town:

We were talking about how the oil industry in California will never be its former self today. How production is just not coming back no matter what the regulatory climate. And I found this image from the OC register from back in 2014. Says it all.

Reporters at @washingtonpost.com want your videos of law enforcement interactions in D.C. after President Trump ordered federal agents to patrol the city. Upload footage you filmed by scanning the QR code.

long, important piece by @hannahdreier.bsky.social. many paragraphs made me pause

Exclusive: An internal planning road map obtained by The Post shows the strategy behind ICE’s breakneck expansion, a chaotic effort that has already triggered lawsuits and accusations of cruelty. wapo.st/41FWkck