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Carl Quintanilla
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still sharing our data and how we did the work while other newsrooms pull back. Check out the gathered data on Github
#opendata
#reproducibility
#transparency
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Moriarty Maps
9 days ago
As vaccination has become a political hot potato, the already patchwork of counties & schools meeting herd immunity standards has fallen further. Maps + an interactive to lookup your local schools in this blockbuster w/
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@caitlingilbert.bsky.social
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Caitlin Gilbert
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EXCLUSIVE:
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& I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected. Gift link:
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U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
https://wapo.st/49zDc43
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Imogen Piper
18 days ago
For our new visual investigation into how night vision and city lights may have played a part in the DCA crash we flew a drone along the helicopters route, filmed incoming planes through night vision goggles, and analyzed it all within a 3D model of Washington, D.C. Watch here
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In deadly D.C. plane crash, city lights may have played a role. See how.
The Post examined the bright skyline around Reagan National Airport and whether it may have been a factor in the January accident, which killed 67 people.
https://wapo.st/4atdTBI
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Brent Scales
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Excellent breakdown of potential contributing factors to the tragic air collision over the Potomac. Class B information overload + lights & NVGs potential contributors via
@imogenpiper.bsky.social
@jb1prod.bsky.social
@abtran.bsky.social
@alexhorton.bsky.social
Brian Perlman
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In deadly D.C. plane crash, city lights may have played a role. See how.
The Post examined the bright skyline around Reagan National Airport and whether it may have been a factor in the January accident, which killed 67 people.
https://wapo.st/4atdTBI
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Love the methodology box behind this College Football Happiness Rankings story
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Todd Wallack
about 2 months ago
This email.
#FOIA
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Meghan Hoyer
about 2 months ago
Wide roads and fast-moving vehicles — especially when combined with signs of poverty, homelessness, drug & alcohol abuse, plus a lack of pedestrian-focused roadway improvements — has produced a pattern of death-by-vehicle that is uniquely American. Investigation by Ian Duncan & Emmanuel Martinez:
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The deadliest roads in America
The number of pedestrians killed by vehicles has increased in the U.S., with road infrastructure and inadequate safety measures among key contributing factors.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2025/pedestrian-deaths-surge-road-safety/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f006
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Will Oremus
about 2 months ago
You can oversee the bloody dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist with a bone saw, and the president of the United States will smile, shake your hand and threaten to pull the license of a news outlet whose reporter asks you a question about it.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing
The de facto Saudi ruler was branded a pariah in 2018 after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Now, U.S.-Saudi relations are approaching a high point.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/11/18/saudi-prince-trump-visit-white-house/
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Tracking the spread of bird flu using genetic markers, satellite imagery, property records, and more reminds me of John Snow’s Cholera investigation/map. Howe’s Hens is the modern day Broad Street Pump. Amazing work from
@natlash.bsky.social
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@chrisalcantara.com
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www.propublica.org/article/meth...
about 2 months ago
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Scott Clement
2 months ago
As costs rise again, most Americans fault Trump, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds. Story by
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@abtran.bsky.social
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Dan Diamond
2 months ago
Trump’s demolition of the East Wing + construction of his ballroom is broadly unpopular. 56% of Americans oppose the project, compared to 28% who support it, per new Post-ABC-Ipsos poll. with
@abtran.bsky.social
@jonathanreports.bsky.social
@sfcpoll.bsky.social
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Most Americans oppose East Wing demolition for Trump ballroom, poll finds
Fifty-six percent say they oppose President Donald Trump’s decision to tear down part of the White House to build a 90,000-square-foot ballroom building.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/30/trump-east-wing-demolition-poll/
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Scott Clement
2 months ago
New Post-ABC-Ipsos poll: Americans oppose President Donald Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing to make way for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom building by a 2-to-1 margin. By
@ddiamond.bsky.social
@abtran.bsky.social
@jonathanreports.bsky.social
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Most Americans oppose East Wing demolition for Trump ballroom, poll finds
Fifty-six percent say they oppose President Donald Trump’s decision to tear down part of the White House to build a 90,000-square-foot ballroom building.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/30/trump-east-wing-demolition-poll/
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The mysterious rise of cancer among young adults in the Corn Belt. This story has both bivariate maps AND a color-coded scatterplot with explainers!
#dataviz
2 months ago
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Emily Giambalvo
3 months ago
How America’s favorite sports bet is fueling sportsbook profits Parlays are becoming more popular, accounting for an increasing share of the money wagered on sports, according to a Post analysis of betting data. Bettors lose billions a year on these bets.
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Americans can’t stop betting parlays. Sportbooks are cashing in.
As betting booms, parlays are accounting for an increasing share of the money wagered on sports, according to a Washington Post analysis of state data.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/interactive/2025/parlay-popularity-odds-sportsbooks/
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Meghan Hoyer
3 months ago
Parlays have become incredibly popular, with many betting apps encouraging these high-stakes multi-leg bets. But as legs are added, the chance of winning drops faster than the growth of the potential payout - which means sportsbooks have the advantage. Explore the math and and try your own bets:
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Americans can’t stop betting parlays. Sportbooks are cashing in.
As betting booms, parlays are accounting for an increasing share of the money wagered on sports, according to a Washington Post analysis of state data.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/interactive/2025/parlay-popularity-odds-sportsbooks
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Gillian Brockell
4 months ago
NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable. This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed. From me for
@rollingstone.com
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www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/ice-deporting-africa-military-flights-1235431848/
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During Trump's federal law enforcement surge in DC, Park Police helicopters spent nearly 20 hours hovering over city neighborhoods, up from 3 hours this same time last year -- and flew hundreds of feet lower than other helicopters. With
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In Trump’s D.C. surge, helicopters hovered and surveilled day and night
Park Police helicopters circled more often than they did in the same time period last year and at lower altitudes than other law enforcement helicopters in D.C. this August.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2025/trump-dc-surge-helicopters/
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Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department’s officer count alone already puts D.C. ahead of any other large city in the United States per capita. Including the additional federal officials means there’s currently one officer for every 100 residents in D.C.
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5 months ago
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Adding another example to my college class folder of "wtf dataviz"
5 months ago
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When you get a government data set and can guess the person who used to regularly publish it took the RIF because it's a totally different messier format...
6 months ago
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Some day I will be able to recognize which digits are latitude and which ones are longitude but it won't be today or any time soon.
6 months ago
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him)
7 months ago
NEW: The Census Bureau is planning to scale back its Survey of Income and Program Participation — which is used to measure use of SNAP food assistance and other government programs — and start using "non-survey data" to lower costs, according to a budget document
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The National Archives had a message yesterday that their College Park facility would become restricted-access. This would be a horrible. We visited often last year to research Indian Boarding schools and the cartographic staff were so helpful. I saw hundreds of citizens getting help looking up docs.
7 months ago
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Changing the :joy: emoji to the :lolsob: one feels right
8 months ago
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Karen Attiah
9 months ago
Latest podcast is out: Get in everyone, we are going to Resistance Summer School! Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101. Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
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Columbia Canceled My Course on Race and Media. I'm Going to Teach It Anyway.
This is not a time for media literacy or historical knowledge to be held hostage by institutions bending the knee to authoritarianism.
https://open.substack.com/pub/karenattiah/p/columbia-canceled-my-course-on-race?r=2bz6j&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Most common county names across the United States: Washington (31), Franklin (26), Jefferson (26), Jackson (24), Lincoln (24), and Madison (20)
9 months ago
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Washington Post Guild
9 months ago
Today, hundreds of our colleagues on the technology side of the company announced the formation of
@wapotechguild.bsky.social
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Washington Post Guild
9 months ago
💥 HUGE news: Today, our Washington Post colleagues announced @wapotechguild. With a majority of over 300 tech workers signing cards in support, they’re seeking voluntary recognition.
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another day, another site refactor completely breaking my scraper! fine!
10 months ago
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Syncing rows of data between state names and state abbreviations are totally fine until you get to the Ms. Like, wtf is this nonsense.
10 months ago
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The New York Times
10 months ago
Decades from now, the Covid-19 pandemic will be visible in the historical data of nearly anything measurable today. Here’s an incomplete collection of charts that capture that break — across the economy, health care, education, work, family life and more.
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30 Charts That Show How Everything Changed in March 2020
It can be easy to forget, or look away from, the pain and disruption of the pandemic. The numbers will be there to remind us.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/09/upshot/covid-lockdown-five-year-charts.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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Damon Darlin 🦞 🖋️
10 months ago
This may be the best thing you’ll read today.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The country’s most famous houseplant is missing. What did Trump do with it?
The Oval Office Swedish Ivy was a gift to John F. Kennedy.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/the-countrys-most-famous-houseplant-is-missing-what-did-trump-do-with-it/
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Subskeeting
mcneill.bsky.social
#nicar25
www.tidyverse.org/blog/2017/12...
10 months ago
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I made a tidycensus cheatsheet for my
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#rstats
#nicar2025
10 months ago
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10 months ago
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Hopefully the results from this year's Oscars signals to Hollywood execs that they can't rely on the Academy to automatically reward lazy Musician Biopics. Give us weird movies with heart!
10 months ago
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dell cameron
11 months ago
NEW: A WIRED investigation reveals that Elon Musk’s Starlink is serving internet to scam compounds in Myanmar where tens of thousands of human beings are enslaved. By
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Fenit Nirappil
11 months ago
The unvaccinated child who died of measles in Texas was otherwise healthy. I interviewed a doctor who treated the child. Free link:
wapo.st/3QBGSIr
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Texas child is first confirmed death in growing measles outbreak
The unvaccinated school-age child is the first confirmed fatality in Texas’s worst measles outbreak in three decades.
https://wapo.st/3QBGSIr
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Nin Fern
11 months ago
Since January 24, 15,650 people have died because of Trump’s freeze on PEPFAR funding. 1,505 of the dead are infants.
#HIV
#AIDS
#PEPFAR
#health
#childhealth
#healthequity
pepfar.impactcounter.com
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PEPFAR Impact Tracker
Track the impact of PEPFAR funding halt
https://pepfar.impactcounter.com
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Dan Keating
11 months ago
DOGE claims don't stand up - check it out
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Musk’s DOGE says it has saved $55 billion. Not so fast.
A Washington Post analysis found that hundreds of the canceled contracts DOGE listed represent savings of $0 each.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/22/doge-savings-found-list-analysis/
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The DOGE site initially listed the original version of a contract from FPDS with a higher $8 billion amount, when the more updated version showed only $8 million. They updated it. But we found 80 other instances of DOGE linking to earlier modified versions when newer versions exist.
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11 months ago
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UW Center for Journalism Ethics
11 months ago
Congrats to 2025 Shadid Award finalists, Sari Horowitz,
@dana-thereporter.bsky.social
, Scott Higham, Emmanuel Martinez,
@joyceshlee.bsky.social
,
@abtran.bsky.social
, Nilo Tabrizy, Salwan Georges & Jahi Chikwendiu for this
@washingtonpost.com
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www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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More than 3,100 students died at schools built to crush Native American cultures
The Post’s year-long investigation found that three times as many Native American students had died at boarding schools between 1828 and 1970 as the U.S. government had previously reported.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2024/native-american-deaths-burial-sites-boarding-schools/
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And with the suspension of aid for Agent Orange victims, along with efforts to find and identify Vietnam’s missing war dead, Mr. Trump has essentially stalled 30 years of progress in bringing together former enemies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/w...
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Trump’s USAID Cuts Halt Agent Orange Victims Program in Vietnam
Fifty years after the Vietnam War ended, President Trump’s gutting of foreign aid has halted American efforts to address a toxic legacy and build a strategic partnership.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/world/asia/trump-usaid-vietnam-agent-orange.html
11 months ago
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Joseph Menn
11 months ago
This packs a punch. Based on hundreds of interviews.
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Trump administration fires thousands for ‘performance’ without evidence, in messy rush
Many probationary employees targeted in latest Trump cuts across agencies had excellent ratings; legal challenges are expected.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/17/trump-fires-federal-workers-performance/
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Every few months, a new feature from ggplot2 makes its way to datawrapper! Very excellent. (geofacets next, please)
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11 months ago
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Charles Ornstein
11 months ago
Peter Marocco’s turbulent tenure during the last Trump administration sheds light on his current efforts to destroy the American foreign aid system from the inside out. Current and former officials see it as a campaign of retribution against those who opposed his earlier work. 👇
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Trump Official Destroying USAID Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy
Now one of the most powerful people in the U.S. government, Peter Marocco’s turbulent tenure during the first Trump administration sheds light on his current efforts to dismantle the American foreign ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-peter-marocco-state-department-bosnia-serbia-diplomacy-trump-foreign-policy?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=charlesornstein
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DOGE’s step-by-step six month plans for purging diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives from the federal government in documents obtained by the
@washingtonpost.com
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Records show how DOGE planned Trump’s DEI purge — and who gets fired next
A DOGE team plans to fire federal workers who are not in DEI roles and employees in offices that protect equal rights, internal documents show.
https://wapo.st/4jVWqEd
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