Nearly 93 percent of all border wall spending over the past decade happened in this year and last, according to our analysis. The spike in border wall spending goes mostly to 2 firms with GOP, White House ties. wapo.st/3PMfxqi

Ok I'm sensing some momentum here, let's all start saying ai;dr when you see AI writing in a post or story or email, it's a great way to signal you're ignoring them until they use their actual brains www.tiktok.com/@drewharwell...

Wish there was a way to automatically filter out any columns with entire premises based on "I asked AI to do XX research for me and and now I will react to what it gave me without fact checking first"

New one: Between 2022-24, California cops traced nearly 8,000 crime guns — those used in a crime, suspected to have been used in a crime, or illegally possessed — back to a single chain: Turner's Outdoorsman. The retailer also sold a shotgun to the WHCD attacker. www.thetrace.org/2026/05/turn...

We obtained a trove of internal ICE records showing detention center guards have increasingly used physical force and chemical agents on detainees. Gift link: wapo.st/4tdgBRA story w/ @abtran.bsky.social & team

huge congrats to my data team bud Emmanuel Martinez on being a Pulitzer finalist for this reporting!!! www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

The Washington Post won a Pulitzer Prize for public service for coverage of DOGE and the federal workforce. It’s the second time The Post has won the prestigious award in five years. Read more about our winning coverage here: https://wapo.st/3OX3l5A

Jahi Chikwendiu just won a Pulitzer for his photos that told this incredible story. The Post laid off all its staff photographers in February 2026 (Chikwendiu left in 2025). www.washingtonpost.com/health/inter...

We got our hands on internal ICE records that show how widespread use of force, like punches, kicks, takedown maneuvers, restraint holds, and less-lethal weapons such as Tasers and pepper spray in detention centers has grown wapo.st/4tdgBRA (1/)

The Army is investigating why an Apache attack helicopter conducting a training flight hovered outside the Tennessee home of musician Kid Rock and near protesters at No Kings rallies in the state, officials said Monday. with @alexhorton.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Once again done in by my own hubris of adding the suffix "_FINAL" to a file. THE HUBRIS!

Uploaded a Census handout in Grammarly to see who’d pop up in their Expert Reviews and looks like @shcohen.bsky.social and @albertocairo.com are among their AI experts. I have a feeling that’s news to them! www.platformer.news/grammarly-ex...

Emily is the best sports data journalist working right now, and I have no doubt she will continue to do incredible things in whichever newsroom is lucky enough to hire her. I’ll deeply miss getting to work with such an amazing colleague (and fellow FPL fan!!!)

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The @washingtonpost.com 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 bsky.app/profile/cait...

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/ @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & @caitlingilbert.bsky.social wapo.st/49zDc43

EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & 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: wapo.st/49zDc43

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 wapo.st/4atdTBI

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 wapo.st/4atdTBI

Love the methodology box behind this College Football Happiness Rankings story wapo.st/49iK71p

This email. #FOIA. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/20/m...

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:

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...

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 & @chrisalcantara.com. www.propublica.org/article/meth...

As costs rise again, most Americans fault Trump, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds. Story by @abha-b.bsky.social @abtran.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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

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 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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

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. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/inter...

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:

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: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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 @imogenpiper.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

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. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Adding another example to my college class folder of "wtf dataviz"

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...

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.

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 www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...

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.

Changing the :joy: emoji to the :lolsob: one feels right

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! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Most common county names across the United States: Washington (31), Franklin (26), Jefferson (26), Jackson (24), Lincoln (24), and Madison (20)

Today, hundreds of our colleagues on the technology side of the company announced the formation of @wapotechguild.bsky.social (1)

💥 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.

another day, another site refactor completely breaking my scraper! fine!

Syncing rows of data between state names and state abbreviations are totally fine until you get to the Ms. Like, wtf is this nonsense.

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.

This may be the best thing you’ll read today. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Subskeeting mcneill.bsky.social #nicar25 www.tidyverse.org/blog/2017/12...

I made a tidycensus cheatsheet for my #nicar25 class. I have a dozen left if anyone wants a hard copy. #rstats #nicar2025