This is not good.... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A Venezuelan toddler who had been kept in US government custody after her parents were deported has been returned to Venezuela.

Denied, detained, deported: the people targeted in Trump’s immigration crackdown

From our friends in NYT Graphics: "We analyzed import data to show where Americans may see product shortages, fewer choices and price increases." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads.” No text has hit me so hard in the last weeks. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

“I only wanted the work­—real imagery from real Baltimore, from the ground up—to get out into the world and it did,” Allen says of his now iconic 'Time' cover and subsequent photography.

Economic uncertainty update: The thing about veering wildly between policy positions, favouring and then discarding a new maverick advisor each week, and using contradictory justifications at every turn, is that even if one particular pivot is in the direction of sanity, chaos is the constant.

Exploring tree coverage and loss with Google Earth Engine thanks to the folks of @journocoders.bsky.social

As the White House confirms 104% tariffs on all Chinese goods imports - some analysis from me on what it means for the rest of us. ✍️👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I updated the chart to include March #Dataviz #d3js #svelte #migration

Last week, I wrote about how authoritarianism leads to poverty and corruption. Feels like an appropriate moment to post it again. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

A quick glance at the tariffs: who is affected the most?

With the level of confusion Gen AI is now causing in relation to news events, it might be time for a comprehensive thread with a step-by-step guide on spotting and verifying AI-generated content, including AI audio, images and videos. It'll take some time, but is worth the effort, so stay tuned.

"I sat and drew him for a couple of hours and he told me his story... explaining the scars, the chipped teeth and the limp he carried." George Butler has made a career of illustrating the stories of people touched by conflict. @alexoco.bsky.social for @telegraphnews.bsky.social. bit.ly/4jiH1wN

✈️👀 A traditional ICE Air flight from PHX- El Paso- Brownsville TX - Miami to Guantanamo is scheduled. The plane is now in Miami. Unclear if transferring in, or, or both.

Absolutely brilliant!

Hay una forma de resumir todo esto: Hay algo que se llama "el método científico". ¿Necesitas/quieres refutar una teoría? Aplica el método científico.

Made a chart of deportation flights from the US with the data collected by @tomcartwright.bsky.social, which includes military flights. I used R and d3.js

President Trump’s first four years in the White House were filled with falsehoods. Now he and those around him are using false claims to justify their policy changes.

Recently, I have significantly improved my skills in D3.js and Svelte. I created a chart that compares NATO countries in Europe’s defence spending in 2024 against their spending in 2014.

Good reading!

Great scoop from ⁦@peter.andringa⁩.me The Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador and dumped in prison thought they were going to Venezuela. They had signed paperwork to go home. via @FT www.ft.com/content/dbfa...

Support for the Far Right is highest in countries with the least immigration. (Via The Economist)

Putin’s secret weapon: The threat to the UK lurking on our sea beds Damage to critical undersea cables raises alarms in the Baltic. Take a look at our latest piece, investigating the rising threat of hybrid warfare and what it means for global security. www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

Two-thirds of the Earth’s surface experienced record heat in 2024. See where and by how much – visualised

The New York Times will keep using “Gulf Of Mexico” on its maps.

“It is almost impossible to know exactly what is happening at Guantánamo at this moment. I’m not sure the Trump administration really understands what is happening.” @clavelrangel.bsky.social

Though the Trump Administration renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, the U.S. only lays claim to 46% of the gulf. Learn more about who controls what and why here: nyti.ms/41czLfw

“This is bad, full stop. It creates a class of person who are forever excluded from civic life no matter how long they live here. It’s also a clear breach of the refugee convention.” Damn straigt, @colinyeo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Musk, who was appointed and not elected, described federal workers as an "unelected, fourth, unconstitutional branch of government" that he said has "more power than any elected representative". www.bbc.com/news/article...

Statement from AP Executive Editor Julie Pace on a reporter being blocked from a White House event due to our editorial standards on place names: www.ap.org/the-definiti...

Simple and powerful www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

En los últimos días he vuelto a leer dos afirmaciones de Trump y de su ex-estratega jefe muy útiles para entender por qué estamos hablando solo de ellos, todo el rato, sacando un asunto nuevo cuando el anterior todavía no ha acabado. No es caos, es estrategia del caos. 👇

Those who are not locals are worried about whether they will be able to go to Santorini for a vacation this summer. www.bbc.com/news/article...

US Customs and Border Protection says 23,721 people were apprehended last fiscal year crossing its northern border, up from the 2,238 caught two years prior. But border agents made 1.5 million apprehensions at the border with Mexico last year. Significant figures.

Our team has launched a tracker account for flights in and out of the US naval base and detention camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The tracker is based on open data from ADS-B signals. Check it out here @gtmowatch.bsky.social

I’ve just launched a new page on Code Like a Journalist with a curated list of inspiring people and content, focusing on computational journalism and data visualization. It’s far from exhaustive and entirely subjective. Help me make it better—send me your favorites! Link below! 👇

extremely jealous of this story, very smart reporting. Wild shit. SEO baby www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

We @propublica.org are tracking who is working with Elon Musk and what they are doing. We have 20+ names so far including some that haven't yet been reported. Help us investigate and send us tips 🔎: www.propublica.org/tips/federal... projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

The records just keep coming www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@eliothiggins.bsky.social: "News consumers should be encouraged to take a sceptical (but not cynical) approach to information sources and empowered to critique and verify for themselves through the acquisition of open source investigation skills." reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-pro...

Sheltering in schools or hospitals won’t be possible for many of those returning to Northern Gaza amid the ceasefire, Bellingcat's @godin.bsky.social found that more than 80% of former shelters have been damaged or destroyed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/02...

Your phone buzzes with a BBC news alert. But what if AI wrote it – and it’s not true? | Archie Bland

What a time to be a journalist. La Administración Trump justifica el retiro del estatuto de protección a los migrantes venezolanos asegurando que en el Venezuela "hay mejoras notables en varias áreas como la economía, la salud pública y la delincuencia".

How to protect democracies from falsehoods? By empowering the young with open-source investigation skills, argue @bellingcat.com founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social from @cmpcr.bsky.social in this new piece reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-pro...

In 2023, @graphics.reuters.com published an investigation about how the trade of fentanyl works along the southern border between the US and Mexico and how it replaced other drugs. www.reuters.com/graphics/MEX...

Half of the vegetables imported by the U.S. comes from Mexico. Half of the grain from Canada. Around 60% of the bakery products and 40% of more of liquors, beer, fruits, met products, oils... come from one of those two. Add that to the current price of eggs. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...