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

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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...

submitted 48 days ago • 104 comments

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

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

submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment

💥 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.

submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment

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

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

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

submitted 74 days ago • 2 comments

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.

submitted 90 days ago • 38 comments

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

submitted 91 days ago • 1 comment

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

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

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

submitted 93 days ago • 4 comments

I love how #nicar25 gives data journalists a chance to show off their custom made internal dashboards/apps/explorers they used for their investigations

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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!

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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 @mattburgess1.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/starli...

submitted 101 days ago • 25 comments

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

submitted 102 days ago • 34 comments

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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DOGE claims don't stand up - check it out www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... w @abtran.bsky.social @rachellerman.bsky.social @jonswaine.bsky.social

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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. wapo.st/3DcnJcP

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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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This packs a punch. Based on hundreds of interviews. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

submitted 110 days ago • 2 comments

Every few months, a new feature from ggplot2 makes its way to datawrapper! Very excellent. (geofacets next, please)

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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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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 wapo.st/4jVWqEd

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When I heard Musk say this on Tuesday, my assumption was that it was a programming issue. Because I can code and have written to databases and because I am familiar with other examples of default values being misinterpreted. Yet somehow Musk isn't.

submitted 114 days ago • 546 comments

To understand what happened when a Black Hawk and a CRJ crashed in D.C. on Jan. 29, we made a 3D model, using flight data and air traffic control transmissions, and interviewed with five former Black Hawk pilots to recreate the crew's likely view. wapo.st/4htyTJf

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“One staffer who lost her job worked in the department’s office of special education, helping students with disabilities. In an interview, she said she had moved across the country with her partner to take the position last summer, spending all her savings in the process.”

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Dishonest charts are coming from all directions, and they're only going to hit harder. Unless we push back. So, an interactive guide: Defense Against Dishonest Charts flowingdata.com/projects/dis...

submitted 115 days ago • 35 comments

Look at all that investment in America

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Airline pilots received more than 100 cockpit warnings over the past decade that they were in danger of a midair collision with a helicopter near Reagan National Airport, according to flight-tracking and government incident data. wapo.st/40ZnLNi

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It's too early in the day to wrap my head around filtering data based on 4 dimensions...

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Exploratory dataviz #rstats

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Tracking Elon Musk's Demolition Crew projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

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The approach for Runway 33 that Flight 5342 took into Reagan Airport had very little cushion between the helicopter 200-foot corridor's ceiling, according to an analysis of FAA maps. With @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social and Sarah Blaskey wapo.st/3WR04Fx

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Children are now starving. Vaccines have stopped. A rented ambulance can no longer come to the site of a bombing. Days into the Musk/Trump attack on US foreign aid, here’s what’s happening already wapo.st/42J2gCF

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The NOAA CO2 data website has vanished. gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/

submitted 123 days ago • 24 comments

#NICAR25 is gonna have some weird carveouts at sessions relying on government data. We should keep photos of all the slides that say "This data is no longer available but here's where find alternatives."

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A key reason why the US murder rate is so much higher than Britain’s: they have access to more guns 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/7c54...

submitted 125 days ago • 4 comments

DM: Roll for stealth at a disadvantage Me: Rolls a 20. Cheers. DM: Disadvantaged so roll again. Me: Rolls a 1.

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