Another hallmark of dictatorships is deleting data πππ so that there is no evidence or grounds to make empirical, fact based arguments.
ππΌ Read more about this concerning aspect and what to do about it in my guest blog with @kaitsims.bsky.social
https://empiricaltruths.substack.com/p/the-friday-night-data-massacre
ππΌ Read more about this concerning aspect and what to do about it in my guest blog with @kaitsims.bsky.social
https://empiricaltruths.substack.com/p/the-friday-night-data-massacre
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by @marketplace.org with @kairyssdal.bsky.social , @mariahollenhorst.bsky.social , and #DavidVanRiper @ipums.bsky.social
is also insightful! A must listenβΌοΈ
https://www.marketplace.org/2025/02/20/why-losing-access-to-federal-data-is-like-taking-an-x-ray-machine-away-from-a-doctor/
This data may vanish under Trump, so we charted it
When some of the most valuable datasets in human history briefly vanished from U.S. government websites, it felt like watching the Library of Alexandria go up in smoke
by @andrewvandam.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com
https://wapo.st/435bERg