NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
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...
ICIJ's #CoinLaundry investigation explored the murky world of crypto-to-cash services, which have surged in major cities and allow people to cash out huge sums of cryptocurrency without touching the mainstream banking system or its safeguards.
I wrote this piece about 7th anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi's murder.
On the costs of speaking the truth in today's world.
And how Jamal's memory still stalks Saudi Arabia--- and the Washington Post.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
💫 NEW! Passports can help unlock secret ownership of offshore companies, but finding them is often challenging.
At @icij.org, they decided to build a new detection tool to speed up this process: https://twp.ai/9PSqrP
this would be the kind of scandal that demands resignation if these people had any commitment to public service!
The projects submitted to the Sigma Awards help us compile the best data journalism from around the world, so we’d like to thank all participants for taking part!
⬇️ Below is the Sigma Awards 2025 shortlist, separated into two submission categories: https://twp.ai/9PSiiI
They’re geniuses, I tell you.
in addition to him repeating insane racist conspiracy theories, it occurs to me that the reason he has time to hold long press conferences everyday is that he doesn’t actually do anything
Avelo Airlines has agreed to run deportation flights for the Trump administration. Commercial carriers typically avoid such work to keep away from politics, but the company's CEO said the money from ICE flights is too good to pass up.
The IRS has a long history of keeping tax information confidential. But a new data-sharing agreement with ICE breaks that precedence and betrays the trust of immigrant communities in ways that could bear consequences for decades.
Why are there more restrictions on accessing Medicaid than there are on inheriting a billion dollars
Some sad confirmation from @bcgl.bsky.social while I was at UW last week—the National Digital Newspaper Program—which builds Chronicling America—has been shut down
Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss
A photo of an A&J Kirby Farms truck in the field with a text overlay saying ufw wins contract at A&J Kirby farms in NY state
"This is a major victory for farm workers in NY. The workers who make A&J Kirby Farms possible have waited a long time for this moment. We urge A&J Kirby to respect their workers’ wishes and NY State law & implement this contract as swiftly as possible."
ufw.org/kirby_contra...
This is bonkers: Scammers have been stealing the identities of Texas death row inmates, sometimes starting businesses or renting apartments.
In 2023, someone started a landscaping biz in the name of Ronald Haskell, who was sentenced to death for killing 6 people. www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
If Christians in America were truly honest with ourselves, we would admit that far too many churches have become places where people are made to be disciples of the Religious Right rather than followers of Jesus and then we would collectively repent from this harmful allegiance.
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PREDICTION: The jet from Qatar thing won’t happen and is a distraction from the China “deal,” which will turn out to be not a deal.
as someone who lives nextdoor to both supportive housing and public housing, i need people to understand that the best locations for both are going to be the central neighborhoods in a metropolitan area, where there is easy and reliable access to services and jobs.
Mom & minor daughters are citizens who just moved from MD to Oklahoma. This statement from the Mom should be read, absorbed & circulated. ICE cannot be allowed to terrorize vulnerable families. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @ericswalwell.bsky.social
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“The law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service has quietly begun cooperating with federal immigration officials to locate people suspected of being in the country illegally”
Shit.
The UK -Rwanda trafficking arrangement has come to America.
A little over 100 high school students rallied at Portland City Hall, calling attention more aggressive climate policy on federal, state and local level
i wrote about losing my words, and how reading (and reading) about polar exploration helped me get them back, for @flaminghydra.com: flaminghydra.com/issue-304/#a...
@chrislhayes.bsky.social: "The United States government quite literally disappeared these people. It won't say where they are. We don't know. Their families do not know where they are. And they have essentially no recourse in U.S. courts because there are no records of their whereabouts."
The Trump admin’s proposed State Department reorg is a realignment of diplomatic priorities that seems set to constrain U.S. soft power & reduce institutional capacity in key areas.
Dani Shulkin, @tessbridgeman.bsky.social & @andrewpmiller.bsky.social unpack the proposal & its likely consequences:
So basically our core biomedical agenda has gone from cancer and heart disease research with major investments in alzheimers/dementia research to jacking up the sperm count of teenage males and a new wild goose for the 'hidden causes' of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
A sculpture made of tied wire evokes the pattern of a snowflake.
Artist Ruth Asawa was among the 120,000 Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during World War II. Critic Sharon Mizota visits the artist's retrospective at SFMOMA with her mother, who was also incarcerated during the war.
Read her review in KCRW's Art Insider:
email.kcrw.com/ruth-asawas-...
