<p>"In 1966 [...] five megabytes of data—a relatively small amount by today's standards—required an astounding 62,500 punched cards."</p><p><a href="https://www.vintag.es/2025/02/5-megabytes-of-computer-data.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.vintag.es/2025/02/5-megabytes-of-computer-data.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.vintag.es/2025/02/5-megaby</span><span class="invisible">tes-of-computer-data.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/techhistory/" rel="tag">#TechHistory</a> <a href="/tags/vintagetech/" rel="tag">#VintageTech</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#data</a> <a href="/tags/punchcards/" rel="tag">#PunchCards</a></p>
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<p>Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.<br>—</p><p>Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-maternal-mortality-analysis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-maternal-mortality-analysis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-abortion-ban-sepsis-maternal-mortality-analysis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a></p>
<p>DOGE can now access a HUD system that includes addresses domestic violence survivors have relocated to for safety, medical records in disability cases and credit reports in lending discrimination cases.</p><p>Few of the records are redacted or anonymized.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-elon-musk-hud-housing-discrimination-privacy-domestic-violence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/doge-elon-musk-hud-housing-discrimination-privacy-domestic-violence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dog</span><span class="invisible">e-elon-musk-hud-housing-discrimination-privacy-domestic-violence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/hud/" rel="tag">#HUD</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#DomesticViolence</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a></p>
<p>Trump’s anti-green agenda could lead to 1.3 million more temperature-related deaths.</p><p>Most of the people expected to suffer live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-climate-rollbacks-heat-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-climate-rollbacks-heat-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-climate-rollbacks-heat-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a></p>
<p>Some of the data used by Cambridge Analytica highlighted gun owners’ most personal information, like: <br>• If they owned cats<br>• Whether they were dieting<br>• If they were recently divorced<br>• Their political opinions</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/gun-owners-cambridge-analytica-data-psychological-profiles-privacy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/gun-owners-cambridge-analytica-data-psychological-profiles-privacy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gun</span><span class="invisible">-owners-cambridge-analytica-data-psychological-profiles-privacy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#Guns</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/psychology/" rel="tag">#Psychology</a></p>
<p>A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”<br>—</p><p>The senator flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude method for identifying research he calls “woke.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ted-cruz-woke-grants-national-science-foundation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ted-cruz-woke-grants-national-science-foundation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ted</span><span class="invisible">-cruz-woke-grants-national-science-foundation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/biology/" rel="tag">#Biology</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>As Idaho Pushes to Reform Its Coroner System, Counties Seek to Make It Less Transparent<br>—</p><p>A bill moving forward with bipartisan support is described as a first step to addressing problems highlighted in a state report and by ProPublica. Meanwhile, counties seek to end access to coroners’ records that were key to ProPublica’s findings.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-coroners-system-reform-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/idaho-coroners-system-reform-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ida</span><span class="invisible">ho-coroners-system-reform-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> <a href="/tags/deaths/" rel="tag">#Deaths</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/records/" rel="tag">#Records</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/transparency/" rel="tag">#Transparency</a></p>
<p>Neat. My "Analyzing fediverse followers of my creative online bots" data visualization was accepted for this year's Information is Beautiful Awards' longlist.</p><p><a href="https://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/7081-analyzing-fediverse-followers-of-my-creative-online-bots" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/7081-analyzing-fediverse-followers-of-my-creative-online-bots"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.informationisbeautifulawar</span><span class="invisible">ds.com/showcase/7081-analyzing-fediverse-followers-of-my-creative-online-bots</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#data</a> <a href="/tags/dataviz/" rel="tag">#dataviz</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/creativebots/" rel="tag">#CreativeBots</a> <a href="/tags/informationisbeautiful/" rel="tag">#InformationIsBeautiful</a> <a href="/tags/informationisbeautifulawards/" rel="tag">#InformationIsBeautifulAwards</a> <a href="/tags/iiba2024/" rel="tag">#IIBA2024</a></p>
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<p>How ProPublica Uses AI Responsibly in Its Investigations<br>—</p><p>When our reporters prompted a large language model to help identify “woke” themes in a database of grants, AI helped them tell a vital accountability story about science funding and Ted Cruz.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/using-ai-responsibly-for-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/using-ai-responsibly-for-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/usi</span><span class="invisible">ng-ai-responsibly-for-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a></p>
<p>These 5 Charts Show How Hotels Became New York’s Response to Homelessness<br>—</p><p>Social services agencies across the state now place nearly half of all individuals and families seeking shelter in hotels, leaving people without resources like food and help finding housing.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-homelessness-hotels-five-charts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/new-york-homelessness-hotels-five-charts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/new</span><span class="invisible">-york-homelessness-hotels-five-charts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/newyork/" rel="tag">#NewYork</a> <a href="/tags/homelessness/" rel="tag">#Homelessness</a> <a href="/tags/homeless/" rel="tag">#Homeless</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/hotel/" rel="tag">#Hotel</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a></p>
<p>8 Things to Know About New Research on Earth’s Rapid Drying and the Loss of Its Groundwater<br>—</p><p>Decades of NASA satellite data reveal how quickly the planet’s underground stores of fresh water have been depleted and how their use is contributing to rising sea levels. Here are the key takeaways.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/groundwater-fresh-water-depletion-research-science-advances-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/groundwater-fresh-water-depletion-research-science-advances-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gro</span><span class="invisible">undwater-fresh-water-depletion-research-science-advances-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#Water</a> <a href="/tags/nasa/" rel="tag">#NASA</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a></p>
<p>The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research —a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from.</p><p>(Published April)<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/noaa/" rel="tag">#NOAA</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/weather/" rel="tag">#Weather</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers<br>—</p><p>The Pentagon bans foreign citizens from accessing highly sensitive data, but Microsoft bypasses this by using engineers in China and elsewhere to remotely instruct American “escorts” who may lack expertise to identify malicious code.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escorts-pentagon-defense-department-china-hackers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escorts-pentagon-defense-department-china-hackers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mic</span><span class="invisible">rosoft-digital-escorts-pentagon-defense-department-china-hackers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#Cybersecurity</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a></p>
<p>UPDATE: We've added 11 more names to our DOGE tracker, bringing the total to 77 staffers affiliated with Musk.</p><p>Plus, you can now filter our database by federal agency. Check it out ⤵️ <br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/elon-m</span><span class="invisible">usk-doge-tracker/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More<br>—</p><p>By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-data-collection-hhs-epa-cdc-maternal-mortality?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-data-collection-hhs-epa-cdc-maternal-mortality?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-doge-data-collection-hhs-epa-cdc-maternal-mortality?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a></p>
<p>The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE<br>—</p><p>ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-share-tax-records-ice-dhs-deportations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-share-tax-records-ice-dhs-deportations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-irs-share-tax-records-ice-dhs-deportations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/irs/" rel="tag">#IRS</a> <a href="/tags/tax/" rel="tag">#Tax</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>The Data Doesn’t Lie: How ProPublica Reports the Truth in an Era of False Claims<br>---</p><p>As federal data becomes less available, our editor-in-chief explains how our journalists are providing readers with precise numbers.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-reporters-data-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/propublica-reporters-data-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pro</span><span class="invisible">publica-reporters-data-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/reporting/" rel="tag">#Reporting</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/truth/" rel="tag">#Truth</a></p>
<p>Want to learn about the Supreme Court justices’ financial connections to companies and people?</p><p>We’ve updated our database with the latest filings from eight justices, detailing millions in book income, almost 40 trips and one gift:<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-supreme-connections-database-2024-filings?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/propublica-supreme-connections-database-2024-filings?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pro</span><span class="invisible">publica-supreme-connections-database-2024-filings?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/transparency/" rel="tag">#Transparency</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a></p>
<p>Microsoft is required to regularly provide U.S. officials with its plan for keeping government data safe from hacking. Yet a copy of the tech giant’s security plan obtained by ProPublica makes no reference to the company’s China-based operations.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-china-defense-department-cloud-computing-security?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-china-defense-department-cloud-computing-security?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mic</span><span class="invisible">rosoft-china-defense-department-cloud-computing-security?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#China</a> <a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#Cybersecurity</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a></p>
<p>Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.<br>---</p><p>The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-methane-oil-emissions-climate?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-methane-oil-emissions-climate?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-methane-oil-emissions-climate?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>Alaska publishes a quarterly list with the names of Indigenous people reported missing — but it still doesn’t issue a list for those who’ve been killed.</p><p>When a local nonprofit requested that information, the state said no.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-denies-indigenous-murders-records?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/alaska-denies-indigenous-murders-records?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ala</span><span class="invisible">ska-denies-indigenous-murders-records?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a></p>
<p>As the Trump administration ordered agencies to eradicate “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, we identified more than 1,000 nonprofits that removed such language from the mission statements in their tax filings.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/deleting-dei-language-nonprofits-irs-forms?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/deleting-dei-language-nonprofits-irs-forms?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/del</span><span class="invisible">eting-dei-language-nonprofits-irs-forms?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/dei/" rel="tag">#DEI</a> <a href="/tags/diversity/" rel="tag">#Diversity</a> <a href="/tags/equity/" rel="tag">#Equity</a> <a href="/tags/inclusion/" rel="tag">#Inclusion</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#Nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/charity/" rel="tag">#Charity</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/analysis/" rel="tag">#Analysis</a></p>
<p>Well, my book on TDDA has become slightly more real:</p><p>It’s not expected to be available until April, but you can see it on the publisher’s website at</p><p><a href="https://www.routledge.com/Test-Driven-Data-Analysis/Radcliffe/p/book/9781032897158" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.routledge.com/Test-Driven-Data-Analysis/Radcliffe/p/book/9781032897158"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.routledge.com/Test-Driven-</span><span class="invisible">Data-Analysis/Radcliffe/p/book/9781032897158</span></a></p><p>Although the publisher won’t let you pre-order till the end of March, the paper copy is listed on Blackwells and Waterstones:</p><p><a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Test-Driven-Data-Analysis-by-Nicholas-J-Radcliffe/9781032897158" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Test-Driven-Data-Analysis-by-Nicholas-J-Radcliffe/9781032897158"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/prod</span><span class="invisible">uct/Test-Driven-Data-Analysis-by-Nicholas-J-Radcliffe/9781032897158</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/test-driven-data-analysis/nicholas-j-radcliffe/9781032897158" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.waterstones.com/book/test-driven-data-analysis/nicholas-j-radcliffe/9781032897158"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.waterstones.com/book/test-</span><span class="invisible">driven-data-analysis/nicholas-j-radcliffe/9781032897158</span></a></p><p>and Amazon will let you pre-order paper or Kindle copies.</p><p><a href="/tags/tdda/" rel="tag">#TDDA</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#data</a> <a href="/tags/analysis/" rel="tag">#analysis</a> <a href="/tags/testing/" rel="tag">#testing</a> <a href="/tags/datascience/" rel="tag">#datascience</a> <a href="/tags/quality/" rel="tag">#quality</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/ml/" rel="tag">#ML</a></p>
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<p>Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees<br>---</p><p>Our database paints a detailed financial picture for President Donald Trump and hundreds of his political appointees, some of whom have ties to the industries they regulate. The disclosures include their recent employers, assets and debts.<br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/trump-team-financial-disclosures/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/trump-team-financial-disclosures/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/trump-</span><span class="invisible">team-financial-disclosures/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/ethics/" rel="tag">#Ethics</a></p>
<p>The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.</p><p>Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations:<br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/rx-inspector/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/rx-inspector/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/rx-ins</span><span class="invisible">pector/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/fda/" rel="tag">#FDA</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/medication/" rel="tag">#Medication</a></p>
