Big day at #NICAR26!
At 10:15 we'll be demo'ing @thetrace.org's The Gun Violence Data Hub. And at 11:30 I'll be on the panel "Connect with skeptical and disengaged audiences ... with data".
Swing by in if you're in Indy
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If you'll be at #NICAR26 in Indy, I'm doing a few sessions.
3/5 (Thurs) @ 11:30: Using data to find sources
3/6 (Fri) @ 10:15: Demo: The Gun Violence Data Hub
3/6 (Fri) @ 11:30: Connect with skeptical and disengaged audiences ... with data!
Hope to see ya there!
schedules.ire.org/nicar-2026/#...
If you'll be at #NICAR26 in Indy, I'm doing a few sessions.
3/5 (Thurs) @ 11:30: Using data to find sources
3/6 (Fri) @ 10:15: Demo: The Gun Violence Data Hub
3/6 (Fri) @ 11:30: Connect with skeptical and disengaged audiences ... with data!
Hope to see ya there!
schedules.ire.org/nicar-2026/#...
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Astounded to learn that Chuck the Condor is turning 10 years old
Was a good read, but this article from @tribelaw.bsky.social on the strange absence of the Ninth Amendment from the book also worth a look www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Wasn’t expecting several ggolot gfx to pop up in Jill Lepore’s book on the constitution
Story from @fairrionam.bsky.social on research linking ghost gun recoveries and suicide in California. It's a first-of-its-kind finding that drew on data we obtained and published at the Gun Violence Data Hub www.thetrace.org/2026/02/ghos...
"Recent research has found that if the planet continues to warm at its current rate, exposure to wildfire smoke would kill an estimated 70,000 Americans each year by 2050" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Thanks to @healthjournalism.org for inviting me to do this Q&A about the work we're doing at the Gun Violence Data Hub. Check it out! healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/02...
Fascinating look at the Black Lion Party, who are conducting daily armed patrols and ruffling a lot of feathers around Philadelphia www.thetrace.org/2026/02/phil...
"SIG has frequently cut corners in ways that affect quality, potentially jeopardizing the integrity of parts used to build millions of guns and hundreds of thousands of P320s" www.thetrace.org/2026/02/sig-...
Amid the hundreds of colleagues we’ve lost today, I wanted to highlight the BRILLIANT data/graphics folks who any newsroom should be fighting to hire right now—threading here:
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
Is Jeremy Sochan wearing an Aphex Twin hoodie
This @newyorker.com Willie Nelson profile is beautiful. The adoring quotes from Sonny Rollins and Bob Dylan are a treat too www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Gun sales to the general public have been falling for years. In 2025, firearms companies found a lucrative new opportunity: arming the Trump administration’s deportation operation.
here in LA it's really quiet but that's also how it sounds after a big Rams win
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 25, 2026
The victim of today's ICE shooting in Minneapolis is the 5th person to be shot and killed by federal immigration agents since President Trump began his crackdown last year.
This is the 19th time they've opened fire.
We're tracking incidents here:
The song "Purple Rain" is like the eighth best song on this album
Finished Gravity's Rainbow (pictured here when I first cracked it open nearly a month ago).
Putting in a plug for @johnsemley3000.bsky.social's online guide, which helped me keep track of the hundreds of characters and dozens of narrative threads www.gravitysrainbowguide.com
Prominent L.A. eviction lawyer Dennis Block — who once said he has "evicted more tenants than any other human being on the planet Earth" — is now facing disciplinary charges from the CA State Bar. 👇
Shootings plunging, gun sales dipping, data on ICE raid uses of force — we're tracking all this and more in my quarterly @thetrace.org data roundup, 92 Days In Gun Violence
www.thetrace.org/2026/01/shoo...
Thinking about reporting I did ten years ago about LA Sheriff's deputies firing into cars, which led to the department banning the practice laist.com/news/kpcc-ar...
Update: As of January 7, The Trace has identified 28 incidents, including 14 shootings, in which federal agents shot someone or held them at gunpoint during an immigration enforcement action under Trump’s crackdown. At least four people have been killed and five others have been injured.
73-9 record is looking safer every day
yes the Hornets have great team colors! plenty to work with there
