Daniel Wolfe

Abortion bans reshaped reproductive health, and now the rental market New research found that abortion bans resulted in lower rental prices and higher vacancies.

Abortion bans appear to result in lower rents and higher vacancy rates, showing that people are choosing not to live in states w/ restrictive laws

"Policies around abortion matter to some people — to enough people to move the needle significantly," one economist said

19thnews.org/2026/03/abor...

Look at these charts. TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help. The timing coincides with the Trump administration’s dismantling of the CFPB. www.propublica.org/article/cred... @joeljacobs.bsky.social

Data Graphics/Multimedia Editor, The Upshot | The New York Times Company

Job opening at @upshot.nytimes.com

Come help us explain the news!

We're looking for a visual journalist and graphics developer to report, write, design and code data-driven stories and visualizations.

Details here: www.nytco.com/careers/job-...

a picture of a huge, low, heavy cloud of black oil over Tehran

This is the cloud of oil currently hovering over Tehran, released when the US bombed the city's oil depots. A stew of particulate matter, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, benzene, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, heavy metals & volatile organic compounds is raining down into the city right now. 1/2

📚 I'm happy to release free, online textbooks covering the two courses I taught at the hashtag#NICAR26 data journalism conference put on by Investigative Reporters and Editors last week in Indianapolis.

no-code pipelines and AI agents

analyzing images and video with AI

PDF processing with Natural PDF

Browser automation with Playwright

Here we go #NICAR26, a zillion and one sessions on the docket!

Thurs: No-code AI pipelines with n8n
Fri: Analyzing images/video with AI + Wrangling PDFs with Natural PDF
Sat: Browser automation with Playwright + Ethical AI in Investigations
Sun: Build your own AI Benchmark

satellite imagery and data reveal the breadth of destruction to military and civilian targets from the US-Israeli strikes

read here 🎁: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

NEW: Over the past year, we've been collecting thousands of financial disclosure documents from across the Trump administration. Now we're making them searchable. Look up names, assets, former employers across 1,500+ Trump appointees and 3,000+ ethics documents.

NOAA announces planned rollback of North Atlantic right whale protections There are fewer than 380 right whales left in the world, with roughly 70 females capable of bearing young.

NOAA announces planned rollback of North Atlantic right whale protections www.mainepublic.org/environment-...

brilliant! I'll be interested in how this warm spell coming impacts the blooms

curious when D.C.'s cherry trees will be in full bloom this year? i've built a statistical model and tracker page that updates daily: tinius.github.io/blossoms/

now waiting for NPS and @capitalweather.bsky.social predictions to compare

I built a free tool that shows how night-time lights have changed anywhere on Earth.

Here's how it works and why it's useful for monitoring conflict, disasters, development and growth. 👇

Years ago at the height of pandemic shutdowns I wrote a book about supply chains and why they break.

I'm not going to make any projections about what comes next but, obviously, if this war drags on, it means more inflation.

So, any other news yesterday?
Anything important?

The Rise of the Manhattan Mega-Mansion In the West Village and other historic neighborhoods, buyers are consolidating apartments and combining townhomes, a sign of New York’s allure to the ultra-rich.

We looked at where and how the ultra-rich are buying and combining two – sometimes three – adjacent townhomes to convert them into single-family housing (often featuring an elevator and a flashy central staircase.)
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Incredible front-page story from Ukraine by a reporter and photojournalist that the Post just laid off wapo.st/4rKFape

Using data on half a million wildfire starts, researchers are working to predict them The team, led by a Boise State University civil engineering researcher, looked at half a million wildfire starts, and hundreds of attributes about them. Beyond the obvious weather variables like wind ...

Using data on half a million wildfire starts, researchers are working to predict them (by @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social)

www.kjzz.org/science/2026...

A view of a snowy street in Brooklyn: unshoveled snow seen on cars, trees, the road

A person pushing a snowblower off a quiet avenue intersection on a snowy day in Brooklyn

Snow-covered bikes and sidewalk in front of a colorful mural on the back of a business building during a snowy day

A view of a quiet Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn during a blizzard

'Twas a great blizzard for the books. Hope everyone is safe and warm.

this just in from new york city: we’re hearing that mayor mamdani just signed an executive order making it illegal to NOT stand at your window and fold your arms and say “wow, it’s really coming down out there”

Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation

Unchecked Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trap Heat, Destabilizing Global Weather Patterns And Putting Millions Of Lives At Risk
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Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure

“I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

SCOOP: The NSA detected a phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump last spring.

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund

If you are a Washington Post reader eager to send a signal with your wallet right now, please donate to two fundraisers for our hundreds of dismissed, exceptional journalists (one for domestic and one for international staff): www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t... and www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo....

you're too kind!!!

Thanks if you got this far and thanks to everyone who made my time at the Post great. Please, please support the work you believe in with your attention, time and money.

AND OF COURSE @timmeko.bsky.social who is responsible for this MESS of KIND and TALENTED people in the first place. Beyond his masterworks in data viz, mapping. He's a leader who hired on the maxim "no *ssholes" He took a chance on me twice in this life — bring him onboard and the rest follows

Shelly Tan Hey, I'm Shelly Tan. I code, design, write and occasionally lock myself into an art studio to work on fine arts projects. Welcome to my website.

Shelly was brewed in the caldron of the uncanny. I dare say she’s a pop culture icon who does pop culture icons. A fantastic illustrator, developer who oozes charm on the page. shellytan.com/about.html

@lmelgar.bsky.social I will never, and can never, keep up with how fast Luis works. He’s not only got a vision for everything that will work on the page but he’s already handling the munging, scraping, and manipulation to make it plain work on a first draft. www.lmelgar.me

@alvarovalino.bsky.social Cut from the cloth of immaculate graphic design, he is exacting. He has an unmistakeable style. His minimalism can be haunting. I’m thinking of ICE arrests and deportations stories. Bring him on board if you want unforgettable pieces. www.alvarovalino.com

Inside Trump’s Golden Dome: High-stakes debate over missile-defense shield President Donald Trump’s missile defense system aims to protect the U.S. from nuclear attack, but it may destabilize global security and cost over $1 trillion.

Bill Neff: Illustration phenom, only matched by his knowledge of deep D.C. history. He is the kindest soul you will ever work with, so charmed that you’ll forget you’re drawing war machines with him on deadline. wapo.st/4qDALDb