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This is a near perfect article whose only defect is the fact that it refers to them as Dan Sullivans rather than the correct Dans Sullivan. www.washingtonsun.com/national/dan...

Is there a reason there are so many Dan Sullivans in Alaska? @andrewvandam.bsky.social found: "It just so happens the name Daniel peaked in popularity about 40 years ago, giving Alaska the most Dan-friendly population profile of any state."

Love this from @andrewvandam.bsky.social

Wild new story from @natlash.bsky.social Bird flu has been raging uncontrolled on a mink farm for two months. Flu experts fear it could spark a devastating human pandemic. But officials haven’t acted, instead prioritizing the financial interests of the fur trade. www.propublica.org/article/bird...

The Washington Sun is launching a new editorial project about the 2028 presidential election that captures sentiment around which candidates are surging and which are floundering. Welcome to The Presidential Vibes Index.

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unreal piece by @federicacocco.bsky.social @teoarmus.bsky.social. look at those job numbers falling off a cliff! www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

It's here! Introducing: Dollars & Sense with Michelle Singletary www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRKf...

I started a thread in March asking for examples of data visualizations that focus on the human cost of violence, tragedies, and disasters. Today, the course I built with those examples is out on the Open Visualization Academy, free for everyone: openvisualizationacademy.org/courses/visu...

I apparently forgot to update my bio for a long time, so here's the scoop: I'm now a data reporter at City Cast DC! I write + report about everything numeric and hyperlocal. So far that is the U.S. Park Police, the suicide lifeline, streateries, paid leave, a really really big dome, + more

Thank you @noamscheiber.bsky.social for such a thoughtfully reported @nytimes.com piece about our Class Gap research. Key point: the class gap is NOT an academia specific phenomenon. The cultural & social capital that come from class background matter in many elite settings.

Scoop: Former DOGE operatives are building an AI chatbot meant to help Americans do things like get a passport or file taxes. If that last one sounds familiar: yes, this comes after the Trump admin killed a govt tax filing service, Direct File, last year. www.washingtonsun.com/trump-white-...

The Washington Sun is leading “All-DMV,” a local news collaboration with @fox5dc.com.web.brid.gy, @nbcwashington.com and @wtopnews.bsky.social to cover high school sports across the D.C. area. The inaugural season will start with public and private high school football, soccer and volleyball.

NEW: The White House is trumpeting its anti-fraud crusade in the leadup to the midterms, but it isn't saying how it crunched its numbers. The Sun’s review of the White House's "Fraud Ledger" found that it includes misleading and unsubstantiated claims. www.washingtonsun.com/trump-white-...

Our data team is seeking an enterprising senior or grad student to join us next summer, working on data analysis and/or reporting tools. You should have solid coding skills, smart ideas and enthusiasm for learning alongside our collaborative, fun team: washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/washin...

Great to see @andrewvandam.bsky.social at the @washingtonsun.bsky.social! IMO, we should just toll (congestion charge?) any driver coming into DC who don't have DC plates. washingtonsun.com/analysis/dcd...

SCOOP: Democrats' allies in Hollywood and entertainment industry are disillusioned with the party Dems are still asking them for messaging help in 2026 Hakeem Jeffries' team has hosted at least 2 meetings with screenwriters this cycle w/ @kadiagoba.bsky.social washingtonsun.com/2026-electio...

NEW: For the first time, the federal government wants to stop collecting race and ethnicity information about Americans as part of the nation’s census, which has long been the nation's touchstone for demographic data. washingtonsun.com/trump-white-...

For the first time, the federal government wants to stop collecting race and ethnicity information about Americans as part of the nation’s census.

the brilliant @almsnatalie.bsky.social has alarming news out of the Census Bureau: The Trump administration wants to stop collecting race and ethnicity data in the decennial Census for the first time since it began in 1790. And they might not stop with the Census. washingtonsun.com/trump-white-...

as the Washington Post reeled from layoffs and, uh, other things, a heap of stellar reporters and columnists (and also me) left for NOTUS to help build a new newspaper for D.C. Good news! NOTUS is now The Washington Sun. washingtonsun.com/about-us/pre...

Today is 🌞 day! Say hello to @washingtonsun.bsky.social, @washsunmetro.bsky.social, and @washsunperspect.bsky.social! washingtonsun.com/about-us/pre...

NEWS, as they say: @notus.com is no longer; say hello to The Washington Sun! 🌞 Oh, and: We’ve struck a deal to carry daily weather reports from @capitalweather.com! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/b...

SCOOP: Trump officials are pressuring the National Park Service to find a way to give a small piece of Yosemite to a private developer. The land would be used for a road, to give the developer rare private access to the heart of the park.

The Trump admin‘s inspector general to the VA -demanded a private bathroom be built in her office -commissioned *her own flag,* again using our $$ ”There,” she told reporters. “Take a look at that flag” www.notus.org/agencies/tru... Banana-pants piece by @almsnatalie.bsky.social & Eric Katz

Excited to introduce the Pollwatcher newsletter! Every Thursday, I'll highlight fascinating and reliable data on what Americans think, why they think it and how we know www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Predatory schools fleeced GI Bill out of more than $300 million in a decade. Institutions defrauded VA and taxpayers, with some teaching how to grow grass and make fake rocks, a Post investigation finds. By Craig Whitlock (and me) wapo.st/4pW9eOt

citizens for joe kennedy 1988 still churnin' out six-figure investment returns! wild stuff from @markalfred.bsky.social www.notus.org/money/stock-...

Everyone that Kaela and I talked to for this story (including DDOT) was frustrated–and everyone (including DDOT!) had a point. See where streateries survive, why they needed to change, and how the requirements are shaping the future of dining in DC: dc.citycast.fm/business-dev...

It's been hard to do my job this year. Being back reporting — and in print again — means more than I can say. Please spend some time with my story about a Trump administration crackdown on faculty speech at West Point, and one professor's lonely rebellion. wapo.st/4fo0lts

SCOOP: DCCC has at least once failed to tell House Democrats that it will interfere in a primary — after agreeing to keep them informed That incident and DCCC's loss in #AZ01 has led Dems to urge DCCC to reassess how it becomes involved in elections www.notus.org/2026-electio...

Sign up now for the NOTUS Metro newsletter for essential coverage of the D.C. region by @maustermuhle.bsky.social and @zaraleinorman.bsky.social! https://www.notus.org/metro-newsletter-signup

ICE detainees pay up to 2X what they would pay at Walmart for the same product

How a data leak unmasked an Idaho state employee raising thousands of dollars a month in subscriptions by anonymously promoting pro-Russian commentary, white nationalists and Nazi memes. My new story for @investigatewest.bsky.social: www.investigatewest.org/idaho-labor-...

Obsessed with this chart from NOTUS's @andrewvandam.bsky.social www.notus.org/analysis/map...

Three million households in the U.S.'s heat dome this week lack air conditioning -- as many as 1 in 10 homes in Detroit, 7.5% of homes in Cleveland and 12% of houses in Rochester, NY: By @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social and @johnmuyskens.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Goodbye, WaPo. It’s time.

Good stuff from @andrewvandam.bsky.social! (Moving from civil and environmental engineering to journalism is probably one of the worst possible financial decisions I could've made, but hey, at least I could sleep well at night:) www.notus.org/analysis/col...

The federal government has deleted gender identity and/or sexual orientation data from hundreds of datasets since Trump took office. Now, data watchers worry that race and ethnicity data could be next. www.notus.org/us-news/trum...

"Drawing election maps is one of many uses of the Census’ race and ethnicity data — but it’s the only function clearly required by law" I lead with this a lot when I talk to people about why we have interesting and rich data and it's very important.

we've watched federal gender identity and sexual orientation data disappear for the past year and a half. in the wake of callais, could race and ethnicity data be next? big ol' story from @almsnatalie.bsky.social www.notus.org/us-news/trum...

It’s been three years since we formed our union. We still don’t have a contract. Over the next few weeks, you’ll be hearing from us — the workers of @propublica.org — on why this contract is so important and the issues about which we care deeply.

Exciting personal news — today is my first day as a business reporter at ProPublica! www.propublica.org/atpropublica...

A D.C.-based attorney spent three years fighting a $100 ticket he got from a speed camera in the city. He eventually won in D.C.'s highest court on a novel legal technicality, and thousands of other drivers could end up benefitting from it: www.notus.org/metro/dc-law...