Al Shaw

Today we (@propublica.org) published this map of every location with an active 287(g) agreement with ICE. (with the help of @tituslegaldesign.com's initial data analysis). Read the story: "The Small-Town Cop Who Helped ICE Deport His Ingram, Texas, Neighbors" www.propublica.org/article/depo...

Wow

The mini bullet point · is the emdash of front-end design. For mini bullet point enjoyers who designed websites in the before times, I'm sorry.

I'll be giving a talk in Bologna in November @visualisingclimate.com about how we visualized the risks of carbon capture @propublica.org! Would love to connect with folks who are also attending. The talk will be focused on this story: projects.propublica.org/why-carbon-c...

What's he building in there? WHAT'S HE BUILDING IN THERE?

A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...

Earthling Maps v2 is live! There's a ton of user interface updates and long-awaited features ready to use. We're especially excited about clipping a part of the world to a geography. Dig into all that, and the importance of map projections, in our latest post: www.earthlingmaps.com/updates/un-v...

ProPublica got the literal check Collins was bribed with.

Apple should take a page out of the sneaker company handbook. Just like you can get a Gel-Kayano 33 or a Gel-Kayano 14 new in 2026, you should be able to get an iPhone 18 or an iPhone 5 today.

In every AppleTV show, the computers are beige boxes with green text on black screens and permanently live on desks. Really makes u think

AI is less the nuclear bomb of the internet and more the invasive English ivy, black mustard and scotch broom of the internet... endlessly reseeding itself, snuffing out native species and increasing wildfire risk.

missing January, 2022 when this toot would have been funny

NEW: Thermal drone footage shows the Microsoft-backed DataOne AI data center in Vineland, NJ is running dozens of gas generators. None of them have permits. A Floodlight visual investigation with @us.theguardian.com:

Dolly Parton supported so many important causes, among them donating a million dollars to COVID vaccine research early in the pandemic, which saved millions of lives. She will always be remembered as a champion of the people.

VICTORY: The Guild @postguild.bsky.social wins reinstatement for @washingtonpost.com columnist @karenattiah.bsky.social in wrongful termination arbitration, underscoring the protections collective bargaining agreements provide workers against retaliatory discipline ✊ wbng.org/news/karen-a...

On Tuesday, Aug. 25 at 4 p.m. ET, join ProPublica’s Mark Olalde and environment journalists @scribeguy.bsky.social, Tony Briscoe and @halleparker.bsky.social to discuss the unprecedented rollback of the Clean Air Act and what it means for public health in urban and rural communities nationwide.

SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:

The EPA’s data on cancer risk from air pollution has gone dark

🎵 It's a total eclipse of the R-160 🎵

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

This is a fantastic essay. Read it If you have any interest in satellite imagery. “Who to Trust, Google or the Russian MoD? In 2015, that was a rhetorical question. Not anymore.” By @henkvaness.bsky.social

Congress appropriated billions of dollars for new transit projects. Why is the Trump administration spending none of it? Why are even transit projects in red states going unfounded? New reporting in @nytimes.com (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...

"Some matches required planning an entire day in advance: finding a screen, securing electricity, arranging an internet connection, and deciding where it would be safest to gather."

Please see my latest: Brendan Carr and his wife sat in CEO David Ellison's private skybox at the Kennedy Center months after voting for Paramount's merger. Such seats sold for $125,000 a seat. Carr has accepted $63,000 in tickets from CBS or its parent since 2017 www.propublica.org/article/para...

Lotta smoke heading into NYC tonight

Reporter Lisa Song says that it “just doesn’t make sense” for ProPublica management to require a rigid RTO policy. Our members work long hours and need a flexible RTO policy to do their best work.

Not great! www.startribune.com/boundary-wat...

Putting this up against the live tracker of where the Tour de France is right now and hoo boy

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"The UCI banned ice socks ahead of the start of the race on the logic that they illegally alter a rider's aero profile. You can't be aerodynamic if you're dead, so every team in the race is flouting the ban"

In a first-of-its-kind analysis, my colleague @jeffernsthausen.bsky.social and I found that young people living in the U.S. who entered as unaccompanied minors, like Elder, are being detained and deported at about 3x the rate as during the final years of the first Trump presidency 2/

"But since Gotti’s done, we haven't had a dead body. It's a little boring, to be honest. I always look for the body. What do I look for now? Dead fish?" nygroove.nyc/guardian-of-...

House Democratic subcommittee report outlines web of alleged corruption, wire fraud and pay-to-play schemes

Ruth Talbot works on the news apps team at ProPublica: “I work with absolutely incredible, driven, dedicated, talented people here, who I trust to get their work done wherever works best for them.” Support our fight for an RTO policy that preserves flexibility: www.propublicaguild.org

🚨 We analyzed the Supreme Court’s decisions over the past 20 years and found that for the first time, the court issued more consequential rulings on its “shadow docket” (unsigned orders often decided without arguments) than the traditional merits docket. www.propublica.org/article/supr...

A seniority-based layoff system is the cornerstone of most union contracts and it ensures the company can't use layoffs as a shortcut around Just Cause, but @propublica.org management still isn't agreeing to this basic protection. Support us 👇

Donald Trump came one vote away from getting the Supreme Court to say that the 14th Amendment does not guarantee birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented and temporary immigrants, a view held only by fringe far-right nativists until VERY recently. This is shocking. I am stunned.

Even though injection wells are banned within a half-mile of public water wells in Oklahoma, we found 114 of them across the state, within public water districts more than 300k people rely on.

Lots of good times at The Big A, but I'll never forget putting $2 on Red Hot Tweet (cc: @jacquilough.bsky.social )

The last run for the Queens roses is today at 5:44pm post. THE BIG A IS DEAD LONG LIVE THE BIG A enjoy my last ride below if you please…

Would you eat this guy? What if he were God, or a baby?

ProPublica events manager Rocio Ortega has taken on Uber Eats and DoorDash deliveries to make ends meet. This shouldn’t be any of our workers’ financial reality. We need a contract that guarantees all our members fair pay: www.propublicaguild.org

May is a big tax deadline month for nonprofit orgs, so we just posted 163k new 990 filings to Nonprofit Explorer. Have at it, nerds (complimentary)! projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/

Solid support for Rep. Espaillat in NY13 in upper Manhattan and the Bronx portion of the district, but not strong enough. We'll have to do a separate turnout map for this district (number of votes per ED).

Wow - NY7 unofficial results below.