Allen Tan

“A half dozen flu experts had no shortage of adjectives to describe their disbelief at the government decisions not to cull the mink or monitor and test the workers.” https://www.propublica.org/article/bird-flu-mink-farm-utah-human-risk

On the gfx team @propublica.org, we try to make all of our maps look good on desktop, mobile, dark mode & light mode, which means 4 total versions of a single map! Here's how I approached one of the maps for today's story about fires and flooding in Ruidoso, NM. www.propublica.org/article/wild...

New maps! "How Judges Eviscerated Trump’s DOJ Voter Data Lawsuits" for @propublica.org One judge (appointed by W Bush) said: "Clearly, this demand is devoid of any factual basis." projects.propublica.org/trump-doj-vo...

1/ If you’re in D.C. for AUSA’s conference, we want to hear from you. We’ve been reporting on the $1 trillion dollar black hole of the U.S. military budget, and we’re looking for insiders to help us find out: Is all of that money really making our country safer?

“This is every incident ProPublica could find in which one or more citizens were reportedly detained between January 2025 and September 2026.” projects.propublica.org/american-cit...

It started with a question: If it was so easy to start a private school in some states — and even access public money — could we as @propublica reporters do it? Find out what @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social, @jsmithrichards.bsky.social and I learned: www.propublica.org/article/prop...

ok we have all been sleeping on the marvel that is internet radio. get yourself a standalone device (ocean digital makes the one I have), and tune into radio stations around the world. magic!!!

“If I’m paying for your wedding, at some point, you’re going to owe me something.” www.propublica.org/article/dona...

I've been working on this for over a year: I'm remaking all of Ocarina of Time's prerenders in 3D, trying to match the N64 style rather than the 3DS one. The provisional name is OoT unJPEG. It will be distributed as both a romhack that runs on real N64 hardware and a mod for Zelda 64 Recompiled.

YESSSS

every time I move I am bummed that my french revolution historiography shelf has not become more relevant to the modern day.

The slow creeping dread of realizing a blog post was written by an LLM

new blog post: blog.vbuckenham.com/announcing-t...

Do you ever wonder where your blueberries come from? Another banger by @zisiga.bsky.social: projects.propublica.org/blueberries-...

makes you think, maybe bigfoot just had a congenital spine condition

this dream is feeling prophetic

mood

“As part of this work, the British Library’s Universal Viewer team has also applied IIIF-based functionality to enable users to switch between the visible light, ultraviolet and infrared images of a single folio in the same canvas.” www.bl.uk/stories/blog...

“ask yourself constantly, am i winning?” https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/06/palantir-chore-coat/687686/

on the promise vs reality of carbon capture technology: projects.propublica.org/why-carbon-c...

broooooo

I keep reading FIFA as FAFO in a New Zealand accent

Come work for one of the best teams at ProPublica! grnh.se/kml52uhq6us

that’s willdddd

holy shit https://www.propublica.org/article/mark-mcafee-raw-milk-recalls-maha

So it turns out if you go cybernetic in Stellaris, then there's a risk that your species will invent the War Thunder forums.

oh my god

Finally went to the new Tokyo Central in Emeryville and something amazing happened

“EPA played no role in the determinations set out in the statute and specifically vested in the President. Any requests sent to the EPA’s electronic mailbox were forwarded to the White House.” https://www.propublica.org/article/clean-air-act-exemptions-trump-emails

These weapons are toxic, especially to children, who breathe more rapidly, pulling in more contaminated air than adults relative to their body weight. --> my latest, with @mayatmiller.bsky.social @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social @mariamelba.bsky.social

Today we are launching a new podcast! As a certified cynic, the line “investigative journalism is an act of optimism” got me.

Excited to unveil a new look for @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/why-...

Very cool to see SND award @propublica.org & @highcountrynews.org's collab on grazing in the West a Bronze Medal. "The judges praised the cohesive, minimalist design, highlighting the elevated use of typography, illustration, and photo-stitching..." tinyurl.com/8tsjhfxp

Nagel is fine, but I will just say, with no trace of exaggeration, that if something tries to cite Mark Fisher at me, I’m shooting it with a gun

I’m still stuck on “We love you from the moon” 😭

Very funny that you can get a Pokemon to start working in Pokopia by staring at them

me

More context on this #Artemis II image: * This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right * The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon: ☀️🌍🚀🌕