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Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content

This is not good....

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Toddler held in US after parents’ deportation has been returned to Venezuela | CNN Venezuela has been demanding that the United States return two-year-old Maikelys Antonella Espinoza Bernal for weeks, accusing US officials of kidnapping her.

A Venezuelan toddler who had been kept in US government custody after her parents were deported has been returned to Venezuela.

Denied, detained, deported: the people targeted in Trump’s immigration crackdown These are some of the people ensnared by the administration’s unprecedented measures to target people it believes oppose its agenda

Denied, detained, deported: the people targeted in Trump’s immigration crackdown

Your Home Without China We analyzed import data to show where Americans may see product shortages, fewer choices and price increases.

From our friends in NYT Graphics:

"We analyzed import data to show where Americans may see product shortages, fewer choices and price increases."

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No, you’re not fine just the way you are: time to quit your pointless job, become morally ambitious and change the world Most working people can be put into one of three categories, from idealistic yet unambitious to greedy and immoral. But there is another option …

“The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads.”

No text has hit me so hard in the last weeks.

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Ten Years Ago, Devin Allen’s Baltimore Uprising Photo Made the Cover of ‘Time,’ Launching His Singular Career He was only the third amateur photographer to ever land the front page, but Allen didn’t care about the acclaim. What mattered was that his pictures had not been reframed to fit some pre-existing repu...

“I only wanted the work­—real imagery from real Baltimore, from the ground up—to get out into the world and it did,” Allen says of his now iconic 'Time' cover and subsequent photography.

Economic uncertainty update:

The thing about veering wildly between policy positions, favouring and then discarding a new maverick advisor each week, and using contradictory justifications at every turn, is that even if one particular pivot is in the direction of sanity, chaos is the constant.

Exploring tree coverage and loss with Google Earth Engine thanks to the folks of @journocoders.bsky.social

What would a US-China trade war do to the world economy? The US president says he will hit Beijing with further tariffs, as global markets continue to fall.

As the White House confirms 104% tariffs on all Chinese goods imports - some analysis from me on what it means for the rest of us.

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I updated the chart to include March #Dataviz #d3js #svelte #migration

America’s Future Is Hungary MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.

Last week, I wrote about how authoritarianism leads to poverty and corruption. Feels like an appropriate moment to post it again.
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A quick glance at the tariffs: who is affected the most?

With the level of confusion Gen AI is now causing in relation to news events, it might be time for a comprehensive thread with a step-by-step guide on spotting and verifying AI-generated content, including AI audio, images and videos.

It'll take some time, but is worth the effort, so stay tuned.

The Artist Sketching the Messy Aftermath of War George Butler travels the world drawing places and people touched by conflict. He shares his return to Syria in the weeks after Assad fell We talk of old souls, but the illustrator George Butler is...

"I sat and drew him for a couple of hours and he told me his story... explaining the scars, the chipped teeth and the limp he carried."

George Butler has made a career of illustrating the stories of people touched by conflict. @alexoco.bsky.social for @telegraphnews.bsky.social. bit.ly/4jiH1wN

✈️👀 A traditional ICE Air flight from PHX- El Paso- Brownsville TX - Miami to Guantanamo is scheduled. The plane is now in Miami. Unclear if transferring in, or, or both.

Absolutely brilliant!

Hay una forma de resumir todo esto:

Hay algo que se llama "el método científico". ¿Necesitas/quieres refutar una teoría? Aplica el método científico.

Made a chart of deportation flights from the US with the data collected by @tomcartwright.bsky.social, which includes military flights. I used R and d3.js

Trump Leads a ‘Machinery’ of Misinformation in Second Term President Trump’s first four years in the White House were filled with falsehoods. Now he and those around him are using false claims to justify their policy changes.

President Trump’s first four years in the White House were filled with falsehoods. Now he and those around him are using false claims to justify their policy changes.

Recently, I have significantly improved my skills in D3.js and Svelte. I created a chart that compares NATO countries in Europe’s defence spending in 2024 against their spending in 2014.

Good reading!

Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador had signed paperwork to go home [FREE TO READ] Families and activists say deportees signed documents to return to Venezuela but were sent to Salvadoran jail instead

Great scoop from ⁦@peter.andringa⁩.me The Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador and dumped in prison thought they were going to Venezuela. They had signed paperwork to go home. via @FT
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Chart show hard right vote share decreasing when more of the population was born abroad

Support for the Far Right is highest in countries with the least immigration.
(Via The Economist)

Putin’s secret weapon: The threat to the UK lurking on our sea beds

Damage to critical undersea cables raises alarms in the Baltic. Take a look at our latest piece, investigating the rising threat of hybrid warfare and what it means for global security.

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Two-thirds of the Earth’s surface experienced record heat in 2024. See where and by how much – visualised In oceans and on land, from the north to the south pole, records were smashed for the monthly average temperature

Two-thirds of the Earth’s surface experienced record heat in 2024. See where and by how much – visualised

The New York Times will keep using “Gulf Of Mexico” on its maps.

‘A human rights disaster’: immigrants sent into Guantánamo black hole despite no proof of crime Homeland security chief Kristi Noem claims the US is shipping ‘criminal alien murderers’ to the Cuba naval base – but the immigrants’ true stories remain enigmatic

“It is almost impossible to know exactly what is happening at Guantánamo at this moment. I’m not sure the Trump administration really understands what is happening.” @clavelrangel.bsky.social