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Opinion | ‘Nativist hysteria’: Trump’s $100K H-1B visa fee Three writers discuss the future of skilled worker immigration under the administration’s new policy.

The Department of Homeland Security released a draft of new rules that would alter the H-1B lottery to favor higher-wage roles.

Will the H-1B program buckle under this new policy? @zhoyoyo.bsky.social, @leonkrauze.bsky.social and @cato.org's @davidjbier.bsky.social discuss:

A Beautiful Day for Saying Nothing That chill in the air isn’t Jimmy Kimmel’s show being suspended. It’s just autumn!

Authoritarianism is like measles: Ignore it and it will go away. I have this guidance straight from Secretary Kennedy. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Opinion | Here’s what it takes to encourage Americans to have more babies How costly is it to have babies in your area? Check yourself.

"An analysis of birth rates nationally showed two forces are pushing Americans away from having children," @zhoyoyo.bsky.social writes. wapo.st/4728boR

15 teens. 300 miles. One mighty ancestral river, running free. The removal of four dams finally made a descent of the Klamath possible. These Indigenous kayakers became the first to attempt it.

An incredible piece of journalism www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...

How AI affects software developers

How AI affects reporters and correspondents

How AI affects civil engineers

Journalists, developers and engineers may face quite different futures — based on current capabilities of AI from Anthropic's dataset. wapo.st/41bJoe0

Opinion | How AI is impacting 700 professions — and might impact yours Will AI help you work or replace you? Check yourself.

Instead of asking the binary question whether AI will replace you, here is a better way of thinking about how AI might affect your job:
wapo.st/41bJoe0

(🔸 from me!)

Opinion | Will AI help you work or replace you? Check yourself. Here’s how AI is impacting 700 professions — and might impact yours.

The tool in this column by @zhoyoyo.bsky.social allows you to check your job and see if AI is more likely to help you on it or replace you.
Good news for pediatricians or college teachers.
Bad news for credit authorizers, translators and actors.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...

From the best @crampell.bsky.social

What a great time I had working with the talented Philip Bump — what's next for him? only the sky is the limited.

Opinion | These jobs are disappearing. What can they tell us about the future? An illustrated history of work.

We're kicking off soon the second season of 'Shifts', a newsletter about disappearing jobs in comic format. We just redesigned it, so please sign up to receive it in your inbox as we release the next chapters (you will receive the old ones first)
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

AGI is coming soon... chart showing various date range predictions for when AI will arrive

screenshot of AI predictions from Sam Altman and Elon Musk

screenshot of AI predictions from Geoffrey Hinton and Jensen Huang

screenshot of AI predictions from Demis Hassabis and Eric Schmidt

🔮🤖 Some AI folks bold enough to predict when AGI (artificial general intelligence) will arrive — even though nobody can agree on a definition!

We’ve seen enough of these, so we decided to track some high-profile public statements with dates. (With @rani.bsky.social )

sherwood.news/tech/gi-arti...

BEA Announcement: Changes to the New FDI News Release and Related Data Tables SUITLAND, Md. – The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis’ ongoing modernization and streamlining of news release packages will include changes in the presentation of tables in the July 11 release, "New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, 2024." Data previously published as tables within the annual news release on new foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States will continue to be updated and available simultaneously with the release in BEA’s online Interactive Data. However, tables will no longer be included in the body of the news release. This will reduce duplication, increase efficiency, and point data users directly to our most complete and flexible data tables, via links in the release. These customizable tables include full time series and can be downloaded as PDFs, in Excel, or in CSV format. Additionally, some data tables previously produced alongside the news release will be discontinued on July 11 due to resource constraints. The new FDI in the United States tables to be discontinued, currently available in the Interactive Data, cover: Total sales of new affiliates Net income of new affiliates Balance sheets of new affiliates BEA will continue to publish the tables on investment expenditures and employment of new affiliates, as well as the number of investments. Discontinued tables will be archived.

NEW: The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis says that "due to resource constraints," it plans to stop releasing new data tables on new foreign direct investment in the U.S., including statistics on the total sales, net income and balance sheets of new affiliates
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Notice of CPI collection reductions Notice of CPI collection reductions

This isn't good: "BLS is reducing sample in areas across the country. In April, BLS suspended CPI data collection entirely in Lincoln, NE, and Provo, UT. In June, BLS suspended collection entirely in Buffalo, NY." #EconSky
www.bls.gov/cpi/notices/...

I got British citizenship via the five-year route. Labour’s new 10-year rule will cause untold pain | Nesrine Malik Starmer claims to want integration. Yet denying people safety, belonging and the right to vote for a decade amounts to the exact opposite, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

"There are many lies told by politicians when it comes to immigration in the UK, but none is bigger than the claim that it’s all too easy."

too true! (and same issue with politicians in the US)

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Opinion | The new Sun King Trump’s rococo Oval Office decorations may be old-fashioned, but they are not traditional American.

When @chloecolemanmedia.bsky.social found the photo for this topper, I had to spend some time trying to understand it...
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They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed. (Gift Article) Three users who disagreed with the site’s owner saw views for their posts plummet.

Via @stuartathompson.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | How have food prices changed? Our tracker can give you a sense. In partnership with Numerator, we’re tracking inflation over more than 30 essential ingredients for your daily food consumption.

“We may have, short term, a little pain,” Trump said of his tariffs.
How much pain might consumers endure in food prices?
@zhoyoyo.bsky.social, @pbump.com & I have a new tracker that allows you to find out, using (close to) real-time price data from Numerator
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...

Opinion | How have food prices changed? Our tracker can give you a sense. In partnership with Numerator, we’re tracking inflation over more than 30 essential ingredients for your daily food consumption.

We are and will be tracking change in food prices since Donald Trump, who campaigned on lower food prices, was inaugurated.
Kudos to @zhoyoyo.bsky.social @pbump.com @crampell.bsky.social and nice illustrations by @michellekondrich.bsky.social
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There's still time to apply!

I spoke last year, met a diverse, welcoming group of people in dataviz, connected with old friends, fostered new relationships, and learned a ton from the community.

You can take a look at our talks from last year here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Speaking at Outlier 📊 was an absolute blast! @datavizsociety.bsky.social put on a great show.

10/10 would recommend! You've got until Saturday to apply for Outlier 2025 in Miami!

In case you need inspiration for your own talk, these were some of my favorites from last year... 🧵🧵🧵

The house color that tells you when a neighborhood is gentrifying A Washington Post color analysis of D.C. found shades of gray permeate neighborhoods where markers of gentrification have spiked.

A Washington Post color analysis of D.C. found shades of gray permeate neighborhoods where the White population has increased and the Black population has decreased, by @jdharden.bsky.social and @marissajae.bsky.social:

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/int...

I do that too!!!! :/

Opinion | There’s a reason the United States hasn’t had an official language This didn’t dissuade President Donald Trump, who plans to formalize English as America’s official language.

There used to be more immigrants to the U.S. who didn’t speak English, but they were mostly White and Trump wasn’t president. Gift link: wapo.st/4blp11U

FAA targeting Verizon contract in favor of Musk’s Starlink, sources say Turning the $2.4 billion project over to Musk’s company would be a major test of conflict-of-interest rules in government contracting.

DOGE is pushing the Federal Aviation Administration to cancel a $2.4 billion Verizon contract and give it to Elon Musk's Starlink instead; this is about to happen www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

🔬🧪🧬 @sadbumblebee.buzz and I are collecting stories from scientists whose research funding has been halted by the Trump admin. Feel free to share this form with anyone who has been impacted and as always you can reach me on signal at caitlingilbert.24

thewashingtonpost.formstack.com/forms/scient...

Column | This data may vanish under Trump, so we charted it When some of the most valuable datasets in human history briefly vanished from U.S. government websites, it felt like watching the Library of Alexandria go up in smoke.

This data may vanish under Trump, so we charted it www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

This afternoon! Join over 1,200 registered transparency lovers to hear from Mark, Jack + two other special mystery guests!

Opinion | Behind a false wall, a lost da Vinci might lurk A mural commissioned in 1503 for the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence has been the subject of controversy and debate for more than 50 years.

5. To finish with a non-Trump story. I'm a sicker for fun details in toppers. This one by @zhoyoyo.bsky.social with @michellekondrich.bsky.social illustration in a story about a (maybe) lost Da Vinci is lovely. Kudos also to Sergio Peçanha for his editing.
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Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.

We @propublica.org are tracking who is working with Elon Musk and what they are doing.

We have 20+ names so far including some that haven't yet been reported.

Help us investigate and send us tips 🔎: www.propublica.org/tips/federal...

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Opinion | A new era of government censorship has dawned Donald Trump fancies himself a champion of free speech. Oh, really?

A new era of government censorship has begun.
It started with the silencing of scientific speech, when the admin blocked release of research on bird flu. But MAGA has also cracked down on other wrongthink—on race, geography (!), and of course Trump himself
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