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How Trump’s Deportation Effort Is Playing Out, in Charts

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 7d

Highly recommend this deportations data breakdown from @anthonydb.bsky.social @wsj.com J

Importantly, it highlights *missing data*

DHS' statistics office hasn't released broken down info since January, meaning we don't have the complete picture of who is being deported, by which agency & where

ICE is moving to step up arrests, detentions and deportations. We crunched the numbers.

DataGrip Is Now Free for Non-Commercial Use | The DataGrip Blog

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Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · 7d

Wow, JetBrains is making DataGrip available for free for non-commercial use. Great news for students and open-source projects. blog.jetbrains.com/datagrip/202...

We’re excited to announce a change in our licensing model that we believe will benefit the developer community – DataGrip is now free for non-commercial use!

blog.jetbrains.com

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Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · Aug 18

Postgres.app — my favorite way to run PostgreSQL on macOS — is making it easier to add extensions to your environment. Really handy. postgresapp.com/extensions/

The Path to Record Deficits

Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · Jun 18

Take a spin in the time machine, back to an era when the federal budget deficit didn’t look like a problem at all. Today, my colleagues @richardrubindc.bsky.social, Rosie Ettenheim and I break down how to the U.S. arrived at record deficits. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

A generation ago, the federal budget was briefly in surplus. Now, it appears headed for a record stretch of peacetime deficits. What happened?

Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · Jun 17

The Nats should be 4-0 against the Rockies. They're 2-2.

Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · Jun 15

@natschatpodcast.bsky.social What a sad series against the Marlins. 1) The Nats are now just 1 game ahead of the Marlins for the NL East cellar. 2) 0-9 with RISP in today's game! 3) At least Cole Henry looks like a future closer with those two K's and 2.22 ERA.

Exclusive | Economists Raise Questions About Quality of U.S. Inflation Data

Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · Jun 5

Some economists are beginning to question the accuracy of recent U.S. inflation data after the federal government said BLS staffing shortages hampered its ability to conduct the massive monthly survey. www.wsj.com/economy/cpi-...

The Labor Department says staffing shortages reduced its ability to conduct its massive monthly survey, forcing it to turn to less precise guesses.

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Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · Apr 30

Newest versions of pgAdmin now let us customize the font in the Query Tool. Nice upgrade.

Set here to MesloLGL Nerd Font:

Image of the pgAdmin Query Tool showing the custom font.

Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · Apr 23

U.S. total fertility rate in 2024 only slightly above 2023's low. www.wsj.com/us-news/u-s-...

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Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · Apr 22

That explains it.

The Official Site of Major League Baseball

Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · Apr 22

I may be wrong but the "Transactions" tab here lists almost every Nat changing numbers on April 16. Or is that some sort of glitch?

www.mlb.com/nationals/ro...

Transactions

www.mlb.com

Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · Apr 20

@markzuckerman.bsky.social Did the Nats all change uniform numbers recently? If so, what’s the story there?

What Economists See Ahead—and How They Fared Last Year

Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · Apr 17

Economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal expect slower growth this year and a higher chance of recession. Today, my colleague Peter Santilli and I break down our panel's forecasts—and report on how well the panel fared in 2024.

www.wsj.com/economy/econ...

Our survey shows economists expect slower growth and see a recession as more likely. They were pessimistic a year ago, too, and were wrong.

Economic Outlook Dives Just Three Months Into Trump’s Term

Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · Apr 13

Since President Trump took office, economists have slashed estimates for growth while raising them for inflation and unemployment. www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

The probability of a recession has leapt while the growth outlook has slumped, a survey of economists has found.

See How Government Spending Is Up Even as Musk Touts Savings

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John McCormick @mccormickjohn.bsky.social · Apr 11

Federal spending is higher since President Trump took office even as the Department of Government Efficiency slashes contracts, cuts jobs and ends diversity programs, by @anthonydb.bsky.social / @jamesgbenedict www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

The Musk team’s estimated $150 billion in savings barely makes a dent in $6.8 trillion of expenditures largely on autopilot, a WSJ analysis finds.

Microsoft PostgreSQL OSS engine team: reflecting on 2024 | Microsoft Community Hub

Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · Mar 15

Interesting post on Microsoft engineers' contributions to PostgreSQL in 2024. techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpo...

In  "Microsoft PostgreSQL OSS engine team: reflecting on 2024", the first part of a two part blog post, you will learn about who the Microsoft...

techcommunity.microsoft.com

Why daylight saving time is worse for your body than standard time

Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · Mar 9

From this, which is fun and well done:
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/int...

Daylight saving time gives us more light at the end of the day to enjoy spring and summer activities, but it can have a negative impact on our health.

www.washingtonpost.com

Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · Mar 8

Yep, that's me.

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John West @johnwest.bsky.social · Feb 22

My colleagues, @ceostroff.bsky.social, Shane Shifflett, and James Benedict have a fantastic look at DOGE's savings claims: "A WSJ analysis of government data found that many claims of savings were overstated and ‘woke’ cuts were only a tiny fraction of the total." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

While DOGE hasn’t offered details about all of the stated savings, it has posted a list of more than 1,100 canceled contracts to its website. As of Friday, it said the savings from these contracts amounted to about $7 billion.

The Journal analysis projects the actual savings could be closer to $2.6 billion over the next year if spending levels remained constant—and about 2% of the funds would have gone to contracts related to DEI.

Research-focused agencies were among the top targets for cuts, including the Education Department and the Department of Health and Human Services, where DOGE terminated contracts costing the government more than $900 million last year.

DOGE terminated more than 60 Health and Human Services contracts including a clinical evaluation of an Alzheimer’s and traumatic brain injury drug and a study of smokers with chronic lung disease. DOGE described these as “administrative expenses.”

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Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · Feb 7

Important note for new readers of Practical SQL! Today's release of pgAdmin v9.0 introduces a "Workspace" layout that's enabled by default. I've written instrux on how to set the layout back to "Classic," which matches the book and is, IMO, better. github.com/anthonydb/pr...

DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Feb 6

A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved by a federal judge has links to a deleted social-media account that advocated for racism and eugenics

A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved by a federal judge on Thursday has links to a deleted social-media account…

How Trump’s New America Compares With 2017, in 11 Charts

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Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · Jan 20

This one, indeed, does go up to 11. How economic and other national indicators—and a couple pop-culture touchstones—changed from Trump's first inauguration till now.

www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

Economic and pop-culture indicators trace the country’s path as President-elect Donald Trump returns to Washington for his second term.

Trump’s Return Nudges Economists’ Inflation Outlook Higher

Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · Jan 19

In our latest WSJ survey of economists, the panel forecasts higher inflation and interest rates ahead of Trump's return.
www.wsj.com/economy/econ...

Survey finds tariffs, tax cuts and immigration policy could weigh on price outlook for next two years.