Brad Skillman
@bradqskillman.bsky.social
Data trainer and journalist at Bloomberg News. Opinions my own.
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New from Michael Miller and me at @thejop.bsky.social: Evidence that, in most areas that were affected by the decision, the Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act in 2013 (Shelby County v Holder) increased the racial turnout gap. A thread...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
New from Michael Miller and me at @thejop.bsky.social: Evidence that, in most areas that were affected by the decision, the Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act in 2013 (Shelby County v Holder) increased the racial turnout gap. A thread...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Segregation was not just a Southern phenomenon, it was a national issue. Explore the spatial history of racial segregation and discover how it connects to our communities today: greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Segregation was not just a Southern phenomenon, it was a national issue. Explore the spatial history of racial segregation and discover how it connects to our communities today: greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
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🎵 We'll keep this short and sweet: the life of an investigative journalist can be far from golden. In 2025, debímos tomar más café because the world felt like mayhem. If you need to send out an SOS, you'll be alright, kid. IRE has you covered. We're birds of a feather, after all.🎵
December 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🎵 We'll keep this short and sweet: the life of an investigative journalist can be far from golden. In 2025, debímos tomar más café because the world felt like mayhem. If you need to send out an SOS, you'll be alright, kid. IRE has you covered. We're birds of a feather, after all.🎵
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Yesterday, the Deportation Data Project posted new FOIA data on ICE arrests through October 15 and it’s staggering how much it instantly disproves every claim the Trump admin has made about targeting “criminals” during its splashy arrest operations.
Here’s arrests in Illinois since April.
Here’s arrests in Illinois since April.
December 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Yesterday, the Deportation Data Project posted new FOIA data on ICE arrests through October 15 and it’s staggering how much it instantly disproves every claim the Trump admin has made about targeting “criminals” during its splashy arrest operations.
Here’s arrests in Illinois since April.
Here’s arrests in Illinois since April.
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New CEO of Diageo writes:
"Environmental shocks, from flooding to soil degradation to heat stress, pose direct threats to commercial viability
Recent evidence found that the share prices of companies most exposed to biodiversity risk underperformed those less exposed"
www.ft.com/content/5094...
"Environmental shocks, from flooding to soil degradation to heat stress, pose direct threats to commercial viability
Recent evidence found that the share prices of companies most exposed to biodiversity risk underperformed those less exposed"
www.ft.com/content/5094...
The food industry must face up to nature-related risk
Boardrooms need to acknowledge that without healthy soils and reliable seasons the system could face collapse
www.ft.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:12 AM
New CEO of Diageo writes:
"Environmental shocks, from flooding to soil degradation to heat stress, pose direct threats to commercial viability
Recent evidence found that the share prices of companies most exposed to biodiversity risk underperformed those less exposed"
www.ft.com/content/5094...
"Environmental shocks, from flooding to soil degradation to heat stress, pose direct threats to commercial viability
Recent evidence found that the share prices of companies most exposed to biodiversity risk underperformed those less exposed"
www.ft.com/content/5094...
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How likely is #AI to assist or replace 700 types of workers in their daily tasks?
@zhoyoyo.bsky.social dug into the question by analysing 1 million real users #Claude interactions
#ddj #dataviz
@zhoyoyo.bsky.social dug into the question by analysing 1 million real users #Claude interactions
#ddj #dataviz
Opinion | How AI is impacting 700 professions — and might impact yours
Will AI help you work or replace you? Check yourself.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
How likely is #AI to assist or replace 700 types of workers in their daily tasks?
@zhoyoyo.bsky.social dug into the question by analysing 1 million real users #Claude interactions
#ddj #dataviz
@zhoyoyo.bsky.social dug into the question by analysing 1 million real users #Claude interactions
#ddj #dataviz
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Great episode of Alan Alda's Clear + Vivid podcast with @jelaniya.bsky.social, dean of @columbiajournalism.bsky.social
You'll hear how AI will disrupt journalism, what "free speech" means under the Trump administration, and how journalism is a public good.
You'll hear how AI will disrupt journalism, what "free speech" means under the Trump administration, and how journalism is a public good.
Jelani Cobb: Journalism at a Crossroads | Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda
The Dean of the Columbia School of Journalism talks about how social media is overtaking traditional newspapers and television as most people’s source of news; what this means for journalism; and how ...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Great episode of Alan Alda's Clear + Vivid podcast with @jelaniya.bsky.social, dean of @columbiajournalism.bsky.social
You'll hear how AI will disrupt journalism, what "free speech" means under the Trump administration, and how journalism is a public good.
You'll hear how AI will disrupt journalism, what "free speech" means under the Trump administration, and how journalism is a public good.
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Thanks to @bloomberg.com and Molly Smith for including our work in this recent article. Check out our newer DRP Portal though: www.datarescueproject.org/data-rescue-...
It is much more user friendly than the old Tracker!
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
It is much more user friendly than the old Tracker!
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Economic Data Dashboards Flourish to Track the Trump Effect
Watch groups are on the alert for anything out of the ordinary in the official US government data.
www.bloomberg.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Thanks to @bloomberg.com and Molly Smith for including our work in this recent article. Check out our newer DRP Portal though: www.datarescueproject.org/data-rescue-...
It is much more user friendly than the old Tracker!
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
It is much more user friendly than the old Tracker!
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Newspapers are closing at an emergency-level rate—over the past 20 years, America has lost more than 3,000. For the past six years, the photographer Ann Hermes has been documenting the lives lived in these dying places across the country. See more images: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/059DXx
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Newspapers are closing at an emergency-level rate—over the past 20 years, America has lost more than 3,000. For the past six years, the photographer Ann Hermes has been documenting the lives lived in these dying places across the country. See more images: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/059DXx
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💬 Lessons from Building an Online Toolkit to Aid Open-Source Investigations
Publicly available sources can be a tool for all journalists, writes @johannawild.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com.
niemanreports.org/osint-open-s...
Publicly available sources can be a tool for all journalists, writes @johannawild.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com.
niemanreports.org/osint-open-s...
Lessons from Building an Online Toolkit to Aid Open-Source Investigations - Nieman Reports
Publicly available sources can be a tool for all journalists, writes Johanna Wild, an open source researcher for Bellingcat.
niemanreports.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
💬 Lessons from Building an Online Toolkit to Aid Open-Source Investigations
Publicly available sources can be a tool for all journalists, writes @johannawild.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com.
niemanreports.org/osint-open-s...
Publicly available sources can be a tool for all journalists, writes @johannawild.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com.
niemanreports.org/osint-open-s...
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The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
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The data center boom is built on the assumption that AI chips will last at least five years. But we don’t actually know how long chips are good for.
The AI Industry Is Built on a Big Unproven Assumption
In addition to the projections about reaching artificial general intelligence and replacing millions of human workers, there’s the mundane matter of how long AI chips will last.
bloom.bg
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The data center boom is built on the assumption that AI chips will last at least five years. But we don’t actually know how long chips are good for.
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A stunning visual of Chicago's 20-year death gap, mapped on the L, via @myersjustinc.bsky.social @chicago.suntimes.com. Here's what residents & community leaders are doing to close this gap: tinyurl.com/47r2vcj5 @wbez.org @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social @watchdogdiva.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A stunning visual of Chicago's 20-year death gap, mapped on the L, via @myersjustinc.bsky.social @chicago.suntimes.com. Here's what residents & community leaders are doing to close this gap: tinyurl.com/47r2vcj5 @wbez.org @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social @watchdogdiva.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.org
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Bet on a football game, an election or the price a stock will hit hours from now. How gambling and investing are starting to look the same these days.
Why It’s Harder to Tell Gambling From Investing Nowadays
With a tap on your phone, bet on football, elections and the price a stock will hit just hours from now.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Bet on a football game, an election or the price a stock will hit hours from now. How gambling and investing are starting to look the same these days.
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Today I gave a preview of Scribe, a new tool I'm developing at the Inquirer to track, transcribe and summarize public meetings to aid local reporters.
Here's a slide from my part of a discussion today hosted by INMA, with the Inky's Kevin Hoffman, Matt Boggie and several other great presenters.
Here's a slide from my part of a discussion today hosted by INMA, with the Inky's Kevin Hoffman, Matt Boggie and several other great presenters.
November 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Today I gave a preview of Scribe, a new tool I'm developing at the Inquirer to track, transcribe and summarize public meetings to aid local reporters.
Here's a slide from my part of a discussion today hosted by INMA, with the Inky's Kevin Hoffman, Matt Boggie and several other great presenters.
Here's a slide from my part of a discussion today hosted by INMA, with the Inky's Kevin Hoffman, Matt Boggie and several other great presenters.
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Ellis repeatedly accuses multiple CBP and ICE officials of lying (under oath) and says their "widespread misrepresentations call into question everything" they "say they are doing in their characterization of what is happening." She broadly discredits their testimony as objectively false.
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis just handed down the written opinion version of her preliminary injunction order, regarding use of force by federal agents in Chicago.
It's the one already put on hold by the 7th Circuit.
It's 233 pages.
Here you go: cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
It's the one already put on hold by the 7th Circuit.
It's 233 pages.
Here you go: cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Ellis repeatedly accuses multiple CBP and ICE officials of lying (under oath) and says their "widespread misrepresentations call into question everything" they "say they are doing in their characterization of what is happening." She broadly discredits their testimony as objectively false.
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The Census Bureau APIs added 6 datasets.
See the full tracker: www.hrecht.com/census-api-d...
See the full tracker: www.hrecht.com/census-api-d...
Tracking Census Dataset Changes
See when the U.S. Census Bureau adds or removes datasets.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The Census Bureau APIs added 6 datasets.
See the full tracker: www.hrecht.com/census-api-d...
See the full tracker: www.hrecht.com/census-api-d...
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A Bloomberg Law analysis of federal civil rights lawsuits from 2017 to 2024 found at least 54 pregnant women or their families have alleged severe mistreatment or medical neglect in jails. And it keeps happening.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Pregnancy Behind Bars Proves Deadly for Women and Their Babies
A yearlong probe reveals dozens of pregnant women in jails face horrific conditions with limited medical care. Many are ignored when seeking help, miscarrying or giving birth on floors or in toilets. ...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A Bloomberg Law analysis of federal civil rights lawsuits from 2017 to 2024 found at least 54 pregnant women or their families have alleged severe mistreatment or medical neglect in jails. And it keeps happening.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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The charts in Elliott's posts are 🔥
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The charts in Elliott's posts are 🔥
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Around 70 percent of states in the contiguous U.S. have seen declining snowfall in recent winters, although parts of the West and some of the South have experienced more snow.
See how snowfall is changing across the United States here:
See how snowfall is changing across the United States here:
Column | How snowy could it be where you live this winter? Look up your area.
Swaths of central and eastern states have received much less snow than average over the past five winters – a trend that may continue this season.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Around 70 percent of states in the contiguous U.S. have seen declining snowfall in recent winters, although parts of the West and some of the South have experienced more snow.
See how snowfall is changing across the United States here:
See how snowfall is changing across the United States here:
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Wow commute times in NYC are solidly twice per year what they are in any other major city.
I would take an hour on a train though over half that in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Created in #rstats using @kylewalker.bsky.social's #tidycensus
I would take an hour on a train though over half that in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Created in #rstats using @kylewalker.bsky.social's #tidycensus
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Wow commute times in NYC are solidly twice per year what they are in any other major city.
I would take an hour on a train though over half that in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Created in #rstats using @kylewalker.bsky.social's #tidycensus
I would take an hour on a train though over half that in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Created in #rstats using @kylewalker.bsky.social's #tidycensus
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Tracking the spread of bird flu using genetic markers, satellite imagery, property records, and more reminds me of John Snow’s Cholera investigation/map. Howe’s Hens is the modern day Broad Street Pump. Amazing work from @natlash.bsky.social & @chrisalcantara.com. www.propublica.org/article/meth...
November 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Tracking the spread of bird flu using genetic markers, satellite imagery, property records, and more reminds me of John Snow’s Cholera investigation/map. Howe’s Hens is the modern day Broad Street Pump. Amazing work from @natlash.bsky.social & @chrisalcantara.com. www.propublica.org/article/meth...
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Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
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📣Bloomberg Economics is hiring a climate specialist:
bloomberg.avature.net/careers/JobD...
bloomberg.avature.net/careers/JobD...
Bloomberg Economics - Geoeconomics - Climate Economist/Econometrician
bloomberg.avature.net
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
📣Bloomberg Economics is hiring a climate specialist:
bloomberg.avature.net/careers/JobD...
bloomberg.avature.net/careers/JobD...
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In this week’s newsletter, spoke with Yale University’s William Rankin about his new book on rethinking how we draw maps.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
In this week’s newsletter, spoke with Yale University’s William Rankin about his new book on rethinking how we draw maps.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...