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B Jarosz
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Data geek.
Here for demography, public health, social justice, evidence-based policymaking, and math jokes.
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datarescueproject.org
New DRP post: www.datarescueproject.org/a-year-ago/

It has been a long, long year.
A Year Ago ...
We are observing a bittersweet anniversary next week. From a positive angle, DRP has been part of an incredible community of public data advocates and volunteers. We are thankful for all of the wonder...
www.datarescueproject.org
January 20, 2026 at 6:12 PM
datageekb.bsky.social
❗❗❗ So... about that Executive Order on breaking down "data silos."

Turns out this year the Census Bureau couldn't get the data it needed from IRS or Medicare in time for the current population estimates.
Screenshot of Census Bureau presentation describing data challenges with input data for current domestic migration estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Details https://www.census.gov/data/academy/webinars/2026/methodology-updates-vintage-2025-estimates.html
January 20, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Even students who stay at home from school in Minneapolis are not safe. A hybrid class stopped while a virtual student's apartment building was raided by immigration agents. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
During a subsequent hybrid class in the same school ─ with mostly White students in the classroom and mostly students of color online ─ an online student’s apartment building was raided by federal officers. The teacher had to stop class to support the affected student, who was rightfully terrified. Class was interrupted for the day as students texted or called their families for support. None of our students feel psychologically safe; learning has all but come to a halt. This is our federal government terrorizing its citizens.
January 17, 2026 at 2:31 PM
datageekb.bsky.social
It was a rough 12 months.

And I'm also so proud of what our communities built to defend the integrity of our science, data, and research infrastructure.

Join us.
dataindex.us dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 7d
The Day Federal Data Went Dark: A Year of Monitoring and Action

Register here: tinyurl.com/webinar-data...

Co-hosted by dataindex.us and @apduorg.bsky.social
The Day Federal Data Went Dark: A Year of Monitoring and Action. January 29, 2026. 2 – 3 PM ET. Co-hosted by dataindex.us and the Association of Public Data Users. Featuring the following organizations: American Statistical Association, CDC Data Project, Data Rescue Project, Democracy 2025, EssentialData.US, Federation of American Scientists, Friends of BLS, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Movement Advancement Project, Population Association of America, Population Reference Bureau, and Public Environmental Data Partners.
January 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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aaronsojourner.org
Anyone have Safegraph/Advan mobility data? Anyone using it to measure economic disruption of DHS agent activities?
#EconSky
January 15, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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hansilowang.bsky.social
NEW: The Census Bureau says its next set of annual population estimates, which guide federal funding, will reflect recent increases in people moving out of the U.S. Set to be out starting this month, they will also factor in 2020 census data on race for the first time
www.census.gov/newsroom/blo...
More recently, policy changes have led to increases in emigration, or people moving out of the country. As part of our ongoing process for improving our estimates, PEP staff consulted with outside experts and researched alternative data sources to develop new adjustments for the Vintage 2025 estimates (more details on these updates will be available in a blog that accompanies the first Vintage 2025 data release, currently scheduled for later this month). Earlier in 2025, we released the 2020 Modified Age and Race Census (MARC) file, which features 2020 Census data on race that have been reassigned to the categories we use in PEP. This file gives us the flexibility to phase out the blended base in lieu of a base population drawn more heavily from the 2020 Census results. Incorporating the 2020 MARC file will have a big impact on the racial characteristics of the forthcoming Vintage 2025 estimates (the estimates by demographic detail are currently scheduled for release in June 2026) because this will be the first time that we are using race data from the 2020 Census in the population estimates. The race data from the 2010 Census, which were used in the blended base, differ considerably from the 2020 Census. Ideally, we try to limit large base population changes to the beginning of the decade when we have a new census, but the 2020 MARC file was not available until earlier this year.
January 15, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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ericmgarcia.bsky.social
If you want to understand how America got to a point where it fears vaccines and measles more than it fears autism, I published a whole book that showed that trying to cure autism only hurts #ActuallyAutistic people. Buy it here.
www.harpercollins.com/products/wer...
We're Not Broken
“This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. It’s also...
www.harpercollins.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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simonwdc.bsky.social
This YouGov poll on ICE is really eye-opening. Public opinion has really swung against DHS/ICE and their terror regime.
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January 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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levin.house.gov
The Trump Administration is weaponizing the DOJ to go after the Chair of the Federal Reserve for one reason: he refused to bend to political pressure on interest rates.
January 13, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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rohanalexander.bsky.social
This Wednesday 14 January 2026, noon (EST) Toronto Data Workshop hosts Amy Mann, Oxford University, on "Measuring the quality of mortality data in high-income settings". All welcome.
Zoom: utoronto.zoom.us/j/4784708970
Details: rohanalexander.com/tdw.html
January 12, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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karenguzzo.bsky.social
Population & Development Review is seeking applications for Editor(s)! For more info, visit popcouncil.org/wp-content/u...
Picture of the PDF linked in the post about PDR editors.
January 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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claudiapersico.bsky.social
This policy will cause more deaths of vulnerable Americans, like infants and the elderly. Also, it appears to be a violation of the Clean Air Act. This is incredibly foolish.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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adamkinzinger.substack.com
Subpoenaing the Fed chair in the middle of a political fight over interest rates is not normal. It’s intimidation. Jerome Powell says he won’t bend—but this sets a dangerous precedent for the independence that keeps inflation in check.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Jerome Powell Won’t Be Intimidated. The Institution He Leads Might Not Be So Lucky.
The Federal Reserve has been served with a grand jury subpoena tied to Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony. Powell says he will not be intimidated—but with his term nearing its end.
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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amjpublichealth.bsky.social
📣 New Call for Papers on Strategies to Reduce Health and Social Inequities in Rural America

📅 Deadline: May 1, 2026

🔗 Info: buff.ly/RS074Id

#CallForPapers #PublicHealth #RuralHealth
AJPH Call for Papers for a Special Section on Advancing Strategies to Reduce Health and Social Inequities in Rural America
January 12, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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chadbourn.bsky.social
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 9, 2026 THE HONORABLE TIM WALZ Governor of Minesota 130 State Capitol 75 Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Bivd. St. Paul, MN 55155 THE HONORABLE JACOB FREY Mayor of the City of Minneapolis City Hail 350S. Fifth St., Room 330 Minneapolis, MN 55415 Dear Governor Walz and Mayor Frey, It is my responsibility as Secretary of Agriculture to ensure sound stewardship of taxpayer dollars by climinating fraud, waste and abuse in all programs funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The widespread and systemic fraud associated with federal benefit programs in the State of Minnesota and the City of Minneapolis demonstrate an inability to handle federal resources without additional oversight and accountability measures in place. During your tenures as Governor of Minnesota and Mayor of Minneapolis, numerous non-profits and businesses have defrauded the federal government in what a federal prosecutor in Minnesota called "a staggering, industrial-scale fraud".! Most notably, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit— Feeding Our Future defrauded U.S. taxpayers of nearly $250 million in federal funds given to them by the Minnesota Department of Education.? This fraud scheme involved USDA funding provided to the State of Minnesota to feed hungry children under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). As of late November, 78 defendants had been charged in what the Department of Justice characterized as the largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the country? Other recent examples of'alleged fraud in Minnesota include exploitation of the Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program", a scheme to defraud the Housing Stabilization 1-Whut te know about Minnesoca' "industrial-scale fraad" scandal, as more charges are fled and Trump weighs in, "CES Nows (Dic. 19, 3025) available at ht:/www.cbsnews.com/news/atas-do-know-alonesota-frawf-candal were-changes-fled- tump-water. /Federal Jury Finds Feeding Our Future Masternind and Co-D… Services Program", and alleged fraud in daycare centers*, Your Administrations have refused additional accountability and oversight, claiming that criticism of rampant fraud and abuse is "racist." While the full extent of fraud in Minnesota is not yet known, it is clear that, under your leadership- or lack thereof fraudsters can take advantage of federal funds and the American taxpayer with impunity. This necessitates federal action to protect taxpayer dollars until adequate safeguards can be established. Despite a staggering, wide-reaching fraud scandal, your Administrations refuse to provide basic information or take common sense mcasures to stop fraud. In fact, rather than conlin your SNAP rolls are accurate to prevent continuing fraud, you asked the courts to block USDA's directive to recertify the State's SNAP recipients. Recent news reports also emerged that the Minnesota Department of Human Services repeatedly reported incorrect information about SNAP to the federal government.? The Trump administration refuses to allow such fraud to continuc. Therefore, because of your failed Icadership and abysmal financial management oversight, 1 am notifying you that, effective immediately, I am suspending payments on all active awards and any future awards from USDA to the State of Minnesota and the City of Minneapolis, currently totaling over $129.18 million. Within 30 days, you shall provide USDA with payment justifications for all federal dollar expenditures from January 20, 2025, to the present. Going forward, all transactions on awards to the State of Minnesota or the City of Minneapolis will require such payment justification. If those payment justifications are not received, awards will remain suspended. While your Administrations have turned a blind eye to documented fraud, the Trump Administration has made clear that fraud, waste, and abuse are unacceptable. The American people deserve to know that their taxpayer dollars are helping those in need-not criminals. …
January 9, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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premthakker.bsky.social
We visited Renee Good's memorial.

There, we met a group of Somali Minnesotans — who too have been viciously attacked for weeks — warmly hosting everyone.

Flowers & stuffed animals galore.
Neighbors continually offering sambusas & hand-warmers & water.
Grief. And belief.

Scenes from Minneapolis:
WATCH: Prem Attends Memorial at Scene of Murder in Minneapolis
See what Prem saw at the memorial for the 37-year-old mother killed by ICE in Minneapolis, plus interview with Omar Fateh and residents.
zeteo.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:53 PM
datageekb.bsky.social
Every single person who shows up this weekend makes it safer for the next person to stand up, too.

They can break a single person.
They cannot break us all.
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13d
Being in the streets is a signal to your neighbors that they’re not alone. It doesn’t need to be anything more than that.

Trump will not stop the march of fascism because people are marching. But maybe we can make our neighbors less afraid. Maybe we can give decent people hope as it all crumbles.
January 10, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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pengzell.bsky.social
On 27 January, MIT's new Stone Center will host a symposium (hybrid) on Why Wealth Inequality Matters. See the agenda and register: shapingwork.mit.edu/events/why-w...
Why Wealth Inequality Matters: A Symposium - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Join us for a series of interdisciplinary discussions on wealth inequality – its origins and political philosophy, its national and global contexts, and its connections…
shapingwork.mit.edu
January 8, 2026 at 7:27 PM
datageekb.bsky.social
RFK's taking birthday cake away from kids but is fine with them having Meningitis.
January 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
Make it viral.
January 8, 2026 at 3:22 AM
datageekb.bsky.social
Do you care about protecting pregnant people and babies?
Join us on Thursday.
dataindex.us dataindex.us @dataindex.us · Dec 22
Rapid Response Data Briefing: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

Join us to learn:
🔵 What's in PRAMS
🔵 Why it's important
🔵 The risks facing its continued collection and publication
🔵 How you can help support this essential data resource

Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Webinar. Rapid Response Data Briefing. Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS). January 8, 2026. 2:00-2:30 PM ET. Logos of the cosponsors displayed at the bottom. The background of the graphic is dark blue and features the dataindex.us star logo in the top right corner.
January 7, 2026 at 5:54 AM
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dataindex.us
Rapid Response Data Briefing: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

Join us to learn:
🔵 What's in PRAMS
🔵 Why it's important
🔵 The risks facing its continued collection and publication
🔵 How you can help support this essential data resource

Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Webinar. Rapid Response Data Briefing. Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS). January 8, 2026. 2:00-2:30 PM ET. Logos of the cosponsors displayed at the bottom. The background of the graphic is dark blue and features the dataindex.us star logo in the top right corner.
December 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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apduorg.bsky.social
From our friends at @dataindex.us
HUD issued 2 Requests for Information asking for public input on the continuation of:
🏘️Rental Housing Finance Survey Data
🏘️Survey of Market Absorption of New Multifamily Apartments

If you use either, this is an especially critical time to weigh in.

Links in🧵
January 5, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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apduorg.bsky.social
Did you know that @amstatnews.bsky.social is working on a project to re-imagine the National Center for Education Statistics?

You can learn more about it (+ find ways to get involved) here:
federaldataforum.prb.org/discussion/e...
Education Statistics Project | Federal Data Users
Dear Colleagues, I'm pleased to share that the ASA has a project underway on re-imagining the National Center for Education Statistics. Learn more about the pro
federaldataforum.prb.org
January 5, 2026 at 10:43 PM
datageekb.bsky.social
Meningitis?
They removed Meningitis from the "all kids" vax recs?!?

Guess they didn't watch a previously healthy classmate wind up permanently disabled from Meningitis.
(All of the changes are troubling but this one is particularly upsetting to me personally.)
January 6, 2026 at 4:46 PM