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Ken Schwencke
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Senior editor of @propublica.org's data journalism teams. Super gay. Sometimes printmaker.
Exploding SpaceX rockets cause chaos over the Caribbean

www.propublica.org/article/spac...
January 8, 2026 at 12:44 PM
December 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
@nymag.com @alexshultz.bsky.social reporting that while Eleanor Holmes Norton has been showing steep signs of mental decline, she is suddenly loaning a large amount of money to her campaign — which only pays her campaign manager / treasurer / confidant and one adviser. nymag.com/intelligence...
December 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
New @propublica.org:

@emsimani.bsky.social analyzed nonprofit tax filings and found that more than 1,000 charities have stripped DEI-related language from their mission statements this year.

www.propublica.org/article/dele...
December 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Just passed an apartment in Brooklyn with what appears to be comic sans address lettering
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
For some reason the ticket website thinks I'm Swedish and honestly, A+ language. BORJAR SNART.
October 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
September 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
July 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
While this isn't great, the AI summary isn't usually summarizing the page I'm looking for (and the links aren't that obvious) -- the more relevant stat from the report is that is cuts all link clicks in half.
July 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
As mayor he certainly never asked for a handout! His employees even made sure he paid “somewhat real” prices for Turkish Air flights!
June 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
$TSLA: Gnarly
June 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Andrew Cuomo
June 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Last year I picked up printmaking and linocutting as a hobby, and yesterday I ran this giant 18x24 print of the sky over Fire Island. I was trying to translate that big and calming sense you get when it’s warm and breezy out and you’re just watching the clouds go by.

#linocut #printmaking #artsky
May 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
At some point reddit started recommending me a subreddit about sandwiches and it's just this stuff with little commentary and I love it.
May 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
a lot of steps to end up with the wrong answer
May 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Jesus, now when you do a simple hashtag search on instagram you get LLM output describing what you’re searching for
April 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The top news from the visit for Fox is about trans people playing sports. Below that, they twice call Abrego Garcia, a man the government admitted in court it has no reason to remove and did so mistakenly, an "MS-13 leader."
April 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
ICE is using military funds to build tent complexes at the border. This company stands to profit: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
April 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Unhinged illo for the WSJ but I love it
April 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
@cnn.com has this "Fear & Greed" market index that is currently pointing firmly to EXTREME FEAR www.cnn.com/markets/fear...
March 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
hold on, I hear we're getting a preview of next year's flu vaccine...ok yes, here it is
February 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Huh, this is what I get
January 31, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Unimportant but apparently I had a stopwatch timer running for 35 days without realizing it at some point
January 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
*delete*
January 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The DOJ's list of Jan. 6 Capitol breach cases has been taken down www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capi...
January 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM