B Jarosz
@datageekb.bsky.social
Data geek.
Here for demography, public health, social justice, evidence-based policymaking, and math jokes.
Here for demography, public health, social justice, evidence-based policymaking, and math jokes.
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It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
This is the work that got me through 2025...
2025 was a challenging year for public data, but the deep engagement of the data user community has been a silver lining.
As we reflect on the past year at APDU, we think a few data points paint a clear picture of the work we’ve done.
And we look forward to continuing our work together in 2026.
As we reflect on the past year at APDU, we think a few data points paint a clear picture of the work we’ve done.
And we look forward to continuing our work together in 2026.
December 19, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This is the work that got me through 2025...
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We are pleased to announce that we have archived all of the layers from the defunct HIFLD Open GIS repository! A big thanks to Frank Donnelly and all the volunteers who helped out, especially tripleshrimp, ciarra, sefk, and Frank's students!
Explore more: www.datarescueproject.org/hifld-data-s...
Explore more: www.datarescueproject.org/hifld-data-s...
December 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We are pleased to announce that we have archived all of the layers from the defunct HIFLD Open GIS repository! A big thanks to Frank Donnelly and all the volunteers who helped out, especially tripleshrimp, ciarra, sefk, and Frank's students!
Explore more: www.datarescueproject.org/hifld-data-s...
Explore more: www.datarescueproject.org/hifld-data-s...
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U.S. consumer prices were up 2.7 percent from a year earlier in November. "Core" prices, excluding volatile food and fuel, were up 2.6 percent.
Be very cautious with these numbers, though. Shutdown distortions may have biased them down.
Live coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12... #NumbersDay
Be very cautious with these numbers, though. Shutdown distortions may have biased them down.
Live coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12... #NumbersDay
Live Updates: Inflation Likely Remained Stuck Around 3%
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
U.S. consumer prices were up 2.7 percent from a year earlier in November. "Core" prices, excluding volatile food and fuel, were up 2.6 percent.
Be very cautious with these numbers, though. Shutdown distortions may have biased them down.
Live coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12... #NumbersDay
Be very cautious with these numbers, though. Shutdown distortions may have biased them down.
Live coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12... #NumbersDay
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NEW: The Census Bureau still plans for its American Community Survey to start using newly required checkboxes for “Middle Eastern or North African” & “Hispanic or Latino” under a question about race and/or ethnicity in 2027, according to the Federal Register
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
December 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
NEW: The Census Bureau still plans for its American Community Survey to start using newly required checkboxes for “Middle Eastern or North African” & “Hispanic or Latino” under a question about race and/or ethnicity in 2027, according to the Federal Register
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
I just submitted my comment in support of the National Survey of Children's Health. ✔️
Have you❓
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Have you❓
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Survey of Children's Health
The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information colle...
www.federalregister.gov
December 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I just submitted my comment in support of the National Survey of Children's Health. ✔️
Have you❓
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Have you❓
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Welp. This solidifies my decision to always fly into IAD or BWI.
well this does not seem good. but just as long as everyone is well-dressed, we should be ok
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
December 11, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Welp. This solidifies my decision to always fly into IAD or BWI.
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
❗❗❗ New report from @asa-scipol.bsky.social finds that the federal statistical agencies are "in crisis" according to a release webinar today.
Read now: www.amstat.org/policy-and-a...
Read now: www.amstat.org/policy-and-a...
The Nation's Data at Risk - 2025 Report
The American Statistical Association is the world’s largest community of statisticians, the “Big Tent for Statistics.
www.amstat.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
❗❗❗ New report from @asa-scipol.bsky.social finds that the federal statistical agencies are "in crisis" according to a release webinar today.
Read now: www.amstat.org/policy-and-a...
Read now: www.amstat.org/policy-and-a...
Read the thread
As I settle into the flight hurtling to the last of 25 talks & events on Man Up this fall, I’m going to share a little bit about what I’m hearing from audiences- of policymakers & intelligence officials, teachers & social workers, violence prevention experts, men’s wellness leaders, & feminist 1/
December 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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I love geek jokes.
This is among the geekiest.
*swoon*
This is among the geekiest.
*swoon*
Boss, during meting: "ok, wait, I gotta ask, Mike, what's going on with those socks?"
Me: "they've got the London Underground map. They're tube socks."
Me: "they've got the London Underground map. They're tube socks."
December 9, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I love geek jokes.
This is among the geekiest.
*swoon*
This is among the geekiest.
*swoon*
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As we revisit - for the umpteenth time 🙄- the benefits of breastfeeding, I recommend this great piece in @sfjournal.bsky.social by @uncpopcenter.bsky.social Fellow Jessica Su & colleagues who find the benefits are not universal, at least for child development. doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
December 9, 2025 at 12:19 AM
As we revisit - for the umpteenth time 🙄- the benefits of breastfeeding, I recommend this great piece in @sfjournal.bsky.social by @uncpopcenter.bsky.social Fellow Jessica Su & colleagues who find the benefits are not universal, at least for child development. doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
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They cannot be given authority to forcibly remove anyone from their vehicle this way. Think about how bad actors would abuse this power.
December 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
They cannot be given authority to forcibly remove anyone from their vehicle this way. Think about how bad actors would abuse this power.
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For the first time this century, child deaths under age 5 will likely rise. Why? - NPR
Why child deaths under age 5 will likely rise for the first time this century : Goats and Soda
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Why child deaths under age 5 will likely rise for the first time this century : Goats and Soda
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
For the first time this century, child deaths under age 5 will likely rise. Why?
A dramatic drop in mortality for youngsters under age 5 has been one of the great accomplishments in global health. But estimates suggest that in 2025 child deaths will go up.
www.npr.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
For the first time this century, child deaths under age 5 will likely rise. Why? - NPR
Why child deaths under age 5 will likely rise for the first time this century : Goats and Soda
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Why child deaths under age 5 will likely rise for the first time this century : Goats and Soda
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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My latest @npr.org story: A Trump administration official has signaled a potential rollback of the racial and ethnic categories approved for the #2030Census and other future federal government forms
Trump official signals potential rollback of changes to census racial categories
Trump officials are reviewing changes to racial and ethnic categories that the Biden administration approved for the 2030 census and other federal government forms, a White House agency official says.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:58 PM
My latest @npr.org story: A Trump administration official has signaled a potential rollback of the racial and ethnic categories approved for the #2030Census and other future federal government forms
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Do you ever wonder what Congress is up to?
Well, now a new Legislative Branch Data Map shows where you can find out info about things like staffing, legislation tracking, lobbying, financial and gift disclosures, and more
github.com/LibraryOfCon...
Well, now a new Legislative Branch Data Map shows where you can find out info about things like staffing, legislation tracking, lobbying, financial and gift disclosures, and more
github.com/LibraryOfCon...
github.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Do you ever wonder what Congress is up to?
Well, now a new Legislative Branch Data Map shows where you can find out info about things like staffing, legislation tracking, lobbying, financial and gift disclosures, and more
github.com/LibraryOfCon...
Well, now a new Legislative Branch Data Map shows where you can find out info about things like staffing, legislation tracking, lobbying, financial and gift disclosures, and more
github.com/LibraryOfCon...
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NEW: The Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee voted 20-19 along party lines to advance a bill calling for excluding people living in the states without U.S. citizenship from #2030Census results that the 14th Amendment says must include the “whole number of persons in each state”
December 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
NEW: The Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee voted 20-19 along party lines to advance a bill calling for excluding people living in the states without U.S. citizenship from #2030Census results that the 14th Amendment says must include the “whole number of persons in each state”
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Have you seen The Nation's Data at Risk reporting from our colleagues at @amstatnews.bsky.social? It's one of our favorite sources for credible information about data integrity.
And next week they're releasing an update.
Register now for the launch webinar on Dec. 10
amstat.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
And next week they're releasing an update.
Register now for the launch webinar on Dec. 10
amstat.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Nation's Data at Risk: 2025 Report. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join the ASA "Federal Statistics Health" project team for their release of "The Nation's Data at Risk: 2025 Report"! The report updates the team's assessment of the health of the federal statistical a...
amstat.zoom.us
December 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Have you seen The Nation's Data at Risk reporting from our colleagues at @amstatnews.bsky.social? It's one of our favorite sources for credible information about data integrity.
And next week they're releasing an update.
Register now for the launch webinar on Dec. 10
amstat.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
And next week they're releasing an update.
Register now for the launch webinar on Dec. 10
amstat.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
More than 40,000 public comments, 94% of which opposed the change, but they did it anyway...
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
Final Schedule F regulations to describe civil service protections as ‘unconstitutional overcorrections’
OPM officials told agency HR leaders Tuesday that President Trump has Article II constitutional authority to remove tens of thousands of career federal workers in jobs over potential “resistance to po...
www.govexec.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
More than 40,000 public comments, 94% of which opposed the change, but they did it anyway...
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
❗❗❗ ACTION ALERT:
Did you know that the Social Security Administration is changing the way it stores and shares data with the Dept. of Homeland Security?
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Did you know that the Social Security Administration is changing the way it stores and shares data with the Dept. of Homeland Security?
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December 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
❗❗❗ ACTION ALERT:
Did you know that the Social Security Administration is changing the way it stores and shares data with the Dept. of Homeland Security?
1/3
Did you know that the Social Security Administration is changing the way it stores and shares data with the Dept. of Homeland Security?
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This administration is NOT friendly to data
When the Data Disappears, A Country Is Left in the Dark
thefulcrum.us/governance-l...
When the Data Disappears, A Country Is Left in the Dark
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When the Data Disappears, A Country Is Left in the Dark
In the middle of the most chaotic news cycle in years, the most dangerous rollback of all has happened quietly: the systematic disappearance of federal data. Not data “updates,” not bureaucratic house...
thefulcrum.us
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This administration is NOT friendly to data
When the Data Disappears, A Country Is Left in the Dark
thefulcrum.us/governance-l...
When the Data Disappears, A Country Is Left in the Dark
thefulcrum.us/governance-l...
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👋 Call for sources: My name is Julia Métraux, and I am @motherjones.com disability reporter. I am working on a series (to be published before May 1) profiling three American aging adults (50+) about how you're aging independently while taking care of your health. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Aging with complex chronic illnesses and disabilities at home
Hi! My name is Julia Métraux, and I am Mother Jones' disability reporter. I am working on a series (to be published before May 1) profiling three American aging adults (50+) about how you're aging ind...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
👋 Call for sources: My name is Julia Métraux, and I am @motherjones.com disability reporter. I am working on a series (to be published before May 1) profiling three American aging adults (50+) about how you're aging independently while taking care of your health. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Data Analyst 3, (4 Positions)
New York State Education Department
Details: statejobs.ny.gov/public/vacan...
Data Analyst 3, (4 Positions)
New York State Education Department
Details: statejobs.ny.gov/public/vacan...
StateJobsNY - Public Information: Review Vacancy
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November 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Data Analyst 3, (4 Positions)
New York State Education Department
Details: statejobs.ny.gov/public/vacan...
Data Analyst 3, (4 Positions)
New York State Education Department
Details: statejobs.ny.gov/public/vacan...
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Government data shape and improve our lives from the moment we wake up until the moment we go to sleep.
Here’s a quick look at how...
apdu.org?p=5814113
Here’s a quick look at how...
apdu.org?p=5814113
A Day in the Life with Federal Government Data – Association of Public Data Users
apdu.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Government data shape and improve our lives from the moment we wake up until the moment we go to sleep.
Here’s a quick look at how...
apdu.org?p=5814113
Here’s a quick look at how...
apdu.org?p=5814113
👀
BREAKING NEWS
Bureau of Labor Statistics announced cancellations of several key data releases
🔺 Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLTS)
🔺 Employment Situation
🔺 Consumer Price Index
... and more
This has knock-on effects for other products, like GDP (produced at BEA)
www.bls.gov/bls/2025-lap...
Bureau of Labor Statistics announced cancellations of several key data releases
🔺 Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLTS)
🔺 Employment Situation
🔺 Consumer Price Index
... and more
This has knock-on effects for other products, like GDP (produced at BEA)
www.bls.gov/bls/2025-lap...
Revised news release dates following the 2025 lapse in appropriations
Revised news release dates following the 2025 lapse in appropriations
www.bls.gov
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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