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Nick Baumann
@nickbaumann.bsky.social
· Feb 2
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A new analysis of fossils uncovered in Central Africa offers additional evidence that a human ancestor walked upright 7 million years ago, pushing back the date at which early hominins stood tall by about a million years.
When did humanity take its first step? Scientists say they now know.
A new analysis of fossils uncovered in Central Africa offers additional evidence that a human ancestor walked upright 7 million years ago.
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January 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
A new analysis of fossils uncovered in Central Africa offers additional evidence that a human ancestor walked upright 7 million years ago, pushing back the date at which early hominins stood tall by about a million years.
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As news breaks please be mindful of how you post. Remember:
- the government would never lie to you
- double check all sources with your chiropractor/astrologist
- every tiktok is real
- the government would never lie to you
- double check all sources with your chiropractor/astrologist
- every tiktok is real
January 3, 2026 at 8:53 AM
As news breaks please be mindful of how you post. Remember:
- the government would never lie to you
- double check all sources with your chiropractor/astrologist
- every tiktok is real
- the government would never lie to you
- double check all sources with your chiropractor/astrologist
- every tiktok is real
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Contrary to fears of indoctrination www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...
January 3, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Contrary to fears of indoctrination www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...
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Zohran is already making Regular People's lives harder...
January 3, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Zohran is already making Regular People's lives harder...
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That is a lot of news to wake up to.
January 3, 2026 at 12:37 PM
That is a lot of news to wake up to.
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s/o to all the editors esp @meghanhoyer.bsky.social for being my data partner on this; will share my thoughts soon on how much of a nightmare it was to standardize/geocode every one of the >46K schools 💀--folks said we were crazy to do this, but we felt the data was too important to *not* gather
December 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
s/o to all the editors esp @meghanhoyer.bsky.social for being my data partner on this; will share my thoughts soon on how much of a nightmare it was to standardize/geocode every one of the >46K schools 💀--folks said we were crazy to do this, but we felt the data was too important to *not* gather
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The briliant @moriartymaps.com built the beautiful graphics in this piece including the extremely data-heavy lookup map. Read the full piece to check out all of his incredible work. Extremely grateful to work with such talented folks at the Post every day!
December 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The briliant @moriartymaps.com built the beautiful graphics in this piece including the extremely data-heavy lookup map. Read the full piece to check out all of his incredible work. Extremely grateful to work with such talented folks at the Post every day!
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You can also use the map in the story to look up vaccination rates in your local schools! This was a HUGE data lift: we reviewed and mapped tens of thousands of individual schools’ data, assembling the most comprehensive public database. And we published this data here: github.com/washingtonpo...
December 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
You can also use the map in the story to look up vaccination rates in your local schools! This was a HUGE data lift: we reviewed and mapped tens of thousands of individual schools’ data, assembling the most comprehensive public database. And we published this data here: github.com/washingtonpo...
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EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected.
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
December 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected.
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
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The share of counties where 95% or more of kindergartners were vaccinated against measles has dropped from 50% before the pandemic to 28%, according to our analysis of public records from 44 states and the District of Columbia. At least 19,000 schools are now more vulnerable to outbreaks.
December 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The share of counties where 95% or more of kindergartners were vaccinated against measles has dropped from 50% before the pandemic to 28%, according to our analysis of public records from 44 states and the District of Columbia. At least 19,000 schools are now more vulnerable to outbreaks.
Finally watched Paddington 2 last week and can report that it lives up to the hype.
December 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Finally watched Paddington 2 last week and can report that it lives up to the hype.
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As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:
Watching Bari Weiss Murder Investigative Journalism at CBS
Notes from someone who's withstood White House demands to stop an explosive story—and who once even had a 60 Minutes piece spiked
www.forever-wars.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:
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me before buying another LEGO set for “adults”
“It is financially devastating but morally exhilarating,” he said in an email.
New Year’s Eve Concerts at Kennedy Center Are Canceled
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
me before buying another LEGO set for “adults”
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great thread!
Here are a few great blogs from Defector's 2025, starting with Chris Thompson's comprehensive and maddening history of Color Star, would-be titans of just about anything: defector.com/a-comprehens...
A Comprehensive And Maddening History Of Color Star, Would-Be Titans Of Just About Anything | Defector
The story starts with a signing ceremony. On Dec. 20, 2021, the Philadelphia 76ers staged a publicity event to announce a new marketing partnership with the Chinese company Color Star Technology Co., ...
defector.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
great thread!
"We had a conversation with someone from health and human services who said, ‘A child will die at ACS. Who is your leader at the top of that? How are you going to handle it?’ It all feels very, very, very real." nymag.com/intelligence...
The Making of Mayor Mamdani
He is a brilliant political talent with dizzying ambitions to change the city. Is he ready for the actual job, though?
nymag.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"We had a conversation with someone from health and human services who said, ‘A child will die at ACS. Who is your leader at the top of that? How are you going to handle it?’ It all feels very, very, very real." nymag.com/intelligence...
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this place Has The Juice🧃
December 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
this place Has The Juice🧃
“It feels funny to me, now, to get to take over this place. Because it’s something I’ve wanted to do. But now that I’m here, I just want my father to still be around.”
December 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“It feels funny to me, now, to get to take over this place. Because it’s something I’ve wanted to do. But now that I’m here, I just want my father to still be around.”
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…cred, buddy! And it’s like: it’s a city dude
December 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
…cred, buddy! And it’s like: it’s a city dude
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One great thing - from a Media Guy perspective - about living in Cincinnati is few people outside in the rest of the vast nation know what it is. They’ve heard the name but when I say where I live in the Ohio northern Kentucky region, way too many people are just like: damn. You got real America…
December 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
One great thing - from a Media Guy perspective - about living in Cincinnati is few people outside in the rest of the vast nation know what it is. They’ve heard the name but when I say where I live in the Ohio northern Kentucky region, way too many people are just like: damn. You got real America…
10 beautiful remembrances of 10 local legends: www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Remembering 10 extraordinary lives lost in 2025
They never got a Post obituary. They rarely made the news. But across the Washington area, they shaped and enhanced their communities.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
10 beautiful remembrances of 10 local legends: www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
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The assassinations of Charlie Kirk and Melissa Hortman shook the country.
Minnesota state senator Julia Coleman (R)
knew both personally.
Kirk was her first boss, Hortman her colleague.
She is fed up with the conspiracy theories around their deaths.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Minnesota state senator Julia Coleman (R)
knew both personally.
Kirk was her first boss, Hortman her colleague.
She is fed up with the conspiracy theories around their deaths.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
As rumors swirl after political killings, this GOP lawmaker draws a line
Minnesota state senator Julia Coleman knew both Charlie Kirk and Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman. She is fed up with the conspiracy theories around their deaths.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The assassinations of Charlie Kirk and Melissa Hortman shook the country.
Minnesota state senator Julia Coleman (R)
knew both personally.
Kirk was her first boss, Hortman her colleague.
She is fed up with the conspiracy theories around their deaths.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Minnesota state senator Julia Coleman (R)
knew both personally.
Kirk was her first boss, Hortman her colleague.
She is fed up with the conspiracy theories around their deaths.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Minnesota state senator Julia Coleman knew both Charlie Kirk and Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman. She is fed up with the conspiracy theories around their deaths. Anna Liss-Roy spoke to her: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
As rumors swirl after political killings, this GOP lawmaker draws a line
Minnesota state senator Julia Coleman knew both Charlie Kirk and Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman. She is fed up with the conspiracy theories around their deaths.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Minnesota state senator Julia Coleman knew both Charlie Kirk and Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman. She is fed up with the conspiracy theories around their deaths. Anna Liss-Roy spoke to her: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Hate freeloaders who join in the New Year's Eve countdown for the last 10 seconds. I've been doing this all year. Where were you back in May
December 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Hate freeloaders who join in the New Year's Eve countdown for the last 10 seconds. I've been doing this all year. Where were you back in May
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Holy shit, a trend story that includes evidence of an actual trend
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
December 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Holy shit, a trend story that includes evidence of an actual trend
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...