Aleszu
@aleszu.bsky.social
Data Scientist, Advance Local • Fmr director of dataviz, Urban Institute • Alum USA TODAY Investigations, Undark magazine, Esquire, Science Friday • Knight Fellow at MIT ‘14 • Taught @ Northeastern • Built Storybench.org • Peruano-gringo • Cleveland OH
Bloomberg analyzed data, “which covers Jan. 1, 2012 through Feb. 17, 2025, obtained from the Deportation Data Project. The dataset includes records of more than 3.5 million ICE detainees and the dates when the detainees entered and left facilites.”
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
May 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Bloomberg analyzed data, “which covers Jan. 1, 2012 through Feb. 17, 2025, obtained from the Deportation Data Project. The dataset includes records of more than 3.5 million ICE detainees and the dates when the detainees entered and left facilites.”
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Nature analysis of NIH Grant Terminations in 2025 database www.nature.com/articles/d41...
April 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Nature analysis of NIH Grant Terminations in 2025 database www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“A week ago, somebody added malicious code to the tj-actions/changed-files GitHub Action. If you used the compromised action, it would leak secrets to your build log.”
Tips plus a shell script to audit your GitHub Actions
alexwlchan.net/2025/github-...
Tips plus a shell script to audit your GitHub Actions
alexwlchan.net/2025/github-...
March 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“A week ago, somebody added malicious code to the tj-actions/changed-files GitHub Action. If you used the compromised action, it would leak secrets to your build log.”
Tips plus a shell script to audit your GitHub Actions
alexwlchan.net/2025/github-...
Tips plus a shell script to audit your GitHub Actions
alexwlchan.net/2025/github-...
Very gratifying to see three data visualization projects we worked on at @urbaninstitute.bsky.social longlisted at the Information is Beautiful awards.
Kudus to @mitchellthorson.com @benkates.com and @arobotwriting.bsky.social for their outstanding work bringing these complex datasets to life.
Kudus to @mitchellthorson.com @benkates.com and @arobotwriting.bsky.social for their outstanding work bringing these complex datasets to life.
March 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Very gratifying to see three data visualization projects we worked on at @urbaninstitute.bsky.social longlisted at the Information is Beautiful awards.
Kudus to @mitchellthorson.com @benkates.com and @arobotwriting.bsky.social for their outstanding work bringing these complex datasets to life.
Kudus to @mitchellthorson.com @benkates.com and @arobotwriting.bsky.social for their outstanding work bringing these complex datasets to life.
How would cuts to SNAP benefits affect your state and county? The @urbaninstitute.bsky.social just published a new tool showing that SNAP benefits will fail to cover the cost of a modestly priced meal in every county in the US.
www.urban.org/data-tools/s...
www.urban.org/data-tools/s...
March 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
How would cuts to SNAP benefits affect your state and county? The @urbaninstitute.bsky.social just published a new tool showing that SNAP benefits will fail to cover the cost of a modestly priced meal in every county in the US.
www.urban.org/data-tools/s...
www.urban.org/data-tools/s...
Mass deportations would worsen our housing crisis. Given how behind they are in housing construction, coupled with high populations of foreign-born construction workers, Florida and Nevada are particularly vulnerable, new @urbaninstitute.bsky.social analysis shows: www.urban.org/urban-wire/m...
February 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Mass deportations would worsen our housing crisis. Given how behind they are in housing construction, coupled with high populations of foreign-born construction workers, Florida and Nevada are particularly vulnerable, new @urbaninstitute.bsky.social analysis shows: www.urban.org/urban-wire/m...
Metro areas with the most office-to-apartment conversions in progress www.axios.com/2025/02/22/o... RentCafe report here www.rentcafe.com/blog/rental-...
February 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Metro areas with the most office-to-apartment conversions in progress www.axios.com/2025/02/22/o... RentCafe report here www.rentcafe.com/blog/rental-...
Dismantling the Dept of Ed or disrupting functions like enforcing critical civil rights laws or halting IDEA funding could affect students with disabilities across the US.
The number of public school students with Individualized Education Programs may surprise you:
www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...
The number of public school students with Individualized Education Programs may surprise you:
www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...
February 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Dismantling the Dept of Ed or disrupting functions like enforcing critical civil rights laws or halting IDEA funding could affect students with disabilities across the US.
The number of public school students with Individualized Education Programs may surprise you:
www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...
The number of public school students with Individualized Education Programs may surprise you:
www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...
Ethiopia has highest retraction rate, according to two databases Nature used.
February 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Ethiopia has highest retraction rate, according to two databases Nature used.
How long will housing recovery following LA's wildfires take? My team @urbaninstitute.bsky.social requested data on four recent fires and analyzed the recovery phases along three key milestones: 1) Debris removal 2) A building permit and 3)
Certificate of occupancy www.urban.org/urban-wire/w...
Certificate of occupancy www.urban.org/urban-wire/w...
February 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
How long will housing recovery following LA's wildfires take? My team @urbaninstitute.bsky.social requested data on four recent fires and analyzed the recovery phases along three key milestones: 1) Debris removal 2) A building permit and 3)
Certificate of occupancy www.urban.org/urban-wire/w...
Certificate of occupancy www.urban.org/urban-wire/w...
Trains blocked intersections near dozens of Houston schools at least 600 times last year during key drop-off and pick-up times, @houstonlanding.bsky.social found houstonlanding.org/dangerous-cr...
January 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Trains blocked intersections near dozens of Houston schools at least 600 times last year during key drop-off and pick-up times, @houstonlanding.bsky.social found houstonlanding.org/dangerous-cr...
Even among families who can afford most of their day-to-day needs, many cannot weather unexpected expenses, like trouble with their car or a visit to urgent care.
Urban has new analysis out showing, by state, how many families lack the resources to thrive.
www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...
Urban has new analysis out showing, by state, how many families lack the resources to thrive.
www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...
January 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Even among families who can afford most of their day-to-day needs, many cannot weather unexpected expenses, like trouble with their car or a visit to urgent care.
Urban has new analysis out showing, by state, how many families lack the resources to thrive.
www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...
Urban has new analysis out showing, by state, how many families lack the resources to thrive.
www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...
Momentum has grown behind baby bonds, publicly funded child trust accounts meant to reduce longstanding inequalities. When the children turn 18, they can use the funds to purchase a home or start a business. New Urban analysis for Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston and Oakland www.urban.org/research/pub...
December 9, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Momentum has grown behind baby bonds, publicly funded child trust accounts meant to reduce longstanding inequalities. When the children turn 18, they can use the funds to purchase a home or start a business. New Urban analysis for Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston and Oakland www.urban.org/research/pub...
I’m finally getting around to reading Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg.
Thinking a lot about social infrastructure and how important it is, now especially, to invest in community.
Photo: Today at the Cleveland Public Library.
Thinking a lot about social infrastructure and how important it is, now especially, to invest in community.
Photo: Today at the Cleveland Public Library.
November 16, 2024 at 10:14 PM
I’m finally getting around to reading Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg.
Thinking a lot about social infrastructure and how important it is, now especially, to invest in community.
Photo: Today at the Cleveland Public Library.
Thinking a lot about social infrastructure and how important it is, now especially, to invest in community.
Photo: Today at the Cleveland Public Library.
Very excited to relaunch Urban Institute’s data visualization style guide, which has guidance on colors, layout, accessibility and more. It also includes chart and map examples and links to templates and code. Dig in! urbaninstitute.github.io/graphics-sty...
October 22, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Very excited to relaunch Urban Institute’s data visualization style guide, which has guidance on colors, layout, accessibility and more. It also includes chart and map examples and links to templates and code. Dig in! urbaninstitute.github.io/graphics-sty...
Today we launched Urban Institute's "Upward Mobility Data Dashboard."
Use it to explore your community along 24 key predictors of mobility from poverty such as neighborhood segregation, transportation access, education quality and housing affordability.
upward-mobility.urban.org/dashboard
Use it to explore your community along 24 key predictors of mobility from poverty such as neighborhood segregation, transportation access, education quality and housing affordability.
upward-mobility.urban.org/dashboard
September 17, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Today we launched Urban Institute's "Upward Mobility Data Dashboard."
Use it to explore your community along 24 key predictors of mobility from poverty such as neighborhood segregation, transportation access, education quality and housing affordability.
upward-mobility.urban.org/dashboard
Use it to explore your community along 24 key predictors of mobility from poverty such as neighborhood segregation, transportation access, education quality and housing affordability.
upward-mobility.urban.org/dashboard
Urban just published a project showing Black women shoulder the brunt of this country’s “vulnerable work” - occupations with low pay, few benefits, and few hours.
@benkates.bsky.social made slick charts like D3+Svelte ridge plots and waffle charts with dynamic SVG: www.urban.org/data-tools/b...
@benkates.bsky.social made slick charts like D3+Svelte ridge plots and waffle charts with dynamic SVG: www.urban.org/data-tools/b...
September 17, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Urban just published a project showing Black women shoulder the brunt of this country’s “vulnerable work” - occupations with low pay, few benefits, and few hours.
@benkates.bsky.social made slick charts like D3+Svelte ridge plots and waffle charts with dynamic SVG: www.urban.org/data-tools/b...
@benkates.bsky.social made slick charts like D3+Svelte ridge plots and waffle charts with dynamic SVG: www.urban.org/data-tools/b...
“Families pay thousands of dollars to store their children’s stem cells with the hope of a healthier future. But the cells are rarely useful, and sometimes contaminated.” www.nytimes.com/2024/07/15/h...
July 15, 2024 at 8:40 PM
“Families pay thousands of dollars to store their children’s stem cells with the hope of a healthier future. But the cells are rarely useful, and sometimes contaminated.” www.nytimes.com/2024/07/15/h...
Hanging out in Chicago with a bunch of data visualizers at #Outlier2024
June 13, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Hanging out in Chicago with a bunch of data visualizers at #Outlier2024
April 26, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Bump cites excellent work by @ethanz.bsky.social et al.
journalqd.org/article/view...
Their estimate is 9.9 billion videos, by the way, as of a couple of years ago. Today’s estimate is 14 billion. More stats here tubestats.org
journalqd.org/article/view...
Their estimate is 9.9 billion videos, by the way, as of a couple of years ago. Today’s estimate is 14 billion. More stats here tubestats.org
February 28, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Bump cites excellent work by @ethanz.bsky.social et al.
journalqd.org/article/view...
Their estimate is 9.9 billion videos, by the way, as of a couple of years ago. Today’s estimate is 14 billion. More stats here tubestats.org
journalqd.org/article/view...
Their estimate is 9.9 billion videos, by the way, as of a couple of years ago. Today’s estimate is 14 billion. More stats here tubestats.org
Alito asks what YouTube would weigh were it a newspaper.
www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
Philip Bump answers:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
Philip Bump answers:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
February 28, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Alito asks what YouTube would weigh were it a newspaper.
www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
Philip Bump answers:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
Philip Bump answers:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
“Spectrum found that social networks were cited in about two-thirds of [Jan 6] investigations. Facebook appeared in almost half of all cases, and almost every major social-media app was mentioned at least once.” spectrum.ieee.org/capitol-riot...
January 6, 2024 at 6:34 PM
“Spectrum found that social networks were cited in about two-thirds of [Jan 6] investigations. Facebook appeared in almost half of all cases, and almost every major social-media app was mentioned at least once.” spectrum.ieee.org/capitol-riot...
NYT takes the “fastest Tour de France cyclists who posted their rides to Strava and pit them against a few hundred amateurs who rode over the same climbs in the Pyrenees or Alps and posted their results.” https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/23/upshot/tour-de-france-amateurs.html
July 28, 2023 at 7:42 PM
NYT takes the “fastest Tour de France cyclists who posted their rides to Strava and pit them against a few hundred amateurs who rode over the same climbs in the Pyrenees or Alps and posted their results.” https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/23/upshot/tour-de-france-amateurs.html
Our 'Broken Adoptions' project at @usatoday with @byMarisaK was shortlisted for a Sigma award! Thanks @amy_pyle @stevesuo for excellent editing; and @Ramon_Padilla @JZarracina for bringing important child welfare issues to life. https://sigmaawards.org/projects/ http://brokenadoptions.usatoday.com
December 1, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Our 'Broken Adoptions' project at @usatoday with @byMarisaK was shortlisted for a Sigma award! Thanks @amy_pyle @stevesuo for excellent editing; and @Ramon_Padilla @JZarracina for bringing important child welfare issues to life. https://sigmaawards.org/projects/ http://brokenadoptions.usatoday.com