J. Emory Parker 🏳️🌈
@jaspar.bsky.social
Pulitzer prize winning editor and news developer. Bluesky elder. Now: Data Editor at @statnews.bsky.social
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@jaspar.bsky.social
· Feb 14
STAT is backing up and monitoring CDC data in real time: See what's changing
STAT is backing up and monitoring CDC data in real time: See what's changing.
www.statnews.com
New from me: Here it is, everything I know about every change I've been monitoring on data.cdc.gov plus an archive of every file that's been removed or altered.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
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The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
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More Americans use weight loss drugs like Ozempic than live in Texas www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/h...
More Americans use weight loss drugs like Ozempic than live in Texas
And more Morning Rounds updates on health and medicine
www.statnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
More Americans use weight loss drugs like Ozempic than live in Texas www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/h...
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Internal documents and former company executives revealed how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Internal documents and former company executives revealed how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
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The outbreak in Ethiopia is #Marburg virus, the first such outbreak for this country. 9 cases so far, including some health workers. x.com/drtedros/sta...
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on X: "#Ethiopia has confirmed the outbreak that has infected at least 9 people in the south of the country is of #Marburg virus disease. I commend Ethiopia’s @FMoHealth for its rapid and transparent response to the outbreak, and the work of the Ethiopia Public Health Institute and" / X
#Ethiopia has confirmed the outbreak that has infected at least 9 people in the south of the country is of #Marburg virus disease. I commend Ethiopia’s @FMoHealth for its rapid and transparent response to the outbreak, and the work of the Ethiopia Public Health Institute and
x.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The outbreak in Ethiopia is #Marburg virus, the first such outbreak for this country. 9 cases so far, including some health workers. x.com/drtedros/sta...
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In public: Trump wrongly insists prices are down
In private: he's plotting how to flip flop on his own reckless trade policies because prices are too high.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In private: he's plotting how to flip flop on his own reckless trade policies because prices are too high.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
In public: Trump wrongly insists prices are down
In private: he's plotting how to flip flop on his own reckless trade policies because prices are too high.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In private: he's plotting how to flip flop on his own reckless trade policies because prices are too high.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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By setting a uniform baseline 15% tariff, the US-Switzerland deal would be yet another clear example of the executive branch rewriting the entire US tariff code without Congress www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US, Switzerland ‘Essentially’ Reached Trade Deal, Greer Says
The US and Switzerland have “essentially” reached a trade agreement to lower tariffs on Swiss goods from 39% to 15%, and the White House plans to reveal details on Friday, US Trade Representative…
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
By setting a uniform baseline 15% tariff, the US-Switzerland deal would be yet another clear example of the executive branch rewriting the entire US tariff code without Congress www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Never forget the same people defending pedophilia have spent years trying to convince the public that drag queens and trans people are a threat to children.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Never forget the same people defending pedophilia have spent years trying to convince the public that drag queens and trans people are a threat to children.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
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To be effective, data science agents need to be able to read plots reliably. @sara-altman.bsky.social and I wrote about some concerning findings on LLMs' ability to interpret plots when the content contradicts their expectations on the @posit.co blog.
posit.co/blog/introdu...
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When plotting, LLMs see what they expect to see - Posit
Data science agents need to accurately read plots even when the content contradicts their expectations. Our testing shows today's LLMs still struggle here.
posit.co
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
To be effective, data science agents need to be able to read plots reliably. @sara-altman.bsky.social and I wrote about some concerning findings on LLMs' ability to interpret plots when the content contradicts their expectations on the @posit.co blog.
posit.co/blog/introdu...
posit.co/blog/introdu...
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
“Make America Affordable Again” is an admission, counter to her boss’ claims, that prices have gone up
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
“Make America Affordable Again” is an admission, counter to her boss’ claims, that prices have gone up
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It's all so ludicrous and obvious.
FOX: Fox can now confirm that Eric Swalwell has been criminally referred to the DOJ accused of mortgage fraud.
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It's all so ludicrous and obvious.
But I was told the tariffs didn’t increase costs
Trump administration prepares tariff exemptions in bid to lower food prices, NYT reports reut.rs/4qXHpp5
Trump administration prepares tariff exemptions in bid to lower food prices, NYT reports
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is preparing broad exemptions to certain tariffs in an effort to ease elevated food prices, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing three people briefed on the actions.
reut.rs
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
But I was told the tariffs didn’t increase costs
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1) Ethics officials at Fannie Mae investigate how Bill Pulte got Letitia James mortgage docs
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed the probe report to the U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
1) Ethics officials at Fannie Mae investigate how Bill Pulte got Letitia James mortgage docs
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
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When you don't have time for the full freakout
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
When you don't have time for the full freakout
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Newspapers aren’t some perfect, god-like entity unbiased entity nor are they biased schemers, out to subvert all that is good. They are organizations filled with people and their extreme bias is to write stories and pieces that people want to read.
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Newspapers aren’t some perfect, god-like entity unbiased entity nor are they biased schemers, out to subvert all that is good. They are organizations filled with people and their extreme bias is to write stories and pieces that people want to read.
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Of all the potential moderation policies a site needs to have, the violent rhetoric one is consistently the one that causes the most uproar, because people will almost never agree that two posts are equivalent if they are directed at two different targets, even if the words are identical.
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Of all the potential moderation policies a site needs to have, the violent rhetoric one is consistently the one that causes the most uproar, because people will almost never agree that two posts are equivalent if they are directed at two different targets, even if the words are identical.
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Bluesky used to use a much less stringent threshold for removing violent rhetoric than they do today, and it changed to the current more-stringent policy early on, when a large number of users objected to hyperbolic violent rhetoric used against a prominent poster that was not moderated.
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Bluesky used to use a much less stringent threshold for removing violent rhetoric than they do today, and it changed to the current more-stringent policy early on, when a large number of users objected to hyperbolic violent rhetoric used against a prominent poster that was not moderated.
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gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
The content of these emails, at a bare minimum, creates an appearance of corruption that would cause any news outlet to demand accountability if it were an organization they covered. I don’t see why news outlets themselves should not be subject to that same scrutiny. NYT must be transparent here.
I think there are a number of people employed at the New York Times -- certainly not all of them, but many! -- who simply do not grasp how badly the paper's credibility has been shaken over the past few years, along several different axes, and for multiple different reasons
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The content of these emails, at a bare minimum, creates an appearance of corruption that would cause any news outlet to demand accountability if it were an organization they covered. I don’t see why news outlets themselves should not be subject to that same scrutiny. NYT must be transparent here.
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I was at NYT for 7 years & one of a dozen reporters who investigated Epstein’s interactions w/the rich & powerful. I don’t know every conversation held at every level there, but I do know we dedicated ourselves to exposing those who supported Epstein & engaged in the abuse of girls he facilitated
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I was at NYT for 7 years & one of a dozen reporters who investigated Epstein’s interactions w/the rich & powerful. I don’t know every conversation held at every level there, but I do know we dedicated ourselves to exposing those who supported Epstein & engaged in the abuse of girls he facilitated
You know, I think there's also this ~savvy media take~ that treats scandals as all-or-nothing and has very little patience for slow burns. But sometimes your downfall is a death by a thousand cuts kind of situation
this gets reposted a lot, but truth be told trump has never really wriggled out of anything. what actually happens is that other people passively or actively support him
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
You know, I think there's also this ~savvy media take~ that treats scandals as all-or-nothing and has very little patience for slow burns. But sometimes your downfall is a death by a thousand cuts kind of situation
You know, the NYT actually did fire this reporter in 2019 for ethical violations related to Epstein
New York Times social media guidelines prohibit expression suggesting partiality on things like ICE, execution of foreigners in fishing boats, or whether law is a thing.
However, tipping off notorious serial pedophiles about other reporters is absolutely fine.
However, tipping off notorious serial pedophiles about other reporters is absolutely fine.
Fall 2017: Then-NYT reporter literally warning Epstein that someone is "digging around again."
November 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
You know, the NYT actually did fire this reporter in 2019 for ethical violations related to Epstein
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New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...