Reposted by @datahistorian.bsky.socialB Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Deadline extended 042
Reposted by @datahistorian.bsky.socialVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Send this to every university President in the country. 361959440
Reposted by @datahistorian.bsky.socialMike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The latest management alert raised concerns over the first-ever use of U.S. Postal Service carriers as census takers while working their postal routes: countofcounting.substack.com/p/postal-car...countofcounting.substack.comPostal carriers’ oversight was hindered when they worked as census takers, watchdog saysIt can’t feel good getting dinged twice within a few days by your own watchdog agency. 011
Reposted by @datahistorian.bsky.socialAnnette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It’s nice to have my work corroborated by another DNA test. What is also deeply gratifying is the vindication of Madison Hemings, Israel (Gillette) Jefferson who spoke of TJ and SH, & Fawn Brodie, who put the men’s recollections in her TJ bio that I read at 14 and got me started on this journey. 524851
Reposted by @datahistorian.bsky.socialPhil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The 2030 Census is now squarely in the Trump admin's crosshairs. But states, cities, counties, NGOs, and (yes) you can fight back. New from me in @newrepublic.com: newrepublic.com/article/2153...newrepublic.comThe Fight to Save the Census From Trump Starts NowThe administration’s proposed changes to the 2030 census will harm states and cities. Here is how they can fight back. 02915
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026More….nerd issues about what “the proper data” are, the muzzling of technical expertise in today’s politicized environment. Check out what’s happening in the Census Bureau,talkingpointsmemo.comExclusive: Census Bureau Directs Staff to Keep Quiet During Comment Period for Controversial New RuleLeadership at the Census Bureau has ordered staff to halt all external... 000
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Great historically informed piece on “evidence,” “data,” and Ben Franklin’s revolutionary experience. More here: For more, a great new piece by Edward Blum, oieahc.wm.edu/wp-content/u... muse.jhu.edu/pub/275/arti...heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 17, 2026In 1761, 55-year-old Benjamin Franklin attended the coronation of King George III and later wrote that he expected the young monarch’s reign would “be happy and truly glorious.” Fifteen years later, i... 000
Reposted by @datahistorian.bsky.socialAPDU @apduorg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Confusion and suspicion over 2026 census test questions in South Carolina city countofcounting.substack.com/p/confusion-...countofcounting.substack.comConfusion and suspicion over 2026 census test questions in South Carolina citySOME SPARTANBURG, SOUTH Carolina residents were confused by the U.S. 021
Reposted by @datahistorian.bsky.socialWisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 10/09/2026U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore visits Kansas ICE facility to check on Milwaukee women via @isiahholmes.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/10/u...wisconsinexaminer.comU.S. Rep. Gwen Moore visits Kansas ICE facility to check on Milwaukee women • Wisconsin ExaminerU.S. Rep. Gwen Moore became the first of her colleagues to visit a Kansas ICE facility where two Milwaukee women are held. 1199
Reposted by @datahistorian.bsky.socialPhil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Today, the Trump administration proposed a draft rule (which we've known was coming for months) that, among other things, would take the unprecedented step of excluding a large number of noncitizens from population data in violation of the text of the 14th amendment. Two thoughts on this: 🧵 1179
Reposted by @datahistorian.bsky.socialAPDU @apduorg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026If you're trying to make sense of the proposed changes for the 2030 Census, we recorded our Rapid Response briefing with @dataindex.us youtu.be/7PwVrPmQxOY?...youtu.beRapid Response Data Briefing: Critical Rulemaking for 2030 CensusYouTube video by dataindex-us 011
Reposted by @datahistorian.bsky.socialMike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 09/09/2026countofcounting.substack.com/p/proposed-r...countofcounting.substack.comProposed rule change would limit who gets counted and what information is gathered in 2030 censusThe speculation is over. 021
Reposted by @datahistorian.bsky.socialWill Jones @willpjones.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This is a massive loss for all of us.nytimes.comSmithsonian’s Secretary to Resign as Trump Tries to Rule the Institution (Gift Article)In the face of escalating White House attacks about how museums present American history, Lonnie G. Bunch III has announced his decision to depart. 715971
Reposted by @datahistorian.bsky.socialSteven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Great piece about a changing NYC, by Harry Siegel in @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social , with context and insights from John Mollenkopf @jomoko.bsky.social www.vitalcitynyc.org/how-nyc-chan... cc @thegraduatecenter.bsky.socialvitalcitynyc.orgA City Forgets. Maybe It’s Supposed To.The New York of today is a different city than the New York of 9/11. 022
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Nerd Alert! The DP controversy has many wrinkles... 210
Reposted by @datahistorian.bsky.socialSteven Ruggles @stevenruggles.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I still think DP was a horrible mistake. I truly hope in the post-Trump era we return to sensible, targeted disclosure control for tabular data, and do not reinstate DP just because deluded conspiracy theorists hate it. 152
Reposted by @datahistorian.bsky.socialMike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The octopus grabs hold of the Census Bureau substack.com/@mikeschneid...substack.comThe octopus grabs hold of the Census BureauTHE TENTACLES OF the Trump administration are reaching into so many aspects of the operations of the typically independent and nonpartisan U.S. 031
Reposted by @datahistorian.bsky.socialMike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Now-banned privacy method was too fuzzy for regular people to grasp, Census Bureau chief says substack.com/@mikeschneid...substack.comNow-banned privacy method was too fuzzy for regular people to grasp, Census Bureau chief saysA NOW-BANNED privacy protection method was too fuzzy for people who aren’t statistical experts to grasp, which led the Trump administration to order statistical agencies to stop using it, according to... 022
Reposted by @datahistorian.bsky.socialHansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 19/08/2026SCOOP: A Trump-aligned think tank, America First Policy Institute, has ties to a highly unusual Census Bureau report that the president is using to renew false claims of widespread voting by non-U.S. citizens in 2020, @npr.org has learned www.npr.org/2026/08/19/n...npr.orgExperts raise alarms over Census Bureau report Trump is touting on noncitizen votingA Trump-aligned think tank has ties to a highly unusual Census Bureau report that the president is using to renew false claims of widespread voting by non-U.S. citizens in 2020, NPR has learned. 37233
Reposted by @datahistorian.bsky.socialHansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 18/08/2026NEW: The Census Bureau did not immediately respond to NPR's questions about analysis that President Trump said in a social media post the bureau is conducting about non-U.S. citizens illegally voting in the 2020 election, which many past studies have found to be extremely rare 1315568
Reposted by @datahistorian.bsky.socialMike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 19/08/2026No researcher’s name is on Census Bureau report Trump uses to claim the 2020 election was stolen countofcounting.substack.com/p/no-researc...countofcounting.substack.comNo researcher’s name is on Census Bureau report Trump uses to claim the 2020 election was stolenNO STATISTICIAN OR researcher at the U.S. 164
Reposted by @datahistorian.bsky.socialMike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 17/08/2026countofcounting.substack.com/p/census-bur...countofcounting.substack.comCensus Bureau needs to figure out how to land the plane after Commerce Department’s order on privacy methodsWHAT’S AMAZING ABOUT the Commerce Department’s recent decision to restrict the types of privacy protections statistical agencies can use is how little consideration there was to its real-world impacts... 056
Reposted by @datahistorian.bsky.socialYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 22/07/2026god, don't threaten me with a good time 1239137
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 01/07/2026And another one, by my late husband, Steve Meyer, lots here on relevance to current politics… 000
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 01/07/2026And while we're at it.... emke.uwm.edu Margo Anderson and Amanda I. Seligman, Editorsemke.uwm.eduEncyclopedia of MilwaukeeMilwaukee history topics ranging from arts and culture to philanthropy and nonprofit organizations to business and labor. 000
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 30/06/2026ICE coming to Milwaukee, WI? www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...jsonline.comICE arrests at least 18 people, mostly in Milwaukee traffic stops, advocates sayThe sudden increase in public, visible arrests by ICE, often using SUVs blocking traffic on major roads, diverges from how the agency had been operating. 100
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 05/06/2026This one is a doozer.. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comTrump officials planned to mark 2.7 million living people as dead, whistleblower claimsA former Social Security executive said the plan, which was not carried out, would have used a death database to pressure immigrants to leave the country. 000
Reposted by @datahistorian.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026In its latest ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act, the Roberts Court has inverted the Reconstruction Amendments to justify the same racist devices and practices they were adopted to dismantle (🎁) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 562797988
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Emerging impact of deportation agenda… thelatinonewsletter.org/p/counties-l...thelatinonewsletter.orgCounties With Large Presence of Latinos Face Greater Population Growth SlowdownThe analysis is based on the 3,132 counties with Latino residents, out of the country’s 3,144 counties 000
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Note the pic is wrong...Rothman worked in Van Hise Hall, not Bascom Hall [the Madison chancellor's headquarters....] www.forbes.com/sites/michae...forbes.comUniversity Of Wisconsin System Fires President Jay RothmanThe University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents voted unanimously to fire UW President Jay Rothman on Tuesday, after he earlier had refused to step down. 120
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 05/03/2026"We are pleased to say that two pieces of our ICE Out package, which take a clear stand against the appalling actions of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE), were passed...in a strong show of support by the Common Council." 000
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Milwaukee, WI: "Statement on passage of ICE Out legislation by the Common Council," 3/3/26: ... 000
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Wonderful report…. www.404media.co/at-the-world...404media.coAt the World’s Largest General Science Meeting, Surviving Trump Is the Topic“This is really a turning point and we’re in a historical transition at present.” 000
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 13/02/2026How not to build a dataset... www.propublica.org/article/save...propublica.org“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes.The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S. 000
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Milwaukee, WI: Now…”What do we do about ICE? 3rd District Town Hall... THIS EVENING - Monday, February 2 - meeting REMINDER from Alderman Alex Brower.” Overflow crowd, line to get in snaked around the block, watching on Facebook if not in the room. Looks like there’s a lot of interest. Tks Alex! 020
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 27/01/2026More commentary on the release of the Census Bureau release of the 2025 Population Estimates: jedkolko.substack.com/p/four-takea...jedkolko.substack.comFour takeaways from the new Census population estimatesImmigration declined dramatically. Census estimates now align with other government estimates. The 2026 Current Population Survey population base will be adjusted downward. 000
Reposted by @datahistorian.bsky.socialPhil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social · 27/01/2026On the heels of Lawler’s ICE backpedal op ed, he releases a bill that radically limits counting of immigrants for apportionment, contrary to 14A lawler.house.gov/uploadedfile... 133
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 27/01/20262025 US Population estimates released today: www.census.gov/newsroom/pre... Commentary starting: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...census.govU.S. Population Growth Slows Due to Historic Decline in Net International MigrationU.S. population growth slowed to 0.5% between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, according to the newly released Vintage 2025 population estimates. 010
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Wow! www.bbc.com/news/live/cn... "An ordinary American woman has brought down a British Prince..."bbc.comPrince Andrew stripped of 'prince' title and will move out of Royal LodgeBuckingham Palace says he will now been known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. Virginia Giuffre's family say she has 020
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 28/08/2025The data community needs to weigh in here, not just on “privacy,” but on data “stewardship,” the way data curators see their ethical responsibilities. The administration has a completely different understanding, namely that all “data” is fair game for their agenda. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/b...nytimes.comTrump Is Claiming Mortgage Fraud to Attack Enemies. Is Your Information Public? 220
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 07/08/2025More on Trump’s proposals for the census, and the federal statistical system…. apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comTrump seeks to change how census collects data and wants to exclude immigrants in US illegallyPresident Donald Trump has instructed the Commerce Department to change how the Census Bureau collects data, seeking to exclude immigrants in the United States illegally. 031
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 04/08/2025More tinkering: When to report. Who does what, BLS or Census Bureau. What about private sector surveys? What else could one use to measure unemployment, a new question once the Social Security Act [1935] authorized unemployment “insurance.” More to come... 000
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 04/08/2025The “Current Population Survey” was born and has been around ever since. We have a “data series”! 000
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 04/08/20254. Get the tabulation report out fast, preferably 2-3 weeks after the data collection. 5.Who’s going to pay for it? For ~10 years, a government “experiment,” originally the “monthly report on the labor force,” late 1930s-1940s, to work out kinks. [Skipping WWII here, a big part of the story.] 000
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 04/08/20253. Let’s get the definition straight: a person was only unemployed if in the right demographic [not too old, not too young], and actually looking for work the week the sample surveyors came around. 000
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 04/08/20252. Probability sampling [a hot new thing at the time], would permit frequent simple measurement [monthly!], so we’ll need a staff of “field interviewers.” 010
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 04/08/20251. Unemployment fluctuates a lot with the cycles of the larger economy, and needs frequent measurement. A census is the wrong instrument to measure it. Too expensive, too slow for the reporting..... 000
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 04/08/2025The “data” were unsatisfactory, irregularly reported, long story short, the Depression accelerated technical work on the issue. [A truncated version of the issues…] 000
datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 04/08/2025A question for the “occupied” population went on the 1880 census, usa.ipums.org/usa-action/v..., asking the “number of months this person has been unemployed during the census year.” Stayed with changes until 1930 census, including a Congressionally mandated “unemployment census” in 1930 and 1931.usa.ipums.org IPUMS USA: descr: MOUNEMP 000