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Steven Romalewski

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Director, CUNY Mapping Service at the Center for Urban Research, CUNY Graduate Center. More here: www.gc.cuny.edu/people/steven-romal… Some posts are work-related, some are personal. Photo credit: Alex Irklievski

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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 23h
Join handsoffourcens.us this Wednesday for our weekly briefing analyzing the 20,000+ comments published on the proposed decennial census rule. 👉 Register here: tinyurl.com/handsoffourcensus-briefing 📅 Wednesdays, 3–3:30 pm ET ⏰ Comments due Nov 2 (extended from Oct 13)
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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 02/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Census Comment Deadline Extended to November 2! Be proud of what public input can achieve. Let's keep the momentum going. 👉 Visit handsoffourcens.us to learn about the proposed changes and submit your comment.
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Yellow banner at top: "NEW DEADLINE"
Large bold headline showing "OCT 13" (struck through with a purple line and arrow) followed by "NOW 2." in large white text
Subheading: "More time to comment on the proposed 2030 Census rule. Use it."
Key statistics in pink and white text:

4,943 comments asked for more time — representing 1 in 4 of the 19,796 comments posted through Oct. 1
99% of the 4,943 also oppose the rule
97% of the 4,943 asked for 90 days, to Dec. 10
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Extended: 53 days (gray diagonal striped bar)
Requested: 90 days (purple striped bar extending to Dec. 10)
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Website: "handsoffourcens.us" in white text
Source attribution: "regulations.gov, USBC-2026-0628"
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Trump admin is trying to knock out whole categories of info in the 2030 census and make residence rules that shift population numbers to the south. This Q&A w/ @zephoria.bsky.social is very revealing about the urgency of mobilizing in 2026 to stop it www.porchpartynews.com/p/why-the-us...
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Why the US Census is on the brink
Researcher danah boyd watched heroic civil servants pull off the 2020 census amid a global pandemic. But the 2030 count is in peril—and she says the time to save it is now.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 23h
We are vindicated yet again
I'm tired of touching screens. It's time to retvrn to buttons and cranks and knobs
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Josh Levinger @jlev.online · 17/09/2026
Sam Altman replied to me on Twitter long ago, “once we invent AGI we can ask it to solve climate change for us.” Bro, we know how: just stop burning fossil fuels. Turn off the machine that runs on plagiarism and methane gas! These are not serious people. Their brains are cooked by money and power.
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atlasizer.bsky.social @atlasizer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
É noite de eleição no Brasil. O Atlasizer tem resultados interativos da eleição presidencial para cada um dos 5.573 municípios do país. atlasizer.net?s=Brasil,202...
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Live Maps by Sam Hudis
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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Reminds me of this interview with Robert Caro where he says (among other things) that he writes longhand and then types on his Selectric purposefully in order to slow himself down and really think about what he’s trying to communicate. youtu.be/g_20qBHnWrg?...
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Robert Caro Reveals Details of His Final Lyndon Johnson Biography
YouTube video by C-SPAN's Book TV
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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart
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datahistorian.bsky.social @datahistorian.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
More issues with the administration census plan.. countofcounting.substack.com/p/even-the-c...
countofcounting.substack.com
Even the Census Bureau says proposed changes to the 2030 census will degrade data
It’s not just outside data advocates who are warning that proposed changes to the 2030 census by the Trump administration will degrade the nation’s data.
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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
To wit: bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Maybe he’s confusing it with early Intel chips???
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Plot to Enslave America is real and this is it. They're going for it unless we stop them
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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My recent interaction with the campaign: bsky.app/profile/srom...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
All I can see is the @tomtomorrow.bsky.social caricature (complimentary to Tom Tomorrow).
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is how you write a headline about the Eric Schmitt hearing debacle. @rollingstone.com
MAGA Senator Humiliated After Attempt to Corner Jack Smith Backfires Comically
Sen. Eric Schmitt thought he was nailing the special counsel on a conspiracy theory — but he mixed up his basketball teams

By Jack Crosbie

September 29, 2026
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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Interesting analysis.
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Alberto Cairo @albertocairo.com · 28/09/2026
Lovely and deep visual op-ed by Giorgia Lupi: "A.I. is a different kind of technology, because it can deliver an end result before creative thinking has happened at all" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
Opinion | A.I. Shortcuts Are Ruining How We Think (Gift Article)
Anything worth remembering came from a person who did not know where she or he was going until arriving.
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Pete Sikora @petesikora.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yoooo read this banger from Marie French at Politico exposing a right wing lying fraud of a NY-based social influencer who attacks renewable energy. Great exposé work. Go read! www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
An unlikely power player in the fight over solar on farmland
Alexandra Fasulo's attacks on New York solar have reached Washington and the governor's race. The state has struggled to counter her claims, even when they don't hold up.
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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
cc @mhkeller.bsky.social
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Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In a podcast with Ezra Klein, Jensen Huang suggested learning basic math was basically unnecessary. This is a bad and disingenuous take. Read more in my latest article: cinqpersonnes.substack.com/p/long-divis...
cinqpersonnes.substack.com
Long division is important actually.
On learning, and simple skills.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I've posted an analysis of what we can learn from early voting so far michaelmcdonald.substack.com/p/early-voti...
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Early Voting Underway
And what might you draw from it?
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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just picked up my copy of Networks of New York, 2026 edition, by Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com. I’m already using it in the field! Order yours at www.seeingnetworks.in/product/netw...
Networks of NY 2026 in the field!
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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Museums and movies.
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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The window to comment on Trump's illegal and damaging census plan is closing October 13. For guidance on submitting your comment, see this comprehensive and easy-to-use site from our partners at @civilrightsorg.bsky.social, @dataindex.us, and others: handsoffourcens.us
handsoffourcens.us
Hands Off Our Census
The Census Bureau has proposed unprecedented changes to the 2030 Census. Public comment closes October 13, 2026. Here's what's proposed and how to weigh in.
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CUNY Institute for Demographic Research @cunydemography.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Census Quality Reinforcement (CQR) Task Force is organizing a response to proposed changes affecting the 2030 Census. A sign-on letter, public comment resources, and additional materials are available for researchers, practitioners, and organizations. 👇
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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 25/09/2026
Unsurprisingly @petesikora.bsky.social nails it.
But Co-ops and Condos United has deeper ties to the real estate industry than its grassroots branding suggests. The group is a rebranding of Homeowners for a Stronger New York, a prominent critic of Local Law 97. Until its renaming last fall, Homeowners for a Stronger New York received all its funding (over $750,000) from a lobbying group run by the Real Estate Board of New York, or REBNY, which represents some of the city’s largest developers.

Pete Sikora, the director of climate advocacy at New York Communities for Change, said he believes REBNY is using CCU as political cover in its campaign against Local Law 97.

“Everyone hates billionaire landlords,” said Sikora, “so the landlord lobby pays for front groups to try and shift the focus from them to more sympathetic homeowners.”
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APDU @apduorg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Proposed Changes to Demographic Data Collection in the Census Could Impact Efforts to Address Health and Health Care Disparities www.kff.org/racial-equit...
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Proposed Changes to Demographic Data Collection in the Census Could Impact Efforts to Address Health and Health Care Disparities  | KFF
This issue brief provides an overview of the decennial census and discusses potential implications of the changes outlined in a September 2026 proposed rule to prohibit the collection of race and ethn...
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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
And right after I emailed the library they said they ordered a copy. A must-read!
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danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm also embarking on a crazy book tour. Come out to see me! More info can be found here: www.danah.org/data-are-mad...
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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My copy was shipped yesterday and I've emailed our library's circulation team about ordering a copy! Can't wait to read it.
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danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today is Pub Day for "Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census"!!! ::bounce:: Please support me by buying a copy of the book or asking your library for a copy! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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APDU @apduorg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you missed the briefing on Friday, you can watch the recording here: youtu.be/Dmal8RMRCIM?...
youtu.be
The Census Is in Trouble: What You Need to Know About Proposed Changes
YouTube video by dataindex-us
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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I've had life insurance for years. Haven't used it once.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026
DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
DoorDash messed up.
They repeatedly left more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers underpaid or paid late, causing them immense stress and financial difficulty.
That's unacceptable.
We've secured a $131.5M settlement from
DoorDash - the largest worker settlement in NYC history and largest delivery worker settlement in
American municipal history.
Every worker will be paid what they are owed, and every company will be forced to abide by the laws of this city.

LOGOS:
The OFFICE of the MAYOR of NYC
NYC Consumer and Worker Protection Mayor Mamdani and Deliveristas representatives stand behind a podium.Mayor Mamdani signs a giant check.Three delivery workers holding a giant fake check for $131.5M.
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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
His book “A Piece of the Action” was a terrific, illuminating explanation of the massive changes in finance in the US. I’ve recommended it to many people. Sad to see he’s devolved into a covid denialist, etc.
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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
They don’t make politicians like they used to. (Or something like that.)
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kieren @kierenhoward.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Map-making is world-making..” Alex Moulton “What’s being foregrounded and what’s been hidden..?” Nerve Macaspac Great to see @eesgccuny.bsky.social & @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social faculty quoted in @apnews.com on cartography & power! cc: @blackgeographies.bsky.social apnews.com/article/map-...
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This truth emerges as political situations change fast: Maps show us our world, but not neutrally
Maps can anchor us in a place or help us get somewhere else. But while the physical geography of our world can be set in stone, maps aren't.
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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Boxing match update?
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
No, Outlook and every other mail app, I don't want a fucking recap of the day, I don't want email summarized, I don't want a goddamn thing except to get my 99% worthless emails in peace and leave over 10,000 unread ones in my inbox before I decide to mass "mark as read." Let me be human.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It's as if Trump says lies that paint him in the most favorable light. Media organizations with investigative journalists to uncover the facts would never fall for that, right? RIGHT?!
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Steve Jost @jostman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Census Bureau did not do this. The OMB and Commerce Dept imposed it upon them
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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This new @laylaayanna.bsky.social article has a very easy to understand explanation of the problems with shifting the 2030 Census’s residence rule from “where you live and sleep most of the time as of April 1” to your tax return address or ”where you spent most of your time January through March.“
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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
And, of course, excluding non-citizens from the census would harm the whole country and break the law. The latest from @lmillerkaralunas.bsky.social: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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the hills have vrunt @vrunt.social · 19/09/2026
sure yeah, can't even make a stick figure without fucking up and no one at the company gives enough of a shit to even give it another pass but go ahead and take my money so i can use this lazy shit technology every day too
ad for some AI company called evenfall
copy says "meet derek. ai every day. always hitting a wall. then he found evenfall"
the only graphic is a stick figure holding... a tablet maybe? he's missing an arm
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Hudsonette @hudsonette.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It’s the presidency that’s fake, not the news.
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APDU @apduorg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"The level of politicization in this administration is beyond anything I've seen," says Denice Ross, former U.S. chief data scientist and currently director of the Data Policy Institute at the Federation of American Scientists. "I've been doing this work for 25 years." www.axios.com/2026/09/16/t...
axios.com
Trump escalates war on federal data
The administration is actively reshaping or ending collection of government data.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 15/09/2026
"These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the United States Supreme Court, they are merely a shell of their original selves.." Cry more asshole
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Republicans just got another bad decision from the United States
Supreme Court, one that the Court System took forever to give, and then blamed it, in part, on no time left to implement a solution to our totally CORRUPT and out of control Mail-In voting "disaster," which is a laughing stock all over the World, and where we are the only country that has to endure such a Nation Destroying SCAM.
Justices Alito and Thomas, legends both, strongly disagreed with this horrible, highly political, ruling. It is a big loss for Republicans, and America itself, and makes cheating by the Radical Left "Dumocrats," on Mail-In Ballots, a much easier thing to do - And now they have an open field to do so! The Supreme Court has really let our Country down! Certain Justices are petrified of these crazed and depraved Democrats, and are totallydepraved Democrats, and are totally unable to show the courage necessary to save our America. Their horrible decision on Tariffs will be costing the U.S.A., for many years to come, Trillions and Trillions of Dollars. They didn't even state, "money paid does not have to be paid back," much to the benefit of entities that truly hate our Country, and have been RIPPING IT OFF FOR YEARS, unnecessarily costing us, immediately, Billions of Dollars. Likewise, the Supreme Court's Decision on Birthright Citizenship is a complete and total disaster for America, and has already led to massive corruption with respect to
"citizenship" in our Country. The damage done to America is incalculable, and they know this, just as everyone else does - It is an irreparable and unrecoverable harm!
The Court's inability and unwillingness to do the right thing for our Country will go down, in a very negative way, in the annals of History. This Supreme-
the annals of History. This Supreme Court is bullied and cajoled by the Radical Left into making decisions that have set America back at least a
hundred years. These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the United States Supreme Court, they are merely a shell of their original selves, a Court that is costing the United States Trillions of Dollars with shockingly bad rulings that are of such magnitude that it won't be easily possible for our Country to recover or heal. It is a Court that will go down as having rendered some of the most destructive, hurtful, and damaging decisions in our Country's history. It is not easy for me to write this criticism of the United States Supreme Court - it will likely cost me dearly for years to come - but I feel it my obligation and duty, as President, to do so for the America we love! Thank you for your attention to this very important matter. God bless the U.S.A. President DONALD J.
TRUMP
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Do you use census data? Do you use *any* survey data? Do you vote, drive, ride transit, run a business, care about public health or education, expect your community's emergency response plan to work? If you answered yes to any of these, then the changes proposed for the decennial census affect YOU.
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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I visited the 3D model exhibit after we chatted. Impressive!
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