B Jarosz

@datageekb.bsky.social

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Data geek. Here for demography, public health, social justice, evidence-based policymaking, and math jokes.

Screenshot of Census Bureau presentation describing data challenges with input data for current domestic migration estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Details https://www.census.gov/data/academy/webinars/2026/methodology-updates-vintage-2025-estimates.html
Photo of Pacific ocean taken from Amtrak window
White House statement "NEW DATA: Lower Prices, Bigger Paychecks The White House November 10, 2025 President Donald J. Trump’s bold economic agenda is delivering real results for American families — with new data from DoorDash’s State of Local Commerce report confirming that inflation has been tamed, everyday prices are beginning to drop, and wages are growing."
View of old Terminal 1 as a pile of rubble and dirt.
Truth social screenshot of ad that reads "Gavin Newsom wants to paint California blue and stop Trump" With a note that it's AI generated and paid for by CA Republican Party
Text-dense infographic summarized as follows due to character limit: Texas farmers and ranchers don't just feed our families, they help feed the world. Economic losses: These cuts now mean a shortage of 197 critical USDA staff for Texas producers but that's not all because they are also owed millions of dollars in unreimbursed USDA contracts ($2.7B nationwide, $203.4M to 1,845 farms and ranches in Texas alone). The USDA just lost 1 in 7 people. That's over 15,000 jobs cut. 58% of food safety scientists 1,400 people at APHIS who are key in fighting animal diseases 20% of USDA veterinarians 4,000 folks at USDA's farm production conservation division 3,600 staff from NCRS
Tennis balls on a factory assembly line
Cat sitting in a plant pot alongside a fennel plant.
Crowded sidewalks and signs
Chart from NYTimes showing ICE arrests by criminal history.
Population pyramids 2020 through 2070
Chart showing DOF 2023 and 2025 forecast updates, with 2025 lower.
Quote from HUD.gov "U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development The Radical Left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American people unless they get their $1.5 trillion wish list of demands. The Trump administration wants to keep the government open for the American people."
Update on the ACS Online Community September 12, 2025 Dear Online Community Members, Thank you for your participation in the American Community Survey (ACS) Data Users Group Online Community. Since its inception in 2013, the community has grown to over 7,000 members, sharing messages, materials, and announcements related to the ACS. Unfortunately, the U.S. Census Bureau was not able to renew the contract with the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) to maintain the site, and the online community will sunset on September 30, 2025.  We hope you will consider continuing your engagement on PRB's Federal Data Forum Online Community. You can also stay connected to the Census Bureau by subscribing to ACS email updates or contacting the ACS. Thank you, Donna M. Daily Chief, American Community Survey Office U.S. Census Bureau Diana Elliott, Ph.D. Senior Vice President, Programs Population Reference Bureau
Photo: Enid Haupt garden. July 2025.
Protest at a crossroads: the Boston Tea Party and the destruction of property in America. Americans have a long tradition of using property destruction and vandalism as tools of protest...
Table showing monthly telework share of workforce data Oct 2022-May 2025. Full data available at https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNU0201B46B
APDU unConference 2025 Connect Learn Strategize
TACO TUESDAY social media post from ultraconservative KOGO 600 radio.
Screenshot of Regulations.gov with a prominent call to "submit your deregulatory recommendations"
Tweet from DOGE that reads: Besides the Census itself, the @USCensusBureau performs 102 additional surveys costing $2.2 billion, many of them obsolete with the results not being used to drive any action nor even looked at. The Census Bureau and DOGE are reviewing them one-by-one. So far, 5 wasteful surveys, totaling 493 pages of questions and $16.5M in costs, have been terminated, with questions like: - “In your entire life, have you had at least 12 drinks of any kind of alcohol, not counting small tastes or sips?” - “Was this MOSTLY regular wine, wine coolers, or fortified wine?” - “How frequently do you use the internet in your home?”
Screenshots of FACADatabase.gov with from March and April 2025. April's shows a "site can't be reached" error.
Screenshot of https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/nsch/data/datasets.2023.html with highlighted text "Page Last Revised - September 17, 2024"
Screenshot of cancellation notice for May 2025 NAC. Full text at https://www.census.gov/about/cac/nac/future-meetings.html
Screenshot that reads "Census Scientific Advisory Committee – 2025 Spring Meeting: March 13-14, 2025 March 13, 2025 Meeting Information This meeting is cancelled.
Map showing FEMA payouts by staye with TX, LA, and FL dramatically higher than any other state.
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Screenshot of page noting "Data.CDC.gov is temporarily offline Data.CDC.gov is temporarily offline in order to comply with Executive Order 14168 Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government and the OPM notice dated January 29, 2025, “Initial Guidance Regarding President Trump’s Executive Order Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government (Defending Women).” The website will resume operations once in compliance. Last Reviewed: January 31, 2025 Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention"
The page you're looking for was not found error on URL for LGBTQ youth health disparities.
Screenshot of California Medicaid portal with error message "This site can't be reached."
Screenshot of aid access insta with "couldn't load image" error.
Image showing the components of international migration estimates and how new data sources/methods have changed the count over time. (Details at link in post.)
Screenshot of post with 3,595 likes
AI prompt that reads "What is the total fertility rate for each state in the United States?" With answer "Total fertility rate data for each state in the United States is not available from public datasets."
Screenshot of report from CDC that reads: "What are the recent trends in obesity and severe obesity in adults? From 2013–2014 through August 2021–August 2023, the age-adjusted prevalence of obesity in adults did not change significantly, while the age-adjusted prevalence of severe obesity increased from 7.7% to 9.7% (Figure 4, Table 4). Changes in the prevalence of obesity and severe obesity between the two most recent survey cycles, 2017–March 2020 and August 2021–August 2023, were not significant." And a chart that shows the trends as described in the text.
Screenshot of an article with title "Meet the HENRYS: The Six-Figure Earners Who Don’t Feel Rich"
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #1,777,209, B Jarosz ‪@datageekb.bsky.social‬, joined on Oct 30, 2023"
Screenshot of first page of brief. Title is "Disclosure Avoidance and the Supplemental Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (S-DHC): How PHSafe Works."
Chart showing lower total number of births and lower fertility rate (births per 1,000 women) in the U.S. 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Screenshot from YouTube showing a National Library of Medicine definition of abortion that's been appended to a webinar recording.
Chart showing a dip in drug overdose deaths. Data and details available at link in post.
Powerpoint slide with link shared in post.
Chart showing response rates are falling across multiple surveys.
Survey response rate chart starts over 80% and ends closer to 50%