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Jeremy Singer-Vine retweeted
Rosalind Adams@RosalindZAdams30 Dec 2016
Here's my story of how one 6-year-old got locked up for days in a UHS hospital that's under federal investigation. buzzfeed.com/rosalindadams/h…

How A 6-Year-Old Got Locked On A Psych Ward

His mother said the boy had merely thrown a tantrum. But a hospital owned by America’s largest psychiatric chain, UHS, held him for three days — and filed a court petition to keep him even longer....

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The Power Grid@the_power_grid22 Dec 2016
Prairie Wind Power LLC (2008) is a 4 MW, Wind Plant in Jackson County, MN (43.596,-95.383) – at Minnesota, USA
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More than a third of states are barred by law from disclosing the location of an outbreak, or in some cases, even that one occurred. xitter.cf/mcneill_tweets/status/…
@mcneill.bsky.social@McNeill_Tweets22 Dec 2016
Part 4:We show how system protects facilities where superbugs thrive, leaving patients/family/public in dark. reuters.com/investigates/spe…

How hospitals, nursing homes keep deadly 'superbug' outbreaks secret

Vague rules give healthcare providers leeway in deciding when, or even whether, to report clusters of infections. And when they do, the public rarely knows.

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Peter Aldhous@paldhous20 Dec 2016
For those interested, here's the #rstats code behind this piece buzzfeednews.github.io/2016-… buzzfeed.com/peteraldhous/an…
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Peter Aldhous@paldhous20 Dec 2016
Cherry-picking: This is how #climatechange denial works. buzzfeed.com/peteraldhous/an…
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Chris Wilson@chriswilsondc20 Dec 2016
Replying to @jsvine
Welcome to Doña Ana County, proudly the nation’s only ASCII holdout! And welcome to the city of Bedford, VA—oops, we no longer exist
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Lisa Charlotte Muth@lisacmuth12 Dec 2016
I finally wrote a piece about the high-level conclusions from my "1 chart, 24 tools" experiment, on @source: source.opennews.org/en-US/ar…
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Another must-read from @BuzzFeedNews (a sentence I find myself saying more and more often these days). buzzfeed.com/ishmaeldaro/qui…

This Quirky New Viral Video Channel Is Funded By The Russian Government

In The Now promises “news served hot with a side of smile.” It also comes with a dollop of propaganda via its owner, Russia’s government-funded RT.

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Daniel Wagner@wagnerreports14 Dec 2016
SCOOP: Trump Must Give Up DC Hotel Before Inauguration, Feds Say buzzfeed.com/danielwagner/tr… @AramRoston @BuzzFeedNews

Trump Must Give Up Hotel Before Inauguration, Agency Tells Lawmakers

Major development in dispute over Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest: The government agency that leases a taxpayer-owned landmark for Trump’s Washington, DC, hotel has told lawmakers that the...

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Peter Aldhous@paldhous11 Dec 2016
Facebook's algorithm influences our emotions and voting behavior. But there's much more that only Facebook knows. buzzfeed.com/peteraldhous/fa…

Rocked By Fake News Crisis, Facebook Is Under Pressure To Open Up To Experts

Facebook has attracted leading social science researchers with its vast trove of user data. But what they publish is tightly controlled.

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Rosalind Adams@RosalindZAdams9 Dec 2016
My latest on @UHS_Inc: Lawmakers @ChuckGrassley @SenWarren @RepJoeKennedy sound alarms on UHS psych hospitals buzzfeed.com/rosalindadams/l…
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dan nguyen 🐮@dancow8 Dec 2016
What I have off-the-top of my head for do-it-by-hand data journalism projects
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Chris McDaniel@csmcdaniel7 Dec 2016
Goals: Have an entity be worried enough about your reporting that they preemptively purchase a domain buzzfeed.com/rosalindadams/i…
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Ben Smith
@semaforben7 Dec 2016
New data on how Americans fall for fake news, with a big exclusive @ipsosnewspolls poll buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/… via @CraigSilverman

Most Americans Who See Fake News Believe It, New Survey Says

An exclusive Ipsos poll conducted for BuzzFeed News found that 75% of American adults who were familiar with a fake news headline viewed the story as accurate.

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Alex Campbell@alexcampbell2 Dec 2016
JPay, which charges people upwards of 50% to send money to imprisoned relatives, under federal probe: buzzfeed.com/danielwagner/fe… @wagnerreports

Feds Probe Prison Banker As NYC Leaders Try To Cap Its High Fees

The government’s consumer finance watchdog has subpoenaed prison banker JPay Inc., which charges steep fees to transfer money from inmates’ families into their prison accounts. New York City’s public...

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Zachary Mider@zachmider30 Nov 2016
Best part of this @iarnsdorf piece: 593 suspicious emails in favor of deal from Yahoo accounts politi.co/2fSn2rE

Mnuchin foundation donated to groups that vouched for his bank

Trump’s Treasury pick earned millions of dollars from the sale of a bank accused of wrongful foreclosures.

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Elana Zak@elanazak30 Nov 2016
Really looking forward to this @HacksHackersNYC event on news notifications w/ @schmalie @zseward and more eventbrite.com/e/building-be…

Building Better News Notifications (Guardian Mobile Innovation Lab, Quartz, Mic)

This meetup is at full capacity. There are no more tickets available. Building Better News Notifications with the Guardian Mobile Innovation Lab, Quartz and Mic Join journalists, developers and...

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Ben Casselman
@bencasselman30 Nov 2016
Replying to @andrewflowers
@andrewflowers gives 4 reasons why housing policy -- and Trump's HUD selection -- matters: 53eig.ht/2gx35Fn
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Nick Timiraos
@NickTimiraos29 Nov 2016
Quicken is also in litigation with HUD. xitter.cf/nicktimiraos/status/80…
Nick Timiraos
@NickTimiraos29 Nov 2016
Quicken's govt-affairs executive joins Trump's HUD transition team. Quicken is the largest FHA lender (part of HUD) wsj.com/articles/trump-names…

Trump Names Mortgage Industry Lobbyist to HUD Transition Team

President-elect Donald Trump named a top government-relations executive for one of the nation’s largest mortgage companies to the team overseeing the transition at the Department of Housing and Urban...

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Morten Bertelsen@mrt1b29 Nov 2016
<nerd alert> Grading The 2016 Election Forecasts </nerd alert> buzzfeed.com/jsvine/2016-ele…

Grading The 2016 Election Forecasts

Now that the Michigan has finally named an official winner, here’s a detailed look at what went wrong — and right — among high-profile predictions.

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