Here’s a link to the document where I collected links to some of the stories and other things Tom and I talked about at #pyconus. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zp-ssAzuCoLqA1Mm7j9lsDBX-Xt0WZPqyiv8OQZ3V3Y/edit

Thank you #pyconus for having me as a speaker and for everyone who made that happen. I’m always happy to talk about using code for journalism and to hear how others are using #python in other spaces to understand the world.

Issues of housing and encampment sweeps are shaping Pittsburgh's mayoral race, but Kalena Thomhave finds that the contours of the local debates here are different than in many other cities: https://boltsmag.org/pittsburgh-homeless-encampments-housing-sweeps/

If anyone involved in the #PyConUS Climbing the Stack open space could share some contact information, please send me a private mention. I'd love to join, but can't meet at 5 p.m.

Here's the home version of my #NICAR25 hands-on session introducing using the command line, as well as a tip sheet. https://github.com/ghing/nicar-2025-command-line

Arizona voters will soon decide on Prop 312, a measure that could ramp up police responses to homelessness by allowing property owners to claim tax refunds for costs like private security and cleanups. https://boltsmag.org/arizona-prop-312-unhoused-ballot-measure/

Nuestra historia de declaraciones falsos sobre #inmigracion fue traducida por Documented.https://documentedny.com/2024/10/25/trump-inmigracion-verificamos/

There's a lot on the ballot in the upcoming general #election beyond the presidential, senate and house races. Pascal Sabino of Bolts and I put one #Arizona ballot measure, Prop 312, in the context of broader clashes over how to address #homelessness

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/10/25/arizona-prop-312-unhoused-ballot-measure

Pretty much my entire newsroom collaborated to fact check #Trump ‘s repeated false claims about #immigration identified using some smart computational methods by Anna Flagg.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/10/21/fact-check-12000-trump-statements-immigrants

Numerous locations in the western United States, extending from the San Francisco Bay Area in California to the Front Range of Colorado, are currently experiencing their hottest temperatures on record for any October date. #CAwx #AZwx #COwx

Dust and valley fever: The incidence and range of valley fever has grown dramatically, and some experts warn that the fungus is growing increasingly resistant to drugs — a phenomenon they say is due to the spraying of antifungal agents on crops. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-10-02/the-threat-of-valley-fever-is-growing-in-central-california

I wrote a brief roundup of how #unhoused people are still fighting for their #CivilRights around the destruction of their belongings by #police or city workers, even after the Grants Pass #supremecourt decision. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/09/28/phoenix-california-homeless-supreme-court

"It's a win because we won't have a damaging record, but also it's difficult. It's a struggle for our family because now we have to find somewhere else to go," Tahira Handeland said. https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/valley-family-fights-eviction-filing-by-city-phoenix-in-court-navigating-affordable-housing-crisis/75-325b44c0-ca13-4084-9314-916c91c82df1 #housing #phoenix #eviction

A new #law goes into effect today in #Louisiana that will make it a misdemeanor for anyone, including #journalists, to be within 25 feet of a police officer if the officer orders them back.

Louisiana is the 4th state to enact one of these so-called #police "buffer laws," which allow officers to order people to keep their distance.

https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-police-buffer-law

Numerous people died under the care of Turn Key, a growing #jail medical provider. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/07/30/oklahoma-jail-turn-key-health-deaths

The #California ballot measure rolls back reforms made by an earlier ballot measure. My colleague wrote about #proposition36 and broader efforts to roll back #CriminalLegalSystem reforms: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/08/01/california-illinois-crime-public-safety-reform

A #missouri #prison refused to release a man after a #court overturned his murder conviction. https://www.kunc.org/npr-news/2024-07-29/missouri-man-remains-in-prison-after-the-states-high-court-puts-his-release-on-hold

“The #Grants#Pass ruling doesn’t change the state’s ability to address actual public #safety threats, but it also doesn’t give the state or cities free rein to clear encampments and criminalize homelessness,” Myers said. “Shifting the state’s priorities to erasing the evidence of #homelessness instead of housing people is going to make this crisis worse, not better, and it will lead to more litigation and court injunctions.”

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-07-25/gov-gavin-newsom-orders-state-agencies-to-clear-homeless-camps-and-encourages-cities-to-do-so

With context and commentary by Amanda Stevenson https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/25/health/infant-mortality-increase-2022-cdc/index.html

#GavinNewsom orders #California state agencies to force #unhoused people out of encampments, compels cities to do the same. https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2024/07/newsom-homeless-encampments-order/