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In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers.

See what changes are in store for your county.

https://propub.li/3C2UI2U

#Climate #Environment #Wildfires #Data #ClimateChange #Research

How Segregated Are Your Local Private Schools? We Made a Tool to Help You Find Out.
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Our reporters mined a trove of data that revealed detailed demographic information about private schools. That helped us find illuminating stories about how those schools divide communities.

https://www.propublica.org/article/segregation-academies-demographic-data-private-schools?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Education #School #Segregation #History #Data

ProPublica just launched a database to explore detailed demographic information about thousands of private schools across the country.

Here’s how to use it.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-private-school-demographics-lookup

#News #Data #Research #School #Education

NEW REPORT: UK Political Parties' canvassing apps threaten voter privacy with security vulnerabilities and commercially owned infrastructure.

Data is driving elections, deciding how to focus efforts and target messaging. We lose in a data arms race.

Read more ⬇️

#dataprotection #GDPR #data #democracy #ukpolitics #politicalparties #labour #conservatives #libdems #privacy

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-voter-data-privacy-concerns-over-apps-used-by-political-parties/

There is no AI, just other people's data.

#robot #comic #ai #data #people #noai

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Among the data used by Cambridge Analytica to profile gun owners in the database: income, debt, religious affiliation, whether they liked the paintings of Thomas Kinkade and whether the underwear women had purchased was plus size or petite.

https://www.propublica.org/article/guns-lobbying-cambridge-analytica-nssf-privacy-elections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Data #Privacy #Technology #Guns #Tech #USPolitics #Trump

Washington Governor Orders Team to Study Data Centers’ Impact on Energy Use, Job Creation and Tax Revenue
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Last year, The Seattle Times and ProPublica reported on how the state created a massive tax break for data centers, encouraging the growth of an industry whose energy use conflicts with a goal for utilities to go carbon neutral by 2030.

https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-data-centers-study-bob-ferguson?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Washington #Data #Energy #Climate #Labor #Taxes #Tech #Sustainability