Daniel G Cappa
@danicappa.bsky.social
Journalist ✍🏻 — Passion for visual storytelling 📈 — Everything about maps 🗺️ — Personal account — 🇻🇪🇬🇧 My blog: www.gcappa.com
A Venezuelan toddler who had been kept in US government custody after her parents were deported has been returned to Venezuela.
Toddler held in US after parents’ deportation has been returned to Venezuela | CNN
Venezuela has been demanding that the United States return two-year-old Maikelys Antonella Espinoza Bernal for weeks, accusing US officials of kidnapping her.
cnn.com
Denied, detained, deported: the people targeted in Trump’s immigration crackdown
Denied, detained, deported: the people targeted in Trump’s immigration crackdown
These are some of the people ensnared by the administration’s unprecedented measures to target people it believes oppose its agenda
theguardian.com
From our friends in NYT Graphics: "We analyzed import data to show where Americans may see product shortages, fewer choices and price increases." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Your Home Without China
We analyzed import data to show where Americans may see product shortages, fewer choices and price increases.
nytimes.com
“The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads.” No text has hit me so hard in the last weeks. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
No, you’re not fine just the way you are: time to quit your pointless job, become morally ambitious and change the world
Most working people can be put into one of three categories, from idealistic yet unambitious to greedy and immoral. But there is another option …
theguardian.com
“I only wanted the work—real imagery from real Baltimore, from the ground up—to get out into the world and it did,” Allen says of his now iconic 'Time' cover and subsequent photography.
Ten Years Ago, Devin Allen’s Baltimore Uprising Photo Made the Cover of ‘Time,’ Launching His Singular Career
He was only the third amateur photographer to ever land the front page, but Allen didn’t care about the acclaim. What mattered was that his pictures had not been reframed to fit some pre-existing repu...
baltimoremagazine.com
Economic uncertainty update: The thing about veering wildly between policy positions, favouring and then discarding a new maverick advisor each week, and using contradictory justifications at every turn, is that even if one particular pivot is in the direction of sanity, chaos is the constant.
Exploring tree coverage and loss with Google Earth Engine thanks to the folks of @journocoders.bsky.social
As the White House confirms 104% tariffs on all Chinese goods imports - some analysis from me on what it means for the rest of us. ✍️👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What would a US-China trade war do to the world economy?
The US president says he will hit Beijing with further tariffs, as global markets continue to fall.
bbc.co.uk
Last week, I wrote about how authoritarianism leads to poverty and corruption. Feels like an appropriate moment to post it again. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
theatlantic.com
A quick glance at the tariffs: who is affected the most?
With the level of confusion Gen AI is now causing in relation to news events, it might be time for a comprehensive thread with a step-by-step guide on spotting and verifying AI-generated content, including AI audio, images and videos. It'll take some time, but is worth the effort, so stay tuned.
"I sat and drew him for a couple of hours and he told me his story... explaining the scars, the chipped teeth and the limp he carried." George Butler has made a career of illustrating the stories of people touched by conflict. @alexoco.bsky.social for @telegraphnews.bsky.social. bit.ly/4jiH1wN
The Artist Sketching the Messy Aftermath of War
George Butler travels the world drawing places and people touched by conflict. He shares his return to Syria in the weeks after Assad fell We talk of old souls, but the illustrator George Butler is...
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✈️👀 A traditional ICE Air flight from PHX- El Paso- Brownsville TX - Miami to Guantanamo is scheduled. The plane is now in Miami. Unclear if transferring in, or, or both.
Hay una forma de resumir todo esto: Hay algo que se llama "el método científico". ¿Necesitas/quieres refutar una teoría? Aplica el método científico.
El Barroquista@elbarroquista.bsky.social · last yr.Esto se llama persecución ideológica. El brote de anticiencia lo pagaremos caro. Estas modas ya están llegando a España, con gente que si base académica o científica decide que todo lo que no le da la razón es "woke" y debe ser eliminado. elpais.com/cultura/2025...
Made a chart of deportation flights from the US with the data collected by @tomcartwright.bsky.social, which includes military flights. I used R and d3.js
President Trump’s first four years in the White House were filled with falsehoods. Now he and those around him are using false claims to justify their policy changes.
Trump Leads a ‘Machinery’ of Misinformation in Second Term
President Trump’s first four years in the White House were filled with falsehoods. Now he and those around him are using false claims to justify their policy changes.
nytimes.com
Recently, I have significantly improved my skills in D3.js and Svelte. I created a chart that compares NATO countries in Europe’s defence spending in 2024 against their spending in 2014.
Great scoop from @peter.andringa.me The Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador and dumped in prison thought they were going to Venezuela. They had signed paperwork to go home. via @FT www.ft.com/content/dbfa...
Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador had signed paperwork to go home
[FREE TO READ] Families and activists say deportees signed documents to return to Venezuela but were sent to Salvadoran jail instead
ft.com
Support for the Far Right is highest in countries with the least immigration. (Via The Economist)
Putin’s secret weapon: The threat to the UK lurking on our sea beds Damage to critical undersea cables raises alarms in the Baltic. Take a look at our latest piece, investigating the rising threat of hybrid warfare and what it means for global security. www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
Two-thirds of the Earth’s surface experienced record heat in 2024. See where and by how much – visualised
Two-thirds of the Earth’s surface experienced record heat in 2024. See where and by how much – visualised
In oceans and on land, from the north to the south pole, records were smashed for the monthly average temperature
theguardian.com
“It is almost impossible to know exactly what is happening at Guantánamo at this moment. I’m not sure the Trump administration really understands what is happening.” @clavelrangel.bsky.social
‘A human rights disaster’: immigrants sent into Guantánamo black hole despite no proof of crime
Homeland security chief Kristi Noem claims the US is shipping ‘criminal alien murderers’ to the Cuba naval base – but the immigrants’ true stories remain enigmatic
theguardian.com