Data
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uncorrelated@uncorrelated_White by Default? The viral posts were right. We scraped 5.5 million criminal records and 1.5 million mugshots from 39 states. 29% of Hispanics are being misclassified as White in official Departme...
SummaryResearchers analyzed 5.5 million criminal records and 1.5 million mugshots from 39 states, finding that approximately 29% of Hispanics are systematically misclassified as White in official Department of Corrections databases, even when Hispanic classification is explicitly available. Using machine learning trained on facial recognition and name demographics, they achieved 92.76% accuracy in racial classification and confirmed the misclassification bias is real, not anecdotal—correcting for it increases reported Hispanic criminal rates by 20-31% while decreasing White rates by 4-6%.Nov 19, 202511 tweets♥ 26.8K
SoSoValue@SoSoValueCrypto1/ 📅 On September 5 at 12:30 PM (UTC), The BLS will release the Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) report — the most important monthly indicator of labor market health. Expectations: +75K jobs (prior 73K) and...
SummaryThe BLS will release the Non-Farm Payrolls report on September 5 at 12:30 PM UTC, with expectations of +75K jobs and 4.3% unemployment. This is the most important monthly labor market indicator.Sep 5, 20252 tweets♥ 24.4K
LPP - Latinos Por Poder@LatinosPorPoderEvery legitimate vote in LA deserves to count, but a broken system dilutes our community's voice. Latinos Por Pratt is launching a data-driven election audit of the June 2 mayoral primary. We aren't w...
SummaryLatinos Por Pratt is launching a data-driven audit of LA's June 2 mayoral primary, using voter file analysis and crowdsourced field verification to identify fraudulent addresses and build a legal case to contest the election results before the July 7 filing deadline.Jun 8, 20264 tweets♥ 6.7K
Charly Wargnier@DataChaz