Over half of the calories consumed by Americans come from ultra-processed foods. 😢

Wrote all about UPFs and how businesses like Walmart are now working to eliminate synthetic additives from its food products.

Graphics from @stephenbeard.bsky.social, story: www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...

Looked at cases of terrorism and political violence within the U.S for a new story.

There were more terrorism attacks in the first six months of 2025 than there were last year, and they more heavily targeted government facilities and personnel in 2025.

www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...

The FAA is short about 3,000 air traffic controllers nationwide, and those shortages aren't spread evenly throughout the system.

I mapped out how staffed facilities are based on their staffing goals in a story with @zlwichter.bsky.social www.usatoday.com/story/travel...

Broke down the formula used to calculate Trump's tariffs in a story: usatoday.com/story/graphi...

Still having trouble getting into Bluesky… but it was super easy & fun for me to integrate into Rednote/Xiaohongshu 🤣

Add me there if you’re on it!

It's so fitting that Sarasota's namesake is a mystery and probably just came from a random name someone made up. (from archaeologysrq.org)

It’s overall voter turnout - purple indicates decrease, but it’s a bit less clear in the gif. Here’s how it looks in the story:

Front page today with @alannguyen.bsky.social for our story on Thanksgiving dinner costs! www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...

The middle one in this screenshot:

Here's our analysis of election votes where we highlighted the red shift and changes in voter turnout from 2020 to 2024 for @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...

I’m such a fan of this game that I bought a power washer irl and they are so worth the hype

hello bluesky this is a turkey I just made and his name is Turkïye 🦃