Over the past few months I've had to ask myself the painful question, "Is the Times the building or is the Times The Times?" Answer: "The Times is The Times." We'll carry on.

Thanks Ben.

L.A. City Hall after the storm 6-20-19, 6:18 p.m.

May I correct my Cognac inspired caption? It was 3-20-19.

🌖 #LATENITETWITTER 🌖 Be the first to read our latest @LATdatadesk joint. It's a U.S. Census Bureau hack from Sarah Parvini (سارا) and Ellis Simani. Data, graphics, photos, shoeleather and "aspirational whiteness." This one has it all. latimes.com/projects/la-me…

Touché. But you're coming with us.

Dear journo world, look out for our dude Ellis Simani. He's a good one!

🖥️🧮 #MATH 🧮🖥️ This morning your @LATdatadesk is releasing census-error-analyzer, a Python tool for examining the margin of error in U.S. Census Bureau data. github.com/datadesk/censu… It lets you quickly compare two estimates to see if they are truly statistically different.

“The public’s frustration and anger around what they’re seeing as a lack of progress is legitimate,” said Miguel Santana, who has been overseeing L.A.'s $1.2 billion homeless housing bond latimes.com/california/sto… w/Doug Smith

Thanks for the note Daniel. Abode and Mercy were listed as owners. Mayor's office said LAFH was providing services. As servicer providers weren't mentioned in other cases, I left it out.

A home releases a creative burst. New works by Terrance Whitten: latimes.com/california/sto…

It was nice meeting the OG Doug Smith last night at the SPJLA banquet (as well as most of the Los Angeles Times staff that came to support him). Doug said jokingly L.A. TACO🌴🌮 is the only publication he doesn't mind getting scooped by because he loves to see us succeed. 📸 by Desmond Ray

Journos: Read and absorb every word of this brilliant piece by Maz Hamilton. (Also: Best of luck in what’s next!) medium.com/@newsmary/13-t…

For journalists - false positive risk is real and another reason tondo stories not studies. x.com/mathpolresearc…

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I didn't want to care about Charles Manson's body. Joseph Serna made me: latimes.com/local/lanow/la….

CA wildfires exposed deadly flaws in emergency notification. Paige St. John found that technology could aid or impede the human process: latimes.com/local/lanow/la…

Key: Jeff Bezos changed the strategy, but left most of The Washington Post's top management in place. Due to a series of departures before his purchase, Dr. Pat Soon-Shiong will need to quickly make a series of top management hires at Los Angeles Times. x.com/SandyFiresign/…

LA Times data editor Ben Welsh Ben Welsh takes us on a lovely photo tour of the soon to be forsaken Los Angeles Times downtown building: x.com/palewire/statu…

I guess you could call it a badass coincidence: got home tonight, through downtown, Chinatown, South Pas and Pasadena with no toe down; only second time in 15 years. x.com/jpanzar/status…