Hot dog summer! 🎡 Coney Island 🎆 July 4th 🌭 A big plate of hot dogs ... and a group of gustatory gladiators all striving to be champion of the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest. Learn the history, techniques and how much 75 hot dogs weigh here: tmsnrt.rs/3qP53W3

Speaking of cores, back in 2019 Lucas Jackson , travishartman & I took a trip to LDEO and put together a piece about how important the study of coral reefs cores is to understand the past and future of the oceans graphics.reuters.com/CLIMATE-CHANGE…

Really wonderful to work alongside my very far away colleagues CatherineTai and @WenFoo_Reuters and my very nearby editor Julia Wolfe on this project 50 years in the making. Spoilers ahead! tmsnrt.rs/3trrzHB

Really fun and interesting piece to work on- Julia Wolfe and Ally J. Levine were tremendous help in bringing it to high luster

In what may be some of the most meticulous lawn care in sports, the grass courts at Wimbledon are cut to an exact 8mm high for the tournament, which Wimbledon says is the ideal for both play and its survival #Wimbledon reuters.com/graphics/TENNI…

LEGO Based 3Doodler Uses Regular Filament wp.me/pk3lN-CQ8

The DOJ crime victims fund in the FY16 federal budget looks like some wacky bookkeeping. Anyone been down that rabbit hole? Tom Meagher?

Attn fellow photo nerds: Don't miss this in-depth look at how NPR visuals team evolved their photo story presentation: source.opennews.org/en-US/learning…

.Christopher Ingraham🦗's awesome story exploring beautiful - and disturbing - DEA patches washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog…

Do new policies by contact lens makers amount to illegal price-fixing? nyti.ms/1xDG2iF

Who Wants Night Vision Eye Drops? wp.me/pk3lN-Dhx

We put eggs on burgers. We put eggs on cookies, barley and beets, all for the cause of #putaneggonit: npr.org/blogs/thesalt/… Chris Vivion

Sums a lot of things up here. Really nice presentation. Though, he did he crop Iwo Jima. Not sure what that's about vimeo.com/122852255

True Detective, Season 2. It's real. It's coming June 21. And it has mustaches. youtube.com/watch?v=4OfU7C…

The history of camera sales, with smart phones included. (ht Max Roser Source: petapixel.com/2015/04/09/thi…)

Didn't realize til I wrote it, but I have strong feelings about bacon egg & cheese on a roll and its siblings: nytimes.com/2015/04/15/din…

Star Wars speed chart: tmsnrt.rs/1ZgnE9g pic.x.com/2WLfJ12z07

How long does it usually take the Senate to decide on a Supreme Court nominee? tmsnrt.rs/1WQw1IP

A breakdown by country, year and sport of top Summer Games medal winners: tmsnrt.rs/2aax4j4

In honor of Liz Lucas' last day at Investigative Reporters & Editors, I'm sharing a few of my favorite Liz memories. First: Atlanta, NICAR15