remember wordlebot? today we're unveiling wordlebot 2.0, now with new features, a new algorithm, and fancy new sneakers https://t.co/atnY7um8cN

Will there be a needle? A quick thread.

April 8 is eclipse day🌑🌞! If you're planning to watch it, use our handy tool to see what historical cloud cover was like at your location. We will update this page with real weather forecast data closer to the day of. w/ @jshkatz @willy_maps

Smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to blanket the Northeast with pollution. @aatishb + @msk on just how bad the air was in NYC / why smoke is so hard to forecast: https://t.co/6tQiy4CoVt

Helpful chart from @aatishb + @jshkatz + @sangerkatz on how bad the smoke was in NYC yesterday: https://t.co/4CZ6Sniz4f

It’s been clear for years that workers without a college degree have been migrating away from the most expensive parts of the country. In this project, @gebeloffnyt @jshkatz + I show that *college-educated workers* are now migrating away from them, too. https://t.co/3pkAVaC2qi

One of many good charts in today's deep dive into college-educated migration, by @emilymbadger + @gebeloffnyt + @jshkatz: https://t.co/Sd0KNWGySd

New this week over in Upshot, we've launched a companion product to Spelling Bee, called Bee Buddy, which will offer you customized hints that update as you play Spelling Bee, every day. https://t.co/lrhLsclCO4

So you want to turn an office building into housing? Let's dig into how that actually works, and why older buildings are much easier to convert. w/ the amazing @larrybuch https://t.co/1bj4U5HWR2

The presidential budget got lots of attention this week. How likely is it to match up with reality? @aliciaparlap @jshkatz and I took a look back and how previous presidential budgets have performed.

Republicans in the House have been talking about balancing the budget. Since budget season kicks off this week, @aliciaparlap @jshkatz and I took a look at what that would take.

This contract is more than an investment in us: This is an investment in the future of the @nytimes and an investment in the public that we serve. I’m walking out with 1,150 of my @NYTimesGuild colleagues for a fair and complete contract.

If @NYTimesGuild members don't have a deal soon, we’re asking readers to not engage in any @nytimes platforms tomorrow and stand with us on the digital picket line! Read local news. Listen to public radio. Pull out a cookbook. Break your Wordle streak.

Tunisia is currently IN to the round of 16 -- unless any of the other three teams scores a goal https://t.co/ETEekGNgcG

The exceptionally American problem of rising roadway fatalities: https://t.co/N0CKfqXuV9

it is back https://t.co/9HYh3lxK8T

Absolute bloodbath in wordle-land today…just 41 percent solving after 6 turns. Normally it’s around 99 percent.

spike in people choosing QUEEN as their first guess in this morning's Wordle

Earlier this year I worked with the @UpshotNYT crew on WordleBot: it implements a solving algorithm and uses that to rate players on skill and luck WordleBot just got a big update. To celebrate I wanted to share some fun tech details of the "screenshot recognizer" feature... 🧵