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Kasha Patel
@KashaPatel
Not the FBI director | Journalist @capitalweather @washingtonpost | Founder of @DCScienceComedy
Washington, DC
youtube.com/kashablanca
Joined October 2011
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    Kasha Patel
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    Feb 1, 2019
    I analyzed 500+ of my jokes & found some interesting things about my #sciencejokes. You can hear me talk about it in my @TEDx talk! Full video of data analysis: youtu.be/Pu7yQIlJLUw More analysis to come in 2019! #DataGeek #sciencecomedy #jokeanalysis #funnydata #datascience
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    Kasha Patel
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    Sep 16, 2022
    Wow wow wow..my fav story I've worked on. The positive story, visuals, design, editing, & collaboration 😍 After a 130-year absence, condors are soaring in Northern California again with the help of an Indigenous tribe and scientists. See the excitement: washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…
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    Kasha Patel
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    Feb 28, 2020
    What an interesting story to work on with data viz wiz @jscarto. It's amazing what impacts you can see from space. #coronavirus
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    Joshua Stevens
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    Feb 28, 2020
    #Coronavirus: Amid efforts to reduce pollution in #China, the signal from quarantines remains clear. Unlike the past, activity levels have not rebounded after the Chinese New Year. New reporting from @KashaPatel & me earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/146362/… #maps #dataviz
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    Kasha Patel
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    Jul 9, 2021
    From the Capital Weather Gang, I'm Kasha Patel.
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    Capital Weather
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    Jul 9, 2021
    Big news for CWG: We're thrilled @KashaPatel will be our new deputy weather editor, starting work on July 19. Very excited for her to join our team :)
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    Kasha Patel
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    Oct 14, 2021
    Saw the guy from the Priceline commercials went to space today. He really is good at negotiating fares.
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    Kasha Patel
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    Feb 2, 2022
    My latest article contains no less than 9 puns, four movie references, and critiques of Phil's forecasts. I like to think I keep the holiday grounded.
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    Capital Weather
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    Feb 2, 2022
    JUST IN: Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil furrsees another six weeks of winter 🌨️ Is he digging himself a hole? Here's our take based off of models and numbers, at least until we can get our own forecasting groundhog 😄 wapo.st/3rkMBGR
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    Kasha Patel
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    Feb 16, 2018
    I have officially been identified as a "Science Comedian and journalist" by the BBC. I think I'm done being productive in 2018 now. Thanks to @BBCWorld for having me on to talk about my science-themed comedy and my shows I founded under the name of @DCScienceComedy!
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    Kasha Patel
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    Mar 1, 2023
    NPR re-promoted a story from 1993 about the discovery of the shape of DNA. It has no mention of Rosalind Franklin, who took the x-ray photo that clearly showed the double helix structure. You can't change old reporting, but you could have done better now. This was a choice. 😮‍💨
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    Kasha Patel
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    Apr 8, 2024
    This is what dreams sound like. Totality hits near El Salto, Mexico. I followed a group of physics professors and student researchers, who were recreating one of the most famous astronomical experiments: proving Einstein’s theory of general relativity. (1/3)
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    Kasha Patel
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    Jan 31, 2023
    Claude Monet & J.M.W. Turner are better impressionist artists than we knew. As industrial air pollution grew in their careers, skies in their paintings got hazier. Scientists found 61% of contrast changes in their paintings tracked w/growing air pollution.
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    That dreamy haze in Monet’s impressionist paintings? Air pollution, study says.
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    Kasha Patel
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    Nov 8, 2021
    I do non-climate reporting too.
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    Dave Jorgenson
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    Nov 8, 2021
    Today’s first @washingtonpost TikTok features Glasgow but not Glascow vm.tiktok.com/ZM8CNmy1N/
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    Kasha Patel
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    Jul 7, 2020
    On the first episode of Fact-Checking Space Force, Bobak (@tweetsoutloud) reveals his obsession with determining fonts on the sides of buildings. Watch the full episode of #FactChecking @realspaceforce here: youtube.com/watch?v=-TArr0… #spaceforcenetflix #Fact #nasa
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    Kasha Patel
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    Sep 4, 2020
    Replying to @thephysicsgirl
    I would give your photographer a raise for preventing you from being the desktop wallpaper on a random computer 😳
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    Kasha Patel
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    Jul 9, 2021
    Replying to @KashaPatel
    So many thoughts to organize... I am beyond excited to be part of @capitalweather and join @washingtonpost. In my weather/climate world, there is hardly a day that goes by without someone saying, "Did you see that article from Capital Weather Gang?" Now I am part of the gang🏅