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🤓 TIL how to make an "MCP App" that can render web views in an AI assistant's chat panel. https://apps.extensions.modelcontextprotocol.io/api/
It's rolled into the latest version of my open-source Datawrapper tool, which now chats charts right before your eyes. https://github.com/palewire/datawrapper-mcp
In response to my records request, the FCC released a cache of emails related to its 2025 investigation into CBS and 60 Minutes.
Here's Chairman Brendan Carr asking staff to edit a first draft and "skinny this way down."
RE: @palewire@mastodon.palewi.re
🔓 Week 11's script, a walkthrough on how to layer data on an interactive map, is unlocked and free to all https://palewi.re/docs/coding-the-news/scripts/week-11/
RE: @palewire@mastodon.palewi.re
🔓 Week 10's script, a walkthrough on how to build an Instagram-style photo essay, is unlocked and free to anyone at https://palewi.re/docs/coding-the-news/scripts/week-10/
🤓 Our open-source MCP server for Datawrapper now supports bringing your own key via a new header. It's another baby step toward users logging via their chat interface.
🧐 Trump's economic approval rating slipped below Biden's floor in our latest Reuters/Ipsos poll https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-approval-hits-new-36-low-fuel-prices-surge-amid-iran-war-reutersipsos-2026-03-24/
🧐 After tracking alongside higher earners through Trump's first year, the sentiment of lower-income Americans may be decoupling and trending down.
RE: @palewire@mastodon.palewi.re
🔓 Week 9's script, a walkthrough on how to build a multi-page database explorer, is now free for everyone. https://palewi.re/docs/coding-the-news/scripts/week-9/