charlotte: i can't see his likes anymore :(
miranda: oh so we think women have nothing better to do but sit around all day looking at a man's likes trying to figure out if he's a creep or not?
samantha: i know some privates i'd like to see 😏
carrie: i found big's discord
It Happened To Me: I Thought I Was Too Cool To Care About The Eclipse Last Week But In Doing So I Denied A Fundamental Truth About Myself (Loving Being A Part Of Things) And Now It's Today And I Don't Have Glasses
breaking personal news: i heard myself on NPR today and teared up bc hearing your own voice is a MAJOR ick but also bc it was so cool 🥺 this is small potatoes for the Real Big Journalists out there but it's the whole thanksgiving meal for me 🥺
Desperately need a DC beat reporter to dig into the trivia cheating scandal currently rocking Red Bear Brewing — where it was heavily implied that reigning champions (who have won four straight weeks) were caught cheating, including by using a Shazam-enabled Apple Watch.
i like
@BarredinDC
's polls bc they're either like "cupcakes? y/n" or "if you were 27 living in a one bedroom in NE DC in 2019 but switched jobs twice in 2020 and have adopted one cat but lost a pet fish and moved to alexandria, how many times a week do you floss?"
personal news! i'm leaving DC after almost 8 years (?!) this summer :/ i'm headed to nyc :/ to pursue my dreams in a creative writing MFA program :/ you know the vibe :/ so i humbly ask for your DC bucket list recs that are 1) cheap and 2) super fun and/or emotionally moving !!
well....it was not an april fools...it's happening ‼️ we're asking YOU to vote on a name for D.C.'s new worker-led news outlet ‼️ there's an option to leave open-ended feedback as well; we're all ears!
for a
@DCist
story…i’m looking to hear your local Buy Nothing drama. ISO stories about the rule making/rule breaking, a lottery gone awry, splintering into a new gifting group, etc. DMs are open and email is grablick at wamu dot org!
the month of august has the same energy as:
-a sunday
-a bonton during its going out of business sale
-the drive home after a trip
- the time 3:00 p.m.
also, erika could not correctly pronounce the last names of a few reporters at the station, which is funny because those reporters read their names aloud on the radio multiple times a day, several days a week!
It was also apparent over time that top station leadership just didn't know much about what their newsroom did. At one meeting, we asked Erika point blank what content of ours she liked best. She basically had no answer.
sooo let's say there was indeed a worker-led local news outlet covering D.C. in a smart, community-driven way......what would you want it to be called? 👀
sad call out today but looking to talk to people for a
@washingtonpost
story about grieving our pets… why does it hurt so specifically? what helped you in the grieving process? where did you put all of the love?! stuff like that. email is colleengrablick at gmail dot com!
a programming note… today is my last day at
@DCist
/
@wamu885
🥲 leaving is bittersweet!! it’s a tough time for local journalism so in my departure i’d ask that you continue reading, listening to, and supporting my colleagues at DCist and across our dwindling local media scene
if our rivers are ever clean enough to swim in, these D.C. kids will be partially to thank! a story about mussels being cool, kids being cooler, and the value of nature in addressing trauma, violence, and youth mental health:
angry isn’t the right word. so profoundly frustrated in all of the decisions — many of them woefully out of touch and frankly stupid — that brought us here. these reporters, editors, producers, hosts, engineers, and our readers & listeners, deserved better. follow
@WeMakeWAMU
Ominous email sent to WAMU staff this afternoon about a “new strategic framework” to be announced Friday morning. Their offices will be closed to have the "time and space" to have these convos-- WAMU won't publish anything online, and they're automating starting 8pm.
horrible, heartbreaking, idiotic, and avoidable. sending love to the
@WeMakeWAMU
team, who worked tirelessly for years under an exec suite that couldn't be bothered to even read their coverage, coverage that sustained the station and made our city better. fucked up beyond belief.
jokes aside 18th looks like a tornado swept through and the CDC said being vaccinated does NOT mean you should leave your big messes for other people to clean up 🤝
The encampment at GW, which
@PresidentofGW
has called "illegal," has now caused rat problems in University Yard. The protestors "sprayed a clear liquid rat repellent around the encampment," per
@gwhatchet
last night i watched the UFO episode of netflix’s new unsolved mysteries show, and turns out i am still JUST as terrified of aliens as i was when i wrote this letter in 2nd grade! i was convinced they were visiting my house at night so i left them a note to sign
the year is 2023. you just received your second COVID-19 booster vaccine, and you’re waiting, maskless, to board your flight at JoJo Siwa Washington National Airport.
the pres of Capital Checkers says they're almost ready to open their new clubhouse in Adams Morgan! the group lost their longtime spot in Shaw earlier this year.
soo hey sharks, a team of former WAMU and DCist staffers are here today asking YOU for $250,000 to sustain our worker-led, community-based local news outlet
@51stnews
!!! it's really happening!! you can learn more about our efforts and donate here!
personal news lite™️: i'm leaving the newsroom at
@wamu885
for a bit to spend a few weeks learning about producing with the talented folks at
@1a
! here's to hoping the 7000 series trains have returned and we're not on variant BA.1000 when i come back <3
i can't tell if i have no friends or if i'm just still in march 2020 lockdown mode? am i isolating bc i have no social life? or do i have no social life because i'm isolating bc it's a pandemic? anyway instagram rots my brain
the biggest lesson i learned is that some ideas could probably just stay as a funny slack to a coworker ... but as the kids say i overcommitted to the bit!! enjoy my very nonserious, hungover, day-long expedition to every DC area tatte
D.C. is opening four "COVID Centers" today. four more will open next week. you can get a vaccine, a booster, an at-home rapid test kit, and walk-up PCR tests. (at-home rapids will still be available at libraries).
bc she was the star of this account, letting her fans know that little lauren passed away yesterday. she was rly sick but even in death, she remains the Main Character. she saw it was good friday and said “i think jesus has had this one long enough — my turn!” iconic
restoring the site would require them to live up to the values so many pub media leaders BS abt. it's not just abt giving reporters bylines back, it's abt restoring years of history by, about, and for locals. do NOT pitch some jan 6 special if you can't see the importance of that
@wamu885
@DCist
YES: “No archives means an increased ability to rewrite history, one of the biggest threats to democracy,” says a
@1a
listener about digital news archives being nuked. They get it. Does
@wamu885
?
DC is now publishing breakthrough infection data on a new dashboard that'll be updated every other week. they've reported 200 breakthroughs - .05% of the fully vaxxed population:
i truly don’t understand what you could be thinking to cut reporters like jenny. she embodied what smart, critical, and compassionate local reporting should be. these losses are devastating.
I’ve been laid off from my job covering criminal justice at
@wamu885
/
@DCist
. Thank you to all of the DMV residents who trusted me with your stories. It was an honor and I felt like I was just getting started. Please support my colleagues at
@WeMakeWAMU
I’m elated to tell you that my 9th studio album, and folklore’s sister record, will be out tonight at midnight eastern. It’s called evermore.
📷: Beth Garrabrant
Have you signed up to testify for DC Council Oversight Hearings yet?
Don’t worry if it’s your first time. This is my first time doing TikTok! Signing up to testify is much easier I promise! 🤣
I need more people at these hearings!
Schedule and details👇🏾
icymi: D.C. announced a plan to purchase the medical debt of some 90,000 residents. if you have outstanding medical debt -- we want to hear from you. what do you think about this move, and how has your debt impacted you? email is grablick
@wamu
.org!
my uncle has been hospitalized w/ covid and on a ventilator since late december....he just got taken off last night (!) and that's great news but i just realized that he missed EVERYTHING that's occurred in 2021
D.C. is getting $17 million in federal rent relief money that went unused by other states and localities -- meaning more $$ for STAY DC, which stopped taking applications as funding dried up in October.
if you've noticed slower & more crowded buses of late, you're not alone! metro says increased traffic (esp in bus-only lanes) has been clogging up service. not only is it inconvenient, but it can make a route/stop inaccessible for residents:
how much of this was really bowser “cowering to republican bullies” and instead just holding hands in complicity? we’ve seen dem mayors and “lib”university admin greenlight this brutalization for weeks — no congressional hearings needed. they are also, indeed, the bullies
this summer D.C. will open its first 24/7 sobering center. here's why local harm reduction advocates say that's not enough, & why they're urging the city to open an overdose prevention center where people could safely use drugs w/ medical supervision:
college felt a lot like one of those cross country races where you forgot to take your inhaler beforehand and you really wanted to cry every time someone passed you and you threw up your pre-race clif bar at the finish line but smiled anyway cause it was over
this is interesting. DC is launching a free telehealth service that will prescribe (and deliver) paxlovid to high risk residents that test positive for COVID:
the committee tasked w/ investigating DC’s maternal mortality crisis released its first report this week, reviewing all pregnancy deaths from 2014-2018. despite making up 50% of all births, Black residents accounted for 90% of all pregancy-related deaths:
with all of D.C.'s capacity limits officially lifted, i followed a group of friends to their first post-pandemic live show experience last night - white ford bronco at union stage. one of their reflections: "easily the sweatiest I have been since several concerts ago."
UNREAL. The folks at
@1a
, which is produced by
@wamu885
, say they asked the station's leaders if they would work to retain
@dcist
's extensive story archive, which dates back years. They... got no response.
"If a digital archive disappears... that is a true loss," says
@kellymcb
.
It's the final day of our crowdfunding campaign. We know local journalism is best when supported by community! Join the 3,300 of your D.C. neighbors who have given to make this worker-led newsroom a reality:
hi, WAMU/DCist reporter here trying to tell a full story. my DMs are open and my email is grablick
@wamu
.org if anyone has something to share about experiences they've had with the deputy mayor. we won't start on the record and you lead the conversation -- i'm here to listen.
me two years ago: some pet parents can be so annoying like their whole life literally revolves around their animal
me now: lauren your show is starting
my twitterless roommate is not watching and instead is peacefully sketching a picture of a park in her room....i want to see our brain scans side by side
the DC Nurses Assocation has filed unfair labor practice charges against GWU hospital, claiming GWUH suspended a nurse involved in organizing efforts just hours after nurses filed a petition for a union election.