@terabithia4.bsky.social
A Californian living in an East Coast world. @tinynewscollective.bsky.social ED. Formerly @lenfestinstitute.org, @ampress.bsky.social, WVU Media College, HoyaJournalism, @washingtonpost.com. Wife. Mom.
With D.C.'s 2026 election cycle just around the corner, local officials are preparing to roll out ranked-choice voting – and start educating the city's voters on the new way of voting. Is the D.C. Board of Elections up to the task? For @51st.news: 51st.news/dc-ranked-ch...
04.12.2025 18:27 — 👍 24 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
Judge orders federal agents can no longer arrest people in D.C. on immigration violations without a warrant or probable cause to believe they could potentially flee if not detained
It's the 2nd significant legal loss for Trump over his raid on D.C. in the past 2 weeks.
✏️ by: @51st.news
The cable, sent to all U.S. missions on December 2, orders U.S. consular officers to review resumes or LinkedIn profiles of H-1B applicants - and family members who would be traveling with them - to see if they have worked in areas that include activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
"We have created a system where the only way to survive is to be destitute enough to qualify for aid, or rich enough to ignore the cost. Everyone in the middle is being cannibalized."
29.11.2025 15:02 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
This piece is 7 years old but still relevant today, if not more so.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
god I hope Olivia Nuzzi never gets paid even one more cent by a single publication for the rest of her life
26.11.2025 22:29 — 👍 1208 🔁 144 💬 29 📌 12It's such an interesting one, too, because they were generally pretty beloved by shoppers for so long. I wonder if that's part of why it has stuck, because the disappointment is so real. All of this is self-inflicted, too. Way to trash a brand.
27.11.2025 16:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Also, why are we posting about this on Thanksgiving? We have a problem, @damon.kiesow.net.
27.11.2025 16:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0That's a big reason our strategic plan at @tinynewscollective.bsky.social was for just 2 and a half years.
27.11.2025 16:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I can't even... Also, she was so wonderful as Marilyn.
27.11.2025 16:06 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Maybe reframe to have you seen the YouTube video that features the song… I honestly think k they don’t know they are looking at music videos when they are on YouTube.
26.11.2025 12:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Same. Though mine won’t be that quick because I am just so behind on prepping for Thanksgiving. Good luck and Godspeed!
26.11.2025 12:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Guess all the toddlers and little kids on the planes are now antifa.
24.11.2025 20:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0😱 As my daughter would say, "How rude!" I'd bet a lot that this was a journalism conference, sadly.
24.11.2025 18:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Thanks, Andrew. We sometimes forget this. Hope you are well! ❤️
23.11.2025 17:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Let's see how long it takes for them to leave... I'm not sure why they allowed time for an appeal when the ruling is that it was unlawful.
www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...
“At every step, the community showed up.”💗
Kari Mar turned a shuttered newspaper into a connective weekly ritual for La Conner, Wash. — complete with Thursday volunteer paper walks.🚶♀️
Our latest feature dives into how she brought news back to the town.
www.tinynewsco.org/5-questions-...
Our team at @tinynewscollective.bsky.social is hiring for an important and special role as we move forward into the next phase of our development. I'm super excited to welcome a new person to our dream team. ❤️
19.11.2025 14:57 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
A wreath ready to go up at Union Station in DC
Every year our special Union Station wreath correspondent sends us a wreath photo and we love it! BRING ON THE WREATHS!! ✨
17.11.2025 23:03 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1As a DC resident, I find this really interesting, as we also don’t have any voting representation in Congress. Though we can vote for president.
12.11.2025 23:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Nearly 200,000 DC residents have served in our Armed Forces since World War I, despite being denied local autonomy and voting representation in Congress.
On #VeteransDay, we honor these brave servicemembers and reinforce our calls for #DCStatehood.
😱😱😱😱
11.11.2025 14:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Anyone else feeling this way this morning? www.youtube.com/watch?v=l32h...
10.11.2025 11:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We're hiring two Ward 7 Community Connectors — one for in-person events and another for online outreach.
These are part-time, contract roles: $35+/hour, ~5 hours/week. Applicants must live in Ward 7.
More information and how to apply:
Free DC at the 51st minute of @washingtonspirit.com game!
08.11.2025 18:28 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Eastern High School at the @washingtonspirit.com game! #ilovedc
08.11.2025 18:16 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Let's see how many First Amendment violations we have in this one edict:
Religion ✔️
Speech ✔️
Peaceably assemble ✔️
Petition the government for redress of grievances ✔️
Press ❓(not quite, but they'll figure out a way)
The airport in Boston is hosting a food bank for TSA workers because the GOP would rather send the cost of healthcare through the roof than make sure Americans can eat three meals a day
wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/loga...
