@ericfalquero
DC community journalist: ericfalquero[at]51st[dot]news. Co-founder of the worker-led nonprofit @51st.news 📰. Past professional lives at WAMU/DCist and Street Sense Media. Appalachian, Llanito, bird nerd 🦅, @footballclubgroup.com member / owner / fan ⚽
NEW: A recently developed Defense Department program was meant to reduce civilian harm during military operations.
But months before the Iran war, the mission was dissolved as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority.
By @hannahallam.bsky.social
Everyone who work, serves, visits, & lives in DC is fortunate to have @maustermuhle.bsky.social back covering DC government, @councilofdc.bsky.social & local politics at the @51st.news!
This thread is a master class in open journalism online, using social media to “show your work” & build trust
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Go forth and file your tax returns, says D.C.'s chief financial officer. In a letter sent to D.C. officials, he said no interruption to tax-filing season is expected. 51st.news/time-to-file...
Friendly reminder to let Russ know ⬇️ if you signed up for a paid membership recently, or made a one-time donation.
He'll match it as part of our campaign to triple The 51st's reporting capacity in the wake of the Washington Post layoffs.
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You might see a few familiar names among the sources she interviewed...
Day 15 of 100 - MLK jr Memorial Library in DC is fantastic. I've been trying to challenge myself to paint more people & I'm so proud of this one. I think I really nailed it without getting too obsessed with the details for a change
#watercolor #urbansketching #art #aquarelle #painting
People of DC: You have **one more day** to see the fabulous display of Australian Aboriginal art, 'The Stars We Do Not See,' at the National Gallery, on the mall.
www.nga.gov/exhibitions/...
Free. And not to be missed. (Was jam-packed today. Join them tomorrow.)
Stephen Miller in 2024:
2026 is expected to be a tight budget year for D.C., even without potential changes to the city's tax code.
https://bit.ly/4saGW2t
Paper agenda for the Alexandria’s Housing 2040 Plan open house
I know there are more pressing things going on in the world today, but housing is really important, so
I unsubscribed ~13 months ago after a solid decade or more. I feel awful for the staff, but leadership caused this. I pivoted my money to the @51st.news @npr.org and other sources.
hate to see Bezos run the Post into the ground. but you can support billionaire free DC News:
@51st.news
@streetsensedc.bsky.social
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Congrats to the team @51st.news — doubling their staff size and pioneering a path toward sustainable and pro-community local news.
Consider becoming a member and supporting that mission.
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Support local news like the @51st.news
There is a (tax deductible!) way to repurpose your Washington Post subscription dollars — it is, again, making deep cuts to its local coverage — by becoming a sustaining supporter of @51st.news
Join community leaders like @mkraju.bsky.social, @eli.pizza — and lowlifes like myself and @caseym.org
Thank you, Riley!!
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To be clear I stopped subscribing once it was clear Bezos was distorting coverage and putting his untaxed fatcat hands on the balance of the opinions page. I miss the painstaking long form investigative journalism but not local coverage thanks to @51st.news
I would also add
@propublica.org and
@51st.news
to the list.
1. Shame on Jeff Bezos.
2. Donate to @51st.news today if you can. DC is starving for good local journalism and it’s not going to pay for itself.
Subscribe to @51st.news & help #DC
With the Post effectively abdicating its local news role, I would encourage anyone wanting to support local news in DC to support @51st.news and my old colleagues at @wcp.bsky.social.
There is so much reporting needed in that city. Support them. Grow them.
another person here to hype up @51st.news ! also @baltimorebeat.bsky.social !
I have no financial or personal interest in @51st.news, but for those interested in keeping up with local DC issues, consider subscribing. They have @maustermuhle.bsky.social on the beat (frmr WAMU and DCist) and are absolutely punching above their weight. The Post is dead, time to move on.
Reminder that @51st.news and @washingtoninformer.com exist and could, I’m sure, use support
Support worker-owned @51st.news to provide news out of DC
I like that @51st.news is being built from the ground up, and with support from individual readers. But that we are building something this way makes what Jeff Bezos did to the Post even more shameful. He has endless resources to sustain a great newspaper. He chose not to.
Today would be a good day to support @51st.news
We’re working on it! But growing the newsroom our city deserves takes time, and way more resources than we currently have. BUT every member helps get us closer to building a newsroom Bezos can’t destroy: 51st.news/signup
