Caroline
@caro130.bsky.social
philanthropy & nonprofits | repro health, rights, & justice | urbanism, transit | local politics | baseball | etc. (she/her)
📍The District of Columbia
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"It's an extinction level event. Tracy Beth Høeg has never supervised a drug review, never has conducted a clinical trial. She doesn't understand laws and regulations."
Appointment of controversial FDA official rocking agency like "an atom bomb," scientists there say
The Trump administration's elevation of Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg to lead a high-profile office within the Food and Drug Administration is raising alarm among multiple senior FDA officials.
www.cbsnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"It's an extinction level event. Tracy Beth Høeg has never supervised a drug review, never has conducted a clinical trial. She doesn't understand laws and regulations."
Showing off the knife hands
December 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Showing off the knife hands
Latest on Planned Parenthood SE affiliate debacle from @autonomynews.co. Whether this is targeted anti-abortion infiltration or the case of a useless board hiring an incompetent exec, PPFA & PPSE's major donors/foundation funders ought to be raising hell about it.
www.autonomynews.co/embattled-pl...
www.autonomynews.co/embattled-pl...
Embattled Planned Parenthood Affiliate CEO Wanted to Halt Abortions
Sources level new allegations against Planned Parenthood Southeast interim CEO Mairo Akposé, who remains in her role after an investigation they call a "farce."
www.autonomynews.co
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Latest on Planned Parenthood SE affiliate debacle from @autonomynews.co. Whether this is targeted anti-abortion infiltration or the case of a useless board hiring an incompetent exec, PPFA & PPSE's major donors/foundation funders ought to be raising hell about it.
www.autonomynews.co/embattled-pl...
www.autonomynews.co/embattled-pl...
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it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
DC Metro remains undefeated for "whole station ad buy targeted at a small number of federal procurement officers who aren't me"
December 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
DC Metro remains undefeated for "whole station ad buy targeted at a small number of federal procurement officers who aren't me"
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This project took me away from local coverage for a bit but I'm very glad we did it -- a story about the political and legal limitations that have kept the Vision Zero movement in the U.S. from succeeding, and the subsequent death of a young woman on a road known to be unsafe wapo.st/49WM4BI
America’s plan to protect pedestrians failed. A young woman’s death reveals why.
U.S. officials adopted Europe's Vision Zero initiative, but many cities have seen an increase in pedestrian fatalities despite efforts to improve road safety.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This project took me away from local coverage for a bit but I'm very glad we did it -- a story about the political and legal limitations that have kept the Vision Zero movement in the U.S. from succeeding, and the subsequent death of a young woman on a road known to be unsafe wapo.st/49WM4BI
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A little tidbit: @janeese4dc.bsky.social just told me that her campaign qualified for public financing in just four hours since launching. That required getting $40,000 in small donations from at least 1,000 D.C. residents. That's pretty fast.
NEWS: Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George is running for mayor, stepping into an open race in the wake of Mayor Muriel Bowser's decision not to seek a fourth term. At-Large Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie is also meeting with campaign consultants this week for his own run.
December 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A little tidbit: @janeese4dc.bsky.social just told me that her campaign qualified for public financing in just four hours since launching. That required getting $40,000 in small donations from at least 1,000 D.C. residents. That's pretty fast.
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The DC I know is worth fighting for.
I’m Janeese Lewis George, and I’m running for Mayor.
youtu.be/aOBD45c3wVM
I’m Janeese Lewis George, and I’m running for Mayor.
youtu.be/aOBD45c3wVM
The DC I know
YouTube video by Janeese for DC
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The DC I know is worth fighting for.
I’m Janeese Lewis George, and I’m running for Mayor.
youtu.be/aOBD45c3wVM
I’m Janeese Lewis George, and I’m running for Mayor.
youtu.be/aOBD45c3wVM
It is wild how many politics or general assignment reporters seem to think they need to do little to no research or asking of experts to report on abortion bans and can just wing it, despite the fact that it muddies the water for people trying to navigate these laws
Hi @cnbc.com this story on abortion has multiple serious errors that need correcting
1. States that ban abortion prohibit procedures and pills. There is no state that bans one and not the other
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/25/a...
1. States that ban abortion prohibit procedures and pills. There is no state that bans one and not the other
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/25/a...
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
It is wild how many politics or general assignment reporters seem to think they need to do little to no research or asking of experts to report on abortion bans and can just wing it, despite the fact that it muddies the water for people trying to navigate these laws
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
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We want to hear from YOU.
The Bike, Walk & Bus PAC is preparing for the 2026 D.C. Council elections, and your feedback will directly influence our candidate questionnaire, candidate forum topics, and endorsement decisions.
Share your input here: www.bikewalkbuspac.com/survey
The Bike, Walk & Bus PAC is preparing for the 2026 D.C. Council elections, and your feedback will directly influence our candidate questionnaire, candidate forum topics, and endorsement decisions.
Share your input here: www.bikewalkbuspac.com/survey
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
We want to hear from YOU.
The Bike, Walk & Bus PAC is preparing for the 2026 D.C. Council elections, and your feedback will directly influence our candidate questionnaire, candidate forum topics, and endorsement decisions.
Share your input here: www.bikewalkbuspac.com/survey
The Bike, Walk & Bus PAC is preparing for the 2026 D.C. Council elections, and your feedback will directly influence our candidate questionnaire, candidate forum topics, and endorsement decisions.
Share your input here: www.bikewalkbuspac.com/survey
A movie that takes place where you're from
November 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from
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Support more housing and businesses on Conn. Av. in Cleveland Park & Woodley Park! Send a letter in support of upzoning along Connecticut Avenue. Hearing is December 1. Take action by sending a letter, then sign up to testify.
Click here: secure.everyaction.com/-haH5kw9EkaP...
Click here: secure.everyaction.com/-haH5kw9EkaP...
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Support more housing and businesses on Conn. Av. in Cleveland Park & Woodley Park! Send a letter in support of upzoning along Connecticut Avenue. Hearing is December 1. Take action by sending a letter, then sign up to testify.
Click here: secure.everyaction.com/-haH5kw9EkaP...
Click here: secure.everyaction.com/-haH5kw9EkaP...
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I think the debate over what people "want" is a distraction given two basic facts:
1) America vastly over-provides suburbs and under-provides dense walkability;
2) Suburbs are hideously bad for the environment and harmful to numerous markers of well-being.
That's enough! We should do more density!
1) America vastly over-provides suburbs and under-provides dense walkability;
2) Suburbs are hideously bad for the environment and harmful to numerous markers of well-being.
That's enough! We should do more density!
as will notes, people tend to *say* they want suburban living. they want a big house and a big yard and etc. this is not however what is suggested by their actual purchasing practices, which invariably result in something like this:
raincitymaps.com/maps/inspect...
raincitymaps.com/maps/inspect...
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I think the debate over what people "want" is a distraction given two basic facts:
1) America vastly over-provides suburbs and under-provides dense walkability;
2) Suburbs are hideously bad for the environment and harmful to numerous markers of well-being.
That's enough! We should do more density!
1) America vastly over-provides suburbs and under-provides dense walkability;
2) Suburbs are hideously bad for the environment and harmful to numerous markers of well-being.
That's enough! We should do more density!
This remains so deeply goofy to come across on the Metro. What do they DO all day?
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This remains so deeply goofy to come across on the Metro. What do they DO all day?
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These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
If you enjoyed "Death By Lightning," I highly recommend the nonfiction book about the Garfield assassination that it's based on, "Destiny of the Republic"
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
If you enjoyed "Death By Lightning," I highly recommend the nonfiction book about the Garfield assassination that it's based on, "Destiny of the Republic"
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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
"Exceptions" to abortion bans are an invitation to beg, to place yourself at the mercy of risk-averse or actively hostile authority figures, to face red tape and delays, and then maybe STILL not get the abortion you need, as in this tragic case.
Incredibly depressing to see this story wrap up by quoting a lawmaker who says, “we have to allow for more exceptions,” when the entire story is evidence that exceptions don’t work, especially for a Black woman like Tierra Walker who was already at higher risk of dying due to medical neglect
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"Exceptions" to abortion bans are an invitation to beg, to place yourself at the mercy of risk-averse or actively hostile authority figures, to face red tape and delays, and then maybe STILL not get the abortion you need, as in this tragic case.
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Incredibly depressing to see this story wrap up by quoting a lawmaker who says, “we have to allow for more exceptions,” when the entire story is evidence that exceptions don’t work, especially for a Black woman like Tierra Walker who was already at higher risk of dying due to medical neglect
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Incredibly depressing to see this story wrap up by quoting a lawmaker who says, “we have to allow for more exceptions,” when the entire story is evidence that exceptions don’t work, especially for a Black woman like Tierra Walker who was already at higher risk of dying due to medical neglect
Did you know? Plenty of foundations pull this crap (counting transfers of money to their own donor-advised funds toward their 5% payout requirement) and it's totally legal. They're using a loophole to shimmy below the already very low bar the law sets for hoarding your tax-advantaged money.
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls
Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls.
bloom.bg
November 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Did you know? Plenty of foundations pull this crap (counting transfers of money to their own donor-advised funds toward their 5% payout requirement) and it's totally legal. They're using a loophole to shimmy below the already very low bar the law sets for hoarding your tax-advantaged money.
With the wave of photos of collar-wearing clergy getting roughed up by the state, I have developed a new pet peeve for Bluesky users referring to pictures of Mainline-Protestant-but-non-Episcopal clergy as "priests." All priests are ministers, not all or most ministers are "priests"!
This is your regular reminder that not everyone who wears a clerical collar is referred to as a "priest," but, instead, often referred to as "pastor" or "minister," and that this has been true — and, in the heavily-protestant U.S., the *literal norm* — for centuries.
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
With the wave of photos of collar-wearing clergy getting roughed up by the state, I have developed a new pet peeve for Bluesky users referring to pictures of Mainline-Protestant-but-non-Episcopal clergy as "priests." All priests are ministers, not all or most ministers are "priests"!
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
Really appreciated this @baltimoremagazine.com piece on the history of the Piscataway people in Maryland and what they are calling for now.
www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/hist...
www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/hist...
We’re Still Here: The Still-Evolving Story of the Piscataway Nation
Two centuries before the Trail of Tears, English colonists drove Maryland’s Indigenous tribes from their land. Piscataway descendants want people to know their history.
www.baltimoremagazine.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Really appreciated this @baltimoremagazine.com piece on the history of the Piscataway people in Maryland and what they are calling for now.
www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/hist...
www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/hist...
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The Tail Up Goat outdoor dining space is now completely gone, and two cars are parked where it used to be. this will probably be the status quo for the foreseeable future because DC officials struggle to think of any other uses for curb space besides private car parking. It's a real shame.
The Tail Up Goat street dining structure is being taken down this morning. The space will probably revert back to two long term, free parking spaces.
The same will likely be happening all up and down 18th Street in the coming months (though there it will become metered parking)
The same will likely be happening all up and down 18th Street in the coming months (though there it will become metered parking)
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The Tail Up Goat outdoor dining space is now completely gone, and two cars are parked where it used to be. this will probably be the status quo for the foreseeable future because DC officials struggle to think of any other uses for curb space besides private car parking. It's a real shame.