Annie Osburn
@annieosburn.bsky.social
Nonprofit comms in DC & pre-dawn pictures on the Anacostia 🏳️🌈
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clear eyes, half-smokes, can't lose
If you’re new to D.C. — or even if you’ve been here for ages — you might still be wondering why the city loves Ben’s Chili Bowl so much.
For our "Ask a D.C. Native" column, @christurdisani.bsky.social turned to a man on the inside to find out:
For our "Ask a D.C. Native" column, @christurdisani.bsky.social turned to a man on the inside to find out:
Why D.C. loves Ben's Chili Bowl
We asked a man on the inside.
51st.news
December 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
clear eyes, half-smokes, can't lose
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the other side of "to keep functioning, society has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities" is "to keep functioning, society has to circulate accurate information, especially information that constrains authorities"
2/ Every cause you care about — housing, education, safety, transit, arts — depends on trustworthy information.
Without independent reporting, who’s tracking needs, solutions, and accountability?
Here's more on what our people-powered newsroom has achieved so far:
Without independent reporting, who’s tracking needs, solutions, and accountability?
Here's more on what our people-powered newsroom has achieved so far:
A first birthday worth recapping
Celebrating the wins of the last 12 months and scheming for the future
51st.news
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
the other side of "to keep functioning, society has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities" is "to keep functioning, society has to circulate accurate information, especially information that constrains authorities"
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If you're scrolling right now, we don't need to tell you what day it is.
Fight back against the e-commerce giants with @freedcproject.bsky.social's shopping guide, which features dozens of local businesses that have pledged to support D.C.'s autonomy.
Fight back against the e-commerce giants with @freedcproject.bsky.social's shopping guide, which features dozens of local businesses that have pledged to support D.C.'s autonomy.
Shop local with Free DC's holiday shopping guide
A new shopping guide features dozens of places that have pledged to support D.C.'s autonomy.
51st.news
November 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If you're scrolling right now, we don't need to tell you what day it is.
Fight back against the e-commerce giants with @freedcproject.bsky.social's shopping guide, which features dozens of local businesses that have pledged to support D.C.'s autonomy.
Fight back against the e-commerce giants with @freedcproject.bsky.social's shopping guide, which features dozens of local businesses that have pledged to support D.C.'s autonomy.
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Yo DC peoples:
Did you love the City Paper?
Did you subscribe to DCist?
Wanna get more of that in your life?
Subscribe to @51st.news!
5 stars. Do recommend.
Link: 51st.news/membership/?...
Did you love the City Paper?
Did you subscribe to DCist?
Wanna get more of that in your life?
Subscribe to @51st.news!
5 stars. Do recommend.
Link: 51st.news/membership/?...
Join The 51st
The 51st is a worker-led nonprofit news source for D.C. Our reporting is rooted in our conviction that local journalism is meant to make people’s lives better — no paywalls, ever. But that's only poss...
51st.news
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Yo DC peoples:
Did you love the City Paper?
Did you subscribe to DCist?
Wanna get more of that in your life?
Subscribe to @51st.news!
5 stars. Do recommend.
Link: 51st.news/membership/?...
Did you love the City Paper?
Did you subscribe to DCist?
Wanna get more of that in your life?
Subscribe to @51st.news!
5 stars. Do recommend.
Link: 51st.news/membership/?...
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What D.C. health stories should we report on?
We're launching a dedicated beat — with support from @abigailhiggins.bsky.social's fellowship at the Georgetown-Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice.
We're launching a dedicated beat — with support from @abigailhiggins.bsky.social's fellowship at the Georgetown-Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice.
We’re launching a health equity beat
We want to hear from you: What D.C. health stories should we tell?
51st.news
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
What D.C. health stories should we report on?
We're launching a dedicated beat — with support from @abigailhiggins.bsky.social's fellowship at the Georgetown-Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice.
We're launching a dedicated beat — with support from @abigailhiggins.bsky.social's fellowship at the Georgetown-Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice.
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and the “Free DC” also SUPER loud over the broadcast. Lfg, Spirit
November 23, 2025 at 2:32 AM
and the “Free DC” also SUPER loud over the broadcast. Lfg, Spirit
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If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
November 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
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In this tough and moving essay, Caroline Kennedy's 35-year-old daughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals that she is terminally ill with leukemia. She has some choice words about how her cousin Bobby has made the limited time she has left worse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In this tough and moving essay, Caroline Kennedy's 35-year-old daughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals that she is terminally ill with leukemia. She has some choice words about how her cousin Bobby has made the limited time she has left worse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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THE WASHINGTON SPIRIT ARE GOING TO THE FINALS!
November 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
THE WASHINGTON SPIRIT ARE GOING TO THE FINALS!
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Talk about a counterattack.
Rosemonde Kouassi + Gift Monday = Washington Spirit up, 1–0, over the Portland Thorns in one NWSL semifinal.
Rosemonde Kouassi + Gift Monday = Washington Spirit up, 1–0, over the Portland Thorns in one NWSL semifinal.
November 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Talk about a counterattack.
Rosemonde Kouassi + Gift Monday = Washington Spirit up, 1–0, over the Portland Thorns in one NWSL semifinal.
Rosemonde Kouassi + Gift Monday = Washington Spirit up, 1–0, over the Portland Thorns in one NWSL semifinal.
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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Appreciate the generosity of World Central Kitchen, their volunteers donors and restaurant partners. No line at the Archives location. Meals available on weekdays 11-1 here and in Navy Yard
November 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Appreciate the generosity of World Central Kitchen, their volunteers donors and restaurant partners. No line at the Archives location. Meals available on weekdays 11-1 here and in Navy Yard
Selling (and making!) prints on the stoop for the Capitol Hill Art Walk - come on by 1105 Maryland NE
September 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Selling (and making!) prints on the stoop for the Capitol Hill Art Walk - come on by 1105 Maryland NE
A dear friend and I loved wandering the art walk so much last year we made a pact to make enough art that we could sign up for a table this year - come visit us at #25!
The Capitol Hill Art Walk returns this weekend!
From 12-4 p.m. Saturday & Sunday, visit 70+ locations to enjoy arts and crafts made by 150+ local artists and craftspeople, meet the makers, & enjoy the neighborhood!
Get all the info: hillrag.com/2025/09/01/art-walk-2025/
@hillragdc.bsky.social
From 12-4 p.m. Saturday & Sunday, visit 70+ locations to enjoy arts and crafts made by 150+ local artists and craftspeople, meet the makers, & enjoy the neighborhood!
Get all the info: hillrag.com/2025/09/01/art-walk-2025/
@hillragdc.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A dear friend and I loved wandering the art walk so much last year we made a pact to make enough art that we could sign up for a table this year - come visit us at #25!
Hasn’t felt like fall until this morning and a 53 degree practice
September 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Hasn’t felt like fall until this morning and a 53 degree practice
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We're back with another newsletter, trying to make sense of what's going on in D.C. This week, tackle all of your questions about the National Guard deployment. 51st.news/archive/au/
So what is the National Guard actually *doing*?
Plus, how to document D.C. right now, Metro backtracks, and more.
51st.news
August 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We're back with another newsletter, trying to make sense of what's going on in D.C. This week, tackle all of your questions about the National Guard deployment. 51st.news/archive/au/
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Do you need a helping hand? Here’s where to find all kinds of help in D.C., from legal aid to housing assistance. 51st.news/a-guide-to-g...
A guide to giving and receiving help in D.C.
Where to find all kinds of assistance, from legal aid to food donations to political organizing.
51st.news
August 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Do you need a helping hand? Here’s where to find all kinds of help in D.C., from legal aid to housing assistance. 51st.news/a-guide-to-g...
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Different Roots. Same Home. One Spirit 💛
August 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Different Roots. Same Home. One Spirit 💛
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tapping the "please support billionaire-free, independent, and/or worker-run local newsrooms" special DC edition:
@51st.news
@washingtoninformer.com
@wcp.bsky.social
@streetsensedc.bsky.social
@51st.news
@washingtoninformer.com
@wcp.bsky.social
@streetsensedc.bsky.social
be real nice if DC had an actual hometown newspaper at the moment
August 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
tapping the "please support billionaire-free, independent, and/or worker-run local newsrooms" special DC edition:
@51st.news
@washingtoninformer.com
@wcp.bsky.social
@streetsensedc.bsky.social
@51st.news
@washingtoninformer.com
@wcp.bsky.social
@streetsensedc.bsky.social
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NEWS: @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social is suing the Trump administration in federal court over a recent move to take day to day control of MPD. The lawsuit calls the move the “gravest threat to Home Rule that the District has ever faced.”
August 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
NEWS: @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social is suing the Trump administration in federal court over a recent move to take day to day control of MPD. The lawsuit calls the move the “gravest threat to Home Rule that the District has ever faced.”
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Don't let this censorious fuckwit scare you or shut you up.
Take heed from Amy Sherald.
Keep making degenerate art and writing degenerate histories that tell the truth. Do it with beauty, rage, love, principle, and everything you have.
Take heed from Amy Sherald.
Keep making degenerate art and writing degenerate histories that tell the truth. Do it with beauty, rage, love, principle, and everything you have.
BREAKING WSJ:
The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision
Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.
www.wsj.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Don't let this censorious fuckwit scare you or shut you up.
Take heed from Amy Sherald.
Keep making degenerate art and writing degenerate histories that tell the truth. Do it with beauty, rage, love, principle, and everything you have.
Take heed from Amy Sherald.
Keep making degenerate art and writing degenerate histories that tell the truth. Do it with beauty, rage, love, principle, and everything you have.
Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is.
(The deer did not critique our rowing form - the geese, on the other hand...)
(The deer did not critique our rowing form - the geese, on the other hand...)
August 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is.
(The deer did not critique our rowing form - the geese, on the other hand...)
(The deer did not critique our rowing form - the geese, on the other hand...)
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the analysis in here from people living in encampments is more incisive and direct than a lot of the coverage from national media streetsensemedia.org/article/home...
Donald Trump threatens to clear encampments in D.C.
With D.C.’s MPD now under federal control and the National Guard coming to D.C., the fate of people in encampments remains up in the air.
streetsensemedia.org
August 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
the analysis in here from people living in encampments is more incisive and direct than a lot of the coverage from national media streetsensemedia.org/article/home...
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One of our very first pieces at Bolts was about DC's "Second Look" reform: this meant that some youth serving life without parole ended up being freed, decades into their prison sentence.
This is a key part of what Trump is attacking today, so I invite you to revisit our coverage:
This is a key part of what Trump is attacking today, so I invite you to revisit our coverage:
Waiting for a Second Look - Bolts
Colie Long has lived behind bars longer than he did on the outside. Long, 44, was sentenced to life in prison for murder when he was just 18 years old.... Read More
boltsmag.org
August 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
One of our very first pieces at Bolts was about DC's "Second Look" reform: this meant that some youth serving life without parole ended up being freed, decades into their prison sentence.
This is a key part of what Trump is attacking today, so I invite you to revisit our coverage:
This is a key part of what Trump is attacking today, so I invite you to revisit our coverage: