Eric Falquero
@ericfalquero.bsky.social
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 ⚽
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 ⚽
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Leigh H. Mosley's six decades of work form an intimate record of D.C.'s ever-shifting community.
India Kea interviewed the photographer and activist ahead of the release of her latest documentary, which explores the legacy of local Black lesbian elders.
India Kea interviewed the photographer and activist ahead of the release of her latest documentary, which explores the legacy of local Black lesbian elders.
Leigh H. Mosley is documenting the legacy of D.C.'s Black lesbian elders
The artist and activist has been photographing an ever-changing city for more than six decades.
51st.news
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Leigh H. Mosley's six decades of work form an intimate record of D.C.'s ever-shifting community.
India Kea interviewed the photographer and activist ahead of the release of her latest documentary, which explores the legacy of local Black lesbian elders.
India Kea interviewed the photographer and activist ahead of the release of her latest documentary, which explores the legacy of local Black lesbian elders.
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Looking for plans this weekend? Our picks include:
🏡 A concert and crochet 101 at @rhizomedc.bsky.social
🌱 Invasive plant removal in Rock Creek Park
📚 @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social's Black Studies book club
🎅🏾 Go-go santa at Sycamore & Oak
👑 A reimagined Macbeth in Capitol Hill
🏡 A concert and crochet 101 at @rhizomedc.bsky.social
🌱 Invasive plant removal in Rock Creek Park
📚 @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social's Black Studies book club
🎅🏾 Go-go santa at Sycamore & Oak
👑 A reimagined Macbeth in Capitol Hill
14 things to do around D.C. this weekend
Stay warm indoors with art shows and classical music concerts, or brave the cold for a cleanup of Rock Creek Park and even a fireworks show.
51st.news
December 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Looking for plans this weekend? Our picks include:
🏡 A concert and crochet 101 at @rhizomedc.bsky.social
🌱 Invasive plant removal in Rock Creek Park
📚 @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social's Black Studies book club
🎅🏾 Go-go santa at Sycamore & Oak
👑 A reimagined Macbeth in Capitol Hill
🏡 A concert and crochet 101 at @rhizomedc.bsky.social
🌱 Invasive plant removal in Rock Creek Park
📚 @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social's Black Studies book club
🎅🏾 Go-go santa at Sycamore & Oak
👑 A reimagined Macbeth in Capitol Hill
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maybe we'll get the Wammies to do RCV too
“I asked, ‘What’s your favorite go-go band?’ Everyone started naming them. I said, ‘OK, so what’s your top three? Your top five?’ They gave them to me, and I said, ‘That’s ranked-choice voting.’”
Is D.C. ready for ranked-choice voting?
Educating voters will be a big task ahead of the 2026 local elections.
51st.news
December 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
maybe we'll get the Wammies to do RCV too
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…by joining @51st.news, a truly independent local journalism enterprise
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Janeese Lewis George is running for D.C. mayor.
She enters the race as "the progressive hopeful," @maustermuhle.bsky.social writes: A self-declared democratic socialist channeling D.C.'s anger over President Trump’s aggressive interference in local affairs.
Are other candidates coming soon? 👀
She enters the race as "the progressive hopeful," @maustermuhle.bsky.social writes: A self-declared democratic socialist channeling D.C.'s anger over President Trump’s aggressive interference in local affairs.
Are other candidates coming soon? 👀
Councilmember Janeese Lewis George is running for DC mayor
The progressive lawmaker has big plans, but faces political and practical obstacles.
51st.news
December 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Janeese Lewis George is running for D.C. mayor.
She enters the race as "the progressive hopeful," @maustermuhle.bsky.social writes: A self-declared democratic socialist channeling D.C.'s anger over President Trump’s aggressive interference in local affairs.
Are other candidates coming soon? 👀
She enters the race as "the progressive hopeful," @maustermuhle.bsky.social writes: A self-declared democratic socialist channeling D.C.'s anger over President Trump’s aggressive interference in local affairs.
Are other candidates coming soon? 👀
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"I'm out of office because I'm a single mom paying $3,000 for childcare with no paid leave to fall back on."
"I'm OOO in the hospital for preeclampsia but I don't qualify for FMLA because I've been at my job less than 12 months.
www.marieclaire.com/politics/out...
"I'm OOO in the hospital for preeclampsia but I don't qualify for FMLA because I've been at my job less than 12 months.
www.marieclaire.com/politics/out...
Women Are Telling the Truth in Their Out-of-Office Messages. It’s Devastating
A national campaign is delivering a radically honest wake-up call about childcare, burnout, and what it means to live in a country without paid leave.
www.marieclaire.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"I'm out of office because I'm a single mom paying $3,000 for childcare with no paid leave to fall back on."
"I'm OOO in the hospital for preeclampsia but I don't qualify for FMLA because I've been at my job less than 12 months.
www.marieclaire.com/politics/out...
"I'm OOO in the hospital for preeclampsia but I don't qualify for FMLA because I've been at my job less than 12 months.
www.marieclaire.com/politics/out...
The sudden(-ish) lack of LGBTQIA-centered merch in the Kennedy Center gift shop is depressing, albeit not surprising - and conspicuous to anyone who's been and window shopped a couple times. This is my first visit since Trump took over.
Context: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Context: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center ticket sales have plummeted since Trump takeover
Nearly nine months into Trump’s oversight, sales for the three largest performance venues are the worst they’ve been since the pandemic, according to a Washington Post analysis.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The sudden(-ish) lack of LGBTQIA-centered merch in the Kennedy Center gift shop is depressing, albeit not surprising - and conspicuous to anyone who's been and window shopped a couple times. This is my first visit since Trump took over.
Context: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Context: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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Watching any holiday romcoms this weekend?
Here are our suggestions for day trips in the D.C. region that will make you feel like the main character of your own — and they're all transit accessible, choo choo!
Here are our suggestions for day trips in the D.C. region that will make you feel like the main character of your own — and they're all transit accessible, choo choo!
5 day trips to make you feel like the protagonist of a holiday romcom
Get in loser, we’re romanticizing public transit.
51st.news
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Watching any holiday romcoms this weekend?
Here are our suggestions for day trips in the D.C. region that will make you feel like the main character of your own — and they're all transit accessible, choo choo!
Here are our suggestions for day trips in the D.C. region that will make you feel like the main character of your own — and they're all transit accessible, choo choo!
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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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There are plenty of things to do if you're in town over the long holiday weekend.
@ilechelm.bsky.social's recommendations: Take in a show, go ice skating, or even wander through a museum. And of course, the holiday festivals and art fairs are multiplying.
More details:
@ilechelm.bsky.social's recommendations: Take in a show, go ice skating, or even wander through a museum. And of course, the holiday festivals and art fairs are multiplying.
More details:
23 things to do around D.C. this week
There are plenty of things to do if you're in town over the long holiday weekend.
51st.news
November 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
There are plenty of things to do if you're in town over the long holiday weekend.
@ilechelm.bsky.social's recommendations: Take in a show, go ice skating, or even wander through a museum. And of course, the holiday festivals and art fairs are multiplying.
More details:
@ilechelm.bsky.social's recommendations: Take in a show, go ice skating, or even wander through a museum. And of course, the holiday festivals and art fairs are multiplying.
More details:
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Don't miss this week's opportunities to get involved locally!
All of the details from @colleengrablick.bsky.social: 51st.news/dc-civic-eng...
All of the details from @colleengrablick.bsky.social: 51st.news/dc-civic-eng...
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Don't miss this week's opportunities to get involved locally!
All of the details from @colleengrablick.bsky.social: 51st.news/dc-civic-eng...
All of the details from @colleengrablick.bsky.social: 51st.news/dc-civic-eng...
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Our worker-led newsroom wouldn't be possible without your people power.
Today and every day, @christurdisani.bsky.social writes, we're grateful for you.
(Featuring a shoutout to the inspiring team at @baltimorebeat.bsky.social, particularly @lisasnowden.bsky.social!)
Today and every day, @christurdisani.bsky.social writes, we're grateful for you.
(Featuring a shoutout to the inspiring team at @baltimorebeat.bsky.social, particularly @lisasnowden.bsky.social!)
This season, we’re thankful for you
Our worker-led newsroom wouldn't be possible without your people power.
51st.news
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Our worker-led newsroom wouldn't be possible without your people power.
Today and every day, @christurdisani.bsky.social writes, we're grateful for you.
(Featuring a shoutout to the inspiring team at @baltimorebeat.bsky.social, particularly @lisasnowden.bsky.social!)
Today and every day, @christurdisani.bsky.social writes, we're grateful for you.
(Featuring a shoutout to the inspiring team at @baltimorebeat.bsky.social, particularly @lisasnowden.bsky.social!)
"Looking to the future." I see a vibrant network of better-resourced local newsrooms (us included) working together to make life easier and more just for all the amazing communities that make up DC.
Let's start here. Can you help more people find @51st.news ? 51st.news/lost-51-000-...
Let's start here. Can you help more people find @51st.news ? 51st.news/lost-51-000-...
November 27, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"Looking to the future." I see a vibrant network of better-resourced local newsrooms (us included) working together to make life easier and more just for all the amazing communities that make up DC.
Let's start here. Can you help more people find @51st.news ? 51st.news/lost-51-000-...
Let's start here. Can you help more people find @51st.news ? 51st.news/lost-51-000-...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Are you coming to my #MBTpubroll event on 12/4? Do you subscribe to @51st.news? If not, get on board here:
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Yo DC! @51st.news is pretty great, solid local reporting & won't overwhelm your inbox if you subscribe. 51st.news/membership/?...
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Yo DC! @51st.news is pretty great, solid local reporting & won't overwhelm your inbox if you subscribe. 51st.news/membership/?...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Know someone who'd love @51st.news? Here's some info about their referral program. And you can also find them on Flipboard.
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What are you doing this weekend?
We've got an expanded 23 (!) picks from @ilechelm.bsky.social, including:
👵 @metrobardc.bsky.social's Golden Girls party
🥾 Hike with @washingtonwalks.bsky.social
❄️ @folger.edu's Frost Festival
🎤 Punk rock karaoke at the @blackcatdc.bsky.social
We've got an expanded 23 (!) picks from @ilechelm.bsky.social, including:
👵 @metrobardc.bsky.social's Golden Girls party
🥾 Hike with @washingtonwalks.bsky.social
❄️ @folger.edu's Frost Festival
🎤 Punk rock karaoke at the @blackcatdc.bsky.social
23 things to do around D.C. this week
There are plenty of things to do if you're in town over the long holiday weekend.
51st.news
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
What are you doing this weekend?
We've got an expanded 23 (!) picks from @ilechelm.bsky.social, including:
👵 @metrobardc.bsky.social's Golden Girls party
🥾 Hike with @washingtonwalks.bsky.social
❄️ @folger.edu's Frost Festival
🎤 Punk rock karaoke at the @blackcatdc.bsky.social
We've got an expanded 23 (!) picks from @ilechelm.bsky.social, including:
👵 @metrobardc.bsky.social's Golden Girls party
🥾 Hike with @washingtonwalks.bsky.social
❄️ @folger.edu's Frost Festival
🎤 Punk rock karaoke at the @blackcatdc.bsky.social
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Ever been curious about how to start fishing in D.C.?
@samdelgado.bsky.social got to know a few local anglers — and asked them to share some tips:
@samdelgado.bsky.social got to know a few local anglers — and asked them to share some tips:
'D.C. fishing is a culture': Meet some of the anglers casting into our rivers
We hit the banks of the Potomac and Anacostia with "Ernie the Hog Snatcher" and a host of other locals, who say fishing brings them peace, community, and fun.
51st.news
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Ever been curious about how to start fishing in D.C.?
@samdelgado.bsky.social got to know a few local anglers — and asked them to share some tips:
@samdelgado.bsky.social got to know a few local anglers — and asked them to share some tips:
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Get your unique sign-up link below, and share it with your community. If they sign up for our newsletter, you’ll get credit!
Each week through the end of the year, we’ll give out prizes to the top referrer — and a new subscriber. 51st.news/referral-cha...
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2025 Referral Challenge
The 51st’s journalism is always local, nonprofit, and independent — but most of all community-driven. As our first full year serving D.C. winds down, we want your help reaching more people across the…
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November 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Here's my unique referral link! Join now (free if that's where you're at)! Win a shirt, post a photo. I know you'll wear it better than me 👇🏼
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If you’re in DC or the region: great reporting, human stories, worker owned.
If you’re not in DC: get to learn about all the stuff that goes on here that’s not directly federal related (though certainly inflicted a lot)
When DCist was shut down, it had 70,000+ subscribers.
The 51st is proud to carry forward the spirit with which DCist served our city.
But we can’t stop thinking about how most of those subscribers — our neighbors and friends — are just no longer receiving the kind of local news they signed up for.
The 51st is proud to carry forward the spirit with which DCist served our city.
But we can’t stop thinking about how most of those subscribers — our neighbors and friends — are just no longer receiving the kind of local news they signed up for.
November 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Subscribe to 51st everyone!
If you’re in DC or the region: great reporting, human stories, worker owned.
If you’re not in DC: get to learn about all the stuff that goes on here that’s not directly federal related (though certainly inflicted a lot)
If you’re in DC or the region: great reporting, human stories, worker owned.
If you’re not in DC: get to learn about all the stuff that goes on here that’s not directly federal related (though certainly inflicted a lot)
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"Over a year ago, we approached WAMU about [possibly] acquiring DCist’s newsletter list and social media accounts.
Last week, we received a final answer: No."
(Can't say I'm entirely surprised, but it shouldn't have taken a year to reply. Either way, sign back up now: 51st.news/membership/?...)
Last week, we received a final answer: No."
(Can't say I'm entirely surprised, but it shouldn't have taken a year to reply. Either way, sign back up now: 51st.news/membership/?...)
When DCist was shut down, it had 70,000+ subscribers.
The 51st is proud to carry forward the spirit with which DCist served our city.
But we can’t stop thinking about how most of those subscribers — our neighbors and friends — are just no longer receiving the kind of local news they signed up for.
The 51st is proud to carry forward the spirit with which DCist served our city.
But we can’t stop thinking about how most of those subscribers — our neighbors and friends — are just no longer receiving the kind of local news they signed up for.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"Over a year ago, we approached WAMU about [possibly] acquiring DCist’s newsletter list and social media accounts.
Last week, we received a final answer: No."
(Can't say I'm entirely surprised, but it shouldn't have taken a year to reply. Either way, sign back up now: 51st.news/membership/?...)
Last week, we received a final answer: No."
(Can't say I'm entirely surprised, but it shouldn't have taken a year to reply. Either way, sign back up now: 51st.news/membership/?...)
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We want to find the people who loved DCist — but don’t yet know The 51st exists.
They walk among us: Our neighbors, colleagues, and friends. Do you know any of them personally, and can you help reunite them with local journalism? If you do it, you could earn rewards via our new referral program.
They walk among us: Our neighbors, colleagues, and friends. Do you know any of them personally, and can you help reunite them with local journalism? If you do it, you could earn rewards via our new referral program.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Just did the $120 a year option. I also have donated to @boltsmag.org @theonion.com and @npr.org this year. It’s nice to get the daily emails.
Get your unique sign-up link below, and share it with your community. If they sign up for our newsletter, you’ll get credit!
Each week through the end of the year, we’ll give out prizes to the top referrer — and a new subscriber. 51st.news/referral-cha...
Each week through the end of the year, we’ll give out prizes to the top referrer — and a new subscriber. 51st.news/referral-cha...
2025 Referral Challenge
The 51st’s journalism is always local, nonprofit, and independent — but most of all community-driven. As our first full year serving D.C. winds down, we want your help reaching more people across the…
51st.news
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Just did the $120 a year option. I also have donated to @boltsmag.org @theonion.com and @npr.org this year. It’s nice to get the daily emails.