erika owens

this is such a great stamp. thanks for flagging. just ordered some!

estoy tan emocionada sobre esta colaboración!! muchas gracias

Esto es lo que un estudiante detenido por ICE quiere que sepas - Documented A Dylan López Contreras, un estudiante, el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas, ICE, se lo llevó en mayo. The Guardian lo invitó a él y a cinco de sus compañeros a compartir un poco de sus vi...

Nuestro artículo fue publicado en español por @documentedny.bsky.social ! Dylan López Contreras fue detenido por ICE en mayo. The Guardian lo invitó a él y a sus compañeros a compartir un poco de sus vidas y sueños...

hi are you a journalist who has just started freelancing, either by choice or necessity? or are you thinking about making the jump because of...well, everything?

i am helping to put on this conference next week designed with freelancers in mind and you should check it out!

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agreed! love when there are still these encounters of sharing and helpfulness.

i don't know, but i think there might be something mildly toxic involved. the ones in the UK just don't have that same burning goodness, haha.

someone on reddit was like "sorry, but i am actually unable to go back in time to earn money" and i just keep thinking about that. like, to newly require things it's impossible to retroactively fulfill. so stressful.

one more day to give feedback on the atrocious set of proposed immigration settlement changes in the UK, many of which are proposed _to be retroactive_

oooh, i had missed this news. congrats! and, thank you for this reporting

was it the italian guy?? not a dry eye in our house!

...after the scores came out, my wife was like "wait, all that for a bronze?" ha

"The difference is in what practically every worker I spoke to mentioned: a workplace that puts its workers over profits."

was just today heralding the nonprofit coop accelerator project! so much opportunity to share lessons, show alternate paths are actually possible (even if nothing is perfect).

oooh, thanks! and yeah, it was really interesting reading CLR james. especially with a class led by nara roberta silva. really informative discussions that somehow flew by in three hours!

Minneapolis Is Going on Offense Against ICE We spoke to a Minneapolis organizer about the community-organizing infrastructure there in response to ICE, why targeting corporations that profit from ICE is working, and how other cities could do th...

have rarely read a piece with so much concrete, actionable advice. so great! jacobin.com/2026/01/minn... h/t @tansyhoskins.org

oooh, that sounds fun. i did a brooklyn institute of social research class a few years ago on "the black jacobins" and it was great reading and chatting with folks

A hand drawn black and white comic that says "I hosted a mutual aid swap in my back hard and so can you! by Vincent D." Around the words are several animals, including a squirrel, an owl, a raccoon, and a pigeon.

I'm genuinely really inspired by this comic, that shows how a small group of friends got together and had a mutual aid swap in their back yard. www.coyotemedia.org/i-hosted-a-m...

Cam Rodriguez is looking for a new reporting job! Cam Rodriguez is looking for a new reporting job! GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

LinkedIn has heard this for a bit, but Bluesky should, too: my books are open for freelance and contract work for spring & summer.

But more critically, I'm looking for a place to land to do more research + investigative, data and enterprise reporting full-time! 🔎

gist.github.com/cam-rodrigue...

omg it is so frustrating these days! even just something simple like a portfolio site for a noncoder. also, why have even ethical options fully adopted the endless subscription instead of buy something once model? ughhh

seriously. i dunno why a news org in another country has to use weird euphemisms! it's not like they've been sued like the BBC. it's just so demoralizing when the simple stuff appears to be difficult

had to turn off channel 4 evening news after they described ICE killing someone as a part of the "culture wars"

University Application Fees for Gazan Students For students in Gaza, where every university has been destroyed, applying to international universities is the only way to pursue the dream of higher education.

so much terrible crap in the world. here's a super concrete way to help some gazan students with university applications: chuffed.org/project/1641...

could be something just delightful about the real time calibration between data+your perception? "ooh, that is colder/warmer than i thought" "it really IS that windy!" or even just like "wind's picking up, humidity's up, storm must be coming soon"

ok, y’all.

I’M LOOKING FOR WRITERS: who understand 1) global politics, 2) colonialism and 3) liberation struggles across the African/Black Diaspora

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such a good idea! i guess at least they usually have the right phone number from caller ID, so one benefit to changing technology, haha

exciting chance to support neighborhood based journalism in philly!

pretty decent chance there's an email waiting for me right now in the hello@erikawithakowens.com inbox!

world's tiniest violin, but it's annoying how i set up my email accounts before i knew i would constantly be reading them out to people over the phone.

A screenshot that says “UNICEF USA, which supports the United Nations' humanitarian children's mission, no longer wants a more equitable world for every child - just a better one.” With their mission statement and “more equitable” struck out and replaced with “better.”

New @propublica.org:

@emsimani.bsky.social analyzed nonprofit tax filings and found that more than 1,000 charities have stripped DEI-related language from their mission statements this year.

www.propublica.org/article/dele...

love this! i feel like class culture shown in this chart continues to influence salaries in the UK to this day.

the incongruity of the last photo was pretty funny