Mariah Castañeda

Engagement on our updates re: ICE kidnappings/fed siege of Los Angeles is significantly lower on Bluesky compared to Twitter. Do ppl on here not care about LA anymore? Are feeds being taken over by liberal commentators? What's going on?

Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.

Don't forget about LA. The feds never left (& won't be leaving until at least 2028). The people will continue to fight.

* data below as of November 1 from @lapublicpress.bsky.social

LA watching NYC rn

Ahead of No Kings protest, LA City Council, judge kill LAPD bid to roll back press protections against police violence Council Member Eunisses Hernandez, who led the effort, cited a duty to hold LAPD accountable and protect press freedoms after LAPD asked a judge to halt protections against using force on journalists ...

Ahead of No Kings protest, LA City Council, judge kill LAPD bid to roll back press protections against police violence lapublicpress.org/2025/10/no-k...

Council unanimously kills motion to use force on journalists at No Kings Council Member Eunisses Hernandez, who led the effort, cited a duty to hold LAPD accountable and protect press freedoms after LAPD asked a judge to halt protections against using force on journalists ...

No one:
LAPD: “Can we pretty please beat up journalists 🥺👉👈”
lapublicpress.org/2025/10/no-k...

LA County Supervisor calls on Metro to ‘reconsider’ firing bus driver who vowed to stand up to ICE The LA Metro driver, who was fired for speaking to LA Public Press about an unofficial drivers’ agreement to close the doors on immigration agents, “clearly cares about his passengers,” says Janice Ha...

LA County Supervisor calls on Metro to ‘reconsider’ firing bus driver who vowed to stand up to ICE.

The driver, who was fired for speaking to LA Public Press about an unofficial drivers’ agreement to close the doors on immigration agents, “clearly cares about his passengers,” says Janice Hahn.

Here’s what police crowd control weapons used on pro-immigration protesters do to your body Thousands of projectiles littering LAs streets represent a massive taxpayer expense as at least eight law enforcement agencies deployed an arsenal of crowd control weapons during weekend pro-immigrant...

What are the projectiles in LA streets after recent protests? They’re less-lethal munitions — weapons designed to control crowds through pain, disorientation, and fear.

Injuries from “less lethal” munitions can be severe, disfiguring, or occasionally deadly. Here’s what they can do to your body.

What's happening in LA is state terrorism.

The Case for Movement Journalism A new limited-run column from The Objective from Lewis Raven Wallace, author of View from Somewhere: Undoing the Myth of Journalistic Objectivity, about why movement journalism matters.

What if the news we took in every day inspired us, helped us connect to one another, and gave us hope and vision for another world? 💭
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Learn more, read @lewispants.bsky.social's new column "The Case for Movement Journalism."

Subscribe today! ⬇️
objectivejournalism.org/the-case-for...

Breaking: LA County Reaches $4 Billion Tentative Settlement in Thousands of Sexual Abuse Cases. If approved, settlement will be the costliest in County history, with long-lasting budgetary impacts.

via: LA County press release
lacounty.gov/2025/04/04/l...

I hate what TikTok has become. Seems like everyday there’s a new body insecurity some of these creators come up with to peddle something from the TikTok shop.

“You don't look like us, but you're still here:” how LA unites across faiths to help fire victims From mosques to churches to gurdwaras, local religious communities rally to support those impacted by the devastating Eaton Fire.

How LA unites across faiths to help fire victims—from mosques to churches to gurdwaras, local religious communities rally to support those impacted by the devastating Eaton Fire.
lapublicpress.org/2025/02/inte...

“Since the fire started, a lot of people have been saying, ‘Have you heard from this person? Does anybody know anybody from this camp?’ It’s a lot of worry”

How to report and organize against rent-gouging after the LA fires Tenant lawyer and LA Tenants Union organizer Jacob Woocher shares some tips.

We’re already seen widespread reports of landlords price-gouging — raising the asking rent over 10% during a state of emergency. This is illegal in California under Penal Code Section 396.

Here's how to report and organize against rent-gouging:

Stay safe out there, look through this thread for reminders on evacuation zones, packing go bags, and where to get updates.

Sources: fire.ca.gov, LAFD, LACOFD

Surviving on $1,800 a month in Social Security, she died looking for a place to live Joanne Erickson’s story shows the looming challenges for millions of seniors struggling with health issues, an unforgiving housing market and little or no retirement savings.

Joanne Erickson’s story shows the looming challenges for millions of seniors struggling with health issues, an unforgiving housing market and little or no retirement savings.
lapublicpress.org/2025/01/seni...

It’s not even 9:30 and I’m sooo done with all the cyber Monday texts and emails. 🥲

LA judge accepts no prison time for deputy who killed father of 3 The judge who approved the deal is a former sheriff’s deputy.

LA Superior Court Judge Mark S. Arnold ruled that a former LA sheriff’s deputy will be sentenced to two years of probation — and no prison time — for his role in the fatal shooting of a 34-year-old father of three.

I love Bluesky so far but I also think about how social media managers now have twice the amount of platforms to manage compared to 6 years ago.

The majority of news influencers are conservative men, study finds The latest Pew Research report on news content creators paints a damning picture of our skewed information ecosystem

If we don't fight for change and build systems to amplify more women and progressive voices online, we will be stuck with a media landscape that continues to exacerbate inequality and warps our political landscape for the worse. www.usermag.co/p/the-majori...

Bday weekend was cuuuute!

Thank you, great to connect here

Nice to meet you! Which story???

Who are my followers I don’t know irl? I wanna do intros :)

And SSRI’s… yikes 😬 thx for the heads up.

Our publisher isn’t on here yet… what should we post? 😏

Great to see you and the rest of the taco fam here

Also love seeing actual replies and no bots so far

It’s so refreshing to spend time in a feed that’s isn’t being artificially pumped full of right wing propaganda all the time