Katelyn Gallagher

4pm update: no update. The Bryant St bridge connecting thousands of eckington and Edgewood residents with the Rhode Island Avenue Metro Station remains snowbound. Many still venturing across, dangerously. Any eta, @DCDPW @311DCgov ? Help, @MayorBowser

At @WorldBank Executive Director Roundtable with #civilsociety, Nordic ED @sigrunra asks: is the Bank doing enough on #civicspace? We at @BIC_Updates don’t think so - a starting point is to have a baseline assessment of civic space inform country strategies and project design.

@WashProbs Same energy as when they turned pirate bar into office bar

“Read the room”

@tomsherwood And Tuesday is the 30th 🙃

If it were a bet .... I'd bet it starts 20 min late, minimum.

@Aru5F02 I got a ride to a meeting yesterday instead of taking metro because I’m 8 months pregnant and was nervous about the state of the bridge and being able to get to the metro that way! It’s been an issue multiple years in a row and is totally unacceptable, thanks for raising it!

I, like you, am appalled at the poor state of snow and ice removal on both the MBT-to-RIA metro pedestrian bridge, as well as the Franklin St NE bridge sidewalk. This is something the DC "Snow Team" has missed, and no one appears to be willing to take accountability for it.

At #WBmeetings panel on decarbonizing transport, BIC’s Emily Stutzman shares research on @WorldBank #climatefinance projects in the transport sector, calling for greater investment in zero emissions transportation and transparency around climate finance commitments

Packed house for #WBmeetings panel discussing lessons learned from #civilsociety participation in multilateral #climate fund governance with BIC’s @Ladd4Climate

On #WBmeetings panel, @AccountCounsel recommends @WorldBank and @IFC_org exercise leverage to prevent/respond to reprisals in response to findings of barriers to accessing #accountability mechanisms in the #MENA region

At #WBmeetings townhall with civil society, @WorldBank President Ajay Banga says “we will need a bigger bank” — with more lending comes more risk, and it is critical for the Bank to strengthen its accountability mechanisms and systems for remedying harm as it takes on that risk

At #WBmeetings CSO Roundtable with WB EDs, @koendavidse says, “we WANT #civilsociety to be critical and independent of the Bank and tell us what they think of us.” @worldbank must consider civic space restrictions and reprisal risks in its due diligence and stakeholder engagement

And the House hearing on D.C. has started! Some background here: twitter.com/maustermuhle/s…

I’m going to eat so much thai food in a hot minute. And after, I’m going to post about how to recycle (or trash) each piece.

“I am frustrated & so are many ppl. We do want help, we’re not service resistant! You refuse to provide it.” Blistering indictment of DHCF lack of services prior to tent sweep at McPherson Square. She also cites @RemoraHouse_DC & @dc_fnb multiple times as very helpful.

@MetBranchTrail Trash cans, shaaaaade!, maybe benches?

ANC 5F will be hosting our first Monthly Meeting as a commission on January 31st @ 7pm online & in person. anc5f.com/meetings

@jlabrk Ughhh

@piateski @MamaWeasleyy My 2yo got his moderna bivalent booster at a dc Covid center before Christmas - no issues with availability and super easy, no appointment needed just walk in during their open hours. We had no wait and they also have lots of fun swag for the kids.

@MamaWeasleyy my daughter is under 5, got two doses of Moderna, and now I'd like to get her a bivalent booster. I'm not finding it offered anywhere (and also not at city-run sites in DC, where I live). Thoughts? It IS approved for under 5 right?!

@theHillisHome I heard it in Edgewood! Loud and distinct enough that I opened Twitter to see what was going on

ICYMI, someone set off some sort of explosive at Canal Park last night and left a crater in the ice and a shattered glass pane at the rink. Did you hear it? Curious as to how far it was heard. Vote and share your location.

@BarredinDC Is the lowest under dc minimum wage??

For most DC area Feds out there, here’s your new salary starting next week

I did the ENTIRE FORECAST as a “‘Twas the night before Christmas” poem. Merry Christmas y’all! 😃 @fox5dc @foxweather Find yourself a meteorologist who cares enough to wake up at 2 a.m. to write a poem. 🥹