for the morning crowd!

for the #foia night owls, a new and belated @foiaday.bsky.social!

we've covered some good ground and are requesting records on all your most fave topics, in no particular order:

1. banned books behind bars,
2. rabies
3. Chicago's snow plow naming contest

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Trying to figure out what to FOIA? Here's literally 30 different ideas in this thread.

If you subscribe to @foiaday.bsky.social (which is free!!!), I'll send you ideas daily or weekly, based on what I'm actually filing as a journalist, throughout 2026!

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It's officially week two of @foiaday.bsky.social, and we published our weekly roundup (along with request no. 12) tonight.

Here's a thread of everything I've (@camrodriguez.bsky.social) requested so far. 🧵🔎

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folks i am the now only person in possession of the 24 karat gold labubu (the full list of explicit, illegible, and rejected license plates from the secretary of state's office for the past five years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

more deets tonight/tomorrow on the list. context: buttondown.com/foiaday/arch...

tonight on @foiaday.bsky.social, we ask the question: whatever happened to chicagwa?

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beat back the Sunday Scaries with a stick by reading about some records requests that won't even be processed for another 12-24 hours! 🤪

today's request: filing to see who's blocked on official mayoral social accounts. (is your mayor listed? statistically, maybe!)

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request number three of foiaday asks a very fun question: what happens when you mix policing with ai chatbots?

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okay, server issues mitigated! read more about a raunchy illinois dmv video that's inspired today's request, plus a throwback to one of my *first* records requests to kick off this foia-filled year.

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hey folks! ironically, it seems like the first issue might not go out on time tonight (probably later tonight). @buttondown.com is having some server issues!

welcome to foiaday, a newsletter + records request project from @camrodriguez.bsky.social! i'm going to file a foia every day in 2026, and write up deets about how it goes.

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