Yesterday's post includes a lot of information that I actually *didn't* need to use FOIA for, but instead came from lots of advanced Googling. For the 26th request of @foiaday.bsky.social, I'm trying to get deets about drugs and medication access behind bars. buttondown.com/foiaday/arch...

week four of foiaday + request 026

Let's request records about drugs. (My drugs, kind of.)

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It's been four weeks of @foiaday.bsky.social (can you believe??) and last night/early this morning/before I went to bed, I sent out roundup of the past week of requests (spanning everything from Pentagon loot boxes to Madonna to noisy aircraft) that have been filed. buttondown.com/foiaday/arch...

week four of foiaday + request 026

Let's request records about drugs. (My drugs, kind of.)

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for the morning crowd!

foiaday@foiaday.bsky.social · 7mo ago

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 buttondown.com/foiaday/arch...

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 buttondown.com/foiaday/arch...

foiaday 016 + 017 + 018

Records about banned books, rabies and snow plows

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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! buttondown.com/foiaday

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Every day of 2026, I’m going to file a FOIA request. This’ll be a place for me to compile my thoughts about requesting, inevitably appealing, and compiling things into a living, breathing resource and...

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foiaday@foiaday.bsky.social · 7mo ago

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. 🧵🔎 buttondown.com/foiaday/arch...

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. 🧵🔎 buttondown.com/foiaday/arch...

week two of foiaday + request 012

Week two of foiaday, but first, what's your sign?

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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...

foiday 001 + 002 - 1/2/2026

The first official foiaday dispatch, about one of my first FOIAs, revisited, plus a request inspired by a raunchy DMV video.

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

foiaday 008

Hey, 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!) buttondown.com/foiaday/arch...

foiaday 004

Blocked and reported... by your mayor? Let's file some requests to see who's getting iced out of official accounts.

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

foiaday 003

Request 003 — 1/3/2026 What do you get when you mix a chatbot with policing? Happy weekend, and welcome to foiaday! It’s Saturday, January 3rd, though I...

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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. buttondown.com/foiaday/arch...

foiday 001 + 002 - 1/2/2026

The first official foiaday dispatch, about one of my first FOIAs, revisited, plus a request inspired by a raunchy DMV video.

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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. sign up in order to get updates, tips, tricks, inspo, all that jazz: buttondown.com/foiaday/arch...

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I'm filing a FOIA every day in 2026. I've filed thousands so far in my career. What's another 365?

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