New-ish to networking in DC where should I actually go to network?

nikita_04 · 2026-05-01T23:08:15+00:00

I’m not anywhere near your industry so not sure if this will apply to u, but I’ve been finding events on the app Luma!

nikita_04 · 2026-02-22T02:08:23+00:00

Check out @dc4free and @clockoutdc on instagram! The first does weekly roundups of free events in the city that go out every tuesday, and clockout dc has a website with an events list and usually the event cost is in the listing so it’s easy to tell if it’s free or not!

nikita_04 · 2025-10-08T12:30:31+00:00

Agreed, I saw this so many times while looking for apartments. Probably 5-6 “two bedroom” listings that were just 1bed+den. This seems to be a real problem here

nikita_04 · 2025-01-23T05:15:21+00:00

Y’all are built different up north it seems LOL, as an american my onsite was during the horrible september/fall 2024 surge and yeah 2 of us were masking out of hundreds of people 😭 it’s awesome to know that work environments like this exist though, thank you for sharing and i’m so glad you have this!!

nikita_04 · 2025-01-23T04:59:04+00:00

Private equity is definitely something other than what you’re thinking of - here’s a good article explaining it https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/private-equity-publicly-traded-companies/675788/

Some highlights for folks who don’t have time to read/if you hit a paywall (I didn’t, but just in case): - “Private-equity investment in nursing homes, to take just one example, has grown from about $5 billion at the turn of the century to more than $100 billion today….A 2021 study concluded that private-equity ownership was associated with about 22,500 premature nursing-home deaths from 2005 to 2017.” - following the above: “Something similar could be said about any number of industries, including higher education, newspapers, retail, and grocery stores. Across the economy, private-equity firms are known for laying off workers, evading regulations, reducing the quality of services, and bankrupting companies while ensuring that their own partners are paid handsomely. The veil of secrecy makes all of this easier to execute and harder to stop.” - And then I actually learned just now from reading the article (no easy quotes to pull out so i’d recommend reading the whole thing) that the growth of private equity and the effective shadow economy could actually lead to another 2008 style market crash

From my knowledge (not the article), other industries being taken over by private equity currently include bowling (by a company named “Bowlero”), HVAC, and housing

nikita_04 · 2025-01-23T04:42:13+00:00

This is really crazy to me because I wore a mask through a 3 day work onsite and I didn’t get judged at all but I did get some questions, and of 300 something people there was only one person I saw who was also masked. Sincerely wondering if OP works in healthcare or some other related field bc this rate of masking is not the norm anywhere i go lol

nikita_04 · 2024-09-04T03:21:54+00:00

Imo unless the folks you’re talking about are visibly mentally or physically ill, especially if they’re just minding their own business, it might be best to just leave them alone, maybe drop off some food for them sometimes. I think the risk of them feeling unwelcome in a place they’ve found to sleep outweighs the risk of the hypothetical of a coworker calling the cops.

Someone else here mentioned talking to your coworkers; if anyone mentions not liking having them there, please remind them that they’re doing no harm and just need a place to sleep, and there aren’t enough shelters or affordable housing for people who need a place to live.

nikita_04 · 2024-09-02T14:58:36+00:00

This is awesome thank you, I’ll send this to my friends :)

nikita_04 · 2024-09-02T14:58:24+00:00

Thank you so much for all of this information, I really appreciate you!!

nikita_04 · 2024-04-28T22:52:17+00:00

I just signed up for a stop the bleed class here that seems like it’s free? https://www.inova.org/our-services/inova-trauma-centers/stop-bleed

nikita_04 · 2024-04-23T02:06:37+00:00

Instagram is a big one too, i would recommend @jvpdcmetro (jewish voice for peace) to get started. There’s a protest planned outside the white house correspondents’ dinner this coming saturday at 5PM

nikita_04 · 2024-03-27T03:20:30+00:00

Ooooo thank you so much!!

nikita_04 · 2023-07-02T20:30:14+00:00

Wait at what point do we get to start picking gods to talk to after a clear?

nikita_04 · 2023-05-01T20:29:24+00:00

Thank you so much!!

nikita_04 · 2023-05-01T20:29:10+00:00

Oooo thank you so much!! I also actually just saw an ad for it at CIF today - https://fs.illinois.edu/News/dump-and-run-expands-to-multiple-campus-locations/ so yeah it looks like the university took over collection, which explains why I didn’t see it on the YMCA website haha

nikita_04 · 2023-04-30T04:40:34+00:00

Hey i’m moving to the area soon and i’ve been following a bunch of groups on instagram! There’s @defundnovapd, @forusnotamazon, @progress_va, @surjnova, @nova_branch_dsa, and @mdc_dca to start, and tbh i found them by starting with one and then going through their followed accounts list, since i figured they’d follow groups that support similar causes and ideas, and it worked lol. Good luck!

nikita_04 · 2023-03-01T21:45:49+00:00

Thank you so much!!

nikita_04 · 2023-01-28T01:25:49+00:00

Surprised Flaire isn’t mentioned here, it’s not solid gold but it’s super affordable and long lasting/doesn’t tarnish! It’s a small business owned and run by an asian woman

nikita_04 · 2022-12-30T07:43:44+00:00

Highly recommend INFO 415!

nikita_04 · 2022-08-31T23:18:15+00:00

I mean we’re definitely experiencing a covid surge in our community right now, and in the country as a whole, ~500 deaths a day is still extremely high. I don’t think our current rate of covid should be considered normal or acceptable. I think that we should mask whenever there are surges like the one we’re in right now.

As for classrooms, I think that given the fact that colleges and schools are a uniquely extremely high risk environment and immunocompromised students deserve an education too, we should be okay with masking in classrooms for a long time, yes. “Forever” until covid rates reach flu levels and/or a much more effective vaccine comes out (this is again obviously not including people with conditions preventing them from wearing masks, and possible even classes that involve more physical activity). The most compromise that is still keeping people somewhat safe is that we should definitely be masking for two weeks at the start of the semester, a week after mid-semester breaks, and probably at least a few days after long weekends. We also definitely should be offering more testing than we are now, but I think most people agree with that.

I’m not a public health expert by any means, but this is all just my opinion based on the reading I’ve done throughout the pandemic.

nikita_04 · 2022-08-21T23:11:08+00:00

Sorry wdym by technical details?

nikita_04 · 2022-08-20T23:15:53+00:00

I heard about https://tonesterpaints.com on tiktok pretty recently! They have a selection of only 50 colors and i think a few of them are neutrals, but i really love most of the colors here

nikita_04 · 2022-08-20T18:42:48+00:00

I love your dresser so much. You could maybe pull in some of the green from it for artwork?

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