Tana Weingartner
@tanaweingartner.wvxu.org
WVXU/WMUB/Cincinnati Public Radio Senior Editor/Reporter.
Greater Cincinnati news & lots of soccer.
TAN-uh, like Montana (she/her).
May I pet your dog, please?
Greater Cincinnati news & lots of soccer.
TAN-uh, like Montana (she/her).
May I pet your dog, please?
From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, participants will rewire 230 toys, adding power switch adapters that enable the toy to be activated with a simple, large push button. www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
Volunteers will adapt more than 200 toys in less than 4 hours for children with disabilities
The toys will be rewired with large control buttons to make them easier for children with limited or restricted hand movement to play independently.
www.wvxu.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, participants will rewire 230 toys, adding power switch adapters that enable the toy to be activated with a simple, large push button. www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
Ohio safety push aims to achieve 4 years of declining traffic deaths www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
Ohio safety push aims to achieve 4 years of declining traffic deaths
Ohio recorded three consecutive years of reduced traffic deaths. State agencies are encouraging drivers to add 2025 to the list, making it four straight.
www.wvxu.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Ohio safety push aims to achieve 4 years of declining traffic deaths www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
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Within months of discovering a forgotten memorial to women veterans, a local group is looking for artists to create a new memorial that won't be so easily overlooked. www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
Artists wanted to design a new memorial to women veterans in Eden Park
The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in Ohio wants to replace a forgotten plaque in Cincinnati's Eden Park with a substantial memorial honoring women who have served the country.
www.wvxu.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Within months of discovering a forgotten memorial to women veterans, a local group is looking for artists to create a new memorial that won't be so easily overlooked. www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
Within months of discovering a forgotten memorial to women veterans, a local group is looking for artists to create a new memorial that won't be so easily overlooked. www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
Artists wanted to design a new memorial to women veterans in Eden Park
The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in Ohio wants to replace a forgotten plaque in Cincinnati's Eden Park with a substantial memorial honoring women who have served the country.
www.wvxu.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Within months of discovering a forgotten memorial to women veterans, a local group is looking for artists to create a new memorial that won't be so easily overlooked. www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
Reposted by Tana Weingartner
A man collapsed in the Oval Office yesterday. The internet got the story wrong.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
A man collapsed in the Oval Office. The internet got the story wrong.
A case study in how bad information can spread — and how hard it is to correct it.
dandiamond.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A man collapsed in the Oval Office yesterday. The internet got the story wrong.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
Good morning, besties. Remind your new-to-town besties that it's weather siren test day! 🌪📢
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Good morning, besties. Remind your new-to-town besties that it's weather siren test day! 🌪📢
Two Ohioans named to #USdeafWNT 2025 Deaflympics Team to compete in Tokyo Nov 12-25. Defender Casey King of Bexley and midfielder Emma Neff of Oakwood. The Deaf WNT is 40-0-1 (!!!) since beginning play in 2005.
November 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Two Ohioans named to #USdeafWNT 2025 Deaflympics Team to compete in Tokyo Nov 12-25. Defender Casey King of Bexley and midfielder Emma Neff of Oakwood. The Deaf WNT is 40-0-1 (!!!) since beginning play in 2005.
The first — and so far only — woman elected Kentucky governor has died www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
The first — and so far only — woman elected Kentucky governor has died
Martha Layne Collins became Kentucky’s first female governor in 1983.
www.wvxu.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The first — and so far only — woman elected Kentucky governor has died www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
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Until now, Social Security disability benefits have been easier to qualify for as a person reaches 50+.
Trump's new rules would end that. Under the new plan, millions, many in red states, could find it more difficult to qualify.
Important story from Eli Hager:
www.propublica.org/article/soci...
Trump's new rules would end that. Under the new plan, millions, many in red states, could find it more difficult to qualify.
Important story from Eli Hager:
www.propublica.org/article/soci...
October 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Until now, Social Security disability benefits have been easier to qualify for as a person reaches 50+.
Trump's new rules would end that. Under the new plan, millions, many in red states, could find it more difficult to qualify.
Important story from Eli Hager:
www.propublica.org/article/soci...
Trump's new rules would end that. Under the new plan, millions, many in red states, could find it more difficult to qualify.
Important story from Eli Hager:
www.propublica.org/article/soci...
Happy Halloween from your favorite @npr.org and @wamu.org.web.brid.gy show, 1A!
October 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Happy Halloween from your favorite @npr.org and @wamu.org.web.brid.gy show, 1A!
"We don't have an opening date, but we are hopeful that it will be late next week." www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
Oxford Lane Library to reopen children's wing soon
The children's department has been blocked off since a small electrical fire Sept. 22.
www.wvxu.org
October 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"We don't have an opening date, but we are hopeful that it will be late next week." www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
Updated with new details about additional repaving slated to start Friday. www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
Union Centre Boulevard will need more repairs following tanker truck fire
The I-75 interchange at Union Centre reopened early Wednesday following a tanker truck fire and diesel spill that snarled traffic in West Chester for hours Tuesday.
www.wvxu.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Updated with new details about additional repaving slated to start Friday. www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
More details on a timeline are expected Wednesday afternoon. www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
Union Centre Boulevard will need more repairs following tanker truck fire
The I-75 interchange at Union Centre reopened early Wednesday following a tanker truck fire and diesel spill that snarled traffic in West Chester for hours Tuesday.
www.wvxu.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
More details on a timeline are expected Wednesday afternoon. www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
Local EMA director pushes for FEMA reforms www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
Local EMA director pushes for FEMA reforms
Nick Crossley is among emergency management leaders from across the country in Washington, D.C., this week advocating for the Fixing Emergency Management for Americans (FEMA) Act.
www.wvxu.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Local EMA director pushes for FEMA reforms www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
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NYT has an obituary of the White House East Wing, dead at the age of 123. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us...
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
NYT has an obituary of the White House East Wing, dead at the age of 123. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us...
"A lot of people don't realize that the reason we left Ohio was not because we wanted to leave. We were forced to leave."
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UC team unveils Wyandot Removal Trail across Ohio
Members of the Wyandot Nation were the last Indigenous tribe to be removed from Ohio. Students from the University of Cincinnati worked with the tribe to help tell their story through a series of hist...
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October 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"A lot of people don't realize that the reason we left Ohio was not because we wanted to leave. We were forced to leave."
www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
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What's the future of Powel Crosley's Pinecroft mansion? www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
What's the future of Powel Crosley's Pinecroft mansion?
The historic mansion that once belonged to industrialist Powel Crosley Jr. is being sold. The buyer plans to build a boutique hotel on the Mount Airy property.
www.wvxu.org
October 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
What's the future of Powel Crosley's Pinecroft mansion? www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
Months-long story short: I'm having a rather complicated dress altered. The tailor just called to ask, "Do you want the pockets saved?"
"My friend, as I'm sure you're aware, we so rarely get pockets that if these can be saved, I would like to keep them."
"Okay, we'll keep the pockets."
"My friend, as I'm sure you're aware, we so rarely get pockets that if these can be saved, I would like to keep them."
"Okay, we'll keep the pockets."
October 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Months-long story short: I'm having a rather complicated dress altered. The tailor just called to ask, "Do you want the pockets saved?"
"My friend, as I'm sure you're aware, we so rarely get pockets that if these can be saved, I would like to keep them."
"Okay, we'll keep the pockets."
"My friend, as I'm sure you're aware, we so rarely get pockets that if these can be saved, I would like to keep them."
"Okay, we'll keep the pockets."
Rumpke Waste & Recycling has replaced a portion of the liner beneath the Colerain Township landfill following a fire last month. www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
Rumpke says landfill liner has been replaced following fire
Rumpke says the Sept. 14 fire that sent plumes of black smoke into the air visible for miles prompted the facility to replace the lining of the landfill as a precaution.
www.wvxu.org
October 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Rumpke Waste & Recycling has replaced a portion of the liner beneath the Colerain Township landfill following a fire last month. www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
Reposted by Tana Weingartner
Surveillance technologies purchased by ICE in recent weeks include spyware that can hack into smartphones remotely and cellphone location software that can enable the tracking of a phone’s movements without a court warrant. https://wapo.st/42L6CbS
October 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Surveillance technologies purchased by ICE in recent weeks include spyware that can hack into smartphones remotely and cellphone location software that can enable the tracking of a phone’s movements without a court warrant. https://wapo.st/42L6CbS
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The remnant of Typhoon Halong slammed the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, an area in Western Alaska hundreds of miles from the U.S. road system. More than a thousand people are displaced.
What we know about the devastating storm in Western Alaska
The remnant of Typhoon Halong slammed the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, an area in Western Alaska hundreds of miles from the U.S. road system. More than a thousand people are displaced.
n.pr
October 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The remnant of Typhoon Halong slammed the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, an area in Western Alaska hundreds of miles from the U.S. road system. More than a thousand people are displaced.
Reposted by Tana Weingartner
Two people killed in Kenya's stampede at Odinga funeral- aid group reut.rs/47sotH8
Two people killed in Kenya's stampede at Odinga funeral- aid group
Two people were killed and almost 200 people were injured in a stampede at a stadium in Kenya's capital Nairobi where a state funeral for former opposition leader and prime minister Raila Odinga was underway on Friday, Doctors Without Borders said in a statement.
reut.rs
October 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Two people killed in Kenya's stampede at Odinga funeral- aid group reut.rs/47sotH8
Dear WaPo, I really hate your Ask The Post AI crap. Can you please allow it to be turned off? Pretty please with a real human on top?
XOXO,
me
XOXO,
me
October 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Dear WaPo, I really hate your Ask The Post AI crap. Can you please allow it to be turned off? Pretty please with a real human on top?
XOXO,
me
XOXO,
me
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"The suit contends that the government is using AI and other methods to watch the social media posts of virtually every single non-citizen who is in the United States legally and on a valid visa, as well as many people who have obtained permanent resident status."
techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/e...
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EFF, unions sue Trump administration over alleged mass social media surveillance of legal residents | TechCrunch
The lawsuit, filed in federal court, alleges the Trump administration is monitoring and punishing non-citizens who express social media views that the government disfavors.
techcrunch.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
"The suit contends that the government is using AI and other methods to watch the social media posts of virtually every single non-citizen who is in the United States legally and on a valid visa, as well as many people who have obtained permanent resident status."
techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/e...
techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/e...