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Becky Hammer

@beckyhammer.bsky.social
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Environmental lawyer/locally notorious person. Bad Bunny 101 adjunct professor. Alexandria, Virginia. Subscribe to ALXtra: alxtra.ghost.io

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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 4h
Happy Friday, Alexandria! We're entering our public infrastructure thrifting era, voting like we're demonstrating our erotic acting skills in a diner, and losing the plot in our community theater production of the new ALXtra with @oconnell.bsky.social:
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Secondhand City
Lately driving around town we’ve found ourselves noticing places that could be something else. And we don’t mean that thing we all do—fantasize about cool things that could go into a vacant retail spa...
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 19h
When you're having a great week at the environmental protection factory
"Frankly, the sweet release of death does have some appeal." -the first sentence in a work email I just received
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hive mind, can you share some restaurant recs for Minneapolis? I have a work trip there in two weeks and we need to make dinner plans Importantly, we will not be renting a car and need to stay downtown (please don't say "I swear this spot is worth the 20 minute Uber ride to...")
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In trying to look up some info on Art on the Ave this weekend, I discovered that the Zebra has been posting about it in a Facebook group called "Art and Events in Michigan"
Art And Events In Michigan  · 
The Zebra Press - GOOD News in Alexandria, VA
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Volunteer for Art on the Avenue festival in Del Ray | Alexandria, VA
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The 31st annual festival will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. along Mount Vernon Avenue between Hume and Bellefonte avenues in Del Ray. More than 350 local and regional artists are expected, along with live music, international food, children’s activities and the festival’s popular pie-baking contest.
But before the tents go up and the crowds arrive, organizers need community members willing to
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Got myself a little treat
The outside of a shoebox that reads Adidas para Bad BunnyHigh top sneakers in varying shades of blue
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Friends with fancy bikes: do you use a special/heavy duty lock to lock them up, and if so, what kind?
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This was a good movie to watch at the tail end of a very rainy weekend
The End We Start From movie poster
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ok lol I deleted a post that implied the writer at Rolling Stone who everyone is mad at wouldn't know any Bad Bunny songs, I got carried away making a point which is that all people have blind spots and monoculture doesn't really exist anymore
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Drinking fancy cocktails at Providencia while Bad Bunny and Feid play over the speakers, I'm so happy
Two cocktails on a bar. A dembow beat can be heard in the background
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Kid won her soccer game, we checked out the new horror bookstore, went to the bike shop and ordered a cargo ebike, now in a Lyft on the way to a nice dinner. Not a bad Saturday
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Russian Doll" should be on the 100 best shows list
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Who else up listening to "Incomplete" by the Backstreet Boys
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Well you see there was a formal schedule of which days you were supposed to post pictures of which body parts. If you did not want to see body parts it was a dangerous time
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I think a lot of you would like the 80s vibe of the new song from Venezuelan-born, Mexico-based band Los Mesoneros
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Los Mesoneros - Corolla Del 96 (Official Video)
YouTube video by Los Mesoneros
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eleep.bsky.social @eleep.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I love that you can tell it is Friday by all the bike bus content in ALX Skeets feed.
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It always cracks me up that the Spanish language podcasts I listen to have the same ads as the English language ones, just with a dembow beat behind them
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Colleague: Let's call our project "Watersheds for Waterworks" so we can abbreviate it W4W! Me: I... don't think we want to do that
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Well here's where you can go if you want to hang out with all the worst people in DC this weekend
There's another fringe Partiful shindig happening this weekend in D.C., but this one is for *checks notes* … people who really love data centers?

Why it matters: Data After Dark: A Pro-Data Center Party is going down amid a nationwide pushback against data center construction.

State of play: The party, happening Saturday at PubKey — aka D.C.'s "crypto-bro clubhouse" — has 900 people approved to attend, co-organizer Jonas Du tells Axios.

Du originally planned to just host the party at his Shaw rowhouse, but it went viral after organizers posted it online.
Now it's sponsored by groups like the '76 Crew, the Manhattan Institute, the Bitcoin Policy Institute, and several AI companies, says Du.
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A thing I really appreciate about @josephfray.bsky.social is that he acknowledges that "Incomplete" by the Backstreet Boys is one of the greatest songs of all time
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Neil hunt's nonsense pottery @nostradamnus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
bad bunny had this problem for a while imo but he broke up with whichever jenner he was dating, sold his bugatti, and got back with his puerto rican ex and i think it has been good for the music
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
People who know Miami, what's a good part of the city to stay in for a girls weekend trip? Should we stay on the beach or is there some other less obvious but equally cool neighborhood we should consider?
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
People who know Miami, what's a good part of the city to stay in for a girls weekend trip? Should we stay on the beach or is there some other less obvious but equally cool neighborhood we should consider?
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I can save them some time: it doesn't
The T&ES spokesperson said localities are working with local planning district commissions and state associations to understand how Trump’s new order affects stormwater utility fee programs and Chesapeake Bay cleanup requirements.
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"It's not safe for kids to ride DASH" tell that to the three dozen middle school boys currently screaming about their fantasy football leagues on the 104
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'm so tired of squats
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Good morning Trying to start my week with this peaceful energy before things inevitably go sideways
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Me (watching an Iranian movie about torture of political prisoners): wow look at that protected bike lane
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Credit where credit's due
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If I had to explain the Ren Fest vibe to someone who had never been I would tell them that I just ordered fried mac and cheese on a stick from someone with THEY/THEM knuckle tattoos
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Who else out here commencing thy merriment?
Selfie with Joe at the Maryland Renaissance Festival. We are wet because it's raining. He's drinking mead even though it is 10am. He's wearing his Monty Python and the Holy Grail aloha shirt and I'm wearing a t-shirt of a maiden telling a knight absolutely not. Kiddo not pictured because she's currently getting her hair braided
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We have a bike barn!!!
A fully constructed shed large enough to hold several bicycles
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Eyes Off ALX @eyesoffalx.org · 19/09/2026
It is uncalled for to treat public servants, who are juggling a wide range of issues that keep our city strong, with distain and as an enemy. It is also not constructive to attracting good people to government or finding ACTUAL solutions that a pithy “ban this or that” chant cannot fully capture.
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Friends! I have an extra ticket to Monsieur Periné tonight at Lincoln Theatre, does anyone want it?? They're a super fun Colombian band with great energy. The show is GA so we don't even have to sit together!!
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Monsieur Periné - Aguaráchate (Official Video)
YouTube video by MonsieurPerineVEVO
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Happy Friday, Alexandria! We're placing litigious grocery orders, tossing our bratwurst, and telling mass surveillance to go Flock itself in today's issue of ALXtra with @oconnell.bsky.social:
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Flock Around and Find Out
Ever since the invention of the modern camera, our culture has produced an abundance of stories, songs, and art about the fear of being watched. This concern has deep historical roots—people have drea...
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This country is so exhausting
USA Today headline
Survey: Support rising for DEI
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Do any of you data science nerds want to come work with me?
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Careers at NRDC
NRDC attracts exceptionally talented people—people who are deeply committed to protecting the environment, from the senior attorney who wins a groundbreaking lawsuit protecting whales to the program a...
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
OBJEÇÃO!!!
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Unfortunately I'm about to be back on my bullshit about this
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It's a beautiful night to remember that nothing my neighborhood's civic association does actually matters 🥰
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just eavesdropped on a colleague telling someone in the office kitchen about her egg-layimg ducks Did not realize that was a backyard fowl option
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Taking a little TikTok break because Gen Z's puritanical opinions about everything are starting to get exhausting
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My parents have been on vacation for a month but look who showed up the first day they got home
A peacock looking for treats
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A beautiful Friday night spent celebrating with family and wine and kugel and apple cake. Shana Tova, friends ❤️
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Me stuck in the office while everybody else in Alexandria goes to look at spraygrounds and/or goats
Sad Spongebob meme
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
DC area friends, the international space station is about to pass right over us, from 8:30 to 8:37 Appearing in the SW and setting to the NE
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Got to fulfill a lifelong dream today (talking to the Last Week Tonight production team about wastewater infrastructure for an episode about sewage)
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Today in unexpected dembow beats
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The only kind of flock we need in Alexandria
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The trial in Coyote v. Acme being scheduled in two weeks was the most unrealistic thing in the movie
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Extended family is planning a trip to Maui next summer and needs a resort recommendation near Whaler's Village, has anyone ever stayed near there?
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