DV McRae @dvmcrae.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Don’t ask me why, but i had a version of this poster in my room growing up. 030
Reposted by DV McRaerickhutzell.bsky.social @rickhutzell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026D.C. may be about to pass Maryland on the way to cleaning up plastic pollution in the Chesapeake Bay by adopting a bottle deposit law. So, why couldn’t the idea even get a committee vote this year in the Maryland General Assembly? www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...thebanner.comHutzell: Maryland knows bottle bills work. Why won’t it adopt one?COLUMN | Arguments against a bottle deposit program are pretty much what you’d expect. Developments in Maryland and D.C. may be changing the outcome. 2113
DV McRae @dvmcrae.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Wait a minute, I thought Microsoft did “bio-mimicry*”? *latest fad 000
Reposted by DV McRaeBathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Coming in February! An edited collection on rivers past and present and how they move. The code E27RIVER gets you 30% off a preorder from Duke. #envhist #rivers #envhum 614154
Reposted by DV McRae DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Particularly poignant for us—the fact that these kids, who were 11 at the time, would today be the age of our youngest councilmembers For those unfamiliar with the DCPS students & teachers we lost when Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon, here's the story www.edweek.org/leadership/d... 0103
Reposted by DV McRaeA Blog of Their Own @blogoftheirown.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Rest in peaches, Wendell Berry. And because I am not as well adjusted as he: God dammit, cosmos, take the destroyers and leave us the artists. 8536140
DV McRae @dvmcrae.bsky.social · 28/08/2026One of my favorite things about Hains Point is that it’s also the name of my favorite Rites of Spring song…lyrics seem inspired by the eerie statue The Awakening installed there and later moved to National Harbor. Oh yeah, Hains Point is for the people, not private clubs! youtu.be/clDJrGGCOf4?...youtu.beRites Of Spring - Hain's PointYouTube video by ritesofspr 012
DV McRae @dvmcrae.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Will NO ONE think of poor Adam Schiff and his empty coffers?? Oh the humanity!! 010
Reposted by DV McRaeDagomar Degroot @dagomardegroot.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I’m thrilled to introduce a major new project: “After 2C.” It’s an interactive website that tries to answer a simple question: how will the history students of the future write about global warming in our century? (1/5) #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ElNino #EnvHist after2c.comafter2c.comAfter 2C - Histories of the Future of Global WarmingAn interactive exploration of five plausible, research-grounded climate futures, written as history papers looking back from the year 2100. 14116
DV McRae @dvmcrae.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Tfw when students ask for the syllabus before the dang semester starts!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂 (not really a professor anymore but thought I’d get some memes going for old times sake) #twitterstorians 010
Reposted by DV McRaeAaron Meyers @aaronmeyers.bsky.social · 04/08/2026"Today is August 4, 2026" There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury 231547899
DV McRae @dvmcrae.bsky.social · 28/07/2026May sound like whataboutism, but crazy that former mayor of Jackson MS is probably going to jail after getting set up by the feds; meanwhile every LA official mentioned in this story will probably live to age 99 with zero consequences. “Transparency is a very interesting word” o rly!? 110
DV McRae @dvmcrae.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Same cheap (and dishonest) arguments beverage industry lobbyists use to oppose bottle refunds, with an added patronizing twist that they think DC doesn’t deserve home rule. Garbage company 🚮 031
Reposted by DV McRaeNational Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) @protectparks.bsky.social · 02/07/2026🎉 BREAKING: A proposed data center project that would have threatened Manassas National Battlefield Park is officially dead. www.npca.org/articles/11453-victory…npca.orgVictory for Manassas! Proposed Massive Data Center Digital Gateway Threat Ends“This victory sends a clear message to developers everywhere that our national parks are no place for data centers." -- NPCA's Kyle Hart 1239
DV McRae @dvmcrae.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Not to worry! I hear they are using closed loop cooling systems. Plus, there are quintillions of gallons of water on earth, so what’s one more concentration camp? 000
DV McRae @dvmcrae.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Someone (a journalist perhaps) should look into how a man child who’s never held a real job is set to sail to a third term in statewide office after 8 years of playing prize patrol and hawking crypto 120
DV McRae @dvmcrae.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Richard White is interviewed in this episode, and draws the parallels between data center boom and transcontinental railroad boom in 19th century. It’s not for nothing his book on that subjected was titled “Railroaded”! 000
Reposted by DV McRaeDreamcatcher @dreamcatcher01.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Red-winged Blackbird Always be mindful of the shadow... 0533
Reposted by DV McRaeJason Odell @luminescentphoto.com · 08/05/2026I see that #photogenic #birds are trending today, so here’s a red-winged blackbird singing its heart out for your Friday! 1124472432
Reposted by DV McRaeTim Osborne Photography 🍁 @timosborne.ca · 01/05/2026For those who enjoyed the Red-Winged Blackbird photo from yesterday, here's a slow motion video that gives you another perspective. #wildlife #birds (No sound as it was captured at 120fps). 772699434
Reposted by DV McRaeLori Batchelor🇨🇦 @lorichirp.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Just found out it's #CrowandRavenAppreciationDay and I just have to post something! Here's a Common Raven fledgling that I had so much fun watching last year. #Corvid #birds #photography #ECK #WestCoastKin #PhotographersUnited 934245
Reposted by DV McRaeLecia Michelle @leciamichelle.bsky.social · 24/04/2026A red-winged blackbird zipping across a lake. So fast! #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky 27114985
Reposted by DV McRaeRoberto Ignacio Díaz @robertissimus.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Happy to report that yesterday I was able to hike along across the creek in my local woods — first time since January, when I stupidly fell on the ice and re-injured my right knee. Spring in D.C. — far more than those pretty cherry blossoms. 181
DV McRae @dvmcrae.bsky.social · 11/04/2026A beautiful day to canvass for the next Mayor of DC @janeese4dc.bsky.social 😊💜 030
DV McRae @dvmcrae.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Worth reading the quoted poem in full. Because the barbarians are coming today. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51294/...poetryfoundation.orgWaiting for the BarbariansBecause the barbarians are coming today. Because the barbarians are coming today and the emperor’s waiting to receive their leader. Because the barbarians… 000
Reposted by DV McRaeNeil Flanagan 🧱🗃️ @jgbollard.bsky.social · 03/04/2026This is a masterclass in weighing historical evidence for a public audience. @zacharyschrag.bsky.social 🗃️ggwash.orgFrequently asked questions about the missing Georgetown Metro stationFollowing the 20th anniversary of Zachary Schrag’s The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro, and the 50th anniversary of the first Metrorail service, Schrag offers his best answers ... 24214
Reposted by DV McRaeFree DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 28/03/2026HAPPENING NOW: Thousands of people in DC are marching to Fort McNair where Stephen Miller, Pete Hegseth, Pam Bondi, and other leaders of this regime are living to make it clear we want to #EndTheDCoccupation and #FireStephenMiller. #NoKings #NoKingsDC 191288371
DV McRae @dvmcrae.bsky.social · 21/03/2026From Vision Zero to “what the hell, let em get run over, whatever Trump says” 020
Reposted by DV McRaeKevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 19/03/2026I've spent a good deal of time over the past ten years helping school communities work to change names that honor Confederate leaders. Here are some thoughts about how schools named in honor of Cesar Chavez might move forward. #CivilWarMemory #EduSky #sschat open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...open.substack.comHow Schools Named for César Chávez Should Navigate a Naming CrisisThe challenge is not unlike the debate that has taken place in countless schools named in honor of Confederate leaders. 34512
Reposted by DV McRaeDavid Ramos @imagineterrain.bsky.social · 14/03/2026US Park Police continues to be the worst law enforcement agency in the DC area—officers are still making traffic stops so that ICE/federal agents can arrest immigrants. cnsmaryland.org/2026/03/11/p...cnsmaryland.orgHow the Park Police are helping ICE carry out deportation efforts(WASHINGTON) – U.S. Park Police tailed a man while he commuted home from work – but when he stopped to get some water, ICE showed up and took him away. A pool… 172
Reposted by DV McRaeEric Falquero @ericfalquero.bsky.social · 13/03/2026IF YOU'VE ALREADY DONATED — or you believe in us but can’t afford to donate — spreading the word is just as vital. We have 16k+ subscribers (25% are paid). There are 500k+ adults in DC. First, THANK YOU! Second, please tell your friends! 📣 51st.news/big-plans 🧵8/?51st.newsThe 51st is expandingD.C. needs more local journalists. You can help us hire them. 11910
Reposted by DV McRaeMississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk @agwaterdesk.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Residents of Canton, Miss., say traffic and dust have already made life a ‘mess’. And they worry what will happen when hundreds of backup diesel generators go online. New story from Desk reporter Illan Ireland and the Mississippi Free Press. arktimes.comA subdivision struggles with the massive data center moving in next door - Arkansas TimesResidents of Canton, Miss., say traffic and dust have already made life a “mess.” And they worry what will happen when hundreds of backup diesel generators go online. 153
Reposted by DV McRaeSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S. 228139043697
DV McRae @dvmcrae.bsky.social · 12/02/2026wapo.st/4bMoWqk Thinking about that op ed posted a few months back about the school teacher (?) from MS who used ChatGPT to “write” a children’s book.wapo.stColumn | See ChatGPT’s hidden bias about your state or cityResearchers uncovered hidden biases in ChatGPT’s assessment of people from different places. See how the chatbot ranked your city, state or country. 030
