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Josh Burch

@jburchdc.bsky.social
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Family, #DCStatehood, #BikeDC, RPCV Ghana, #DCnative, #Spirit, #DCRising, #COYS, & working to restore streams!

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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Big City Buck in Brookland!
Deer with huge antler rack in backyard.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Shit!
Missing solar panel on roof solar array.
Solar panel laying on ground.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Google Maps at 9:21am 8/30/2026
Google Map showing the dumb fucking name, Lake America, instead of the real name, Lake Ontario.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Felt like Steve Irwin capturing this monster outside our basement steps yesterday.
Snake in a bucket.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
And we produced more than we consumed thanks to our solar panels! Who else is getting gouged by Pepco & 3rd party suppliers?
Graphic showing a home produced more energy than it consumed due to solar panels.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
#BikeDC like it’s 2020!
Man wearing mask while biking.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Happy Day to all who celebrate!
A slurpee for 7/11 day!
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
DC vs the Nation. DC wins! #4thofJuly #America250
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
At least 30 National Guard stationed at different locations around the Algae Pool guarding it from rouge forces. Tax dollars well spent all around!
National Guard guarding the reflecting pool.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Losing Ward 5 Dem Council candidate says “Thank you to everyone who said ‘Fuck Those Bike Lanes.’” SMDH
Campaign statement from Bernita Carmichael who lost BIGLY in the Ward 5 Council primary: Thank you to everyone who believed in our vision, who kept us in the race, and special Thank you to everyone who said ‘Fuck Those Bike Lanes.’

Also call the people who stole and tore my signs down in Ward 5; the government got better things to do today and hopefully you do too.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The Anacostia River after 400 years of protracted environmental degradation vs the Reflecting Pool two weeks after a $13,000,000 blue paint job.
Anacostia River with browns, blues, & green colors reflecting.Green algae & foam on the Reflecting Pool.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Two neighbors had their “Statehood for the People of DC” yard signs stolen this week. They both had other yard signs that weren’t taken. Stealing is bad, but this could be a good sign! #DCStatehood
Yard sign that says “Statehood for the People of DC” with blooming Shasta daisy flowers behind it.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Happy Earth Day!
Image of a restored stream in SE DC with this vegetation growing around it.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
There’s a pot of gold in Brookland!
Rainbow over Brookland Middle School & Turkey Thicket tennis courts.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I hate this. “D.C. Home Rule” is the floor, it’s an unequal & quasi-colonial status. #DCStatehood is what our delegate to Congress must prioritize. Your job on behalf of 700,000+ DC residents is to do what’s only been done 37 times in US history. Work your ass off to make DC a state or stay home.
Poll question asking what one or two issues a Dem candidate for DC Delegate should prioritize. Issues range from taxes to crazy ass Trump threatening democracy to DC Home Rule.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Made fufu with groundnut soup for dinner. Not as good as in my glory days as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ghana, but tasty nonetheless.
Two bowls with balls of pounded yam in them surrounded by a peanut soup.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
#DCStatehood
Statehood for People of DC sign in snow
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
How it started. How it happened. How it ended. I work with very good people, but for the love of all good things on this planet, please stop littering.
Thousands of bottles floating in a trash trap in a DC stream (Nash Run).Two workers in waders pulling trash out of the trash trap.The floating trash trap with no trash in it.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Home ➡️ NW Branch ➡️ Sligo Creek ➡️ Rock Creek ➡️ Potomac River ➡️ Washington Channel ➡️ Anacostia River ➡️ NW Branch ➡️ Home #BikeDC
Map of bike route through DC & MD following waterways.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
How about you say the words “I support #DCStatehood?” Otherwise, take a hike! @captmarkkelly.bsky.social
Screenshot of text that says “This is a text message from Mark Kelly. 

Is there anything I can say to convince you to chip in to my campaign before our deadline tomorrow? The amount isn't important, it's the donation itself that really matters. 

Pls. Link here: https://kellyforsenate.co/ll7PJT”

Stop to end
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
First ever 8k. Old man trying new things. #RVA
Ribbon & medal that says “8K Finisher.” Also race bib with number 36578 on it.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
NPR Hotdog Guy is popular today! www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...
People lined up to buy a hotdog.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
The calm before the non-violent storm! #NoKings #DCStatehood #FreeDC
Man with DC statehood shirt on Penn Ave in DC
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Today we marched for & with the 700,000 people in DC who are sick & tried of our colonial status. #FreeDC #DCStatehood
Four people together with DC Statehood signs.Three people with heads through holes in DC Flag.People marching with We Are All DC signs.Thousands of people marching to Free DC!
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
In some kinda mood rn, so I made comfort food for dinner: RedRed.
Plate of food with fried ripe plantains & a spicy black eyed peas stew.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
The #RealDC at Oxon Run Day. Outdoor fun & good times!
Man with two bounce houses behind him with children playing in them.Children riding horse in DC park.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Happy Oxon Run Day! See you in the park! #Ward8 #OxonRun
Flyer for Oxon Run Day. August 23, 2025, starting at 12pm. Fish & Food, Games & Activities, and Forest Bathing. 1200 Mississippi Avenue Southeast Washington, DC, 20032 United States
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
The mean streets of DC. Quiet & peaceful Sunday morning. Bullshit political theater & militarization of DC is completely unnecessary. #RealDC
Tree lined street.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
The McKenna Center speaking truth to power! More of this!!! fathermckennacenter.org
At the core of every program and opportunity provided by the Father McKenna Center is a simple promise - to humanize and accompany our neighbors in need as they search for the support and assistance they need to live full and healthy lives.

Today, our ability to meet this promise is being threatened, as those in power move to criminalize our clients for their vulnerable circumstances. The unilateral labeling of the unhoused and food insecure as unwanted is disgraceful and further exacerbates the side effects of systemic poverty. Homelessness is not a choice, nor is it a crime. As Christians, it is our responsibility to love our brothers and sisters as ourselves. We are committed to ensuring that life-sustaining services remain accessible to those who need them most

We condemn President Trump's comments regarding DC's unhoused and food insecure populations. We hope you will stand with us — in support, in solidarity, and in the shared belief that every person deserves to be seen, valued, and housed.

-- The Father McKenna Center Staff
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
This is DC, for those interested in the real DC. DC is a place where 700,000 people live, work, laugh, love, worship, play, and more. This city-state is our beloved home.
Photo of Franciscan Monastery at dusk.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
For those looking for a #DCStatehood logo to use or share…
Logo with DC borders with “Statehood for DC” inside.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Putting on the uniform today! #DCStatehood
Red t-shirt with Statehood for D.C. lettering on it.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
The Anacostia River earlier today. #RealDC
The Anacostia River with clouds & blue sky above.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
I last Friday, my children on a scavenger hunt all over DC via Metro bus & subway and walking by themselves. D.C. is safe & with a 30yr low in crime. Also, here’s a beautiful stream in SE DC, recently restored by LOCAL government. #DCStatehood
Stream cascading over stones with vegetated riparian corridor.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
And frogs!!! Took this photo at one of my stream restoration sites this week. Green frog didn’t flinch.
Profile view of green frog.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Passed through Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens today between visiting streams (literally, that’s my job). Saw this beauty.
Full bloom lotus flower with pink petals.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Drivers be trippin’.
White SUV with front end against yellow cinder block wall that’s collapsing from collision. In a parking & goodness knows how in the Sam hell the driver did this.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
How will the driver exit the bike lane? Reverse? Drive the entire block? Other?
Car parked in bike lane.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Today, is flag day. I’m honoring the DC Flag because the American flag doesn’t have a star for me, my family, & our 700,000 neighbors in DC. The DC flag is our unifying symbol of pride & protest. Happy #DCFlgDay! #DCStatehood
Selfie with DC Flag behind me.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
For those curious: “-24.1%”
Screenshot of the Mayor’s proposed FY26 operating budget for DOEE which shows a 24.1% decrease from FY25.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Park Drive stream restoration one year after completion. Part of the Fort Davis tributary to the Anacostia River.
Stream flowing over rock weirs with vegetated banks surrounded by forest during rain storm.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
The roses at the Franciscan Monastery are proper rn.
Photo of full bloom roses.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Great morning at the Oxon Run cleanup, a real hidden gem in DC & PG.
Selfie of man standing along stream during a trash cleanup event.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
In other news, our redbud tree is showing off today.
A flowering redbud tree with pinkish or light purple flowers.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Shad are back!
Man holding shad on bank of Potomac River.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Today’s mood, fashion edition. #DCStatehood
T-Shirt that says I GOT 1.1 Billion reasons to support DC Statehood. Red shirt with white letters & three white stars above.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Mood. #DCStatehood
Green “Statehood for DC” shirt.
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
False & shitty headline. D.C., the local place where 700,000 people live, hasn’t been conquered at all. A few pathetic racist & misogynistic losers elected by people elsewhere have sold their soul to curry favor with him. That ain’t DC, at all.
WaPo photo of orange Mussolini with headline saying he has already “conquered DC.”
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Mother-in-law got me a Xmas Tree ornament. #DCStatehood
Christmas tree ornament that says “All I want for Christmas is Statehood.”
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Josh Burch @jburchdc.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Today I got to spend some time in a recently completed stream restoration site. A small respite of peace amidst the chaos.
A stream with orange leaves around it.A stream with rock weirs across it within a forest with yellow & orange leaves.
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