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Michael Theis

@mjtheis.bsky.social
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D.C.-based photojournalist for @chronicle.com, recovering local journalist.

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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Nasim Nunez is my favorite player #nats
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Venezuela national anthem slaps. #WBC
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Relevant reading for my @chronicle.com colleagues:
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Just in from the film lab: 3 snaps from a partially-shot roll of film taken at the 2004 NCAA Lacrosse championship game. In a thriller, Syracuse beat Naval Academy 14 to 13 before a crowd of 43k at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. #latergram
A black and white image shows a wide shot of a lacrosse game being played in a large stadium in front of thousands of fans. A black and white image shows a wide shot of the Naval Academy lacrosse team, and thousands of spectators behind in a stadium, reacting to a play on the field. A black and white image shows a wide shot of a lacrosse game being played in a large stadium in front of thousands of fans.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
This year, I've been trying to shoot one roll of #film per week. I've been sharing highlights on my instagram, but not here! That ends today. Photo dump incoming!
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
I hereby issue my #WorldSeries prediction: Dodgers in 6 games.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Still catching up after some vacation days: But last week, the @chronicle.com published an article from my colleague @franciediep.bsky.social examining how standardized tests impact college admissions. I had the pleasure of producing the photographs for this story.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Back to Bluesky to skeet my way through the ALCS. Observation from the commercial break: The Angelsoft Toilet Paper angel babies are…the souls of dead children, correct?
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Stephanie M. Lee @stephaniemlee.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
SCOOP: The NIH is moving to prohibit funded scientists, inside and outside the agency, from collecting data about gender, according to a draft policy I obtained. It’s part of the NIH’s aggressive crackdown on gender-identity research. www.chronicle.com/article/gend...
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Gender Data Would Be Off-Limits Under Proposed NIH Policy
A draft rule would bar scientists funded by the agency from collecting data about gender identity, following other steps the administration has taken to restrict research on LGBT topics.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
And, no lie, those #Reds alternate tops also look so so good.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
I haven’t skeeted a #Nats game in a lil bit, but it’s nice to see the boys in their navy shirts. It is the best Nats uniform by far.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
“Carrie carried the curry carry out to Farragut Square” might be DC’s version of “Aaron Earned an Iron Urn” #dmvaccent
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
I went to a DC Breeze pro ultimate frisbee game today. I saw a rare play, a “dropped pull”, twice, both times committed by Montreal Royal.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
This might be the weirdest Nats game of the season so far.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The new Jagermeister commercial where a bartender is headbutted - and by implication - gored and presumably killed by a magical stag for the sin of serving Jagermeister warm: what lesson am I supposed to derive from this?
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Shohei Otani bats like he’s listening intently as you tell a story. #Nats #WASvsLAD
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Just getting back on this app after a busy day. A few things: 1) Go #Nats. We are so back. 2) Vida Taco’s downtown Annapolis location is killer. Get the soft shell crab taco.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Why hasn’t Congress impeached Davey Martinez yet? Are they stupid? #Nats
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Maryland’s Merlin married Mary to Murray. #DMVAccent
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Okay I apologize; I’ll turn the #nats game back on now.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Okay Nevermind I’ll turn off the #nats game.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Okay, okay: I’ll turn the #nats game on.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
DC’s version of “Aaron earned an iron urn” might well be “Carrie had curry carry out.” #DMV
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
UFL league action: DC Breeze beats NY Empire 23-15 to improve to 4-3 on the season. Empire falls to 5-3. DC holds onto 3rd place in the East division.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
At a DC Breeze pro ultimate frisbee game. DC up 20 - 15 over NY Empire with 4:40 left in the 4th quarter.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Having a lovely night sitting on my apartment stoop in Adams Morgan, listening to the #Nats game on the radio as the sun sets.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Workers move partitions meant to mimic bushes as they prepare an entrance for a private event at Union Station in Washington, D.C., this past May. #streetphotography #35mm #photography
A color photograph depicts two male figures dressed in black clothing. They are seen handling tall boxes meant to look like a row of hedges. The entire scene is framed against a concrete and masonry building of a neo-classical design.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Sideling Hill in Hancock, Md., taken this past Memorial Day. In my #photography, I try to find images with meaning available in them. And in Sideling Hill, I find a lot of "meaning" available. Like it's crazy we did this for a highway, IMO. This is my attempt to put that feeling into a #Polaroid.
A color Polaroid image shows a large mountain, with rocky exposures showing the many geological layers of rock. The rocky mountain face overlooks a six-lane highway that gently curves into the distance.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Was about to go to bed, but this #Nats game has gotten annoyingly close.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
I'm also keeping the #MINvsSEA game on in the multiview, tied 4-4 in the 10th.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
CJ Abrams got hit by a pitch TWICE. DBacks fans gave a standing ovation for the first out they recorded. Truly one of the wildest half first-inning ever recorded. #nats
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Hail to the #Nationals! Hail, Victory! #Nats on the basepath! Fight for all DC!
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
You see, if I were James Wood, I would simply hit a 3-run homer in this situation. #Nats
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Josh Bell I never doubted you. #nats
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
I know there’s a lot of doom and gloom around the franchise…but the #nats are easily the best “bad team” in baseball. It feels like we need to plug only a few holes to have a playoff contender.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Absolutely here for Nathaniel Lowe’s facial hair journey this season. #Nats
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Four guys watching the 2002 Takoma Park Independence Day Parade. This is from a roll of film I shot 23 years ago as a doe-eyed 19-year-old photo student while home on summer break. I had the film developed only last week. #35mm #film #photography #expiredfilm
A black and white photograph shows two hispanic men sitting in the back of a station wagon, with the tailgate open. The man on the right is older, with gray hair, a striped shirt, dark trousers and leather shoes. The man on the left is younger, has dark hair and moustache. He is wearing a dark shirt, cuffed jeans and sneakers. A disheveled looking white man sits on a bench on a street in front of a short brick wall. The man is wearing a polo shirt, suspenders, dark pants, and leather shoes. On the street next to his feet, two soft-drink cups with lids. Behind him, a tudor structure bears a sign for "Takoma Old Town Auto Service Center." The man holds an American flag.A black and white photograph shows a young asian man standing behind a fence. He holds an American flag. His face is shaded by vegetation. Behind him, a white station wagon is seen.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
This past weekend, my wife and I camped in Ohiopyle, Pa., with friends. While there, we traveled a short distance to see Fallingwater, the most-renowned work of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. I produced a few #Polaroid snaps, and this is my favorite. #Photography #Architecture
A color Polaroid photograph shows a concrete and masonry structure with three stacked decks extending out over a waterfall in the middle of a forested area.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
From my cold, dead hands...
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
On the left: The Harvard seal, pierced by darts, as photographed by me for @chronicle.com, published January 14, 2024. On the right, a Harvard shield, pierced by darts, illustrated by Lisa Sheehan, published on May, 23, 205 by @nytimes.com. Draw your own conclusions. #design #journalism #photography
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Two boys play in a fountain at Washington, D.C.'s, Southwest Waterfront as the Sun sets on May 2, 2025. #streetphotography #photography #dmv #35mm
A color photograph depicts two black boys, one a young child of 5 or 6 years-old, another a teenager, standing in the midst of a hazy cloud of mist illuminated by the sun. They are standing on a brick sidewalk, wet.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
A #Nats fan goes to an #Orioles game in Camden Yards with his #Polaroid camera and a pack of B&W film. Some of the results below: #Photography
A black and white polaroid photo shows a man in a baseball uniform sitting in a chair, seen from overhead. His jersey bears the number 67 and the name "Finnegan".A black and white Polaroid photo shows three brass baseball plaques mounted on cement. The one closest to the viewer reads "Nationals, Matt Adams, July 18, 2019, 386 feet"A black and white Polaroid photo shows a brick warehouse stretching into the distance. Next to it, a large scoreboard. A sign reads "Eutaw Street". People mill about on the street.A black and white Polaroid photo shows a baseball diamond in a large baseball stadium.
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Mark Zuckerman @markzuckerman.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Final: Nats 4, Orioles 3. James Wood hit the game-tying homer in the 8th. Nasim Nuñez produced the game-winning run by beating out a chopper to first. Kyle Finnegan closed out 5 1/3 innings of 1-run (unearned) ball by the Nationals bullpen.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Finny for the winny. #Nats #WasVsBal
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
N-A-T-S Nats! Nats! Nats! Woo! #nats
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Andor Season 2 is some of the most radical media I’ve ever seen put to film for a mainstream audience. Like it’s literally wild that Disney has a series about how to resist fascism with violence.
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Andor Season 2 reinforces that Star Wars is a Hard-Sci Fi that posits “what if cheap faster-than-light travel and anti-gravity existed, but computers and communications sucked?”
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
A crucial correction to an early quote-skeet of mine: The Pope is a Sox fan!
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Look at this hunk:
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Michael Theis @mjtheis.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
First “kinda hot pope”?! Are we forgetting early-years JP2?!
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